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71-156 Joint Meeting Board of Selectmen and Planning Board January 16, 2018 A Joint Meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board was held on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7:01 p.m. in Estabrook Hall of the Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue. Present for the Board of Selectmen (BOS): Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Pato; Ms. Ciccolo; and Mr. Lucente as well as Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Katzenback, Executive Clerk. Present for the Planning Board (PB)were Mr. Canale, Chair; Mr. Creech; Ms. Corcoran- Ronchetti; Mr. Hornig; Ms. Johnson and David Kucharsky, Assistant Planning Director. Also present: Ms. Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development and Ms. Zammuto, Economic Development Coordinator. Introduction of Jim Kelly, Building Commissioner Mr. Valente introduced the Town of Lexington's new Building Commissioner, Jim Kelly. Ms. Barry presented Mr. Kelly with a Town Seal lapel pin. Continue Discussion-Options for Updating/Expanding Zoning-Hartwell North and CM Districts Ms. Ciccolo (BOS)reported that the Hartwell-North Working Group (BOS: Ms. Ciccolo and Mr. Pato; PB: Mr. Horning and Mr. Creech) met recently and discussed the following: • Planning Board(and Working Group)member Mr. Hornig's suggested zoning changes and whether these changes should be integrated into the Hartwell-North zoning study; • The consultant's presentation/discussion from the December 18 joint meeting that suggested that the Town strongly consider zoning that permits mixed-uses (including housing)for Hartwell-North in order to encourage developers to also propose amenity type uses; • The need for the Working Group to consider incentives that may be available under Chapter 40R and 40S statutes and the Governor's proposed Housing Choice Initiative. • Whether the public outreach necessary for this economic development initiative can be accomplished in time to propose a zoning change for the Spring 2018 Town Meeting or whether a Fall 2018 Town Meeting is more practical. The Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board continued their discussion from the December 18, 2017 Joint Meeting regarding the zoning initiatives, specifically for the Hartwell-North commercial district. Both Boards agreed that additional time is needed in order to fully vet the zoning change proposals for this commercial district and recommended to consider bringing forth these zoning change articles at a Town Meeting later in 2018.