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Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS) May 18, 2023 Meeting Minutes Pursuant to notice duly filed with the Town Clerks of HATS member towns,the HATS meeting convened in a meeting via a recorded video conference on May 18, 2023 at 7.04 pm Present: Select Board Members: Doug Lucente, Lexington HATS Chair and assigned Clerk for this meeting, Emily Mitchell, Bedford, Linda Escobedo, Concord,Jim Hutchinson, Lincoln Other HATS Members: Margaret Coppe, Lexington; Charles Hornig, Lexington Planning Board Member;Gary Taylor, Lincoln Planning Board Member,Steven Hagan, Bedford Planning Board Member. Guests Glen Kernusky, Hanscom 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs,Jonathan Dwyer, Lincoln, Amber Goodspeed, Massport;Simone Monteleone, Minute Man National Park Superintendent; Welcome and Introductions. Mr Lucente welcomed participants noting that the meeting was being recorded Each Member of HATS introduced themselves and noted their past involvement with HATS. Meeting Minutes: Meeting Minutes from June 30, 2022 were not available and will be placed on a future agenda for approval The Minute-Taker for future meetings will rotate among the 4 communities. Lexington is responsible for the minutes of this meeting.The upcoming meetings will be done by Bedford,then Concord,and then Lincoln. ACTION ITEM • Ms Escobedo and Mr Dwyer will both check files to try to locate the meeting minutes for June 30, 2022. Updates on HATS Membership as of 5/18/2023: HATS Select Board Planning Conservatio At Large Town n Bedford Emily Mitchell Steve Hagan _VACANT VACANT Concord Linda Escobedo I VACANT VACANT VACANT Lexington Doug Lucente,Chair Charles Hornig VACANT Margaret Coppe* Lincoln Jim Hutchinson Gary Taylor/Ephraim Flint(Alt) I VACANT VACANT ACTION ITEM: • Select Board Members from each town will follow-up on vacancies. • Ms Coppe will reach out to Lexington Town Clerk her appointment listing Website Domain Renewal. The current domain registration for the HATS website, http://www.hanscomareatownscommittee.com, is expiring in June Mr Dwyer explained that the website is hosted on squarespace corn with an annual fee of$250 The fee is paid by the chairing community each year.The main website tasks include. maintaining member information, posting agendas, posting minutes,and sharing meeting recordings Meeting recordings are stored on the host town's website Mr Dwyer has paid the fee in previous years and will do so again for this renewal Since Mr Dwyer is no longer on HATS, Mr Hornig volunteered to take on the website tasks with his guidance ACTION ITEMS. • Mr Dwyer will pay for renewal and seek reimbursement from Lexington • Mr Dwyer and Mr Hornig will connect to transition website