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Page 2 Minutes for the Meeting of February 17, 2022 they should use language that is clearer about how the priorities are viewed. He was not comfortable duplicating things and how conflicting items in different sections were presented.  Ms. Thompson said she requested a hard copy and finds it easier to read a large document on a hard copy and has a more difficult time on the computer. She said the printed copy looked good to her, but thought that it should be cut down a little bit, but liked the look of it, the style, topics, and overall in print it is impressive. Ms. Thompson thanked the staff for getting the printout for her.  Mr. Creech said this is a very readable document and no page is overwhelming. This is structured extremely well and is a useable document to give to any team to understand and have a lot of information to work with. He liked repeating things in the different sections throughout the document and how it came to be and likes it in the current form.  Mr. Peters said he has been using the PDF online and believes the document should be available in two formats. Using some of the electronic formatting and being able to hyperlink to various sections would be more effective for some users. He appreciated the work being put into this and it is a positive well- presented document for the community. He was able to find the actionable items for the goals and recommendations to be considered for potential bylaw updates and amendments and found it powerful and helpful for the planning perspective.  Mr. Leon said he preferred to work with a printed version for such a large document but was able to go through it on the computer. He said this was a remarkable and enormously valuable document. He asked for clarification on what was the demographic participation for this comprehensive plan and does this reflect the sentiment and input of the broader community of the 30,000 residents and 12,000 households in the community? How do you make it reflect what the priorities that will be in the next two to five years? Ms. Politis, Ms. Lyon, Mr. Herbert, and Ms. Felton all addressed the question from Mr. Leon on the demographic participation for this proposed Comprehensive Plan. Discussion: Timeline of LexingtonNext Comprehensive Plan Update: Mr. Hornig said staff wants to go through the entire document over the next month to make sure the facts are correct. The CPAC feels they want to work more on the executive summary and asked for time to polish that first. The new polished draft maybe ready around the end of March right before Town Meeting. Mr. Hornig asked the Planning Board if they want to push ahead with this meeting weekly on top of Town Meeting and regular development meetings or a little more slowly to add an extra meeting per month.  Ms. Thompson said it has to be right and the number of meetings does not really matter and trying to rush it is not the right thing.  Mr. Creech agreed with Ms. Thompson. He thought we should pick a section at a time, go through it to get it right, and meet once a month.  Mr. Peters said once a month during Town Meeting is good and we can accelerate it after considering all the things we need to do on our regular work.