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Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS) December 21, 2023, Meeting Minutes Pursuant to notice duly filed with the Town Clerks of HATS member towns,the HATS meeting convened virtually by Zoom video conference on December 21,2023 at 7 04 pm Present: Select Board Members: Doug Lucente, Lexington Select Board and outgoing HATS Chair, Mark Sandeen, Lexington Select Board and incoming HATS Chair, Emily Mitchell, Bedford Select Board,Jim Hutchinson, Lincoln Select Board Other HATS Members: Margaret Coppe, Lexington at-large;Charles Hornig, Lexington Planning Board Member; Gary Taylor, Lincoln Planning Board Member, Ephraim Flint, Lincoln Planning Board Member,Terri Ackerman, Concord Select Board Guests•Amber Goodspeed, Massport;Anne Calhoun;Anne O'Connor;Glen Kernusky, Hanscom AFB; Kati Winchell, Save Our Heritage, Barbara Katzenberg, Lexington Town Meeting Member,Janet Rothrock,Concord, Lois Suarez. Administrative Items Doug Lucente called the meeting to order at 7.04pm. Doug Lucente moved to approve Minutes from June 22, 2023,Second by Jim Hutchinson Roll call vote in favor of motion was unanimous, including both Doug Lucente and Mark Sandeen Next Doug Lucente announced his retirement from the Committee and introduced Mark Sandeen as his replacement as the Select Board representative from Lexington. Doug Lucente then called for a nomination of a new Chair to replace him,and Jim Hutchinson moved to nominate Mark Sandeen as Chair, seconded by Doug Lucente Mark Sandeen accepted the nomination and the roll call vote in favor of the motion was unanimous Mark Sandeen then took over as Chair of the meeting Municipal Updates Lincoln:Jim Hutchinson talked about how Lincoln has come up with 5 different options for complying with Housing Choice Act and residents, using a multiple choice voting mechanism, had just approved at a December 2, 2023 Special Town Meeting moving forward to further develop the zoning bylaws that would go around the option that had the 3A zones all clustered around our train station,which will be voted on at Annual Town Meeting in March Lincoln also similarly considered 3 different options for developing a Community Center and voted to proceed with planning of the full price option,with a vote on the more fully fleshed out plans and bonding for the project also to occur at March ATM Lincoln is also actively discussing and pursuing its DEIR initiative, as well as finalizing its Climate Action Plan and pursuing first steps of that plan.Gary Taylor and Jim Hutchinson added that Lincoln is discussing Town Meeting process and considering various changes to that process Jim Hutchinson mentioned that many changes to Town Meeting had already occurred to try and streamline it, including heavy use of consent calendar,shifting some presentation time to other prior nights,and providing live streaming so that residents could follow Town Meeting remotely and come join in person when they wished, but that more significant measures such as remote voting and "Australian ballot" (where deliberation occurs on one day and voting on another)were of interest to residents but Lincoln has been advised would require a home rule petition since those changes would be contrary to Open Town Meeting laws in Massachusetts. Bedford: Emily Mitchell talked about Bedford also conducting HCA work,although they have not come to consensus yet,with resident opinions divided as well. Beford is continuing its work on a new fire station,and they plan to bring a warrant article for construction costs to Town Meeting in March The site they acquired is in a Historic District,so their Historical Commission is involved as well,and has been part of design process Cost of the