HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-04-26-2020-min Town of Lexington
20/20 Vision Committee Meeting
April 26,2019
Parker Room,Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue 7:45 a.m.—9:00 a.m.
Members Present: Fernando Quezada,Joe Pato, Dan Krupka, Mark Manasas, Andrew Dixon, Kathleen
Lenihan, Alan Wrigley, Bhumip Khasnabish, Margaret Coppe
Members Absent: Carroll Ann Bottino, Peter Enrich, Peter Lee
The meeting was called to order: 7:49 a.m.
The minutes for the March 1, 2019 and March 29, 2019 meetings were approved.
The meeting was primarily devoted to
■ Identifying issues from the 2019 Annual Town Meeting
■ Planning for the Futures Panel event
■ Receiving an update on the Enhancing Communications in Lexington (ECiL) subcommittee
■ Reviewing the 20/20 Vision Committee webpage and mailing lists
■ Reviewing Membership for the committee
Meeting Highlights
■ The following Town Meeting items were discussed
o The Crematory Facility
o Affordable Housing related to 186 Bedford Street
■ High School construction funding
• Possible debt exclusion vote
■ Center Streetscape approval with amendments for input on the project by the
Commission on Disabilities
o Futures Panel Discussion
■ The PIR funding request for the Future Panel was not approved for the FY2020
budget.
■ Inviting LexMedia to broadcast the event
■ Climate Change Adaption will be included in the topics as well
■ Potential Speakers for the event
• Mike Kenneally, potential speaker for State and Regional Economic
Forces
• A Future City Lab representative from MIT
• Nariman Behravesh
• Carlo Ratti
• Michelle Ciccolo
• Julie Hackett
o Inviting Town Leadership and Legislative members
o Have Jay Kaufman serve as moderator for the event
■ Enhancing Communication in Lexington (ECiL)
o The subcommittee will work with PTA on newsletters/signups for Town news sites
o Received an update on Town social media activity
o ECiL will begin contacting other identified communities to prepare them to participate in
survey when it is available
o Lexington Alert and newsletter sign-up demonstration
From discussions,we formulated the following decisions and action items:
Decisions
■ Dan has agreed to be a part of the Futures Panel working group.
Action Items
■ Fernando will contact the Planning Board chair for a new liaison.
■ Mark will send the link for ECiL presentations to the rest of the committee.
■ Mark will send a link to the revised charter for the committee to review.
■ Bhumip will send Fernando the link to have LexMedia broadcast the Futures Panel event.
Next Meeting Date
■ Friday, May 31, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
Subsequent Meetings
■ Friday,June 28, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
■ Friday,July 26, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
■ Friday,August 30, 7:45 a.m. in the Parker Room
Meeting ended at 8:54 a.m.
Minutes submitted by Rajon Hudson