[LincolnTalk] Brain Games Thank you on Giving Tuesday!

Our family is so grateful for all who joined us at our fundraiser or made a remote donation. On October 15, our family hosted its 5th annual Brain Games Cornhole Tournament & Family Fun Day. This event is our family's way to not only raise funds to further research, but also share a fun day and

[LincolnTalk] Wednesday Zoom on HCA Options

Hi, all -- I serve on a couple of Town Committees, and work at the Lincoln polls on Election Day; I am writing this invitation as a private citizen. We have all read and heard a lot of chat about the different options that will be on the table at Saturday's Town Meeting. Wednesday night

Re: [LincolnTalk] Ruth Ann Hendrickson Supports Option C

I wholly agree with these views, and so too I hope and trust will most of those attending Town Meeting, despite the many posts from a relatively few fellow townspeople in support of alternative E. Larry Buell Tower Road Get Outlook for iOS

[LincolnTalk] Ruth Ann Hendrickson Supports Option C

I support new and more affordable housing in Lincoln, and I’d like to see most of it in the area of the train station and the Lincoln Mall. I will therefore be supporting option C at the Special Town Meeting on December 2. 1) *Options C is the best hope for retaining the retail businesses at

[LincolnTalk] Compliance check

Option C has not been deemed compliant by the State, at least not yet. The only thing we have done is submitted option C for a compliance “check”. The state will take up to 90 days to revert with whether the option passes the check or not. Even then, any option will only be studied for full

[LincolnTalk] Photo Sessions at Pierce House -- Saturday 9th December 9am-2pm

I will be hosting Photo Sessions at Pierce House on Saturday 9th December. Choose your 30 minute time slot between 9am-2pm. I will have my mobile studio for corporate headshots and passport photos, and families and senior portraits will be in the gardens. See details below, or on my website.

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

If the mall is excluded from our HCA plan, why would any developer be interested in developing anything there with much more favorable HCA-compliant zones in many other neighboring cities/towns? The onerous Town Meeting process effectively discourages developers (they've told us as much).

[LincolnTalk] Please consider supporting the Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee

Please consider supporting the Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee in reaching its Annual Appeal goal! With the generous support of our donors, MCC provides support for enriching experiences that build authentic and lasting relationships for all of our students and families. Donate here, 

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

I hope the readership is paying attention to the tone on both sides of this argument. LRHA's timeline was definitely rushed. There was not a lot of time to pull things together. The group had been reaching out to town leadership and their requests and suggestions were falling on deaf ears. WE

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

Hi, There is a ZOOM meeting tomorrow evening, of which everyone in Lincoln is invited to attend. All should have received a mailer with details, as I did. I agree - this DOES seem rushed- ALL of it. It would be best to not rush this process at all. >From what I understand, we can submit more than

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

What about the timeline? Option E was presented to the HCAWG one week ago with the Thanksgiving holiday in between. There has been no time for scrutiny let alone public discussion. How is that reasonable especially in light of incessant calls that the working group's process and timeline was

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

Option E was presented in a public meeting on 11/21. You can look at the video of the meeting here . The citizens group came together organically, not unlike the citizens group that sprung up in Newton (and displaced

[LincolnTalk] Shop for Books and Help Your School!

Dear Lincolnites, We at the Lincoln School Foundation are planning our first Online Book Fair Fundraiser and *we need your help purchasing books for your family, friends, and our wonderful teachers at Lincoln Public Schools this holiday season!

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

This strikes me as extremely hypocritical in regard to the way the dialog has unfolded over the past few months. Why should this group receive preferential treatment in terms of the process used to develop an option we are being asked to vote on? Many members of the group who developed option E

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

Nothing you have written contradicts the facts that there are no published minutes or agenda items even for others to pour over in minute detail with our copious free time. Second, option E is not compliant. The only compliant option is C as that is the only option submitted to the state that has

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

No-many fail to see that by holding the mall out for separate consideration-one that would include housing, more affordable housing -the outcome would be real housing that serves a population in need…not more luxury condos, as CIVICO is looking to build. Housing at the mall is a social justice

