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2020 Vision Implementation Committee
May 5, 2005 – Meeting Minutes
7:45 a.m. Selectmen’s Meeting Room
Members Present
: Peter Enrich, Ann Redmon, Fernando Quezada, Marian Cohen, Stacey Hamilton,
Scott Burson
Others:
Candy McLaughlin, Elaine Sterzin, Kerry Evans
Minutes:
The minutes from the April 7, 2005, Implementation Committee meeting were approved.
Fernando inquired about whether the questions regarding 2020 and long range planning were asked of the
two Town Manager candidates. Candy replied that, from the feedback she had read/heard, both would be
supportive of long range planning.
Presentations to Elected Officials and TMMA:
Stacey informed the Committee of her report to the
Planning Board. She stated that she had a 30-40 minute conversation with the members of the Planning
Board. Some of their concerns included that they don’t feel the two reports (Budget and Community
Discourse) are relevant to them and were disappointed that the Economic Development taskforce did not
go forward. Richard Canale, a member of the Planning Board, was also a member of the Economic
Development Task Force and he felt that there wasn’t enough support from elected officials for this group
and that it was lacking the proper historical context and background. Another problem he highlighted
was the fact that 2020 doesn’t have the ability to “do”/implement anything. While they shared their
frustration that their issues are not being covered, they support the 2020 process. In terms of a joint
meeting, there was some discrepancy as to whether a joint board meeting was necessary. The Planning
Board was also asked to suggest new members for the Committee; they did not give any specific names
but did suggest getting local landlords/business owners involved.
Candy noted that we still need a date from the School Committee for a presentation to the full Committee.
Scott said that he would ask the new chair, Helen Cohen, for her suggestion on a good date. Fernando
stated that he will be contacting the new chair of the TMMA Executive Board, Gloria Bloom, for a date to
present that that group.
Meeting on Budget report and recommendations:
There was some discussion about when to best
schedule the Budget meeting and whether it should wait until after the new Town Manager is here.
There was a suggestion that we hold the meeting and invite whoever is selected as the new Town
Manager. It was decided that a smaller meeting of the Budget Collaboration group be called in the next
few weeks (early June) and bring in two people from the Budget taskforce to do a brief overview and
work on a plan to hold a larger meeting with the major players in the Budget process.
Meeting on Community Discourse report and recommendations:
The plan is to hold this meeting in
September since it would require more advanced planning. It was decided to have a sub-group of the
committee or task force get together to have a planning meeting. There was a discussion about whether
the September meeting would be expanded to include a discussion of community discourse as well as
next steps for 2020. It was suggested that over the summer, one-on-one outreach be conducted, including
members of the Chamber of Commerce. It was thought that a number of the task force members could be
counted on to become actively involved in the next steps.
In terms of the Economic Development group, it was decided that the Committee would ask Mary Jo
Bohart (of the Chamber of Commerce) for the names and contact information of the most active members
of the Chamber Board so someone can contact them and hopefully gather some support to allow Mary Jo
the time to become more actively involved in 2020.
Elaine Sterzin asked if the Committee was planning on having a table at Discovery Day, which is
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scheduled for May 28. The Committee agreed that this would be a good idea. Ann will check to see if it
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is possible to still get a table and get an application. It was suggested that the table would be staffed with
Committee members and members of the task forces. Stacey agreed to be the volunteer coordinator.
Marian and Peter will give email lists of the task forces to Stacey to contact. Candy will ask Peter Lee if
he would be willing to create a flyer etc for the table and also to check with other Town departments
about tables etc. Candy and Fernando will work together to gather some materials and a possible survey
for the table.
Recruitment:
Peter mentioned that since the next steps for 2020 are not exactly clear, it might be
difficult to recruit. It was suggested that recruitment could be staggered – the Committee should actively
recruit people that are already familiar with the process such as members of the task forces. Typically the
Committee has done its own outreach to new members. It was suggested that if people are interested in
joining 2020 (including the names provided by Norman Cohen), Committee members can invite them to
sit in on a few Committee meetings. Also, it was suggested that an ad be run in the Minuteman asking for
Committee volunteers. Elaine Sterzin informed the Committee that they will need to ask the new school
superintendent for her replacement as school staff representative since her position has been eliminated as
of June 30, 2005.
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Future Meetings:
Friday, June 10
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Friday, July 22
Meeting adjourned
at 8:45 am
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