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• MDR— Questions from workgroup were passed on to 2020 committee, but we don't have an update from the 2020 committee - Town Mgr is looking to do a Community Perspective on Policing Survey sooner. • Jill Hai - We don't have anything definitive, but are looking to implement something along with All Aces, etc. • MDR - Survey's should be done thoughtfully - we need to do it right and so that we are capturing what we really want to learn. • Clarification on process in examining data- who should we direct questions and findings. JB can answer data questions, but data requests need to go through LHRC. • Discussion on protecting identifying information from our reports - if data can be used to identify an individual, we need to figure out how prevent this from happening. Avoid names, addresses, etc. • TG - we do not want to shame or embarrass people • Karen Laufer is asking for clarification to define what it is we want from the demographics. • MDR - if there is information missing TG and MDR would have double check the ask. • CMC - If someone makes a public request for data, they have a right to charge for the time and hours it takes to generate these documents. One of the requests he did himself because we don't keep some of this information in a way that is easy to provide. • TG - Thank you to working groups for all your time, energy and effort. 5. Report on progress and any next steps from Housing Workgroup • SH—Updated on current charge and progress —workgroup focus is on identifying the barriers of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino families moving to Lexington looking at a) Affordability/attainability barriers; discriminatory barriers and b) Desirability barriers— attractiveness of Lexington to families of all income. • Workgroup member, Vicki Lawrence Blier has created a glossary of housing terms and definitions. A link is provided in the update summary. This is an ongoing and evolving glossary. • Workgroup has collected regional demographic data and are in the process of creating charts to show where Lexington is in terms of diversity to comparable towns. These charts will be provided at our next meeting. We've identified six towns that we consider comparable who we also believe our have some of the same issues we have, and that we have identified through a variety of means are working towards change. They include but are not limited to Belmont, Needham, Newton, Wellesley, Weston and Winchester.