HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-09-30 Middlesex County Hospital Committee (Ad Hoc) - Charge and Dissolution
MIDDLESEX COUNTY HOSPITAL AD HOC COMMITTEE
Members:
Appointed By:
Selectmen
Length of Term:
Appointments Made:
As Needed
Meeting Time:
As Posted
Description:
It is requested that you advise the Board of Selectmen as to the appropriate reuse
options for the Middlesex County Hospital site. The committee should consider the following
planning issues in their review.
1.Benefit to the community.
2.Establish a cooperative working relationship with the City of Waltham and Middlesex
County officials.
3.Identify alternative reuses for the property.
4.Review with Town departments, boards and committees whether they envision some
public use on all, or some part, of the property, or other public objectives that might
be achieved.
5.Select and evaluate several preferred alternatives on the basis of:
a.Their potential impacts on public facilities, services and programs,
b.An analysis of Town fiscal consideration including potential revenue and costs,
c.Potential furtherance of policies, such as the Planning Board’s Inclusionary
Housing Policy and Alternative Transportation Policy, and such other Town
policies as may be applicable; and
d.Potential impact on the neighborhoods near the site.
6.Review the process for the disposition of surplus public property, as prescribed in
State law and recommend what action, if any, the Town of Lexington might take in
that regard.
7.Work cooperatively with the Planning Board to increase the likelihood the Planning
Board will make a favorable recommendation to the Town Meeting for rezoning
(assuming that the preferred reuses will require a rezoning).
Criteria for Membership:
Ref.:
Charge adopted by Board of Selectmen on 9/30/96.
Board of Selectmen voted to designate as Special Municipal Employees on 1/18/06.
Dissolved April 2007.