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Home My WebLink About2026-09-25-VISION2025-minL'1 ow of • exin Massachusetts Vision for Lexington Committee yisionforlexicilexin tonma ov Vision for Lexington Committee Vision for Lexington Committee Meeting Friday, September 25, 2026 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Zoom Members Present: Margaret Coppe, Bob Creech (Planning Board), John Giudice, Andrew Dixon, Bhumip Khasnabish, Tom Lin, Carol Marine, Shannon Murtagh, Mona Roy (School Committee), PK Shiu, Catherine Yan, Min Zhou Absent: Sara del Nido Budish, Vineeta Kumar (Select Board), Marian Cohen, Guests: John Zhao (Council on Aging), Matthew Jarrell (Town's Transportation Manager) Staff: Darah Meister (Town's Management Fellow) Meeting called to order: 8:04 AM The remote meeting script was read by Margaret Coppe. Roll Call Vote: Coppe, Aye; Creech, Aye; Dixon, Aye; Giudice, Aye; Khasnabish, Aye; Lin, Aye; Marine, Aye; Murtagh, Aye; Roy, Aye; Shiu, Aye; Yan, Aye, Zhou, AYE. Minutes: Minutes from July 24, 2026, and August 28, 2026, reviewed and approved: John Giudice motioned to approve July 24th minutes, seconded by Catherine Yan: Bob Creech, Aye; Andrew, Aye; John Giudice, Aye; Bhumip Khasnabish, Aye; Tom Lin, Aye; Shannon Murtagh, Aye; Mona Roy, Aye; PK Shiu, Aye; Catherine Yan, Aye; Min Zhou, Abstained. Mona Roy motioned to approve August 28th minutes, seconded by Andrew Dixon: Bob Creech, Aye; Andrew, Aye; John Giudice, Aye; Bhumip Khasnabish, Aye; Tom Lin, Aye; Shannon Murtagh, Aye; Mona Roy, Aye; PK Shiu, Aye; Catherine Yan, Aye; Min Zhou, Abstained. VFL Website and Report on Emails N/A Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity N/A 1 Town Wide Survey Matthew Jarrel (Transportation Manager) expressed desire for transportation and accessibility content in the Townwide Survey and requested that he and the Transportation Advisory Committee be involved in the stakeholder review process. Tom Lin stated he will circulate the list of stakeholder groups to be included in the listening sessions for the survey development process and requested input from VFL members on additions to the list. VFL members agreed that expectations need to be set before these meetings to ensure groups understand that VFL cannot include all goals, objectives, and topics that are raised. There are limitations in terms of scope, length, and overall direction of the survey. John Zhao noted the need to include senior groups in the process and a discussion about current senior -related transportation programs ensued. VFL members discussed the stakeholder group approach for the student version of the survey noting that students should engage the student group counter parts rather than townwide groups and that the Lexington Public Schools administrators should be involved. VFL members discussed the need to brainstorm ways for circulating, tracking, and reporting survey results once the survey is complete. One member suggested a dashboard and referenced SomerStat (Somerville's online dashboard accessible to the public). Darah Meister (Management Fellow) noted, for the purposes of the contract with UMass Lowell, that the Town must be designated as the owner of any/all raw survey data collected through the survey process and that the data need to be provided to the Town in an easily accessible/storable format. Meeting in Person Not discussed. Public Comment No public comment. Motion to Adjourn: moved by John Giudice, seconded by Andrew Dixon. Roll Call Vote: Margaret Coppe, Aye; Bob Creech, Aye; Andrew Dixon, Aye; John Giudice, Aye; Bhumip Khasnabish, Aye; Tom Lin, Aye; Mona Roy, Aye; PK Shiu, Aye; Catherine Yan, Aye; Min Zhou, Aye. Shannon Murtagh was no longer present for the vote. Meeting ended: 9:05 PM Next meeting: Friday, October 30, 2026, at 8:00 AM. Minutes submitted by Darah Meister, Management Fellow. 2