HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-03-26-TOUR2-minLexington Tourism Committee Meeting Minutes
Monday, March 26, 2012 4 p.m.
Members present: Mary Jo Bohart, Kerry Brandin, Bebe Fallick, Carla Fortmann, Mary
Gillespie, Dawn McKenna, Paul O'Shaughnessy, John Patrick, Denise Rickets, Jim Shaw
Staff present: Masha Traber til 5:15 p.m. Guest: Alison Falatico, Russ Brami
Absent: Nichole Lewis, Lou Sideris
Minutes of past meetings: January 23, 2012 and March 12, 2012 approved and accepted.
Liberty Ride Operations:
- Dawn and Masha have talked with Police and have arranged a parking tag for Liberty Riders
to park for free at the Depot Square Parking lot.
- Liberty Ride will begin on Sunday, April 1St weekends only until Memorial Day.
- The Liberty Ride new brochure is still in process.
- A list of street paving is attached to this Agenda. There will be several streets affected used
by the Liberty Ride.
- Several applications have been received for the Asst. Liberty Ride Coordinator. Dawn asked
Mary and Kerry to help with the candidates interviews.
Tourism Committee Budget discussion.
- AAA Marketplace and GBCVB amounts are spent.
- The reprinting of the Visitors Guide will be about $7500.
- Expenses for Revolutionary Revelry are estimated at $6800.
- There was general discussion about other priorities if increased funding is awarded to the
committee by Town Meeting. Members are to list their spending priorities for discussion
at the next meeting, keeping the vision and mission statement in mind.
Town Meeting Warrant Article Positions
a. Article 4: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to
request an increase in the marketing budget by $10,000 for a total of $25k.
b. Article 7: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to
support the Liberty Ride Revolving Fund request with sufficient funding to allow for a
30 day pilot to run two trollies.
c. Article 8f and 12i: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted
unanimously to support Phase II funding for the Battle Green Master Plan and to
support funding for parking, traffic and pedestrian access in the area..
d. Article 8h: - Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to
support the use of CPA funds to conduct a Buckman Tavern Historic Structures Study.
e. Article 34: Upon Motion made and seconded, the committee voted 8 -1 (John Patrick)
to support the rezoning of the Dana Home property.
The Committee authorized the Chairman to submit our report to Town Meeting.
Committee members are asked to review the Visitors Guide for reprinting and bring
correction to the next meeting.
Russ Brami, a Lexington resident, who is a cartographer, presented his 1775 map of
Lexington. He was looking for us to participate in selling these maps or having them available
for sale. We gave him some input but declined to get involved directly.
Moved to adjourn at 6:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Carla Fortmann
Documents available at this meeting
1. Minutes, January 23, 2012 and March 12, 2012
2. Tourism Committee Mission Statement and Vision with Duties and powers of this
Committee
3. Dept. Of Public Works, resident letter about street improvements this summer
4. Current Revolutionary Revelry Calendar