Re: [LincolnTalk] Public On-line Meeting for Article 3 and 4

The meeting is at 8pm tomorrow Monday, June 16th. On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 16:39 Rosamond Delori wrote: > Time and date? > > Please excuse likely errors due to autospell! > > On Jun 15, 2025, at 3:51 PM, Klaus Dobler wrote: > >  > This is a public notice that from the Abutt

Re: [LincolnTalk] The impacts of taxation...one view

mbers for Carlisle versus >>> Lincoln and the respective tax rates over the last 15 years you can go to >>> the following link and filter on Carlisle and Lincoln >>> >>> >>> https://dls-gw.dor.state.ma.us/reports/rdpage.aspx?rdreport=averagesingl

Re: [LincolnTalk] Citizens' Petition at the Special Town Meeting: Finance Committee Appointments

se similar-ish % rate increase. I wonder what that > was?! Oh yeah, it was the self funded school which was a result of the 2012 > ‘own goal’ when we didn’t muster the 2/3rd needed to pass that original > project. > > > > > On Sunday, June 8, 2025, David Cuetos wrote:

Re: [LincolnTalk] Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself a tax payment!

[LincolnTalk] Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself >> a tax payment! >> To: Listserv Listserv >> >> >> David Cuetos wrote: "After adjusting for structurally inflated budget lines, >> our true operating budget is likely closer to $46–47M—implying a rese

Re: [LincolnTalk] Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself a tax payment!

In addition to property taxes, the town relies on several other revenue sources to balance the budget. The most significant of these is *local receipts*, which brought in $5.8 million in FY24. For FY26, state aid is budgeted at $2.8 million, and other revenue sources are projected to contribute $0.

Re: [LincolnTalk] Citizens' Petition at the Special Town Meeting: Finance Committee Appointments

Credit ratings are not a good measurement of performance of the committee. The job of a finance committee member is to understand what are the trade-offs of different taxation and expenditure solutions. Measuring the committee performance on ratings alone is equivalent to only looking at one side o

Re: [LincolnTalk] Citizens petition

years. The full duration of the problem is still unknown. Had the Finance Committee addressed the issue when first alerted and stopped the ongoing payments, the town could have saved about $1 million to date. David Cuetos Weston Rd Lincoln General Bylaws, Article IV. Section 3. The

[LincolnTalk] Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself a tax payment!

residents. I encourage residents interested in tax relief to *attend the in-person FinCom meeting Tuesday at 7:30pm on the second floor of the town's offices to make their voices heard.* Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself a tax payment! David Cuetos On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM A

Re: [LincolnTalk] CCBC Forum Invite and Additional Question & Answer Information

. David Cuetos Weston Rd On Sat, Jun 7, 2025 at 13:05 Krystal Wood < ccbccommunicationscommit...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Please Join Our Informational Forum * > *Wednesday June 11 7pm, Hartwell Pod B.* > > CCBC Questions & Answers for June 2025 STM > > The Community Center B

Re: [LincolnTalk] volunteering does not absolve you of accountability

There is no shortage of volunteers to populate most committees. If some of the members are not cutting it, they should be let go and new blood can come in. There are more important issues at play than avoiding some bruised egos. The root cause to many of our problems is that much of our committee

Re: [LincolnTalk] CCBC Update with actual attachments and numbers

and/or 2) unwillingness to compromise their vision. A well-rounded team to manage this important project they were not. David Cuetos On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 17:23 Laura Glynn wrote: > So next time I have a house project I should just tell my boss to raise > my salary because my proposed addition or

[LincolnTalk] Trying to make sense of our budgets and our taxes

think removing the teaching kitchen, cheaper finishes and cutting down on site work would all move the needle materially. What’s most revealing, though, is that the CCBC made no effort to explore cost-reduction strategies. The moment the bids came in over budget, the issue was immediately kicke

[LincolnTalk] Trying to make sense of the statement about CC costs

ng in disguise. David Cuetos Weston Rd -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.

[LincolnTalk] Five facts everyone should know about the Nature Link Proposal

tions about fairness and public process. David Cuetos Weston Rd -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.

