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May 10, 2007 Meeting Minutes
7:45 am—Ellen Stone Room
Members Present: Fernando Quezada, Peter Enrich, Mollie Garberg, Stacey Hamilton, Ann
Redmon, George Burnell
Others: Candy McLaughlin, Toby Sackton, Connie Rawson, Kathy Quinlan, Deb Jackson
Fernando called the meeting to order at 7:55 a.m.
The minutes from the April 5 meeting were approved.
Sustainable Lexington Task Force Transition. Toby Sackton reported that the Sustainability
Task Force will meet with the Economic Development Task Force soon to discuss crosscutting
issues. Toby mentioned that some members are interested in maintaining the Sustainability Task
Force to address larger sustainability issues,beyond their report recommending that Lexington
do a Climate Action Plan. 2020 Vision Committee members responded that the purpose of a
Task Force is to recommend concrete actions toward meeting specific 2020 Vision goals. The
Committee would be interested in hearing suggestions for future sustainability visioning and
long-term planning that may come out of the joint Task Force meeting.
Economic Development Task Force Update. Mollie reported that Town Meeting approved
making funding available for an RFP for consulting work on possible commercial development
scenarios. The timing is good because the recruitment for an Economic Development Officer
has identified a final candidate. Greg Zurlo will provide more detailed information on the Task
Force work plan at the next meeting.
Cary Library Strategic Planning. Library Director Connie Rawson, Assistant Director Kathy
Quinlan, and facilitator Deb Jackson shared information on the 5-year strategic planning process
that will begin on May 24. This planning process will reach out to the community to hear
external perspectives on how the Library could better serve users. Connie noted that some of the
issues they will be considering, such as how changing demographics in the community affect the
future of Lexington's public library, overlap with 2020 Vision and wondered how the two
processes could work together. 2020 Vision members suggested some additional constituencies
for reaching out, and Stacey volunteered to attend one of the meetings to provide a working
parent perspective. Peter commented that the 2020 Committee will not be able to provide much
substantive information on demographics given the Library's aggressive timeline to have a
finished product by December. Reports of the Constructive Community Discourse and Budget
Task Force reports might be useful, as well as information from previous 2020 Vision
community outreach efforts. Fernando reinforced the Committee's interest and asked Connie to
keep the Committee updated on the process.
Future 2020 Vision Work. Fernando will work with Candy to outline an agenda for future
discussion addressing important issues of demographic change and connecting with elected
board goals.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 am.