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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-05-05-2020-min (Steering Committee) Meeting Minutes – Lexington 20/20 Vision Steering Committee Meeting – May 5, 2000 Members Present: Fernando Quezada, Helen Cohen, Alan Lazarus, Todd Burger, Paul Mammola, Tony Siesfeld, Alan Lazarus Consultants and Town Staff: Wendy Rundle, Richard White, Candy McLaughlin, Monicka Tutschka, Call to Order Approval of April 13, 2000 Minutes In the future it was agreed that Operations Subcommittee meeting minutes will be distributed to all Steering Committee members. Steering Committee Liaison Reports The Productive Connections Work Group has completed but has yet to officially submit their Environmental Scan. Alan Lazarus assured the Steering Committee that the Work Group will submit some version of their th vision and goal matrix for the May 9 meeting. To date, the group has not submitted their vision and goal matrix. Spirits are somewhat low within the group. Alan agreed that he will reach out to the one member who has asked to resign. Town Staff members who attend Productive Connections Work Group meetings will consolidate their notes and provide Alan with some important information that might help them draft their vision and goal statement. The Fiscal Stability Work Group has been working extremely hard and has submitted their Work Group Vision and Goal Matrix on time. It was noted that attendance at meetings was down. The group has achieved a good balance by the two alternative perspectives that are offered during the meetings. The Fiscal Stability Work Group initially struggled with their topic because they were unsure as to how general or how detailed they should be in their research. Their chair has done a considerable amount of work to keep things on track and to keep the information flowing. They submitted their draft vision and goal matrix on time and they are looking th forward to get some direction from other work groups on May 9. The Transportation Work Group has a strong chair and has kept on track with its spirits high. People in the group respect and listen to each other, attendance is high and they submitted their vision and goal matrix on time. The Sense of Community Work Group also has a strong leader as chair and st the group made the May 1 deadline. Their interest has been sustained and the breadth of the information they submitted is admirable. There was no one present to represent the Managing Growth or Educational Excellence Work Group. The Managing Growth group has submitted all their documents. The Educational Excellence Work Group has submitted their vision and has promised to submit their goal and vision matrix just as soon as they can. The Educational Excellence Work Group submitted their revised Environmental Scan and Fernando agreed to review it to provide feedback. Fernando hoped that others would join in his effort to provide feedback to the scan. th May 9 Work Group Meeting Steering Committee attendance was strongly encouraged. Steering Committee liaisons should inform WG members/chairs that at least 4 WG participants are needed in order for this meeting to run properly. Town Staff will also inform work group chairs. It was agreed that a considerable amount of time should be spent at the beginning of this meeting congratulating all the work groups for the time and effort that they have contributed to make this process a success. Each work group should stand up and accept a round of applause. Sparking cider should be offered and it was suggested that either Peter Enrich or Marjorie Platt should address the group and thank them accordingly. Fernando agreed to get in touch with Peter and/or Marjorie to see if they would make this presentation. The Groups would then move to the vision and goal review part of the meeting and they would finish the meeting with a plenary session discussion that provided time for a “debriefing” of what has happened so far along with a discussion of future milestones that loom in the not-to-distant future. rdst May 23 / June 1 CPG Review Meetings The Managing Transportation Work Group, the Managing Growth Work Group and the Fostering a Sense of Community Work Group will present rd their draft final reports to the CPG on May 23. Fiscal Stability, Productive st Connections and Educational Excellence will present on June 1. th June 15 Meeting moved to June 22 Because there were no conference rooms available at the Museum of Our th National Heritage on June 15, it was decided that since there was a room nd available on June 22, this celebratory/working meeting would be pushed nd back to June 22. However, it was agreed that other Steering Committee members should be asked as to whether this would be all right. Some type of formal speech will be made at this meeting thanking the Work Groups, SC, CPG, Town Staff, consultants and other involved individuals. Future steps will also be discussed. Adjourn