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<br />Town of Lexington
<br />Recreation Committee
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<br />Frederick DeAngelis, Chairman Tel: (781) 698-4800
<br />Christian Boutwell, Vice Chair Fax: (781) 861-2747
<br />Carl Fantasia
<br />Lisa O’Brien
<br />Claire Sheth
<br />Renen Bassik
<br />Weiwei Li
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<br />Recreation Committee
<br />Minutes of Meeting
<br />October 18, 2023
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<br />A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 in person and via
<br />Zoom as a hybrid meeting at 6:30pm in Room 237 of the Lexington Community Center.
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<br />Members Present: Rick DeAngelis, Christian Boutwell, Renen Bassik, Carl Fantasia, Weiwei Li, Lisa
<br />O’Brien, and Claire Sheth
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<br />Staff Present: Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs, Peter Coleman,
<br />Assistant Director of Recreation, and Christine Dean, Community Center Director,
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<br />Others Present: Cindy Arens (7 Kitson Park Drive, Lexington), Nancy Avallone (9 Seaborn
<br />Place, Lexington), Joel Bernstein (10 Ingleside Road, Lexington), Laura and
<br />Charles Brauer (9 Millbrook Road, Lexington), Christina and Robert Breslin (16
<br />Curve Street, Lexington), Frederica Cushman (55 Watertown Road, Lexington),
<br />Mingshi Dai (21 Welch Road, Lexington), Jeff Darcy (6 Crawford Road,
<br />Lexington), Debi Dulberg (63 Bridge Street, Lexington), Lauren Feeney (8
<br />Peacock Farm Road, Lexington), Doreen Karoll (76 Bloomfield Street,
<br />Lexington), Jim Leightheiser (9 Ward Street, Lexington), Kathleen Lenihan
<br />(School Committee liaison), Allison Lynch (10 Bloomfield Street, Lexington),
<br />Dean Maimonis (134 Reed Street, Lexington), Kimberly McCormick (20 Maple
<br />Street, Lexington), Janna Mendonca (1 John Wilson Lane, Lexington), Hal
<br />Miller-Jacobs (17 Swan Lane, Lexington), Mike O’Connor (59 Bridge Street,
<br />Lexington), Roy Palumbo (9 Seaborn Place, Lexington), Eric Pearlman (47
<br />Parker Street, Lexington), Richard Petrasso (39 Parker Street, Lexington), Steve
<br />Quatrano (76 Bloomfield Street, Lexington), Todd Rhodes (482 Marrett Road,
<br />Lexington), Jay Rifkin (96 Kendall Road, Lexington), Tom Shiple (18 Phinney
<br />Road, Lexington), P.K. Shiu (1024 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington), and
<br />Bruce Yap (23 Phinney Road, Lexington)
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<br />1. Public Comment
<br />P.K. Shiu, resident of 1024 Massachusetts Avenue and board member of the Lexington Pickleball
<br />Club (LPC), presented two requests on behalf of LPC. The first request is to convert the Adams
<br />Courts into pickleball-only courts once the Gallagher Courts reconstruction project has been
<br />completed. The second request is to restart the Tennis & Pickleball Working Group (TPWG) to
<br />discuss long-term pickleball solutions in Lexington. Mr. Shiu stated that both tennis and
<br />pickleball players, along with abutters on Parker Street, are in support of converting Adams to
<br />dedicated pickleball courts. He referenced the Lexington Observer article on pickleball and
<br />added that pickleball is here to stay and growing in Lexington. Mr. Shiu encouraged the
<br />Committee to make the decision about Adams quickly for programming purposes. Janna
<br />Medonca, resident of 1 John Wilson Lane, also expressed her support for dedicated pickleball
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