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Town of Lexington
Lexington 20/20 Vision Committee
Minutes of Meeting of February 27, 2015
20/20 Vision Committee
A meeting of the was held on Friday, February 27, 2015 at 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
in the Town Office Building at 1625 Massachusetts Avenue.
Members Present:
Margaret Coppe, Ginna Johnson, Carroll Ann Bottino, Alan Wrigley, Andrew Dixon, Bhumip
Khasnabish, Peter Lee, Joe Pato, Fernando Quezada
Members Absent:
, Saatvik Ahluwalia, Dan Krupka, Peter Enrich, Matthew Pronchik
Others present:
Marian Cohen
Call to order
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 a.m.
Approval of minutes
The minutes from the 20/20 Vision Committee meeting of January 23, 2015 were reviewed and approved
with some minor edits.
Update on survey presentations
F. Quezada thanked Marian Cohen for making a presentation regarding the findings of the 20/20 Vision
Survey to the First Friday forum of the Lexington League of Women Voters on February 6, 2015 at Cary
Memorial Library. Marian reported that the session went well with active participation of the audience. She
also expressed her appreciation for the 20/20 Vision Committee members that were able to attend. F.
Quezada stated that the other presentation originally scheduled with the Lexington Chamber of Commerce
was cancelled due to weather conditions. The 20/20 Committee discussed interests in seeking opportunities
of having the presentation made to an education-related audience. Additionally, the committee favoured
the possibility of repeating the survey every three years to accumulate longitudinal data on community
preferences and attitudes. Marion said that since the questionnaire was already designed, it could be
updated a bit and posted again on Survey Monkey. Andrew Dixon mentioned that certain questions could
be added regarding citizen satisfaction. The next survey could be considered for 2016.
Potential new 20/20 focus areas:
The committee agreed that, for the moment, all three proposed topics remain on the list of possible new
focus areas: issues of diversity beyond race and ethnicity; future of
e-government; capital planning and fiscal challenges. F. Quezada mentioned that it will be essential for
individual committee members to assume the lead on the respective topics of interest and that some
members have already come forward in this regard.
Next steps for study of community models of multicultural integration.
Joe Pato confirmed that the cost item for this activity was included in the budget proposal for the current
Town Meeting. F. Quezada mentioned that Dan Krupka has agreed to serve as Committee “point person”
.
for this activity
Follow-up on recommendations of the sub-committee on demographic change.
Margaret Coppe mentioned that she has a meeting scheduled for the following week relating to some of the
recommendations of the sub-committee on demographic change.
Other topics:
Joe Pato reminded the committee members that it is required for all Town appointed individuals to review
the conflict of interest rules and to comply with ethics requirements. This information is available through
the Town Clerk.
Meeting adjourned:
9:00 a.m.