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Busa Land Use Proposal Committee
July 8, 2010
PRESENT: All members of the Busa Land Use Proposal Committee (William Dailey, Ric
Fulop, David Horton, Ginna Johnson, Pamela Shadley, Deborah Strod, Albert Zabin); Hank
Manz, Selectman; and Carl Valente, Town Manager
1.Meeting called to order at 7:05 in Room 207 of the Town Office Building—there were
four people in the audience plus all 7 BLUPC members plus Hank and Carl.
2.Hank asked for introductions and a short bio from each person.
3.David Horton was elected chair for the next approximately three months with no dissent.
4.Hank asked that all changes to personal information be sent to lpease@lexingtonma.gov.
a.Ginna Johnson wishes to be listed as Ginna, not Virginia.
b.Deborah Strod’s work address should not be listed—use home address only
5.Carl discussed changes in the Open Meeting Law including telephone participation.
6.Carl discussed planning for future meetings and focused on:
a.Continuation of the current Busa lease beyond the growing season—Dennis Busa
needs to know in August about the intention of the committee.
7.Committee has a budget—roughly $25,000.
a.Run requests through Town Manager’s office
8.Any inquiries of Town Counsel should be run through the Town Manager’s office
9.The phrase “public records” includes just about everything that might come before the
committee or be used by it.
10.Deborah Strod is requesting:
a.Better map with wetlands buffer, etc.
b.Any master plans
c.Any other relevant information
i.Hank will meet with relevant Town staff and will have them at your
meeting if needed
ii.Committee would like to walk site
iii.Ric Fulop is suggesting some sort of better way to handle documents.
Hank will talk with him at greater length.
11.Can a generic BLUPC e-mail address be created?
12.There was a discussion of how to create working groups for things like communication
methods development and what the posting requirements would be. There was general
agreement that posting of meetings, even if not absolutely required, should be done in the
spirit of the law.
13.Carl distributed the 20/20 Vision Committee Web page as a model for BLUPC.
14.Bill Dailey asked what Dennis was required to remove when he left the property and was
told. There was a question from Deborah about whether a greenhouse, say, could be
preserved. Bill said that there would never be such a need—greenhouses are old, etc.
15.There was discussion of how to develop an agenda. It was pointed out that an agenda can
be developed outside an open meeting.
16.There was also discussion of how to contact the various groups who might be interested.
a.Hank felt that many would contact the committee without solicitation by the
committee.
b.David wanted to make sure that a wide net was cast
17.Al felt that there was no way that a proposal by March was a possibility and there was
general agreement that the December date called for by the BOS for a report was
impossible.
18.Pam Shadley
a.Feels “proposal” is not an accurate description.
b.Believes that a better understanding of the property is needed.
i.Carl spoke about possibilities with land swap or land sale with/from
Goldingers.
ii.Bill suggested that neighbors should be part of the process early on so that
any concerns which might affect proposals would be known.
19.Next meeting
a.Last week in July meet at Busa Farm and then go to the TOB for a meeting.
David will contact Dennis for a good date.
b.Land visit may take so long that there may not be time for a later meeting at the
TOB.
c.Will try to set two meetings in July in close succession.
20.Public Comment at the end of the meeting:
a.Fabian Borensztein, 60 Lowell Street:
i.Suggested that the group also visit the abutters when visiting the property.
ii.They expect outreach from the committee and from the Selectmen.
iii.Fabian did not like the original plan which was thought to be too
recreation-centered
iv.Had some landscaping ideas to improve the property.
v.Pointed out that Lincoln Field has large buffer area.
b.Bella Tsvetkova, 42 Lowell Street:
i.Asked for an open process
ii.Liked electronic postings because it would allow wide access.
iii.Didn’t want any parking-heavy use.
iv.Had some comments on public housing which I did not quite catch except
that she did not support it.
v.Also did not like soccer field as shown on original plan.
21.Meeting was adjourned at 8:51 PM.