Thanks so much Deb! This looks like an important meeting!
On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 11:09 PM Deborah Howe via Lincoln <
lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote:
> Hi, Lincoln Talkers —
>
> Private citizen writing to let you know that the Planning Board will
> convene Tuesday night (5/14) at 7 pm in a
residents. This should be published on the town website and available to
residents at town meeting with the official meeting materials.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 7:15 PM Robert Domnitz wrote:
> On December 8, 2023, WBUR's On Point posted a podcast of a discussion
> betwee
Good afternoon!
Is there any update on the site plan at the mall? Ms Barnes stated designs
would be released in Early December, and they haven’t been shown to the
public at this point, a month later.
Thank you!
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 11:23 AM Jennifer Glass via Lincoln
I’m not really sure how anyone can defend inhumanly and illegally drowning
animals. It’s a cruel death with or without antifreeze, and is universally
considered inhumane, which is why it was banned in 2018 in MA.
As seen in this thread, much better solutions exist that don’t even involve
killing
I can agree with that Adam!
It would be great if presentations were also limited to 20 minutes.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 4:56 PM Adam M Hogue wrote:
> Another big suggestion would be move the recognition of people to the
> end. Last town meeting we spent close to 2
in Lincoln in decades.
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis St
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 12:37 PM Laura Glynn wrote:
> I may be wrong (as usual) but the refusal of the opponents to Option C to
> accept that Option C was duly passed at a duly called and held town meeting
> is eerily similar to those
Like all things in Lincoln- if you want it, you’ll have to fight for it.
The moderator is against change in general, and it seems that the
“clickers” are unlikely to be purchased until after March, if at all. There
was debate about town meeting being a time to “stand and make your voice
heard”
Jim-
Thanks so much for taking the lead on revamping Lincoln’s town meeting
process. It’s truly appreciated!
Sarah Postlethwait
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 7:25 AM Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> Hi to all those interested in voting technology and process,
>
>
>
> We’ll be discussing these
, if they can
afford a rent increase, and if they plan to stay after the redevelopment.
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM Karla Gravis wrote:
> “Do the stores get enough foot traffic to remain viable? Is the mall
> considered high enough quality space to attract new
No llamas, but seasons four in Lexington has goats you can feed and pet.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 10:56 AM wayne vetrone wrote:
> I am hoping someone can help me with my faulty memory. My oldest son, 22,
> reminded us of a garden center that we got a tree at about 15 years ago
> that had small
more
sets would be much appreciated so all the kids can build their awesome
creations!
Feel free to message me privately and I would be more than happy to pick
them up!
Sarah Postlethwait
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; Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 2, 2023, at 8:09 AM, ٍSarah Postlethwait wrote:
>
>
>
> Sarah Cannon Holden,
>
> Just to clarify with those unfamiliar with the town meeting process. Can
> people show up anytime today and check in? Or is there a designated time
> per
Sarah Cannon Holden,
Just to clarify with those unfamiliar with the town meeting process. Can
people show up anytime today and check in? Or is there a designated time
period to check in to be given a ballot?
Thank you
Sarah Postlethwait
On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 7:40 AM Sarah Cannon Holden
if town meeting were more inclusive in the future,
however that is not how it is set up now.
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis St
On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 7:06 AM Pat Gray wrote:
> Can someone confirm if a resident can register this morning and at the
> same time get a ballot and vote? I hope so, b
for the development at the mall, so the site plans do exist already.
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis St
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 9:06 PM Sara Lupkas wrote:
> There are no basic site plans for the mall because there is no
> redevelopment plan for the mall right now. The HCA options that we will be
&g
with the model, It’s
unfortunate that the HCAWG members refused to sit down with us weeks ago
when the issue was detected.
So if you call that disruptive, so be it.
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
Anyone interested in learning more about Option E and
There are already 4 story buildings being proposed at the mall to be able
to fit the 100 units Civico is insisting on… the only way the mall could
add a community center is if another floor was added, making it 5 stories.
At what point do we say that’s enough?
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
it set in stone, rather than
just crossing our fingers and hoping they have good intentions?
The only way to truly ensure affordable housing will be built is to
separate the “village center” into a separate rezoning warrant at March
Town meeting. The only way to do that is to vote for Option E.
Sarah
an overview of
Option E in the first set of links:
https://www.lincolntown.org/1327/Housing-Choice-Act-Working-Group
And here is a link to the LRHA’s website if you would like a more in depth
explanation:
https://sites.google.com/view/lincoln-hca-info/home
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis St
On Sat, Nov 25
, as there
are on LincolnTalk. This is why I think it’s important to also include the
board(s) or committee(s) that you represent when sharing your opinions on
town matters (especially those topics that are in your committee’s purview).
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 9:31 PM Rich Rosenbaum
in compliance?
This rush towards December 2024 is unnecessary. Especially when 4 story 48’
buildings with no lot limits (besides 25’ setbacks) at the mall are being
discussed in planning board meetings…
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 5:47 PM Rich Rosenbaum wrote:
>
> *It’s a
to vote for other
> extremely important town changes - ones that will impact our everyday
> living here and our taxes?
