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Lexington Community Center Program Advisory Committee
Nancy Shepard, Chairman
Nancy Adler
Alessandro Alessandrini
Daniel Palant
Lisah Rhodes
Archana Singhal
John Zhu
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Lexington Community Center Program Advisory Committee
Minutes of Meeting
December 15, 2016
A meeting of the Community Center Program Advisory Committee was held on Thursday,
December 15, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Road, Lexington.
Meeting Attendees: Members - Nancy Adler, Dan Palant, Nancy Shepard (Chair), Lisah Rhodes
Ex- Officio Member Attendees: Sheila Butts (Community Center Director), Charlotte Rodgers
(Director of Human Services) Karen Simmons (Director of Recreation & Community Programs)
Absent: Alessandro Alessandrini, Archana Singhal, John Zhu
The meeting was called to order at 7: l Opm.
1. Minutes of November 17, 2016
The minutes from the November meeting were reviewed and unanimously accepted.
2. Member Representation
• The Committee reviewed their tour of the Carriage House (CH) and how the space might
be used. Dan Palant talked to Marilyn Fenollosa from the Community Preservation Act
(CPA) committee to get some information on the CH. There are restrictions on the
building because of its history.
• Dan attended the Selectman's meeting and reported on a discussion about the potential
uses for the Pelham Property (PP). A possible idea being discussed is for the school part
of property to be used for the Lexington Children's Place (LCP) and the gymnasium and
cafeteria would be for municipal use. We discussed how the CH and PP could become
part of a Community Center (CC) campus. There are plans to establish roads to connect
the properties.
• Going forward, our committee will want to suggest possible uses for the CH and the PP.
We discussed some ideas. Lisah Rhodes suggested that the gym could be used for
Pickleball, Volleyball and Badminton for adults and the kitchen could be used for
cooking and nutrition classes. Other suggestions were for a cable production facility and
STEM classes.
• The Committee talked about how the committee can be more informed about what is
being discussed by other committees. Karen Simmons suggested that the Community
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Center Program Advisory Committee hold a joint meeting with the Recreation
Committee annually. We will plan to do this after the new director is up and running It
was also suggested that should attend other meetings where things potentially relating to
the CC are being discussed.
• The Committee discussed partnerships with other groups in town for collaborative
programming. Lexington Community Education (LCE) is interested in using the CC for
some of their programs. Once fees for building use are established, these discussions can
move forward. There does seem to be some overlap with what other groups that are
offering programs, like Hayden and Monroe. Charlotte said that we are offering some
programs with Monroe now. The Evergreen Support group will be offering a Chinese
New Year program for Seniors. The Lexington Chorale from Brookhaven came and gave
a concert recently that was well attended.
• Nancy found out about Communities United from the head children's librarian at Cary.
They conduct outreach programs in communities for children ages birth through 8.
Information on their programs can be found at
http:// communitiesunitedefce .weebly.com /program- calendar.html
If you look under the calendar, there is a description of the programming they provide.
Nancy, Sheila and Tom Romano will be meeting with Megan Sharkey from Communities
United on December 28th.
• Dan is still working on outreach to find someone to facilitate an Intergenerational Snow
Sculpture Program for this winter.
3. Directors Report
Sheila gave an update on some of the programs happening at the CC.
o The classes for the winter term for 60+ people are well subscribed and some
programs have waiting lists.
o Family Fun Nights are being offered monthly. This month, there will be a family
movie night.
o There are 80 classes being offered this winter that begin in January.
o A middle school tubing trip to Nashoba will be offered on the January early release
day.
• Charlotte reports that the new Volunteer Coordinator is working on the Friendly Visitor
Program and some intergenerational programming. They are also looking at the World
Health Organization Friendly Community Initiative and whether it would good to try and
bring this program to Lexington.
4. Balanced Programming
• Intergenerational Programming- we discussed trying to find ways to offer
intergenerational programming. One idea suggested is a Duck Tour.
Next Steps for Committee Members:
o Reach out to your constituencies for program ideas.
o Think about ideas for intergenerational programs.
o If you are unable to attend a meeting, please send an email to Nancy at
nshep12 @verizon.net or text her at 781 - 718 -8577. A quorum for our meetings is 4
committee members and we had just 4 members for the December meeting.
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Other items:
• There will be a town -wide retirement reception for Karen Simmons, Candy McLaughlin,
Rob Adelson and Linda Vine on January 19th from 4:30 — 6:30 in Cary Hall. We are
moving our meeting for January because of this.
• The next Community Center Program Advisory Committee meeting will be held on
January 12th at 7pm.
• Meeting adjourned at 8:35.