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20/20 Vision Committee Meeting
July 28, 2017
Parker Room, Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue — 7:45am
Members Present: Peter Enrich, Margaret Coppe, Fernando Quezada, Alan Wrigley, Kathleen Lenihan,
Dan Krupka, Andrew Dixon, Carrol Ann Bottino, Mark Manassas
Members Absent: Ginna Johnson, Bhumip Khasnabish, Peter Lee, Joe Pato
Visitors: Marian Cohen
Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 7:45 a.m.
Minutes: The minutes from the 20/20 Vision Committee meeting of June 23, 2017 were approved.
Updates for the Working Group on Social Diversity: The committee discussed scheduling for the social
diversity group. Peter and Marian discussed the final report, and scheduling a meeting to review a draft
of the final report.
The members determined a date to go over any final edits and review for the report, which was later
decided to be August 2, 2017 at 7:45 a.m.
The committee also discussed 20/20 Committee website updates, and identifying members of the
taskforce that will be participating in the final report. The committee would also work on scheduling
meetings with the Board of Selectmen and Planning Committee to present the final report and obtain
feedback from them.
Marian discussed various topics/contents that were identified in the report, and the committee asked
questions about
• What topics/subjects were missed?
• Is the executive summary all-encompassing of the entire report?
Fernando discussed the expectations of the survey, and other members inquired about the survey
results being a comprehensive report or living dataset. Several members also questioned whether
results of the survey were secured or not to protect confidentiality, to which Marian reassured everyone
that the data is securely stored.
The committee talked about the performance and comparisons of importance in regards to the survey
results and presentation.
Marian discussed how the committee can interpret the results to communicate and engage the various
communities in Lexington.
Fernando elaborated on this topic further by stating how the report can identify important stakeholders
and tradeoffs for the town.
The committee then went on to discuss how they will coordinate meeting with the Planning Committee
and Board of Selectmen, which one possibility was mentioned for doing it at the Board of Selectmen
summit. Several members also asked about when they will bring the report to the rest of 20/20
Committee.
The members went on talk about how they will maintain the security and who has permission to access
the data from the survey. The committee came up with numerous options, which included
• Giving the data to the Town Clerk.
• Making it only available by requests.
• Allowing only Marian and Carl Valente to be the only people who has access to it.
Next, the committee discussed key questions that were focused on in this survey, such as
• Age of respondents
• Income of the respondents
Fernando stated that they will identify a new chair for the Scoping Committee, and stated that Mark
Manassas will be joining the E -Governance subcommittee.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:56 a.m.