As demonstrated by your achievements with regard to overcoming the challenges of both 2018 ATM Article 38 and 2018 ATM Article 45, your voice and opinions are powerful. Your Town Meeting Members were elected to represent your concerns. They listened to those concerns and voted overwhelmingly to support those concerns.
Now that the Historic Districts Commission is planning to develop a new proposal for fall Town Meeting, it is up to us to keep informed and share our ideas and concerns with the HDC, Board of Selectmen and our Town Meeting Members. If we stay engaged our voices will have great impact.
Now that the Historic Districts Commission is planning to develop a new proposal for fall Town Meeting, it is up to us to keep informed and share our ideas and concerns with the HDC, Board of Selectmen and our Town Meeting Members. If we stay engaged our voices will have great impact.
Menu of Action Step Options
Ready to take action on the next iteration of the HDC's proposal?
Want to know what you can do quickly and easily now?
Select any one or more of the action steps from the menu below ranging in ascending order from quick & easy to showing up and speaking out. Choose only one action step in any one category or do more if you can.
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first step: get informed in minutes
QUICK & EASY
You can learn about Article 45 by reading the text here. You may also wish to review the one-page Executive Summary in the Committee Report of March 7, 2018 linked on the Historic Districts Commission page under HDC 40C Study Committee.
WANT A QUICK REVIEW OF THE ISSUES?
Read Keep Our Lexington Concerns about Article 45 on the Historic Districts Commission page.
KEEP INFORMED AND UP-TO-DATE
Save time in keeping up with developments on this proposal by receiving automatic updates through Content Monitoring or by joining our email mailing list. See Follow Developments for details.
Also, sign up for the HDC's new email subscription list to receive HDC agendas and news.
You can learn about Article 45 by reading the text here. You may also wish to review the one-page Executive Summary in the Committee Report of March 7, 2018 linked on the Historic Districts Commission page under HDC 40C Study Committee.
WANT A QUICK REVIEW OF THE ISSUES?
Read Keep Our Lexington Concerns about Article 45 on the Historic Districts Commission page.
KEEP INFORMED AND UP-TO-DATE
Save time in keeping up with developments on this proposal by receiving automatic updates through Content Monitoring or by joining our email mailing list. See Follow Developments for details.
Also, sign up for the HDC's new email subscription list to receive HDC agendas and news.
QUICK & EASY - make your voice heard
FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS BY READING MINUTES OR GOING TO A COMMITTEE MEETING
By going to a meeting of the HDC's subcommittee charged with developing new rules, you can have a first hand look at what the Committee is considering and debating. You can also get a brief overview by following the agendas and meeting minutes, available on the Town's website. See the Meetings Schedule page for information on scheduled meetings and see the Historic Districts Commission page for links to agendas and meeting minutes.
CALL OR EMAIL ONE OR MORE OF YOUR TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Ultimately, Town Meeting will vote up or down on this land use proposal at its next meeting, so it's important that you let your Town Meeting members, your elected representatives in the Town's legislature, know your views and questions. Town Meeting members' phone and email contact information can be found on the Lexington website or on this website under Town Resources.
NOT LIVING IN OR ABUTTING A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
If you're not living in or abutting a historic district, that doesn't mean you can't or don't have an interest in the proposal. Every Lexington resident has an equal right to have her or his voice heard in this matter. That includes renters, who are residents, too. And you don't have to be registered to vote in order to have your voice heard on this zoning matter.
By going to a meeting of the HDC's subcommittee charged with developing new rules, you can have a first hand look at what the Committee is considering and debating. You can also get a brief overview by following the agendas and meeting minutes, available on the Town's website. See the Meetings Schedule page for information on scheduled meetings and see the Historic Districts Commission page for links to agendas and meeting minutes.
CALL OR EMAIL ONE OR MORE OF YOUR TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Ultimately, Town Meeting will vote up or down on this land use proposal at its next meeting, so it's important that you let your Town Meeting members, your elected representatives in the Town's legislature, know your views and questions. Town Meeting members' phone and email contact information can be found on the Lexington website or on this website under Town Resources.
NOT LIVING IN OR ABUTTING A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
If you're not living in or abutting a historic district, that doesn't mean you can't or don't have an interest in the proposal. Every Lexington resident has an equal right to have her or his voice heard in this matter. That includes renters, who are residents, too. And you don't have to be registered to vote in order to have your voice heard on this zoning matter.
SPEAK OUT AND BE HEARD
ATTEND A MEETING OR HEARING
You can learn first-hand what the next steps are for Article 45 by going to a meeting of the Historic Districts Commission 40C Study Committee (Ad Hoc), or its successor committee. Learn about upcoming meetings and find agendas by consulting the Town's Public Meetings Calendar.
If you have comments, suggestions or concerns during a meeting, ask to be recognized by the Chair. If you don't have the opportunity to raise your comments during a meeting, you're free to follow up with call to the Historic Districts Commission or email the HDC at [email protected] or using the HDC's webform.
You can learn first-hand what the next steps are for Article 45 by going to a meeting of the Historic Districts Commission 40C Study Committee (Ad Hoc), or its successor committee. Learn about upcoming meetings and find agendas by consulting the Town's Public Meetings Calendar.
If you have comments, suggestions or concerns during a meeting, ask to be recognized by the Chair. If you don't have the opportunity to raise your comments during a meeting, you're free to follow up with call to the Historic Districts Commission or email the HDC at [email protected] or using the HDC's webform.
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