>
> Respectfully,
> Margo Fisher-Martin
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 5:22 PM ٍSarah Postlethwait
> wrote:
>
>> A town wide secret ballot would
impacted position.
LincolnHCA.org
Sarah Postlethwait
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM Tom Kennedy
wrote:
> Part of the discussion at last weeks planning board meeting is noteworthy,
> but has not been mentioned here.
> There was substantial discussion, maybe even consensus,
The HCA was absolutely not written with affordable housing in mind. It has
ZERO requirements for affordable housing written into it and it caps the
amount of affordable housing that most towns can require at 10%.
You also have to keep in mind that “affordable income units” are capped at
80% of
, or does the lot coverage only apply to buildings?
Thank you!
Sarah Postlethwait
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 2:35 PM Margaret Olson
wrote:
> The proposed zoning for the mall has a mandatory retail component.
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 2:13 PM Sara Mattes wrote:
>
>> So, are we no
.
If the point of having all of this housing around the mall is to encourage
people to walk to the amenities and not use a car, why are we reducing the
already very limited amount of retail businesses?
Sarah Postlethwait
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 2:35 PM Margaret Olson
wrote:
> The proposed zon
Are you saying that the survey and report are not accurate?
None of the days listed in the survey are a public holiday.
April 12, 13, 16, 17, 24, 27, and 29, and May 8, 2013
The only public holiday around that time is Patriots day, April 15, which
was not a day listed.
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023
Absolutely agree that sharing plans would be a positive.
I was very alarmed by the Chair of the RLF saying in Wednesday evening’s
meeting that commercial space will be *reduced* in the new development to
help “derisk” the property, as residential units are less risky than
commercial.
I thought
Ben, this is a really great explanation of the major flaw of the state
compliance model, and why the modeled units are not the same as maximum
possible units.
Thanks for taking the time to make this!
Sarah
On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 9:26 AM Benjamin Shiller
wrote:
> I spent substantial efforts to
t; I appreciate your engagement with the process, and hope to see you on the
> 8th.
>
> Jennifer
>
> On Nov 2, 2023, at 8:06 PM, ٍSarah Postlethwait wrote:
>
> To all Lincoln residents,
>
> I want to to bring to your attention that as I send this email someone is
> co
so it should be done in the
least impactful way to comply with the HCA, and if the town or a developer
wants to peruse further rezoning it should be done through the traditional
town meeting process.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 1:50 PM Pastor Allen wrote:
> One must remem
That’s the wholesome ending we needed… now who is going to write a
children’s book about Lamby’s adventure?
Thanks for the update!
Sarah
On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:12 AM Mary Balogh
wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> I wanted to let everyone know that the lost lamb stuffie was FOUND
> recently by a
in
September, the “none of these options” or “I don’t support” should be a
completely separate question.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 1:30 PM Edward Young via Lincoln <
lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote:
> This suggestion from Barbara Peskin raises an important issue t
Don,
The law only requires the REZONING to not be restricted by age or
affordability.
What is built on it CAN be restricted by age or a higher affordability and
comply with the “letter of the law”. This was stated by a board member
during one of the meetings.
In fact- Lincoln woods is included
Carol,
The state is only looking at the parcels of land and what could potentially
be built on them if they were empty. It doesn’t require any units to be
built, and doesn’t take into account any units that are currently there. It
just requires rezoning to a higher density allowed “by right”. So
as well as storm water, wetlands, setbacks, story, and
> height restrictions.
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 11:59 PM ٍSarah Postlethwait
> wrote:
>
>> Peter-
>> 100% agree with all of your points, and I support your nomination of
>> David to the HCAWG.
>>
>
>> Also, the mall/village center actually has 42’ height restrictions
>> instead of 36’ in other subdistricts.
>>
>> Sarah Postlethwait
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:58 PM Peter Buchthal
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe I speak for many residents th
has 42’ height restrictions instead
of 36’ in other subdistricts.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:58 PM Peter Buchthal wrote:
> I believe I speak for many residents that we are all concerned with not
> just the problems of our state submission, but with the process, and
>
they get any answers.
This rezoning will shape our town dramatically for decades to come- we have
a right to have our concerns heard and answered in an open forum.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:05 PM RAandBOB wrote:
> I attended the last forum, which had 45 minutes for o
to comply with the HCA have been proposed. Stop rushing to get
a RLF centric rezoning passed and get a better Working group in place.
*This rezoning is going to shape the future decades of Lincoln- let’s do it
thoughtfully and purposefully. *
Sarah Postlethwait
On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:37 AM
supporting these options with a yes
vote at the March Town meeting or voting no.
I fear if the “no” is included in the options, as it was on the last
ballot, it will split the vote of anyone who doesn’t love any of the
current options or who don’t support the HCA rezoning at all.
Sarah Postlethwait
Im aware that there are 6 total meetings posted since December 2022, and 5
are missing meeting minutes that must be posted within 30 days of the
meeting per the open meeting law in MA.
