Busa Land Use Proposal Committee Report 03-14-2011

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3. WORK of the COMMITTEE 3.1 Chronology of BLUPC Activities Initial Tasks (Communication): • Distributed an announcement of our work and dates of public forums that appeared in the Lexington Minuteman two weeks running, via the Lexington "Yahoo" Group listserv, via email to chairs of boards and committees in the town, and to members of TMMA. • Sent the same announcement via US Mail to Lexington residents living within a half -mile of the Busa land, approximately six hundred households. (See letter in Appendix 7.8.) • Visit by BLUPC members to the Busa land (July 27, 2010) • Established a web wage: http: / /www.lexingtonma.gov /committees /busalanduse.cfm. A copy of the BLUPC web page (was) attached to this report. It includes the committee's Contact Information (email and US Mail); Committee Members, the "Committee Charge "; Comments from the public; Upcoming Meetings; Approved Minutes; Draft Minutes; Agendas; Concept Presentations; Presentations (additional); Working Documents; Group Information System (GIS) Map; Introduction; and a Description of Land. It also contains a means to "Sign up to receive email updates." Additional Tasks: • Contacted abutters James and Kimberly Goldinger to meet with the BLUPC on September 28, 2010 • Contacted Arlington Town Manager Brian Sullivan and invited him and town officials to meet with the BLUPC on September 28, 2010 • Requested site survey to be undertaken • Gathered material on wetlands: the Code of the Town of Lexington for Wetland Protection • Gathered reports of studies to determine if the Busa land had any contamination (apparently it does not, according to the reports) • Checked to see if Lexington had conducted a traffic survey in the vicinity of the land (it has not, but the Lexington Sidewalk Committee is aware of the traffic patterns in the area); Arlington has studied the area (traffic studies from Arlington are included in Appendix 7.10) • Checked to see if sewers serve Lowell Street in the vicinity of the land: they do up to the intersection of Lowell Street and Westminster Avenue • Checked with the Lexington Tree Committee to see if it had any interest in the land (it does not) • Checked with superintendent of schools regarding projecting number of school -age children in new housing Meeting Dates and Agendas: • July 8, 2010: organizational meeting • July 27, 2010: BLUPC toured Busa land with Dennis Busa • July 29, 2010: recommended that the lease to farm the land by Dennis Busa be extended through the 2011 growing season; established a timeline for our work; determined the frequency and date of future meetings; identified categories and documents to be posted on the BLUPC web page Busa Land Use Proposal Committee Report Page 13 / 52