HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-26-VISION2025-min Town of Lexington
Vision for Lexington Committee Meeting
September 26,2025
Remote Meeting
7:45 a.m.—9:00 a.m.
Minutes
Members Present: Sara del Nido Budish, Marian Cohen, Margaret Coppe, Andrew Dixon,John Giudice,
Bhumip Khasnabish, Vineeta Kumar(Select Board),Tom Lin, Shannon Murtagh, Michael Schanbacher,
Catherine Yan, Min Zhou
Absent: Larry Freeman (School Committee), Daniel Joyner, Carol Marine
Meeting was called to order: 7:50 AM
The remote meeting script was read by Margaret Coppe.
Roll Call Vote: Budish, Aye; Cohen, Aye; Coppe, Aye; Giudice, Aye; Khasnabish, Aye; Kumar, Aye; Lin,
Aye; Murtagh, Aye; Schanbacher, Aye;Yan, Aye.
Minutes:
• The approval of minutes from August 22, 2025, with two alterations was moved by Marian
Cohen and seconded by John Giudice.The edits are changing one of Vineeta Kumar's votes from
aye to to abstain and small edit in the Town Wide Survey section suggested by Sara del Nido
Budish.
• Roll Call Vote: Budish, Aye; Cohen, Aye; Coppe, Aye; Giudice, Aye; Khasnabish, Aye; Kumar, Aye;
Lin, Aye; Murtagh, Aye; Schanbacher, Aye;Yan, Aye.The vote was unanimous.
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 search is still ongoing for the internal facing DEI role. Staff will continue to provide updates
throughout the process and hope to fill the position soon.The position is posted, and Vision for
Lexington members can feel free to encourage others to apply.
Town Wide Survey
Update:The group discussed the possibility of involving high school students in designing and executing
the survey.The committee was supportive of the idea as it would be a good way to engage young
people, and the high school could incorporate it into the statistics class. Another benefit is that high
schoolers could potentially use it for community service credit.The logistics of including people under
the age of 18 in the survey are challenging because permission is required from a parent or guardian, or
a teacher. If youth are included in the research group, the subcommittee will need to include that as
part of the RFP.The working group will research the laws surrounding youth participation and consider
the potential partnership with the high school, then report back at the next meeting.
Preliminary Schedule:The Vision for Lexington Committee discussed the budget request timeline.The
summit is scheduled in January, and the request needs to be submitted before then.The committee
thinks that it will likely need more than $50,000 for this request.The working group is unsure how many
people may bid because the last survey was associated with a state institution, and municipality
contracts with a state institution do not need to go through the RFP process. Abraham will share an
example RFP to support the creation of the new RFP.The goal is to write, design, and construct the
survey in the spring and summer of 2026.The beta will be completed in early fall 2026 and tested,
analyzed, and tweaked in fall 2026.Then, survey administration will occur in February or March 2027.
Public comment
No public comment
Motion to adjourn: Motion from John Giudice. Marian Cohen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote: Budish, Aye; Cohen, Aye; Coppe, Aye; Dixon, Aye; Giudice, Aye; Khasnabish, Aye; Kumar,
Aye; Lin, Aye; Murtagh, Aye; Schanbacher, Aye;Yan, Aye;Zhou, Aye.
Adjourn:8:46
Next meeting: October 31, 2025 7:45 AM
Remote by Zoom