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HANSCOM AREA TOWNS COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING Held at 7:30 PM on March 26, 2009 At Lincoln Town Offices PRESENT: Jeanne Krieger Lexington Board of Selectmen Sara Mattes Lincoln Board of Selectmen Anne Shapiro Concord Board of Selectmen Mike Rosenberg Bedford Board of Selectmen Richard Canale Lexington Planning Board Wendy Manz Lexington Planning Board Robert Domnitz Lincoln Planning Board Fred Watkiss Concord Planning Board Dorothy Steele Massport/OGCA Sara Arnold Massport Hanscom J.C. Corcoran Hanscom Air Force Base, Community Relations Lou Sidereris Minuteman National Historical Park Andrew Friedlich Lexington Town Meeting Member 7:30 PM INTRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chairman introduced the Selectmen and outlined the agenda. She announced that a meeting to initiate work on a corridor management plan for the Battle Road Scenic th Byway will be held on Tuesday April 14 at 3:00 PM in the Cary Library in Lexington. ACTION: All interested J.C.Corcoran reported that Building 1606, an old Air Force building at the base, is being torn down and work will begin soon on constructing a replacement. 7:35 PM WORKSHOP: PROPOSED CHANGES IN STATE ZONING CODE The discussion of the proposed Land Use Partnership Act was continued from the previous month. Richard Canale recapitulated that LUPA is based on the work of the Governor’s task force; previous attempts to reform state zoning laws had been led by planners’ groups and they were trying to regain attention. He reported that MAPC had been expected to discuss and vote upon the proposed legislation shortly but it has now postponed this matter in order to concentrate on transportation finance issues. HATS members felt that it would be useful in the meantime to identify items in LUPA (or in the previous CPA II) that the towns would support or oppose. Bob Domnitz said that he had looked at LUPA with a view to its assumptions, aims and workability. One assumption appeared to be that communities are stifling economic growth, which he questioned. Sara Mattes commented that the state had previously been receptive to assertions that young people are leaving the state due to the cost of housing and that the solution was to increase supply, whereas research has found that many of the people who leave go to other high-cost growth areas. It was agreed that quality of life factors are important for attracting highly skilled workers, and that this may point in favor of land use regulation and public transport provision. Mike Rosenberg commented 1