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Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC)
Minutes of Meeting March 3, 2021
A meeting of the EDAC was held virtually on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. via
zoom.
Members Present: Rick DeAngelis, Chair; John McWeeney, Charlie Minasian; George
Burnell; Larry Smith, Jill Hai, BOS liaison; Charles Hornig, Planning Board liaison
Staff Present: Sandhya Iyer and Casey Hagerty
Others Present: Adrienne Ortyl, Bridger McGraw, Chris Stratford, John Wu, Lisa Murray, Bob
Barnard, Nagaruna Venna, Steve Kaufman, Keir Evans, Ben Myers, Ciny Arens, Todd Rhodes,
Matthew Daggett, Michelle Ciccolo
1. Review progress/status of Hartwell Innovation Park Zoning Amendments
A quorum was not yet present at the meeting. Boston Properties provided the committee with
some feedback regarding their thoughts on Articles 44 and 45 for 2021 Annual Town Meeting.
Boston Properties is going to prepare a memo and submit it to the Planning Board and Select
Board.
2. Review and discuss and make Recommendation to Select Board regarding the following
Articles on the Warrant for the 2021 Town Meeting:
a) Article 36-Authorize Special Legislation-Development Surcharge For Affordable
Housing
Matthew Daggett explained his proposed article which if passed would place a surcharge on
certain commercial activities that would then be used to support affordable housing. The
committee expressed concern that commercial developers are already responsible for paying
many fees and making contributions as part of a development project.
Later in the meeting, when a quorum was present the Committee made the following motion:
A motion to not recommend the approval of Article 36 to the Select Board was made by Mr.
Smith and seconded by Mr. Minasian. The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote.
9:06am A quorum was present and the meeting was called to order.
b) Article 28 -Reducing Noise From L:andscapeing Equipment
A motion to support the indefinite postponement of Article 28 was made by Mr. DeAngelis and
seconded by Mr. McWeeney. The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote.
c) Article 26-Petition General Court To Amend Legislation Regarding Permanent
Transportation Funding
A motion to recommend approval of Article 26 to the Select Board was made by Mr. Smith and
seconded by Mr. Minasian. The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote.
d) Article 29--Clean Heat-Authorize Special Legislation To Regulate Fossil Fuel
Infrastructure and Adopt By-Law Amendment
A motion to recommend approval of Article 29 to the Select Board was made by Mr. Smith and
seconded by Mr. Minasian. The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote
e) Article 44
The Committee discussed the language in section 5.1.13.1 Li of Article 44. They offered the
following amendment to the section: "A parking lot constructing more than twenty five (25)
new off-street parking spaces shall be constructed with appropriate conduits for future
installation of utilities, infrastructure, and space for transformers and switch gear to allow for
future installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for a minimum of twenty five
percent(25%) of the newly constructed off-street parking spaces." A motion to recommend
approval of Article 44 to the Select Board and Planning Board with the proposed amendment of
language suggested by the committee was made by Mr. Smith and seconded by Mr. Minasian.
The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote.
f) Article 45
A motion to recommend approval of Article 45 to the Select Board and Planning Board as
written except for the of elimination of section 7.5.4.1E was made by Mr. DeAngelis and
seconded by Mr. Burnell. The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote.
3. Approve February 2021 Meeting Minutes
A motion to approve the February 2021 Meeting minutes was made by Mr. Smith and seconded
by Mr. Minassian. The motion was approved 5-0 by a roll call vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Casey Hagerty
Economic Development Coordinator
Approved: 4/15/2021