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

A bit shorter than the NBER paper is this article that explains how the natural balance of supply and demand in the housing market can be easily muddied by outside forces, specifically

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive - fee in lieu of affordable housing

The quid pro quo deal is not just an idea, it is an active plan to incent a property owner (TCB) to open up their water treatment plan to enable another private property owner (RLF/Civico) to save itself the cost and space of building its own septic. Mr. Taylor has mentioned this plan twice during

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

Hi Bob, If you mean the slide show, maps and parcel lists and screencast, I created it completely from data on the town website and LRAH website (lincolnhca.org) and google maps - it took a while to map the parcels but I was diligent in my efforts. I had my name on the Lincoln Talk post. Thanks

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

Massachusetts law dictates that "The assessors of each city and town shall determine the fair cash valuation of such real property for the purpose of taxation on the first day of January of each year." Best practice

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

Respectfully, it doesn't take a video or screencast to understand that E results in virtually no housing at all. And so if the goal is to present an option that results in meaningful housing near usable public transportation, any option that excludes the mall, or dumps much of the zoning changes

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive

*What does it mean to 'maintain the character' of a town that is beyond the reach of so many people? * Do distributed housing. Allow people to come, don't pack up. Option E is created. further creativity can emerge, We just have to think on behalf of the land. Best regards, Bijoy Misra On Tue,

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

I think the assessment is supposed to change, but the software won't do a good job for the first year or two. Your property is rezoned. A builder offers you $5 million with the intention of tearing down your house and building a bunch of ugly boxes. (Credit Don Henley for that expression.) You

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:49 AM Virginia Goodwin wrote: > Regarding the issue of "we don't write discriminatory laws", I have two > examples off the top of my head: > > 1) Arlington refusing to allow the Red Line to go through is a specific > local example of laws passed to control (ie:

[LincolnTalk] Clarification

Anyone would look at the email chain, the original email identifies the sender. This drumbeat of secret cabals, disinformation, deception reveals a certain lack of curiosity as to the parties behind the LincolnHCA. They have a website, which “names names.” It also has a lot of good, clear

[LincolnTalk] Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives and HCA Choices

I am writing in response to recent comments on Lincoln Talk, one of which accused the Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives (LRHA) of being a “special interest group, which has had secret meetings to develop…options with no public notifications of meetings or publication of minutes”.

[LincolnTalk] NYTimes.com: 100 Notable Books of 2023-including Lincoln's Elizabeth Graver!

Lincoln’s own- KANTIKA by Elizabeth Graver Inspired by the life of Graver’s maternal grandmother, this exquisitely imagined family saga spans cultures and continents as it traces the migrations of a Sephardic

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive - fee in lieu of affordable housing

Let’s also remind our residents of other things in Option E outside of decoupling the mall from HCA. 1) Concentrates more than 50% of compliance parcels at Battle Road Farm which is essentially a non starter in terms of future Development. So zero new units there now and in the future. That is

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

Thank you for providing this information Diana. I understand that in the end what transpires in the future will be fact. My point was that it would be good to have an idea of "potential" tax implications now. This estimate could be accomplished with impact studies of which I do not have knowledge

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

I'd like to know if God exists, but some things we just can't know until they happen (in the case of my question, when I die I guess)! But Google did show me this published journal article and, if I'm reading it correctly, seems to say that restrictive (i.e., single family) land use regulations

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

It would be good to know what the potential tax implications are under HCA. Our tax increases are slowly but surely squeezing my family out of town. Regardless of what an annual percentage increase in property values may be, the Commonwealth's levies are capped at two and a half percent unless an

Re: [LincolnTalk] Pet Insurance Recommendations

I sell pet insurance or have carriers that carry it and generally it’s not worth the cost. Adam M HogueCell: (978) 828-6184On Nov 27, 2023, at 6:25 PM, John F. Carr wrote:My understanding is that pet insurance is at the end state of the so-called"insurance death spiral". Here is an exerpt from

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

Hi, Yes. It came from Barbara Peskin who created the slide show with maps and parcel lists and screencast which came directly from data on the town website and LRAH website (lincolnhca.org, which by the way, is not a private group - anyone can be added to this resident group. I think it really

