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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-09-23-2020-min FTownofLexington 20/20VisionCommitteeMeeting September23,2016 ParkerRoom,TownOfficeBuilding 1625MassachusettsAvenueΑ7:45am MembersPresent:DanKrupka,PeterEnrich,FernandoQuezada,JoePato,JudithCrocker,Margaret Coppe,GinnaJohnson MembersAbsent:CarrollAnneBottino,AndrewDixon,PeterLee,BhumipKhasnabish,AlanWrigley Visitors:ElaineAshton,AndyBaker,JoshuaVirgile Minutes:ClaireVanessaGoodwin Calltoorder:7:45am ActionItems: 1.ClairewillposttheDiamondBarinformationalpacketprovidedbyDanKrupkaonthe20/20 Visionwebpage. 2.ClairewillemailFernandoaremindertosendthelistofpastcommitteememberstoposton thewebpage. th Minutes:TheminutesfromAugust26wereapprovedunanimously. Meetingbegan:8:02am AnnualReport:FernandodistributedtheAnnualReportdraftandaskedeveryonetoreviewandprovide feedbackonchangestobemade.Fernandosaidapicturewouldbenicetohave.ClairewillemailDavid Tabelingtogetaphotofornextmeeting. SubcommitteeonAsianCommunities:MargaretsaidtheDiamondBargroupiscomingnextweekand theLibrarywillhostaneveningeventwhichwillbetelevised.Thegroupismeetingwithschool representatives.DiamondBarissimilarindemographicstoLexington.Wehopetheywillsharewithus theprogramswhichmaybeusefultoLexington.Thursdayistheforum,FridayisthemeetingwithCarl, Joe,Norman,andSuzietodiscussmunicipalinitiatives.Latertheyaremeetingrepresentativeswith CAALandIAL.Fernandoaskediftherewasaphotographer.MargaretsaidthereǞğƭƓ͸Ʒoneassigned yet.FernandosuggestedshecouldreachouttoDavidTabelingfromtheTown.Peterwonderedifthe ethnicmakeupofDiamondBarwassimilartoLexington.Thepressreleasehasbeenpublishedinthe GlobeandMinuteman.PetersaidthisisthesortofthingthatNPRwouldbeinterestedin.Joesaid ArunRahhasbeenlookingfortopicstoreportoninLexingtontoimprovediscourse.Dansaidhisgoalis tohaveadraftreportsoon.ItwouldbepresentedtotheĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ͸ƭDecembermeeting. SocialDiversity:Peterannouncedthatthesurveywasfundedat$30,000byTownMeeting.Petersaid thiswillcoverthefullprojectinthetimeline.PetersaidCarlwillberesponsibleforprocuringthe contract.Theworkinggroupismeetingnextweek.Petersaidthegroupwilldevelopthesurveyand lookattrendstoseewheretheTownisheadinginthenext10years.Theyhopetohavethefoundation forthesurveyinthenexttwomonths.Thegroupwantstoaskdemographicquestionsandthose relatedtodiscourse.ThegoalistohavethesurveygooutinMarch(whichcoincideswiththePlanning .ƚğƩķ͸ƭgoalstousetheinformation).DansaidthegrouphadacontractpreviouslywithFramingham Universitysothatcouldbelookedatbytheworkinggroup.Petersaidtheanalysiswouldbedoneinthe summer.PetersaidhewoulddefertotheTownağƓğŭĻƩ͸ƭOfficetodecidehowtoprocureitethically. FernandoremindedPeterthathewouldbethepointpersonfortheprojectandthegroupreliesonhim toletthemknowifitbecomestoomuchwork.Thegroupformallyincludes:Elaine,Judy,Andrew,Joe, CarrollAnneBottino,andGinna.TimDunnandMarianarenonmemberassistants.Fernandowould liketolookattheeconomictrendsandthetimehorizonwhichcanbeextrapolated.Petersaid10years isareasonabletimeframetoproject.DansaidinclusivityķƚĻƭƓ͸Ʒgrabthefocusofacademics.Peter saidhewouldreachouttoCarltodiscussiftheyshouldbeapplyingforaPIRintheFY18budget. EGovernment:Bhumipisabsenttoday.Joshuaisvisitingtoexploretheworkinggroup.Fernandosaid itisaslowmovingprojectbuttechnologyismovingquickly.Fernandoasked,ifthroughthisgroup,we wanttoidentifysomequestionswhichshouldbeaddressed.FernandoaskedJoshuatointroduce himself.JoshuasaidhewenttoClarkeUniversityandstudiesdatamanagement,surveydesign,and coding.HeisinterestedinsurveydesignandcouldpotentiallyhelpwiththeTownwidesurvey.Peter invitedJoshuatothemeetingonThursdaymorning.Joshuasaidhewouldturninhisapplicationfor formalmembershipinthecommittee.PeteraskedwheretheTownisintermsofdatamanagement. JoesaidtheTownistryingtoenterthe21 st century.JoesaidtheTownisgoingthroughmany transitionssoitwillnothappenquicklywouldliketohaveitwithinthenext20years.Joesaidnext weekisHubWeekinBoston/CambridgeandoneinitiativeisͻƩĻƭƦƚƓƭźǝĻĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷźĻƭͼandJoeis planningtoattend.20/20playsaroleincapturingthepossibilities.Joesaidthenewparkingmetersare abletoproducedetailedreportsontheirusageandtherewasaSeeClickFixappwhichwaspiloted backinwinter,butveryfewpeoplewereusingit,soitwasdropped.Joesaidwiththeretiringofsenior managers,theremaybenewmanagerswithadifferentperspectiveondatamanagement.Elainesaidif thepublicmeetingcalendarsworkedonthewebsite,itwouldhelpincreaseawareness.Fernandosaid therearepeoplewhoarenotconnecteddigitally,andlisteningtothoseperhapsbeingleftout,is importanttoconsider.Votingissomethingtoprogresson. Itemstobepostedonthewebpage:DansentClairethereporttopostonthewebanditwasposted. JudithsaidtheyshouldputsomethingonthewebabouttheDiamondBarvisit.DanwillsendClairethe itemstobepostedtoadvertisetheDiamondBarvisit.ClairewillsendFernandoanemailreminderto giveherthelistofpastcommitteememberstobeposted. Updates:GinnasaidthereisaworkshopbeinghostedbythePlanningBoardwithbreakouttopicsfor th October5intheDPWCafeteria.GinnasaidthePBistryingtogetinputonthecomprehensiveplan whichwillbeatwoyearprocess.AworkshopmeetingwilltakeplaceinJanuaryandanotherinMay. Summermaybedatagatheringtimeforthereport.Petersaidconversationsrecentlyreflectalackof knowledgeonplanningandzoningbyresidentssoconductinganoutreachprogramoneducatingthe publicisagoodidea.JudithsaidthattheHumanRightsCommitteeisdoingabookreadingonSunday, October16,2pmattheLibrary. Adjourned:9:03am Nextmeetings: th Friday,October28,2016,7:45am,ParkerRoom th Friday,November18,2016,7:45am,ParkerRoom