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needed to do contact tracing. StretchMed (in the old Goodfeet location) will open in February. A bread bakery is looking for space in the Center. The Hosmer House saga continues. An RFP went out in late summer requiring, that house be relocated to an historic district, and preferably the one where it now abides. Only one out of the two bids were qualified. That bid proposes that Hosmer House be relocated to Harrington Street, where it could be used as affordable housing. Dawn McKenna (speaking as a neighbor) noted that there is a preservation restriction on that lot where a Witness House stood. She said that the Hosmer House is from a different era and there is not enough frontage for a house now. Casey noted that Firefly has closed and a dry cleaner is looking at the Revolve space. Innessa gave us a detailed description of Artwalks three distinct planned art installations of six weeks each to get us through this winter. inn at eN,p, ent. �^r The committee consensus was that these were interesting and imaginative installations, inviting public participation, that would brighten up the Center during the winter months. Stella Carr introduced herself as Lexington's new Sustainability Director. Mark Sandeen of the Select Board, joined her to talk about the e-charging stations. Mark noted that the meters had not yet been converted to require payment for the charging but Town staff was working on this. Once some relevant information is obtained, the Select Board will set the rate. The Center will have seven units with 13 charging bays. Dawn (now speaking on behalf of the Tourism Committee) let us know that the Tourism Committee opposed closing the Visitors Center in January, February and March of 2021. She noted that there are funds in the Town budget to support businesses and that's what the VC does. We discussed what the Committee's focus should be in 2021. Mike asserted that the Streetscape Project is the key event. Anything we can do to help businesses during the construction is the most important thing we can do. Ironically we will finally start moving forward right when the pandemic is likely abating. FH5236496.1