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June 8, 2006 Meeting Minutes
7:45 a.m. Selectmen's Meeting Room
Members present: Marian Cohen, Peter Enrich, Stacey Hamilton, Ann Redmon, Ravi Sakhuja
Others: Candy McLaughlin
Peter called the meeting to order at 7:50 am. The minutes from the May 4 meeting were
approved. Everyone introduced him/herself since Ravi is the new liaison from the School
Committee. Fernando and Peter are planning to meet individually with Ravi and other new
elected board members to provide an overview of the 2020 Vision process.
2020 Vision Issues. Candy noted that Town Manager Carl Valente had identified a couple of
2020-related issues at a recent Senior Management Team goal setting meeting. Lexington's
demographics are changing, with the school age population leveling off and the senior
population growing. Seniors are now richer, healthier and stay more active. The closeness of
the recent override vote may reflect these changes. The second issue relates to economic
development, whether we want to grow the commercial base to support the Lexington we want.
Sustainable Lexington. Notes from the May 23 stakeholder meeting were distributed. The next
step is to set a date for the first scoping group meeting. The issue of what other voices need to
participate in these discussions was noted as something the scoping group should address. We
need to include points of view that may be more pragmatic and practical than the advocates who
attended the stakeholder meeting.
Economic Development. The scoping group is scheduled to meet on June 20. One of their
tasks will be to work on revising the Economic Development Officer position description.
Progress Report feedback. Candy distributed the feedback compiled from 7 questionnaires
returned to date. Comments are generally consistent with previous input from the community.
Review recruitment strategy. Peter distributed a draft Guest Commentary for the Minuteman
that reviews the Progress Report to provide visibility for the 2020 Vision process. It was also
suggested that Fernando get in touch with the chairs of the School Committee and Board of
Selectmen to ask for help expanding committee representation, particularly constructive "middle
of the road"people since the community is very divided. He would also ask when someone from
the committee could get on the agenda to review the Progress Report.
Mollie Garberg and Mike Kenealy are both ready to join the 2020 Vision committee; Ann will
send them the application. Constituencies that were mentioned to help balance committee
membership were people who didn't support the override, seniors, and affordable housing
advocates. Members volunteered to contact specific individuals and report back.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 am. Future meeting schedule:
- Thursday, July 13
- (no August meeting)
- Thursday, September 14