The 2010 Facilities Coordinating Committee report cited by Steve Gladstone includes the following as part of its key recommendations:
"* Designate “booking coordinators” for space on the school campus and at Town Offices. Publish and make available simple policies and procedures for reserving meeting space, as well as lists of alternative spaces around Town. Educate user groups about the process. * Encourage boards and committees to lead by example in choosing under[1]used spaces (Library vault room, Public Safety training room, Pierce House) for meetings." I would only add that the list of under-used available spaces that they mention is incomplete. The booking coordinator concept could be extended to include not only school campus and Town Offices, but the library, Pierce House, Bemis, and perhaps non-town properties such as the Stone Church. I do not by any means claim that better utilization of existing spaces solves all the issues. I do claim that it can be a useful part of the solution. Then, starting with the 2012 Community Center feasibility study of 2012, all of the subsequent reports are biased towards the concept of a single facility that accommodates parks/recreation and COA/human resources all together. For example, the 2012 report includes a table comparing various potential sites. It mentions that Wells Rd would require new construction. That is correct if the objective is a single facility for all the needs. It is not correct if we explore the potentials for addressing the real needs while not _requiring_ that everything be co-located in one building. The 2012 feasibility study report includes the charge given to the committee by the selectboard. That charge included (caps for emphasis are added by me): "* Review the benefits and challenges of co‐locating SOME OR ALL of the departments’ programs in ONE OR MORE facilities. * Assess the benefits and challenges of relocating SOME OR ALL programs and services to ONE OR MORE EXISITING town and/or private facilities." I do not see evidence that the 2012 report fulfilled the charge. The subsequent reports did not deviate from the direction set by the 2012 report. All the well-intentioned intelligent people who served on all the committees over the years on this topic, and who put in a lot of time, seem to have been inherently biased against considering options that are not a single facility that includes everything. I would add that those well-intentioned committees did not indicate to me that they carefully distinguished between wants and needs. I agree that "doing nothing" is not an option, but we are being asked to "do everything." Dennis Picker On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 10:16 AM Steve Gladstone <steve.gladst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > There have been a large number of intelligent, insightful and sentient > people on multiple committees who have invested a large amount of time and > effort over many years studying all aspects of a potential community center > for our town. > > Please review their reports via the links below and *PLEASE DO* come to > vote at the Special Town Meeting this Wednesday, November 30th at 7:00 PM > in the Donaldson Auditorium/Todd Lecture Hall at the Lincoln School. > > Facilities Coordinating Committee 2010: > > http://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/155/FCC-Committee-final-report-072910?bidId= > > Community Center Feasibility Study: 2012 > > http://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/27695/CCFC-Report_Final-Rev-7-6-2012-3?bidId= > > Community Center Study Committee: > > http://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/27696/Lincoln-Community-Center-Final-Report-2-2-15-Compressed?bidId= > > Campus Master Plan Committee 2016: > > http://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/14133/Final-Report-With-Links?bidId= > > Community Center Preliminary Planning and Design Committee 2018: > > http://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/35628/Lincoln-CCPPDC-Report-07-12-18-digital > > With sincere regards, > Steve Gladstone > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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