Re: [LincolnTalk] Nature Link - Town website FAQ misstatements

also be easier to take seriously if those expressing it were the ones bearing the burden. Championing the public interest rings hollow when the costs are imposed on a few abutters—it begins to resemble virtue signaling more than genuine conviction. David Cuetos -- Forwarded message

[LincolnTalk] Nature Link - Town website FAQ misstatements

on the Town Meeting Study Committee. I’ve shared my concerns with some of them already: unless we can rebuild trust and adopt a more balanced approach to how we communicate town issues, meaningful improvement will remain elusive. David Cuetos 2. Is any town funding going to the housing developer?

[LincolnTalk] Don’t box out yourself, Lincoln.

The current draft of the bylaws for the Village Center District is tailored to meet a developer’s (Civico) wishes rather than the Town’s general interest. A majority of the Planning Board has so far supported that approach. There is no reason to believe that the imbalance of power will change after

[LincolnTalk] Mall Rezoning idea

be built" > on that site is a bit of a stretch at this point. > > Though if it is, I wouldn't mind downsizing to a nice west-facing > apartment with a view of Codman Farm one day. :-) > > John > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 8:00 PM David Cuetos wrote: > >> I

Re: [LincolnTalk] District contiguity question

I am going to attach the email I sent to the Director of Planning, Jennifer Glass and Utile a few days ago at the bottom. I don't think there is any ambiguity in the wording of the guidelines and believe option E as sent would be compliant. However, we do not want to get bogged down on this issue.

[LincolnTalk] The real reason we cannot require more affordable units under HCA zoning

The State allows towns rezoning land that can be used towards HCA compliance to require developers to set aside 10% affordable units. In order to request a higher than 10% affordable quota, towns have to submit a feasibility study to the State. As per the guidelines

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

ion, but I would argue it would be good practice for them to share their underlying conflict of interest when speaking publicly on this matter. David Cuetos On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:34 AM Sara Lupkas wrote: > "Open meeting discussions point to a lot of possible concessions to private &g

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 woul

Re: [LincolnTalk] Let’s use the HCA to create affordable housing in Lincoln

It is a false choice to present the issue as one of compliance versus not. There are different ways of complying that do not require giving away the town to developers. Rezoning large swaths of prime area for HCA compliance equates to giving up on the town's longstanding mission of providing truly

[LincolnTalk] HCA Open Questions

Attached are a new list of open questions submitted to the Selects we believe should be answered ahead of the vote on December 2nd to ensure residents can make an informed decision when asked to vote on a zoning proposal. HCA open questions Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives 11/17/2023

Re: [LincolnTalk] Housing Choice Act and Exclusionary Zoning Report-the HAC will make us even more exclusive.

How can the RLF guarantee that any particular commercial space will remain once they sell the land to Civico? Are they planning to include a requirement for a supermarket in the deed? Anything else would just be a "recommendation". On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 6:09 PM Margo Fisher-Martin < margo.fisher

Re: [LincolnTalk] New Options for HCA Compliance

Number of units likely to be developed is not a criterion the EOHLC will use to determine compliance for Lincoln or any other town. The proposals that I have, among others, presented will be deemed compliant by the State. I invite anyone who doubts my assertion to watch this exchange between an HC

Re: [LincolnTalk] Why Lincoln should overlay HCA zoning over existing multi-family districts

arded message - >> From: Margaret Olson >> Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 15:50 >> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Why Lincoln should overlay HCA zoning over >> existing multi-family districts >> To: Deborah Greenwald >> CC: David Cuetos , Lincoln Talk < >> linc

[LincolnTalk] Why Lincoln should overlay HCA zoning over existing multi-family districts

on to think that would change now that HCA has lowered Town Meeting approval thresholds from 2/3 to just a simple majority. I ask all residents to consider that when they vote to rezone an area, they are de facto abdicating their democratic right to influence future development. David Cuetos West

[LincolnTalk] Open letter to HCA Working Group

WG offered to meet with us in person to discuss. Thank you, David Cuetos Weston Rd Proposal examples [image: image.png] This is a map and the list of parcels included in the Lincoln Rd (reduced) district. While the district acreage is smaller, the developable acreage is

