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Vision for Lexington Committee Meeting
July 25, 2025
Remote Meeting
7:45 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
Minutes
Members Present: Sara del Nido Budish, Marian Cohen, Margaret Coppe, Andrew Dixon, Daniel Joyner,
Tom Lin, Michael Schanbacher (Planning Board), Catherine Yan
Absent: Larry Freeman (School Committee), John Giudice, Bhumip Khasnabish, Vineeta Kumar (Select
Board), Carol Marine, Shannon Murtagh, Min Zhou
Meeting was called to order: 7:54 AM
The remote meeting script was read by Margaret Coppe.
Roll Call Vote: Budish, Aye; Cohen, Aye; Coppe, Aye; Dixon, Aye; Joyner, Aye; Lin, Aye; Schanbacher, Aye;
Yan, Aye.
Minutes:
• The approval of minutes from June 27, 2025, with the edit to remove Vineeta Kumar as a
member was moved by Michael Schanbacher and seconded by Marian Cohen.
• Roll Call Vote: Budish, Abstain; Cohen, Aye; Coppe, Aye; Dixon, Aye; Joyner, Abstain; Lin, Aye;
Schanbacher (Planning Board), Aye; Yan, Aye. The vote is unanimous with two abstentions.
Meeting Highlights
VFL Website and report on emails
The committee has received general notifications from the Town. There are no other updates on the
email.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity
The Town has completed the majority of its scheduled first round interviews for the Assistant Human
Resources position. The second round of interviews start next week.
Town Wide Survey
The three Vision for Lexington committee volunteers supporting the survey are Sara del Nido Budish,
Tom Lin, and Min Zhou. Michael Schanbacher is supporting as the Planning Board member. Margaret
will contact the Select Board and School Committee to confirm which members will join. Discussions
were held to determine who would be the Chair of this subcommittee. Marian noted that it would be a
significant amount of work. Tom Lin and Sara del Nido Budish asked questions about the Chair's
responsibilities and raised the possibility of having co-chairs.
Considering the survey timeline, the subcommittee must begin preparing its budget to submit to the
Town this fall. The cost of the previous survey was $50,000. The group must start to recruit people to do
translations. Last time, the survey was translated to Mandarin and Korean. At some point, the
subcommittee will need to engage a consultant to assist with the survey. Marian Cohen was part of the
consultant group in 2022 and expressed interest in joining the project as a consultant again for this
survey. Daniel Joyner also expressed interest in his company consulting on the survey. If a Vision for
Lexington committee member is part of the consultant group, they must resign from the Vision for
Lexington during this process.
The Chair must evaluate feedback from the Planning Board, Select Board, and School Committee to add
or tweak questions. A beta test must be conducted by the end of 2026. This beta test is essential
because the committee needs to ensure everything is in order. The survey is traditionally released to the
public in February or March 2027. A significant portion of participants completed the online version, but
print copies are usually made available at the Library, Community Center, and Town Hall.
Mark Manassas was Chair of the last survey subcommittee. He will be a valuable resource for discussing
the timeline for the survey. Andrew Dixon served on the previous survey subcommittee. He has a folder
of emails that he can share with the new subcommittee members to help them understand the timeline,
in case Mark does not have the documentation. Tom will contact Mark.
Public comment
No public comment
Motion to adjourn: Motion from Marian Cohen. Michael Schanbacher seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote:
Adjourn: 8:31
Next meeting: August 22, 2025 7:45 AM
Remote by Zoom