Dear Friends,
We, the undersigned, strongly support Margaret Olson for Planning Board.
For the past ten years, Margaret has been both a dedicated leader and
member of the board. highly honed management skills and her creative mind,
Margaret has helped make decisions that serve to protect Lincoln’s
character—open space and our landscapes—while promoting necessary policies
for our present and future needs.
Effective participation as a member of the planning board requires a person
who understands the complexities of zoning and is at home with site
plans, as well as understanding Lincoln’s values, its past decisions, and
its uniqueness. Members of the planning board must have the ability to
create solutions to accommodate both our present and future needs. Members
need to be committed to and comfortable with the public process.
Margaret has all those characteristics. She has worked with the planning
board to
·Institute Lincoln’s first Dark Sky lighting regulations
·Streamline the Site plan review process. This has resulted in
benefits for both residents and the planning board, saving time for all
·Increase multi-generational housing by incrementally loosening the
Accessory Apartment zoning requirements
·Engage cooperatively with a variety of boards and stakeholders to
pass the Housing Choice Act that allows the town to qualify for specific
grants—resulting in Lincoln already receiving $430,000 for water main
replacement
·Improve safety for all forms of transportation by serving on the
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, the Roadside and Traffic
Committee and the Transportation Coalition.
Margaret believes in an open and collaborative approach to solving
problems. She knows from observation that over-regulation costs the town
money and increases a homeowner’s individual costs to get through
permitting with no benefit to either the town or their neighborhood.
Planning board reviews should focus on the critical issues in a manner that
is thorough, fair, consistent and predictable.
Margaret’s ten years on the Planning Board, coupled with her tenure on
Lincoln’s Board of Appeals, her years on planning boards in other towns as
well as her professional background have and will serve Lincoln well.
In addition, Margaret has honed skills central to the management of public
processes that have benefited the planning board. Margaret developed
these skills when she co-founded two startups, Constant Contact (IPO) and
Plum (purchased by Nokia), worked for Nokia where she was responsible for
all personally identifiable information for a worldwide service and served
as Chief Technology officer at several companies.
Margaret’s public process management skills were developed as the chair of
the ESPC technology standards committee, IETF committees, and
other technology industry standards.
We believe that Lincoln needs Margaret on the Planning Board for her
technical skill, her management style, her deep understanding of Lincoln
and its unique qualities and her commitment to consistent, fair and
predictable public process.
*We hope that you will join us and vote for Margaret Olson for Planning
Board. The election is March 31 with early voting* beginning on March 22*
Gail Alden
Fran Aschheim
Dea Angiolillo
Michelle Barnes
Ken Bassett
Diana Beaudoin
Cindy Bencal
Alex Benik
Becky Bermont
Sarah Bishop
Paul Blanchfield
Rebecca Blanchfield
John Bordiuk
Janet Boynton
P. Kim Buell
Brian Burns
Karen Carlson
Thomas F. Casey
Ted Chan
Alex Chatfield
Paula Cobb
Buzz Constable
Trisha Deck
John Drew
Leah Drew
Rachel Drew
Nataly Dvash
Jeff Eaton
Andy Falender
Jon Ferris
Kristen Ferris
Jim Fleming
Nancy Fleming
Amy Funkenstein
Gina Halsted
Chris Hamilton
Emily Haslett
Tom Haslett
Jean Hardcastle
Alan Hein
Nancy S.Henderson
Ruth Ann Hendrickson
Lis Herbert
Shira Horowitz
Brian Jalet
Kim Jalet
Joan Kimball
John Kimball
Chris Klem
Sue Klem
Jackie Lenth
Mary Helen Lorenz
Gwyn Loud
Rebecca Lupkas
Sara B. Lupkas
Lucy Makall
Joan Mansfield
Rachel Mason
Lucy Maulsby
Chris McCarthy
John Mendelson
Christopher Mollica
Nicholas Mollica
Christopher Mollica
Staci Montori
Buffer Morgan
Terri Morgan
Brooks Mostue
Chris Murphy
Patricia O’Hagan
David O’Neil
Jane K. O’Rourke
David Onigman
John Nolan
Katherine Hall Page
Laura Protzman
Ginger Reiner
Kurt Reiner
Travis Roland
Rick Rosenbaum
Rick Rundell
Aldis Russell
Barbara Sampson
Ellen Meyer Shorb
Paul Shorb
Kathleen Shepard
Christine Size
Barbara Slayter
Victoria Slingerland
Joanna Schmergel
Greg Schmergel
Jonathan Soo
Kara Soo
Nancy Soulette
Bill Stason
Sue Stason
Dilla Tingley
Mary Jo Veling
Christina Van Vleck
Katy Walker
Tom Walker
Ben Wells
Bob Wolf
Bryce Wolf
Krystal Wood
Stephen Yankum
Jen Zeis
Louis Zipes
Tanya Zipes
*See www.lincolntown.org and scroll down for details about early voting and
voting by mail.
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