Since their last posted working meeting was almost 2 months ago on August
22- I’m also finding it hard to
Margaret can you please confirm if the HCAWG is meeting on their own or
not. I tried to request it privately and have emailed both Paula and
Jennifer Curtain and not received a response.
It’s very odd that no meeting in between the last presentation and the
upcoming presentation has happened.
Nicole- you can’t age restrict the rezoned area. Doing so is against the
HCA.
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 3:22 PM Nicole Kaplan wrote:
> I was wondering the same thing. Or maybe make all of the units 55+?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 19, 2023, at 11:48 AM, Michael Dembowski
> wrote:
>
>
When does the HCAWG meet? There isn’t an agenda posted on the town
minutes/agenda page.
Thanks!
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:17 AM Margaret Olson
wrote:
> I expect that this will be a report to the PB. There may be materials in
> advance but my expectation is that we will all be hearing it for
Maybe try reaching out to the preschool there and see if it ended up in
their lost and found.
Good luck!!
On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 6:53 AM Holly Hazelton
wrote:
> Hello - Consider this a desperatee mom post: I'm searching for a Missing
> lovey Please message me with any details
bile device - please excuse typos and errors
>
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023, 2:26 PM ٍSarah Postlethwait
> wrote:
>
>> Robert
>>
>> “That is $32 million split three ways. And for this prime in-town
>> location, I’m guessing the selling price would be even hig
Robert
“That is $32 million split three ways. And for this prime in-town location,
I’m guessing the selling price would be even higher.”
Just to clarify- the property owners only got 2 million and some change for
their property. It honestly was likely undervalued since it was almost 6
acres in
an impending lawsuit…
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:18 AM Sara Mattes wrote:
> Yes, we are only allowed to require UP TO 10%.
> The exception would be a prospective developer approving an economic
> analysis that proved the 15% usually required by Lincoln be profitable.
>
units, which is why many
of us are opposed to complying at all- and if we do comply we feel it
should be done in the most minimal way, and then we should handle rezoning
on our terms at a higher mandatory affordability rate.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 10:40 AM Colleen Katsuki
wrote
mongering that it’s being presented to
residents with to scare us into thinking compliance is mandatory is not ok.
High density and low affordability new development is not the Lincoln way.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:55 AM Margaret Olson
wrote:
> If we require 25% afforda
t;>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 9:41 AM Susanna Szeto
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A developer’s
Lincoln station… but only if they can make it 25%
affordable housing by right. Otherwise we are just creating overpriced
inventory that will not benefit the people it’s intended to benefit.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 7:34 AM John Mendelson
wrote:
> Thank you, Carl. Wise wo
Scott- that’s the perfect way to state what we are all looking for!
On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 8:59 PM Scott Clary wrote:
> Good eye Sarah. I had missed "sale," and one would certainly have to
> assume that means there's at least a letter of intent in place. Should not
> we, the townspeople, know
We have a variety of places for unstructured spur of the moment meeting
spaces.
•The library
•Decordova museum and cafe- free admission for Lincoln residents!
•Codman farm grocery store
•twisted tree
•the tack room
•Drumlin Farm
•3 playgrounds at the school
If these places that offer more than
area. We have
the option to have 80% of the rezoning scattered throughout the rest of the
town- why was this not presented as an option?
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 11:21 AM Bob Kupperstein wrote:
> I applaud John's thoughts.
>
> There is a real, endurin
.
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 9:55 AM John Mendelson
wrote:
> Save it from what? Progress? Working to help solve the regional
> challenges of housing, traffic, environment? Providing housing
> alternatives?
>
> Or should we just continue to approve 20,0
restrictions,
and put these affordable housing units at risk (I know everyone says it’s
unlikely it will be redeveloped- but why take the risk??).
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 1:30 PM Robert Domnitz wrote:
> As a recently-retired member of the Planning Bo
r district AND the
businesses of this district to share?
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 5:57 PM Margaret Olson wrote:
> That article uses a somewhat different definition of gross density and
> refers to the state’s highly complicated set of calculations. Any zoning
>
The highest density provided in that presentation is 18.5 units per acre.
Do you have an example of what 25 units per acre mixed use zoning, as
proposed for Lincoln center, would look like?
Thanks
Sarah Postlethwait
Lewis Street
On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 3:38 PM Margaret Olson wrote:
>
is not a reliable source of transportation.
Currently our units average 2 cars per unit.
So assuming anything less than 1.5 vehicles per unit is naive, IMO.
Sarah Postlethwait
On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 9:14 AM Jennifer Glass via Lincoln <
lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote:
> Good morning!
> A new
Unfortunately this is not accurate. The HCA makes it so changes to *zoning*
only require a simple majority- it no longer needs a supermajority. This is
the law, it is in place. A supermajority is not needed any longer for
zoning changes.
To be in compliance with the HCA, a town must allow, by
The reports on the Sudbury development do say it will help the town reach
its 10% affordable housing, but it doesn’t actually specify how many units
that includes.
It’s worth noting that the actual affordableness of affordable housing is
subjective. For instance when Oriele landing listed it’s
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