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JS MonNIN Town of Lexington, Massachusetts - p PLANNING BOARD APA11L 19 - � Kenneth G. Briggs July 14, 1975 Planning Director 1975 NEWSLETTER LEXINGTON D ESIGN ADVISORY GROUP Annual Meeting ToWN OFFICE BUILDING Lexington, Mass. 02173 6171862- 0500 1Ext. 17 The annual meeting of the D.A.G. will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 1975, at 8:00 p.m. in the Planning Board Office, Room G -1. All local architects, planners, landscape architects, and other environmental design professionals are invited. The agenda will include announcements, general discussion, and nominations for two new members of the executive committee (the Design Advisory Committee). Current members of the Design Advisory Committee are: Robert A. Bowyer, Planner John L. Davies, Architect (1974 -75 Chairman) John Frey, Landscape Architect Richard Magnuson, Landscape Architect Gary Marshall, Architect Richard Rogers, Landscape Architect John Davies and Bob Bowyer have completed their three year terms on the Committee, and will be resigning. Richard Rogers has agreed to serve as Chairman for 1975 -76, pending his formal election by the members of the new D.A.C. Nominations to fill the two vacancies will be received at, or prior to, the meeting, and the candidates will be formally appointed by the Planning Board. So far, the name of Robert Bradley has been-submitted and a planner is being sought to fill the second vacancy. Any names of professionals not already listed on the D.A.G. roster should be recorded at the meeting. There is no consent implied by being on this list, nor any obligation to participate, nor any responsibility implied for the actions of the D.A.C. or its members. The roster is simply an informal directory of design professionals living in Lexington, and serves as an address list for periodic mailings. Activities during 1974 -75 The members of the Design Advisory Committee sit, on a rotating basis, as advisors to the Planning Board in matters of urban and environmental design, with each member sitting for two months out of the year. The Chairman, in addition to his duties as a member, is a liason person through whom the Planning Board can request advice in matters involving a particular design specialty which may be represented on the larger Design Advisory Group. In May of this year, such a request was issued for designers with specialized knowledge in the areas of street standards, parking, recreation planning, and subdivision regulation.