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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting February 22, 2017 Parker Room, Cary Hall Members Present Linda Dixon, Acting Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Carol Flynn, Karen Gaughan, Paul Jenkins, Rich McDonough, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Sandy Podgorski. Members not present Glen Bassett, Dick Crogan, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Linda Levitt, Sondra Lucente, Lorain Marquis, Wayne Miller, Geetha Padaki, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Business The Chair reported that a quorum was present. The minutes of the meeting of February 8, 2017 were approved. The next meeting will be March 8, 2017. From 3/8 until 4/12, meetings will be held weekly. Patriots Day, Monday, April 17, 2017 The Patriots Day stakeholders meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 9, 10 am, in the Selectmen’s Room in the Town Office building. June Baer reported that she is investigating Patriots Day activities being held by other towns and groups, for Visitors Center use. Bill Mix reported that he has been contacted by an Army group that requested 36 tickets for the re- enactment. The committee suggested that, rather than give them tickets, an area near the bleachers could be reserved for them. Bill indicated that he would have more information about this issue by the next meeting. Rich McDonough reported that Grace Chapel has agreed to make their parking area around the church available for Patriots Day visitors. Also, the upper parking area of the Community Center can be used for Patriots Day visitor parking. After some discussion about the fact that the rest of the parking area near the Community Center belongs to the Masonic Museum and Library, Rich volunteered to ask the museum management if their parking area can be used for Patriots Day visitor parking. Suzanne reported that the sponsorship request material will be ready to mail next week. Julie reported that Doug Orr contacted her to confirm that Orr Homes will provide a truck for use by the Reminisants band in the parade. Kim told the committee that she has sent budget information to Mary Hutton, who will be handling the TCC budget going forward. Kim also told the committee she is ready to order more t-shirts for the parade ambassadors. Linda Dixon will check how many t-shirts remain from the previous order so Kim can put in a new order for this year. Kim reported that no update from the Old Guard has been received yet so we do not know at this point whether they will be in Lexington for the Patriots Day activities. Sandy Podgorski reported that there are 150 parking spaces at Lincoln Field that can be used by Patriots Day visitors.