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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting March 21, 2018 Room 221, Lexington Community Center Members Present Linda Dixon, Acting Chair; Suzanne Caton, Carol Flynn, Mary Hutton„ Karen Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering Members Not Present June Baer, Glen Bassett, Kim Coburn, Lorain Marquis, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki, Gina Rada, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Guest Wei Ding Business • The Acting Chair reported that a quorum was present. • The minutes of the meeting of March 14, 2018 were approved. • The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 28, in Room 242 in the Community Center. Patriots Day, Monday, April 16, 2018 • Linda reported that the Stuart Highlanders, a longtime parade participant, will not be participating in the parade this year. • Suzanne reported on the progress of the Sponsorship committee. The TCC discussed the proposal by the Lexington Quality Inn to offer 6 nights of room rental as a Bronze level sponsor of the Parade. The committee came to the conclusion that only monetary sponsorship contributions can be accepted for the Parade but wanted to encourage the Inn management to contribute to other Town events. Suzanne to communicate with the Inn about the committee's decision. • Suzanne reported that the Committee to Elect Michelle Ciccolo made an application to be a Parade Sponsor. The committee agreed to accept that application. • Suzanne asked for volunteers to call previous sponsors who have not yet applied this year, to encourage them to be sponsors again this year. • Linda asked for discussion about where the large contingent of Shriners should be located in the Parade line up. The committee agreed that they should be at the end of the Parade, to encourage families to stay for the whole Parade. • The committee discussed where all the buses for the many large marching units this year should park. The committee recommended that the Lexington Police should be contacted and asked to allow only bus parking on Worthen Road between Mass Ave and Waltham St. Cerise contacted George Snell of the Police Dept. to ask about this possibility. • Linda raised the issue of whether enough Porta Potties will be available for the Parade. The committee decided that there will be enough located at the usual locations: the HighSchool, the East Lexington Fire Station, the Parade registration desk, and the Visitors Center.