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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-12-15-CCPAC-minTown of Lexington Lexington Community Center Program Advisory Committee Nancy Shepard, Chairman Nancy Adler Alessandro Alessandrini Daniel Palant Lisah Rhodes Archana Singhal John Zhu Tel: (781) 698 -4870 Fax: (781) 862 -2747 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 2 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. 3 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.