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Town of Lexington
Vision for Lexington Committee Meeting
September 9, 2022
Remote Meeting
7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Members Present: Margaret Coppe, Chair, Mark Sandeen, Kathleen Lenihan, Robert Peters, Mark
Manasas, Dan Krupka, John Giudice, Daniel Joyner, Weidong Wang, Bhumip Khasnabish, Samita Mandelia
Andrew Dixon
Members Absent: Vishwanathan Krishnamoorthy, Shannon Murtagh
Guests: Joe Pato, Ruth Remington, Marian Cohen
Staff Present: James Robinson
The meeting was called to order: 7:50am
The Remote Meeting Script was read by Ms. Margaret Coppe.
Minutes:
Minutes from 7/29/2022 were approved with minor revisions
Action Items Summary:
Resolve issues with contested Town-wide Survey section
VFL Website and Emails (Daniel Joyner)
Meeting Highlights:
VFL Website and Report on Emails
This item was skipped.
Membership Review
Rina Kodendera has resigned from the VFL Committee.
Town-wide Survey Discussion
Mark Manasas made a presentation providing updates from the Town-wide Survey Working Group. The
information from the survey will be presented at 3 public meetings.
October 17 @ 7:00 PM : Select Board, Planning Board, School Committee
November 4 @ 9:30 AM : League of Women Voters, Community Center
November TBD @ 7:30 PM : Cary Hall to Public
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Mark Manasas sought input from the committee regarding how the findings should be presented to the
public. Marian Cohen and Ruth Remington were available for questions and answers regarding the
contents of the report.
Clarification was sought over the scale of numbers surrounding open-ended questions and the
methodology of collecting open-ended question data. Marian Cohen and Ruth Remington encouraged
committee members to send revisions to them.
Joe Pato and Dan Krupka acknowledged the utility of the committee to emphasize the takeaways and
policy recommendations that can be drawn from the report.
Margaret Coppe and Mark Manasas suggested working on resolving the section in question prior to
presenting the findings to the public, possibly a small group work session before September 30th.
Approve VFL Section of Annual Town Report
The VFL Section of the Annual Town Report was approved for submission.
Discussion of Comprehensive Plan in relation to VFL Committee Charge
Robert Peters provided an update. A near-final plan will be presented to the Planning Board on
September 28th.
Public Comment
There was no public comment.
Next Meeting Date:
September 30th, 2022 @ 7:45am
Meeting adjourn: 9:05 a.m.
Minutes submitted by Management Fellow, James Robinson