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Town of Lexington Vision for Lexington Committee Meeting September 24,2021 Remote Meeting 7:45 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Members Present: Fernando Quezada, Dan Krupka, Margaret Coppe,Joe Pato, Bhumip Khasnabish, Samita Mandelia,Weidong Wang, Rina Kodendera,Andrew Dixon, Robert Peters and Kathleen Lenihan Members Absent: Daniel Joyner, Peter Lee and Alan Wrigley Guests: Professional Staff Present: Katharine Labrecque, Management Analyst The meeting was called to order: 7:48am The Remote Meeting Opening Script was read by the Chair, Fernando Quezada. Minutes: • Minutes from the August 27, 2021 meeting were unanimously approved with Mark Manasas abstaining as he was not present. Handouts/Documents Shared on Zoom Screen: Action Items Summary: • Margaret will work on drafting a charge for the scoping group. Meeting Highlights: Committee Membership Update Fernando asked Margaret to provide an update on the committee membership. Margaret responded that we will soon have three openings on the committee. Margaret continued that we do have applications on file, but the question to the committee is do we open it up or do we go to what is on file.Joe made a slight correction to Margaret's comment saying that it will be the Select Board who refers to the applications on file, not VFL.Joe mentioned that the board has been working on its goal to review town boards and committees and consider how we broaden participation. Unfortunately,the review was not completed in time for this round of appointments. But by January 1St,the board hopes to establish a new process for advertising and filling committee slots. Margaret mentioned a survey that was disseminated from the Select Board and encouraged everyone to complete it. Fernando commented that he, Alan and Dan will not be renewing their membership on the committee. Review of the Town-wide Survey Preparations Mark commented that we are at the final stages of survey preparation. Marian and Ruth have nearly completed that data collection instrument. Mark continued that the group ran through the draft data 1