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TOWN OF LEXINGTON
Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee (AhCCAC)
Programs Group
Minutes of Meeting of June 9, 2014
Final
A meeting of the Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee Programs Group was held
on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 9:33 AM in the Parker Room (G-15) at the Town Office
Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue.
Members Present: Laura Hussong, Chair; Jon Himmel, Karen Simmons (Director, Recreation
Department), Sheila Butts (Assistant Director, Recreation Department), Charlotte Rodgers (Director,
Human Services Department)
Members Absent: Leslie Zales, Florence Koplow
Also present: Barb Deveau, Senior Services Coordinator, Robert Pressman, Community Preservation
Committee, Thomas Romano, Recreation Department Intern
Meeting called to order at 9:31 AM with a quorum of five.
Minutes:
The minutes of the May 28, 2014 meeting were approved unanimously.
Motion: Sheila Butts/Second: Karen Simmons
Master Matrix - Process
We continued our examination of sections of the complete program matrix, categorizing the entries of
the following sections: Art, crafts, dance, education, health, computer games, board games,
miscellaneous ideas. Computer and board games were consolidated into a single section called
"games." The remaining categories, which will be analyzed at our June 23 meeting, are:
music/theater, services, socialization, and specialized.
Each entry was marked as one or more of:
D duplicate of item already on the list
K keep (things doing now and in budget)
N new (planned but not yet budgeted)
F future (something we hope to do at some point)
C something that will be 'citizen-run' (therefore not in budget of Rec or Hsvcs)
E expansion of a current offering (keyed as KE keep and expand)
S someplace else (will be offered at a non-community center location)
G general type activity
Issues brought up during the meeting:
LPS started providing bus service to after-school activities. We need to be involved in these
discussions so that Lexington Community Center (LCC) is included. We recognize
transportation will be a critical component of creating successful programs; Human Services
will continue to work with the Transportation Advisory Committee and other Town entities to
examine the broader issue of transportation, which is a Board of Selectmen goal.
Recreation will continue and expand (as space and resources permit) its current after-school
classes and activities
Laura will find out which Cary Library programs on the matrix are currently offered and
which are wish list items
We will investigate stores run at other community centers. The Window Pane shop serves an
important function, but may need to change its organizational status and sales program to
better suit the new Community Center vision.
We will find out what can and can not be done in the proposed warming kitchen
Community Center offerings will be geared toward the community's needs, but the Lexington
Community Center (LCC) will be only one component of a coordinated Town-wide array of
programs and services, including Cary Library, school, and other current providers. The LCC
will not assume the programs of these other providers, but will work cooperatively with them.
The next scheduled meeting will be in the Parker Room (G-15) at the Town Office Building
Monday June 23, 2014 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Meeting adjourned at 11:42 AM.
Materials distributed/used at the meeting are attached:
Individual printouts from CommunityCenter 11May2014Fitness.pdf
6/9/14 agenda
5/28/14 minutes
Respectfully submitted,
Laura Hussong, Scribe
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