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive

IMO, the recent Boston Globe Spotlight series did an excellent job of explaining how use of zoning laws and local governance have created our current state of economic/racial inequities, as well as the current housing shortage. The example towns they used did not include Lincoln, but if the

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

Hello Bob, It's clear to me this came from Barbara Peskin. Her name is the only name on the email post. She certainly didn't have the intent of being secretive. I reached out privately and she's quite proud of this effort. It was a lot of work. Kind Regards, Scott Clary 617-968-5769 Sent from

Re: [LincolnTalk] Reminder: Town HCA information

The 5-way intersection *intentionally* slows traffic - and thus adds to congestion. If we are really concerned about congestion, regardless of what decision we make on the HCA, there are simple solutions (eliminating the stop signs on Lincoln and Bedford Roads or having a traffic officer posted

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

Who created this? There is no identifying information or disclosure attached or as part of the content. In this age of disinformation, it is irresponsible and deceptive to put forth something like this (not to mention endorsing it) without disclosing who created it and who is behind it.

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive

Regarding the issue of "we don't write discriminatory laws", I have two examples off the top of my head: 1) Arlington refusing to allow the Red Line to go through is a specific local example of laws passed to control (ie: restrict) all of those “inner city” (ie: poor; ie: Black) T riders from

Re: [LincolnTalk] A recommended Sunday drive - fee in lieu of affordable housing

"Open meeting discussions point to a lot of possible concessions to private entities (applying for grants on their behalf, in lieu fees, increasing height restrictions to 48", quid pro quo exchange of land, reduction of commercial space at the mall). Option E is the only one that allows all of the

Re: [LincolnTalk] bus service from hanscom

FWIW Anne, I've never seen the bus stop there; you would have to walk a the way down to the Civil Air terminal. I think the website is a lie. Sorry. :( There is zero public transit a reasonable walking distance from our houses. Best, Virginia On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:29 AM Anne Warner

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

If *houses keep being sold... On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:29 AM DJCP wrote: > You're right, I misread his email. > > But John has picked one line out of a guide - and we don't even know which > one. > > This is from the assessor's website and explains how the town calculates > the assessed value

Re: [LincolnTalk] bus service from hanscom

I can speak to the quality (lack thereof) of the 76 bus for commuters. Years ago I lived in Somerville, relatively close to Alewife, and took the 76 out to Lincoln for work. To be blunt: it sucked. As Stephanie has said, it only runs once per hour, even during peak commuting times. Good luck if

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice FAQs

You're right, I misread his email. But John has picked one line out of a guide - and we don't even know which one. This is from the assessor's website and explains how the town calculates the assessed value of a property: https://www.lincolntown.org/Faq.aspx?QID=84 It is based on property sales,

Re: [LincolnTalk] bus service from hanscom

I have experience with the 76 bus -- and not good experience! The website says there is a busstop at the intersection of Rt 2A and the entrance road to Hanscom field. However, there is no sign there. I went to that place when I needed to get into town and tried to wave down a bus, but the driver

[LincolnTalk] Natela Archvadze

I would very much like to contact Natela if she is interested. My husband has Parkinson’s, walks with a walker. I need 3hrs (10:30- 12:30) 3 times a week ( Monday /thur- friday) Please call Trish Adams or text at-782-789-4677 if you might be interested. Thank you Sent from my iPhone -- The

Re: [LincolnTalk] bus service from hanscom

I am sorry you had such an uncomfortable experience, that sounds awful. Does anyone else have actual experience with the 76 bus? Several people in other threads have recommended it but it's not clear how many of them have actually taken it. As someone who commuted by transit for many years I

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln and the Housing Choice Act: What Lies Ahead

Very clear. Very well done! Bijoy Misra On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:03 PM Barbara Peskin wrote: > Dear Lincoln, > > Please review this screencast about Option C, Option E and What Lies > Ahead. > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZqfU8l81x9-zkboI7Gmargq62nxri5X6/view?usp=sharing > > The