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LEXINGTON DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting of January 62016
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A meeting of the Design Advisory Committee was held on January 6, 2016 at 7:30 pm in the Reed room of
the Town Office building. A quorum of seven was present.
Members Present: ,
Bruce Creager, John Frey, Bahig Kaldas, Alenka SlezakCaroline Fitzgerald, Steve
Vincent, Tim Lee (Chair)
Members Absent:
Brigitte Steines, Richard Friedson
Approvals
: Minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed and approved.
The meeting reviewed and acted on the following item:
1.
Sign design for Cary Hall – Pat Goddard, Director of Public Facilities , Colin Smith - Colin Smith
Architecture
The DAC reviewed the proposed new sign at our meeting on January 6, 2016 and had the following
comments and recommendations.
The applicant presented the proposed sign for in front of Cary Hall along the sidewalk and Massachusetts
Avenue. The goal is to install a permanent structure for town and Cary Hall related events. The DAC had
previously recommended that banners be installed on the light poles instead of a new structure. This turns
out to be impractical and costly. Two alternatives were presented to the DAC.
The DAC preferred Sign A – Option 2 with masonry columns instead of the more ornate, lighter looking
metal option. The DAC did have a few recommendations on modifying the design as presented.
a. Remove the roof, the DAC was not unanimous on this recommendation
b. Beef up the wall between the brick piers
c. Scale down the size of the piers, height and width
d. Add up-lighting to base of announcement board frame
e. Modify pier cap profile and peak
f. Match material for pier base to materials used on Cary Hall, granite preferred
g. Paving to be brick around the sign.
If any further changes are made to the project scope or design as presented at any time prior to final
installation the DAC asks that the applicant notify the DAC for review and approval prior to
implementation.
Other Business
: None
Respectfully submitted
Timothy Lee
Cc:
Board of Selectmen