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Town of Lexington
Lexington 2020 Vision Committee
Minutes of Meeting of November 30, 2012
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2020 Vision Committee
A meeting of the was held on Friday, November 30 at 7:45 a.m. in the
Selectmen’s Meeting Room in the Town Office Building at 1625 Massachusetts Avenue. A quorum of 6
was present.
Present: Members Fernando Quezada, Jane Warren, Dan Krupka, Peter Lee, Bhumip Khasnabish, Peter
Enrich; Liaison Margaret Coppe
(SC)
Staff: Candy McLaughlin, Michelle Stevens
Absent: Members Alan Wrigley, Andrew Dixon, Chuck Benson, Marian Cohen; Liaisons George
Burnell Greg Zurlo
(BOS),(PB)
Others present: Carroll Ann Bottino
Action Items:
Ask the 2012 Citizens’ Academy participants, senior citizens and high school students to
test the usability of the community survey instrument prior to launching in January.
Fernando will draft a press release for the community survey.
The meeting acted on the following items:
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The Committee approved the minutes from October 26, 2012.
Heard and discussed an update from the subcommittee on demographic change:
Dan said the
subcommittee is continuing to meet with Town Department Managers regarding their efforts to respond to
the results found in the Demographic Change Task Force (DCTF) report. He said they most recently met
with Koren Stembridge, Library Director. He also said they met with Diamond Hays, a local real estate
agent, regarding housing trends in Lexington. Dan said the subcommittee recently discovered one barrier
limiting participation is the lack of information available about the Boards and Committees. For example,
he said they received feedback that the Town’s website was not helpful regarding Board and Committee
information, such as purpose, meeting dates and times. The Committee discussed how it often takes
reaching out to people individually to get them involved. Fernando asked when and how the
subcommittee is planning to reach out to the community. Dan said the subcommittee is working to
identify the barriers limiting the participation of the Town’s Asian-American population, and the results
will determine how the subcommittee moves forward with outreach.
Continued discussing community survey process, schedule and publicity:
Fernando asked about the
status of the survey. Candy said she believed the three elected Boards approved the statement supporting
the survey. She also said Carl’s intention with pretesting is to test the usability of the survey, and he
thought the pretesting should not be done by the Committee due to their familiarity with the survey. The
Committee decided to ask the 2012 Citizens’ Academy participants to test the instrument. Carol Ann
suggested also having seniors and high school students test the instrument. Finally, the Committee
discussed publicizing the survey. Peter said the Committee previously discussed launching the survey in
late January, so the Committee decided to promote the survey in December and early January. The
Committee also decided to continue promotion of the survey while it is open for responses. Fernando said
he will draft a press release promoting the survey. The Committee divided the promotional
responsibilities among the Committee members.
Meeting Adjourned:
9:00 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Michelle Stevens, Scribe
Future meeting schedule:
December 21