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<br />HANSCOM AREA TOWNS COMMITTEE <br /> <br />NOTES OF MEETING <br />Held at 7:30 PM on February 26, 2009 <br />At Lincoln Town Offices <br /> <br />PRESENT: <br />Jeanne Krieger Lexington Board of Selectmen (Chair) <br />Sara Mattes Lincoln Board of Selectmen <br />Robert Domnitz Lincoln Planning Board <br />Lisa Mustapich Bedford Planning Board <br />Richard Canale Lexington Planning Board <br />Wendy Manz Lexington Planning Board <br />Margaret Coppe Lexington HATS <br />Dorothy Steele Massport/ OGCA <br />Sara Arnold Massport Hanscom <br />Col. David Orr Hanscom Air Force Mission Commander <br />J.C. Corcoran Hanscom Air Force Base, Community Relations <br />Lou Sideris Minuteman National Historic Park <br />Ken Bassett Lincoln <br /> <br /> <br />7:30 PM INTRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS <br />The Chairman welcomed attendees, especially Colonel Orr who has agreed to give <br />an update on military base activities. <br />th <br />There will be a meeting of MAGIC on Thursday March 12 in Lincoln to discuss <br />transportation issues, including the TIP and stimulus funding. <br />Richard Canale reported that a contract has been drawn up for the Battle Road <br />Scenic Byway management study. The team will be led by Christine Wallace and Mark <br />Racicot of MAPC staff. The working group will also include members from each town <br />and the National Park Service. Towns are asked to designate two representatives, of <br />which one should preferably be a selectman at least initially, and one is likely to be a <br />Planning Board member. Two meetings are being planned, in April and May, prior to a <br />public kick-off meeting in June to discuss goals and parameters. Although town staff will <br />need to assist by providing information from existing sources, it is intended that any new <br />work will be done by MAPC. <br /> <br />7:35 PM UPDATE ON BASE ACTIVITIES <br />Colonel Orr, Hanscom Air Force Mission Commander thanked the HATS <br />communities for their cooperative attitude towards his efforts to improve the base in his <br />first six months as Commander. He provided an update on the housing situation, which <br />he has met with the towns’ selectmen to discuss. The background was the military’s <br />desire to improve the standard of its housing, and privatization was embarked on as part <br />of this effort. The first contractor, American Eagle, failed and construction stopped with <br />only a small number of homes completed. The new contractor, Hunt, Pinnacle and Falcon <br />Properties, has taken on housing projects at several military bases. At Hanscom the <br />1 <br /> <br />