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Town of Lexington Economic Development Advisory Committee July 8, 2009 Legion Room, Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, MA 8:00 am to 9:30 am AGENDA Vice Chair: Sheri Mahoney Attending: Narain Bhatia, Frederick DeAngelis, Sheryl Mahoney, David Bronchick, Sigmar Tullmann, Peter C.J. Kelley, Greg Zurlo, Bob Buckley, reimer &Brownstein Absent: John McWeeney 1. Selectmen’s Annual Goal Setting Action: Provide key areas of concern for consideration 1.Regulatory- Permitting? Perhaps on agenda for goals- BOS set 12 or so goals- RD- make sure ec. is on radar screen. Work through the challenges that more density brings- DP- Asked Carl if the committee needs more visability?- NB- Form in message to community that we are going to manage traffic 2.Would like to see a goal- that traffic will not be left to news or blogs- managed through proper funding and administration. RD- Suggestion that the mission statement reoffi*- by BOS. Ask planning- what mitigation in place. MMT- Current process is * * *- PK- Challenges- is the community development welcomed or encouraged- comes w/eng. Team fund * auctioned w/plans that are very intrusive- Stuck w/more urbanized elements that are more incompatible- Not sure we should accept plans. RD- Framingham- has a requirement * 2 for peer review- This town has the ability as well. PK- T* process with committees- Appreciation of benefits of community development- tough if out w/ all parts of view but land on a good result. RD- Solution (4)(*) may work but changes the characters of rights- But if we focus on how to more efficiently deliver mitigation- to all effective mitigations. “Effective coordination of transportation efforts” NB- Not be possible for all development to solve problems- require an investment from Town- be part of goal- how we are going to fund. Dedicate some % of the grant* monies. GZ- This thinking is useful for the TMOP discussion. PK- Can have a discussion w/PB & BOS- Calculate the turf* * and a % to fund for improvements. Take new * and put aside a portion toward traffic mitigation. PK- Should a % of new growth perpetually stay towards transportation issues? Regional- effective funding- Community wide transportation plans and administration. Bob Buckley- Can use the BID process to select issues and funding* of infrastructure. 2. Bob Buckley- Cubist Presentation.