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<br />HANSCOM AREA TOWNS COMMITTEE <br /> <br />MINUTES OF MEETING <br />Held at 7:30 PM on November 20, 2008 <br />At Lincoln Town Offices <br /> <br />PRESENT: <br />Sara Mattes Lincoln Board of Selectmen (Chair) <br />Jeanne Krieger Lexington Board of Selectmen <br />Anne Shapiro Concord Board of Selectmen <br />Mike Rosenberg Bedford Board of Selectmen <br />Lisa Mustapich Bedford Planning Board <br />Richard Canale Lexington Planning Board <br />Robert Domnitz Lincoln Planning Board <br />Margaret Coppe Lexington HATS rep <br />Dorothy Steele Massport/OGCA <br />Sara Arnold Massport Hanscom <br />Kati Winchell Save Our Heritage <br />Jack French Lincoln Moderator <br />Ned Perry Concord Moderator <br />Marge Battin Lexington Moderator <br />Joan Bowen Bedford League of Women Voters <br />Deb Mauger Lexington LWV <br />Rick Reed Bedford Town Manager <br />Susan Brooks Lincoln Town Clerk <br />Andy Friedlich Lexington TMMA <br />Edith Sandy Lexington TMMA <br />Jack MacLean Lincoln CHUG subcommittee <br />Lora Goldenberg Bedford <br />Betsey Anderson Bedford <br />Joe Rosen Lincoln <br />Gordon Mitchell Lincoln <br /> <br /> <br />7:30 PM INTRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS <br />The Chairman welcomed attendees and outlined the agenda. She explained that the <br />bulk of the meeting would be devoted to a workshop to discuss governance issues, <br />focusing on Town Meetings. Lincoln’s Cultural and Historic Resources (CHUG) <br />subcommittee of its Comprehensive Long Range Plan Committee is eager to compare <br />experiences. <br /> <br />7:40 PM TOWN GOVERNANCE/TOWN MEETING WORKSHOP <br />Copies of an article entitled “Can Town Meeting be Saved?” from the North East <br />Municipal Forum were distributed. A book by Joseph F. Zimmerman, “The New England <br />Town Meeting: Democracy in Action”, Praeger Press 1999, was recommended for <br />further reading. <br />1 <br /> <br />