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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.
1.Cubist Pharmaceuticals: Sketch Plan submitted to Planning Board
Prepared building the added s.f. 6 parking story garage. Analyzed traffic on mass ave (office)-
144 additional employees. Surrounded by Hayden Woods. Would like to be under
construction in 2010. Increase in FAR will be only for “* B” (65 Hayden)
DP- Lab requirements?
BB- We’re going to ask for 50% mechanical coverage and some uses would be removed from
zoning. Would include manufacturing.
2. November Town Mtg. For Cubist-
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PB- * will be 1 week of Septemper. Addition is 45’ to 50’. Will peer review traffic put
together w/ the LTP submittal.
MMT- Will be posting on the web and the Cubist site.
Action- Link to these from “bus” page.
PK- Do you anticipate the site being self-supported?
BB- Yes- (45/55) leases through 2011 with options to extend.
RD- Presume the * FAR- non-transferrable (new development.)
BB- Tucker Anthony (TA Associates) Site the PSDUP by end of July
2.Patriot Partners development: Update
Patriot Partners- will be at BOS 7/13. Changed some uses- incorporated MOU- * is part of *-
Schedule with district topics at each hearing.
September 9- Public Hearing. Consultant- TMOD.
Meeting Schedule
Action- find out dates.
3.Planning Board on Site Plan Review regulation process
Maryann McCall-Taylor Attending
5. Meeting Schedule
Next meeting is
6. Other business, at the discretion of the Chairman
3. NAIOP-
Adjournment 9:30am
September 3, 8am
October 1, 8am
November 5, 8am
December 3, 8am