Thank you, John, for the reminder of exactly what was decided at the Special Town Meeting in November. That is the charge on the table, and that is what we should be focused on.
> On 04/20/2023 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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