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2020 Vision Steering Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 9, 2001
Members Present:
Todd Burger,Peter Enrich, Helen Cohen, Alan Lazarus, Peggy
Perry, Fernando Quezada,
Staff:
Rick White, Candy McLaughlin
Call to Order
Approval of Minutes
Survey
The survey was delivered to the Post Office on February 8. There have been two 2020
articles in the Minuteman that mentioned the survey. Candy agreed to draft a letter to the
editor to be signed by Peter, Robin, and Fred asking people to please respond to the
questionnaire. Alan will contact the League of Women Voters about making an
announcement at next Thursday’s candidates’ night, and have a reminder sent out to the
TMMA email list. The idea of a sawhorse sign in front of Cary Hall was also suggested.
Road Show
The purposes of the Road Show are continued outreach, and feedback by the kinds of
questions and potential problems that people raise. Candy and Ellie Epp attended the
Friends of the Minuteman Bikeway meeting last night. This was the first of five requests
received to date for 2020 Vision speakers for meetings or coffees. This is good, but not
sufficient for a successful Road Show. Between now and March 15 we will attempt to
schedule more presentations.
The following contacts will be made: please let Rachael know what and when, so she
can keep track and line up speakers.
Alan will report to the TMMA Executive Committee that so far only two coffees have
been scheduled, compared to the goal of a couple in each precinct, and ask them to
encourage more TM members to hold coffees.
Peter will contact the East Lexington neighborhood association to see if someone can
speak at their annual meeting
Alan will put 2020 Vision on the agenda for the March 3 Meriam Hill association
meeting, and coordinate with Candy on finding a speaker.
Fernando will contact the South Lexington civic association
Candy will contact Diana Garcia about Precinct 8
Rick will contact some of his neighbors
Candy will talk to Heather Sweeney about getting on a Council on Aging agenda.
Candy will try to attend a PTA Council meeting
Rick will contact Rotary
Alan will contact the Lions Club
Candy will ask Joe to contact the Chamber of Commerce
Helen will speak to the Clergy Association
Implementation Committee
The Implementation Committee will have two major roles, in addition to deciding at
some future point when to re-initiate the process. As steward of the report they will
identify action items (the survey results will identify some of the first priorities) and
check in with appropriate town bodies to monitor progress. This is a watchdog function.
The second role is two-way communication to the wider community, reporting on actions
and keeping larger constituencies engaged in the ongoing effort. The committee will
serve as an honest broker among competing pressures. Candy will draft a potential
charge based on these ideas for the three boards to review.
The Implementation Committee needs to be representative of the community in its
membership. Representativeness will help maintain responsibility for the soul and
substance of the cross-cutting vision and avoid balkanization. Potentially eleven Steering
Committee members are willing to continue serving on the Implementation Committee.
Participation from the former Work Groups and CPG is desirable; Steering Committee
liaisons should think about nominations from their groups, and Candy will review CPG
attendance lists for possible candidates. The three boards will be asked for their
suggestions for new members. Helen will contact the Coalition for Racial Equality. Rick
will try to recruit someone from parents of young children.
The target date for appointment of the Implementation Committee is February 26. The
first meeting will be scheduled sometime in March, and future meetings will be roughly
once a month. Staggered terms of 1, 2, and 3 years were suggested. The committee will
establish a regular performance measurement and reporting structure to the joint boards.
Rick envisions a staff team that will work out departmental responsibilities and priorities
and report to the Implementation Committee regularly. Some system will need to be
developed for monitoring non-Town items and private group efforts.
Thanks to Steering Committee
This was the final Steering Committee meeting. Fernando again thanked everyone for
their wonderful service and participation on the Steering Committee.
Adjourn