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20/20 Vision Committee Meeting
March 1,2019
Parker Room,Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue 7:45 a.m.—9:00 a.m.
Members Present: Fernando Quezada,Joe Pato, Dan Krupka, Margaret Coppe, Mark Manasas,Andrew
Dixon, Kathleen Lenihan, Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti, Alan Wrigley, Peter Enrich, Peter Lee
Members Absent: Bhumip Khasnabish, Carroll Ann Bottino
Visitor(s):Jim Malloy
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 a.m.
The minutes for the December 28, 2018 and January 25, 2019 meeting were approved
Motion(s):To Add Margaret Coppe to the Enhancing Communication in Lexington Subcommittee
Decision(s):The Committee unanimously approved the motion.
The meeting was primarily devoted to
■ Identifying themes and topics for speakers for Futures Panel
■ Providing the New Town Manager,Jim Malloy,with an introduction of the committee and
having a discussion about current issues in Lexington
■ Receiving an update of Enhancing Communication in Lexington
■ Discussing next steps for ECiL
Meeting Highlights
■ The committee discussed narrowing the scope of the Futures Panel to three themes
o List of potential themes
■ Education
■ Transportation
■ Technology and Artificial Intelligence
■ Demographics of the Town
■ Economic Diversity and Development
■ The committee suggested having possibly 3 speakers and/or possibly a panel for one of the
topics
■ Jim address the following topics during his discussion with the committee
o Fiscal challenges
o Capital Projects
o Developing fiscal and personnel policies
o Updating Union Contracts
From discussions,we formulated the following decisions and action items:
Decisions
■ Peter Lee, Peter Enrich, and Nancy will be on the Futures Panel working group.
Action Items
■ Rajon will submit the acceptance memo to the Town Clerk for Margaret to be added to ECiL.
Next Meeting Date
■ Friday,April 26, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
Subsequent Meetings
■ Friday, May 31, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
■ Friday,June 28, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
■ Friday,July 26, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
Meeting ended at 9:00 a.m.
Minutes submitted by Rajon Hudson