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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-06-08-2020ECON-min.pdf Lexington 2020 Vision Committee 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