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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-09-28-BLUPC-minBus Land Use Committee Minutes; 9/28/2010 The Chair opened the meeting at 7:02 P.M Attending: David Horton, Deborah Strod, Gina Johnson Pam Shadley, Bill Dailey, Al Zabin 1. Past meeting minutes. Ms. Strod suggested some amendments, which were accepted by consensus. The minutes as amended were approved unanimously 2. Public comment: Janet Kern raised questions of the status of the site survey, and asked if the Committee would solicit written concept proposals. The Chair answered that the committee would. Ms. Kern raised the issue of how environmental impact would be addressed: would it consider impact of construction or post- impact or both and asked if the Committee would consider incremental impact. Bella Tsvetkov —asked if there would be the opportunity for public comment after proposals have been made. The Chair indicated there probably would be that opportunity. 3. Kim and Jim Goldinger abutters of parcel 5 provided the Committee with some recent history of the land. They reported they have spent considerable sums ($80,000) to clean up the land after they bought it. They opined that the part abutting the Busa Farm was the only buildable portion. 4. The Committee then decided that the October 7 meeting would be another open community forum instead of being devoted to presentations of concept proposals. The Committee would solicit, at the forum, other ideas for the future use of the land to add to those presented at the September 15th forum. S. Meeting with Government representatives of Arlington: Selectman Clarissa Rowe, Town Manager Brian Sullivan, and Transportation Advisory Committee Chair Ed Starr Their biggest concerns were traffic, parking on the street and lighting. They would like the Committee to attend a forum in Arlington. Ed Starr suggested doing a baseline traffic study. The Committee will ask the Lexington planning department if there is a traffic study. There was some concern about an increase in run- off into the reservoir. At present there is no problem because Busa Farm follows best practices. 6. The Committee agreed on the wording for the release, "Information To Be Included By Proponents. " It made several changes, including how much land does the proponent want or need to accomplish the goals of the proposal, the minimum amount of land needed to accomplish the goals of the proposal and to include in the assessment of environmental impact the effect of the construction and final use. 7. Ms. Strod presented and explained the layout of the Committee web page. The Committee discussed whether it should consider a public opinion questionnaire in arriving at its decision. There was consensus that it should not use an uncontrolled poll because it would not be statistically useful and could be very misleading. 8. The Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m.