2020-02-26-REC-min (includes attachments)

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`OVS MORN�'Y OQ 1]75 C x Town of Lexington z ow Recreation Committee s A v APRIL[Ir �FXINUt Frederick DeAngelis, Chainnan Tel: (781) 698-4800 Lisah Rhodes,Vice Chair Fax: (781) 861-2747 Lisa O'Brien Ruixi (Ray)Yuan Francesca Pfrommer Recreation Committee Minutes of Meeting February 26, 2020 A meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday,February 26,2020 at 7:00pm in the Dining Room(Room 139) of the Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Road,Lexington. Members Present: Rick DeAngelis,Lisah Rhodes, Lisa O'Brien,Francesca Pfrommer, and Ruixi Yuan Staff Present: Melissa Battite,Director of Recreation and Community Programs,Peter Coleman,Assistant Director of Recreation, Christine Dean, Community Center Director, Melissa Interess,Director of Human Services, Thomas Romano, Community Center Youth and Family Program Coordinator, and Hemali Shah, Assistant Director of Senior Services Others Present: See attached attendance sheet 1. Approval of January 2020 Meeting Minutes Francesca Pfrommer moved and Lisa O'Brien seconded the approval of the Committee Minutes of January 15th. The Recreation Committee voted 4-0-1 to approve the January 15 minutes. 2. Community Partners Meeting Melissa Battite,Director of Recreation and Community Programs, and Melissa Interess,Director of Human Services welcomed everyone to the first annual community partners meeting. Ms. Battite explained that this meeting is the first attempt at this sort of meeting since the Community Center Program Advisory Committee(CCPAC)was dissolved in 2019. Ms. Battite,Ms. Interess, Christine Dean, Community Center Director, and Hemali Shah,Assistant Director of Human Services, gave a presentation and the presentation slides are attached to the meeting minutes. Items about the Recreation and Community Programs and Human Services Departments that were discussed included organizational structure, our team and values, and current initiatives of each department such as the mental health task force,Recreation community needs assessment, age-friendly needs assessment, and the upcoming Community Center 5-year celebration as the facility opened in July 2015. Once the presentation concluded,there was a small group activity in which those in attendance divided into three groups. One group discussed the Recreation community needs assessment and focused on what factors should be addressed and taken into consideration throughout the process. Another group reviewed the results of the age-friendly needs assessment and discussed ways to address the challenges that were presented in the results. The third group brainstormed ideas about what the 5-year celebration at the Community Center would look like. All groups were tasked with coming up with ideas to enhance multigenerational programming at the Community Center. After discussing these items in small group, members at each table took an opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas with the entire audience.