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MINUTES OF WORK GROUP MEETING Title of work Group: Managing Growth: Development and Open Space Date, Time and Location of Meeting: February 3, 2000, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Town Office Bldg. Room 111 Members Present:Suzanne Caton (Chair),John Andrews,Gary Fallick,John Frey(scribe),Ione Garing,Toni harden,Karl Kastorf,Marianne Lazarus,Karen Longeteig,Jerry Moloney,Donna Rossi. Staff: Marilyn Nordby. Steering Committee liaison: heather Sweeney Members Absent: Larry Belvin,Mike Hanauer,Lee Sinai,Ed Vail. Date, Time and Location of next scheduled meeting: February 15,2000,7:00 pm-9:00 pm,Bird Room in Cary hall (changed from 2/17/00) Meeting called to order by Chair Suzanne Caton at 7:05 pm. Distributed Information: I. Revised Diagram handed out by John Andrews showing the Vision,Obstacles,Solutions for the Town. 2. Draft Environmental Scan handed out by Suzanne Caton for discussion. 3. email from Mike I lanauer asking that the following be added to last week's minutes: "The group discussed what the term sustainability means and how it might apply to our workgroup's vision statement. Mike Ilanauer proposed that the group adopt the League of Women Voters sustainability statement as a guiding philosophy for Lexington 2020. (The sustainability statement is contained in the handout that Mike distributed at the beginning of the meeting.) Several group members expressed opinions that the LWV statement is too vague. They felt that in order for us to adopt any sustainability philosophy,it must be more specific and directly applicable to Lexington and its problems. At the end of the discussion,the group agreed that they would not adopt the LWV statement but would continue to discuss the issue and address it in our final vision statement." The group agreed to include the above plus the following sentence in the minutes of the last meeting: "Mike was asked to give more specific examples of what other town had done to improve sustainability." Issues addressed and agreements made: 1. Heather Sweeney presented a list of possible Commercial Developers who might be willing to join the group to give their perspective to our discussions. The group asked Heather to check on their availability. Heather also asked if the group would consider allowing Marcus Pinney,a Lexington resident and planner for Concord,to serve on our working group. After discussion, the group voted 9-1 to invite Mr. Pinney and a Commercial Developer as citizens to the work group. The dissenting vote was cast because of concern for preserving a balance on the work group.