|
Sunday,April 2,2000 Minutes of 03/30/2000, Lexington 20/20 Page:2
<br /> Subgroup
<br /> commented further that the article in this week's Minuteman makes it look as
<br /> if the Planning Board is doing the same job we are doing. Fred replied that
<br /> it is co-incidental that the Town got money last year to do a study on 30
<br /> -)arcels of open land, at about the same time 20/20 started. But that again,
<br /> the Planning Board does specifics, and that the 20/20 study will be finished
<br /> long before the Planning Board's.
<br /> Minutes: Tiffany was asked to re-send minutes of the 3/16 meeting, as some
<br /> didn't have them. As it was obvious also that some hadn't read them, it was
<br /> moved, seconded, and approved to put off discussion of them until next week.
<br /> Upcoming Meetings: A Core Participants meeting is scheduled for Thursday,
<br /> April 6, from 7 to 9:30 to deal with public participation issue. Ed Vail
<br /> will attend it representing our group. Our next meetings are Thursday, APRIL
<br /> 6th and Tuesday, APRIL 18th. Karen Longeteig noted that she has a conflict
<br /> for April 6th so will not be able to present these minutes personally, but
<br /> will e-mail them around.
<br /> Public Outreach: Tom Harden recommends that we put this on hold until our
<br /> goals are finished. He noted that the Steering Committee is calling for a
<br /> 10-page document, preceded by narrative.
<br /> Goals: Karl Kastorf put the goals in a matrix in the order he received them
<br /> from Working Group members. After some discussion of a way to prioritize
<br /> them, we found that the 31 or so goals could fall into a smaller number of
<br /> broader categories.
<br /> Discussion began with Goal 1, which was found to be similar in subject to
<br /> goals 11, 12, 15, and 28-DR. More discussion was held on the definition of
<br /> "Open Space", whether it was open in a natural state, or open but landscaped,
<br /> or whether privately or publicly owned. Marilyn Nordby noted that the USE of
<br /> pen areas owned by the town could change, so its preservation is worth
<br /> including as a goal. Karl said that as editing by committee is not usually
<br /> effective, he will attempt to meld these goals on similar topics.
<br /> Goals dealing with traffic were found to be, more or less, 2, 4, 9, 10, 18,
<br /> 20, 23, 27, 29-LB, and 32. It was noted that the 20/20 Subcommittee on
<br /> traffic is more focused on how to provide transportation and public
<br /> transportation, whereas we are looking at noise pollution, air pollution, and
<br /> access. John Andrews pointed out that the town has not discussed the effects
<br /> of traffic on social aspects of the community. Up to now there has been no
<br /> measurable way of judging the traffic problem, which is why it is proposed as
<br /> a quantifiable measure in goal 2. Mike said that there should be measures of
<br /> PEDESTIRAN access and safety, not just of smoothly flowing intersections.
<br /> Goal 3 was similar to 8, 9, 11, 16, 19, and 25, on the character and history
<br /> of the town. When support was expressed for "preservation", debate ensued on
<br /> what that meant: NO change? Others felt that some change might be good,
<br /> especially regarding density of housing which leaves land free for open
<br /> space. Karl suggested that as these definitions were difficult to arrive
<br /> at, we should identify they characteristics of what we want to preserve in
<br /> the town.
<br /> Goal 4, similar to 20, 20, 21, and 27, brought a discussion on
<br /> sustainability. Other discussion followed on how to move forward? It was
<br /> finally felt that the editor (Karl) would be requested to merge the similar
<br /> goals, after which we could vote on or prioritize them in some way. Karl
<br /> said it would be HIS goal not to change the meaning of any goal, or "lose any
<br /> _language" .
<br /> Karen Longeteig, who has had to miss recent meetings, offered a (late) goal
<br /> on biodiversity. She promised to send it out by e-mail, but since she is
<br /> mailbox:/Macintosh%20HD/System%20Folder/
<br /> Preferences/Netscape%20Users/
<br />
|