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Town Of Lexington <br />Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) <br />March 9, 2022 <br /> <br />Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Minutes for the meeting of March 9, 2022. This meeting was held remotely pursuant to Governor Baker’s <br />March 12, 2020 order suspending certain provisions of G.L. c. 30A, section 18 and subsequent orders <br />imposing strict limitations on the number of people who may gather in one place. <br />EDAC Members present: Rick DeAngelis (Chair), Larry Smith (Vice Chair), Charles Minasian, David <br />Pronchick, Bridger McGaw, Lisa Murray, Adrienne Ortyl <br />Liaisons and Town Staff: Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Joe Pato (Select Board), Charles Hornig <br />(Planning Board), Sandhya Iyer (Economic Development Director), Casey Hagerty (Economic <br />Development Office) <br /> <br />1. Approval of the Minutes. The meeting was opened with a quorum present. The EDAC voted and <br />approved the minutes from February 17, 2022 by a roll call vote (6-0) with Orytl / Minasian / <br />Pronchick / Murray/McGaw/DeAngelis voting in affirmative and none in the negative. <br /> <br />2. Economic Develop Office Update: The Economic Development Office (EDO) Staff provided a brief <br />update on matters in front of them. Interest was raised around the envisioned new Town Website <br />which led to requests for better understanding of how the new website would help enable connectivity <br />and engagement in economic development activity. EDO staff will discuss with the IT Department <br />leading the website development and bring additional information (i.e. Timeline and process for <br />content hosting) to a future EDAC meeting or share to the committee. EDO Staff also shared the <br />RFP for a new Popup was awarded (2500-3000sqft white box ready and looking for opportunities). <br />The 14-month lease is targeted for June 2022. <br />During the discussion of the Popup, the EDAC Chair raised question around streamlining <br />signage processes in Lexington to ensure business owners looking to open businesses in <br />Town, including Lexington Center. The Chair posed the question to EDO about streamlining <br />signage process in Lexington to ensure developers are not hampered by signage review while <br />trying to develop properties as well. ED Staff mentioned this is a 2-step process with design <br />guidelines known and then frequently signage designs require a Zoning Board of Appeal <br />review which could take 90 days to run through that process. It was noted the HDC recently <br />took issue with the brand logo of the new tenant of Panera. EDAC members Murray/McGaw <br />noted this process seems ineffective if a single step process was now by default requiring <br />ZBA review. The Chair recognized that Town Design Guidelines and process offers the
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