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Town of Lexington
Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC)
Minutes of Meeting April 19, 2017
A meeting of the EDAC was held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. in the Parker
Room of the Town Office Building.
Members Present: George Burnell, Rick DeAngelis, John McWeeney, David Pronchick, Sig
Tullmann, Narain Bhatia, Kevin McGuire, Charles Minasian
Staff Present: Melisa Tintocalis, Carol Kowalski
Liaisons Present: Charles Hornig, Joe Pato
Members Absent: Tom Dusel, Larry Smith
MOTIONS
None
ACTION ITEMS
1.Work with a sub-committee to develop content for a June 2017 Economic Development
Summit with the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board; include the following
volunteers Kevin Maguire, George Burnell, Charlie Minasian, and Charlie Hornig.
MEETING NOTES
Town Meeting
Charles Horning reported that Town Meeting approved Article 43; however, the article did not
include the by-right FAR of .35 nor did it include a fast-food service by-right. Charles reported
that the Board of Selectmen had wanted the floor area ratio to be higher than what the Planning
Board was will to accept. Town Meeting approved the floor area ratio to go above .15 with a
Special Permit. Additionally, the Board of Selectmen wanted to include fast food services as a
by-right use in the CRO district to enhance the potential for more amenities, however, the
Planning Board opted to include the use only with a special permit.
Economic Development Summit
Melisa Tintocalis reported that given the different responses by the Board of Selectmen and
Planning Board to Article 43 the Town Manager suggested there be and economic development
summit in June to discuss if there is general agreement on an approach to economic development.
The committee members suggested that it would be helpful to start the development of the
summit content with an understanding of the Town’s current financial condition. Joe Pato
suggested it would be helpful to outline the summit by explaining the forthcoming debt, review
the relative growth rates, and discuss what might be options to stimulate commercial growth.
The committee members then discussed and itemized key points of data that they agreed should
be included in assessing the existing conditions of commercial environment in the Town.
These included:
25 years of CIP and residential assessed values in a percent of tax levy and in absolute
dollars
Capital financing plan over the next five years
Operating Budget last five years
Tax rate
Zoning Map
Zoning table break out of each commercial district
New growth
Forum in Hartwell
Melisa reported that additional work on the Hartwell Property Owners Forum was on hold until
after the summit.
Hartwell Association Meeting
Melisa reported there was a quarter Hartwell meeting scheduled for April 27, 2017.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 9:45 a.m.
Next Meeting: May 17, 2017
Approved on: May 17, 2017