A cautionary note- Where there’s smoke, there is fire. The heated/fiery debate during a chaotic Spc.TM indicated lots and lots of concern(s). The vote was a compromise and a way to move forward.
Smoke continues to surface. It should not be so readily dismissed. ------ Sara Mattes > On Apr 20, 2023, at 9:42 AM, John Mendelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does a few people emailing Lincoln Talk really constitute "widespread > concern"? The email clearly states that the survey is intended to get more > feedback from Lincoln residents "as it develops plans for a community > center." This does not mean the survey itself is flawed. > > The community already voted at the town meeting last November to spend > $325,000 to "develop “a range of Community Center design choices and > budgets, including options not to exceed 75% and 50% of the current project > estimated cost of $25 million, for the Hartwell Complex, supplemented or not > with existing available town space.” There will be a vote on the preferred > option at another STM a year from now, and a funding vote in March 2024." > See: > https://lincolnsquirrel.com/2022/12/voters-ok-community-center-design-funds-after-lengthy-debate/ > > John > > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM Anne Warner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Krystal - there is pretty widespread concern about this survey. Nowhere on >> it is there a question about whether the person taking it wants the >> community center at all. Every question assumes it will be built. The o my >> place to register dissatisfaction is the blank section at the end for >> additional comments. Also, we have heard that the CCBC is presuming that if >> people do not answer the survey that they support the center. This is very >> far from being the truth. People who don’t fill out the survey may not do so >> because they are opposed or don’t care, but they certainly should not be >> assumed to support it. >> >> The only way to correct this situation is for the CCBC to send out a second, >> separate survey that asks people to say, on a scale of 1-10, how much they >> support the center at all. Or, it could simply be a multiple choice: do you >> support the center or not or are you neutral? Without this additional data, >> the first survey must be disregarded. >> >> >> - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings! >> >>> On Apr 18, 2023, at 8:02 PM, Krystal Wood >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> CCBC Values Survey <https://tinyurl.com/CCBCvaluessurvey> >>> >>> REMINDER: >>> >>> Your responses on the Values Survey for the Community Center Building >>> Committee will help the committee to understand the priorities of Lincoln >>> residents as it develops plans for a community center. >>> >>> If you haven’t already completed the survey, please do so by Friday, April >>> 21. >>> >>> You can find the survey here <https://tinyurl.com/CCBCvaluessurvey>. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > 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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