[LincolnTalk] Fwd: Potential grave inconsistency in the model submitted for State approval

I believe the content of this request sent to members of the HCAWG to be in the general public interest. -- Forwarded message - From: David Cuetos Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Potential grave inconsistency in the model submitted for State approval To: Glass

[LincolnTalk] Inaccuracies in rezoning proposals submitted to the State

of units and land in Lincoln Station, exactly matches the maximum number of units that could be built.* David Cuetos Weston Rd -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subs

[LincolnTalk] HCA - tax implications

I share the concerns expressed by other town residents regarding the impact of rezoning in every aspect of our lives: traffic, noise, water supply, affordability, etc. I thought this would be a good time to recirculate a pro-forma analysis of taxes I shared in the spring for existing town residents

[LincolnTalk] Impact of HCA zoning on the CC and the school

would encourage everyone to reach out to the working group and the Selects and get their thoughts on what I am explaining here. I also once more, this time informally, petition the Working Group and the Selects to take the matter seriously and appoint an independent study group to look into these issues.

Re: [LincolnTalk] Community Center- size considerations

llow our trail. High-performing schools are alive with extracurriculars. David Cuetos 145 Weston Rd On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 13:21 Sara Mattes wrote: > This is helpful-more specificity to better understand why some classrooms > appear used for only potions of the day, or even go empty. >

Re: [LincolnTalk] CCBC Community Comparisons

Thank you for sending that comparison. I have a comment about Lincoln's population. At the Special Town meeting last year, the town's senior population was stated as 1,697 (see proof at the bottom of the email), quoted as 35% of an (ex-Hanscom) population of ~4,840. The source was the 2020 census

Re: [LincolnTalk] State Grants - Housing Choice Act Working Group update!

fair to ask Lincoln to carry ten times the burden of other towns. David Cuetos 145 Weston Rd On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 8:08 PM Sara Mattes wrote: > … and since we already have gotten grants, do we more? > The septic system at the Mall is part of private property. > Why are we talking about

Re: [LincolnTalk] Last Night's Community Center Forum

In my opinion, the proposals the CCBC is putting forward are flawed because the basic premises upon which the building has been dimensioned are greatly overstated. Multiple residents have brought this up, but the committee has not taken the feedback into consideration. To begin with, activity room

[LincolnTalk] Housing Choice Act - discussion of financial implications

to provide their views on this matter and state what they see as their red lines (financial and non-financial) are with regards to HCA compliance.* If people have in-the-weeds questions about the model, I would prefer to address those via private email to spare everyone else (Andy Wang I am looki

[LincolnTalk] Communication with School Committee

how do issues get addressed and how does the > public engage with the constraints that the school committee has on them. > I think it falls back that this is an elected body and the town selects > candidates that they think represent their views or have a platform of > communication to p

Re: [LincolnTalk] Lincoln School Projected Class Size

erning our school can be debated.* Again, this would not be unprecedented. The CCBC conducted a similar exercise ahead of the Special Town Meeting. I want to thank everyone who has participated in this thread for taking time out of their busy lives to engage in a civic public debate. Best, Davi

Re: [LincolnTalk] Community center marriage of COA and Parks and Recreation

point I am trying to make is that the school has a lot of space, tremendous facilities and existing after hours custodians during the week. With a little bit of planning, all those problems you faced can be sidestepped. David Cuetos On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:24 DJCP wrote: > My kids enjoy ple

Re: [LincolnTalk] Community Center - Financial Big Picture

=sharing On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 6:07 PM David Cuetos wrote: > Andy, > > I thought we had already settled this population debate. As I explained to > you in my last email, I believe your population numbers are inaccurate. My > population numbers come from the US Census Bureau, s

Re: [LincolnTalk] Community Center - Financial Big Picture

Andy, I thought we had already settled this population debate. As I explained to you in my last email, I believe your population numbers are inaccurate. My population numbers come from the US Census Bureau, specifically the Annual Community Survey. Here is the population number from Lincoln, incl