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Town of Lexington
Minutes of Meeting—October 1, 2002
Present at the meeting:
Steve Hurley (Chair), Rich Sperandio, Carl Oldenberg, Sally Harkness, Betsy Whitman,
John Frey Eric Brown(observer).
The Meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Steve Hurley
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were not available so no action was taken for
approval.
Issues discussed and decisions reached were as follows:
1 illusions Hair Design and Tranquilities— 231 Bedford Street
Gale Gallant
Ms. Gallant from Illusions Hair Design and Tranquilities made a presentation
seeking approval for a new sign on Bedford Street. Ms. Gallant has consulted
with a sign consultant and was now seeking assistance from DAC. At a previous
meeting with DAC, concern was expressed that the proposed sign revisions gave
the appearance of two signs and that there was too much information on the sign.
Ms. Gallant presented some new sketches which indicated that the problem with
the multiple sign appearance was corrected. However, the DAC still found the
overall sign to be unacceptable. Ms Gallant agreed to look into the following
changes:
• Eliminate the space between"Hair Design" and "Tranquilities' which will
further enhance the single sign appearance.
• Reduce the size of the ampersand (&) symbol
• Reduce the size of the words "skin, nails, message, tanning" and use a
different (vertical) font.
• The word`walk-ins" will be hyphenated and reduced in size
Ms. Gallant also agreed to provide a drawing showing dimensions, colors, font
size and style. It was agreed that Ms. Gallant will meet again with DAC at the
next scheduled meeting on November 5, 2002 and that she will be first on the
agenda at 8:00 p.m. This will allow her to be prepared for her meeting scheduled
with the Board of Appeals on November 14th
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2. DAC assistance to the Permanent Building Committee for the School
Designs.
Rich Sperandio and Carl Oldenberg updated the DAC on the status of the
Harrington and Fiske school designs. It was noted that the PBC has been very
pleased with the assistance provided by the DAC and that the DAC's significant
participation at some recent meetings has been noted and appreciated. Rich
Sperandio,who is also a School Committee representative to the PBC, brought a
copy of the Design Development drawings for the Harrington school to the
meeting. A cursory review of these documents was made and some comments
noted regarding additional information required by the DAC to continue their
involvement in the approval process. Rich Sperandio will ensure that these
comments are provided to the Architect.
In addition the DAC was advised that the Fiske school design process was being
kicked-off and will follow a very fast track, The DAC involvement is critical
since the Fiske facility represents one of the more visual areas of the community
along Adams Street. The DAC will need to be available soon and be prepared to
respond on short notice to the very aggressive schedule developed by the School
Committee,PBC and the Architect, The DAC indicated its willingness to support
the PBC's requirements.
Adjournment
The Meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
Scribe: Richard Sperandio
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 8:00
p.m.
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