2014-10-31-CCAC-rpt (Programs Group)

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Community Center Advisory Committee - Programs Group Recommendations and Report on Activities October 31, 2014 Final Programs Group Jon Himmel Laura Hussong Florence Koplow Leslie Zales Sheila Butts (Assistant Director, Recreation) Charlotte Rodgers (Director, Human Services) Karen Simmons (Director, Recreation) Charge of the Programs Group Fill gaps in programs and services Review equipment needs Collaborate with community groups Provide intergenerational /multicultural programming Describe room utilization* Suggest role of volunteers* Plan programming for phased opening* Describe staffing needed to support programs* ( *Overlap with Governance Group) Process • Met with and /or collected materials from: Recreation Department, Human Services Department, Cary Memorial Library, Community Center Task Force, Lexington Youth Services Council, Council on Aging Programs Group, Senior Center stakeholders, Diamond Middle School students, Lexington Community Center Open House and suggestion boxes, Toward Independent Living and Learning, Inc., LABBB Collaborative, Lexington At Home, Bicycle Committee, Lexington Community Farm, Brookline Teen Center, Lexington Community Education, Town staff, Community Center Advisory Committee Governance working group, and the Lexington Board of Health • Created a master matrix of all existing and suggested programs based on collected materials • Site visits to Harwich Community Center, Belmont Beech Street Center, Natick Community Senior Center, Brookline Teen Center, Hudson Senior Center, Weston Community Center, and Duxbury Community Center • Staff compiled list of equipment required for building and programs • Broke days into five blocks of time to facilitate planning and find programming gaps: (6 -9am, 9 -noon, noon -3pm, 3 -6pm, 6 -10pm) 1 Note: Statements within quotation marks are specific positions voted at meetings by the Programs Group