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APRIL 19TH
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Special Permit Residential Development Committee
MINUTES FOR MONDAY, January 7, 2019
Parker Room
Lexington Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
9:00am
Committee Members Present:Jill Hai, Chair;Richard Canale, Planning Board, Scott Cooper; Member;
Matthew Daggett, Member;Heather Hartshorn, Member;Joyce Murphy, Member;Richard Perry,
Member; Taylor Singh, Member, Betsey Weiss, Member;David Trietsch, consultant/facilitator; Carol
Kowalski, Assistant Town Mananger; Wendy Manz, Non-voting Liaison, Capital Expenditures
Commmittee
Introductions, acknowledgment of Lexmedia taping for later broadcast
Minutes of 12/19 were approved
Overview and recap of last meeting.
Facilitated discussion regarding individual and communal values. These included, but were not limited to
creating incentives for building diverse, sustainable, housing; serving work force, all ages and stages of
life within community; respecting character of neighborhoods, in manner feasible for builders and
beneficial to the community. Further discussion on many different current efforts regarding zoning,
including the ongoing Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC)work and the need to
coordinate efforts.
Ms Hai to send out copy of last Comprehensive Plan,
Mr Canale to send out upcoming dates of the CPAC.
General agreement that it would be helpful for members to attend, and for the SPRD topic to perhaps be
one of the break out sessions at an upcoming CPAC public session.
(Ms Kowalski left at 9:30)
Key will be broad inclusion of opinion and input beyond those already involved.
General discussion regarding conventional vs SPRD: Currently, a key benefit of conventional is
predictability of process. Perceived need for incentives to draw away from conventional, but need to
create a track with a predictable time frame and process, diminishing perceived subjectivity.
Discussion regarding next steps—committee would like to hear from outside experts regarding what other
communities are doing on this topic. What is working where? Will also need outside expertise to
validate any proposals for fiscal viability.
Next meeting to include presentations on options being used elsewhere.
ADJOURNMENT: 10:30am