Rachel - thank you for sharing this info on how people can still submit comments today.
All - FYI, linked here are the comments finalized today by the Lincoln Green Energy Committee; feel free to borrow language or ideas for your own comments. Also linked here FYI are the comments being submitted by the Select Board and the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission. GEC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SOgYR7X_qGVtsupXt5laJIXvCtQkM5HGHuWlb2JITs0/edit?usp=sharing Selects: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0-DWntZC-TjhImzptOM5u3zgTkQEJj4/view?usp=sharing HFAC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MPLV_HWy67eouY8C3n6MwJ5igenrQDGC/view?usp=sharing - Paul Shorb On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 7:27 AM Rachel Neurath <[email protected]> wrote: > *Thank you* to everyone who added their name to the Mothers Out Front > Hanscom Field expansion public comment! We had an incredible *138 names > of Lincoln residents*, plus a couple non-Lincoln residents for 144 names > in total! > > *Want to do more? Here are next steps from Save Our Heritage:* > > > *Dear Friends of Save Our Heritage,* > > > > *RE: Proposed extensive North Airfield development * > > > > *UPDATE & NEXT STEPS * > > > > *1. UPDATE* > > A must-read: Bedford Citizen news coverage of Monday’s MEPA meetings > (2/6), > <https://www.thebedfordcitizen.org/2023/02/fuel-farm-planned-for-new-hanscom-hangar-complex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fuel-farm-planned-for-new-hanscom-hangar-complex> > > (also attached) --includes Senator Mike Barrett’s passionate condemnation > of this Hanscom expansion, along with others’ comments. > > > > *Note: Participation was high at both meetings, and included elected > state & town reps, as well* > > *as the head of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.* > > · *50-60 people were at the 3pm on-site MEPA visit* > > · *Over 144 people participated in the 6:30pm remote MEPA > meeting, which lasted 3 hrs !* > > > > *2. NEXT STEPS: 2/14 Public Comment deadline & 2/21 HFAC meeting > (citizens can direct questions to Massport)* > > > > - *Next Tues, 2/14/22: Deadline for submitting Public Comments* to > MEPA on the proposed North Airfield development ENF > > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9q7vh5gy2bh5cd/Hanscom%20North%20Airfield_ENF-011723.pdf?dl=0> > > Comments may be submitted to [email protected] or > > via the MEPA Public Comments Portal > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fnam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps*3A*2F*2Feeaonline.eea.state.ma.us*2FEEA*2FPublicComment*2FLanding*2F%26data%3D04*7C01*7Csdolabany*40vhb.com*7C068baa7c88c04083a67a08d9e5088a54*7C365c5e99f68f4beb89d9abecb41b1a1b*7C0*7C0*7C637792647116483716*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000%26sdata%3D*2Be5G58lEbk2XdOV2r6w7D0zfNyvDRVtxEWrWRJbvmho*3D%26reserved%3D0__%3BJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!CUhgQOZqV7M!xnyolvn1UgJe731I0Op708Y7dPr7aQlfuTLbA80LEXyNJcUb27A5qGavxzsIUczy7PAXjMKS5g%24&data=05%7C01%7Ckschwartz%40vhb.com%7C8495b6049f6f49b2f6e908db031bf094%7C365c5e99f68f4beb89d9abecb41b1a1b%7C0%7C0%7C638107190818990514%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PHhvi4lRovX4FiQQMR1H4Ld3%2Fn0QCjuhsf5b7Za0kIQ%3D&reserved=0> > . > > > > Please use this reference info in the subject line of your Comment: > > “*RE: EEA #16654: L.G. Hanscom Field North Airfield Development ENF*“ > > > > To keep the many moving parts straight, you can refer to SOH’s brief > Overview - ATTACHED > > > > *General suggestions for submitting a Comment:* > > - It can be long or short, formal or informal. > - If you have questions, submit them – and ask for explanations > and/or further data. > - If you have objections or concerns, submit them. > - If you don’t know what to write about, read the Bedford Citizen > news story above to see > > what issues and concerns other citizens’ & elected reps have raised; if > any resonate, echo them. > > > > *By topic: Some impacts of the proposed expansion that you may wish to > address --* > > - Increased aircraft operations and ground travel > - Noise, air, water, and soil pollution > - Public health > - Environmental Justice populations > - Climate change > - Wildlife > - Mature tree removal > - and more > > > > *Above all, please submit SOMETHING to help send a clear collective signal > across the board that this proposed development is unacceptable on many > levels. * > > > > - *Tues, 2/21/23, 7-8pm: HFAC remote meeting (Hanscom Field Advisory > Commission)* > > *We’ll you send a link closer to the date.* > > > > HFAC was set up decades ago to ensure regular direct communications > between Massport reps > > at Hanscom Field and representatives from our four Hanscom-area towns. > Each month, Massport > > presents a Noise Report, as well as a *Projects & Third Party Development > report. * > > > > *Each HFAC meeting includes time for citizen comments. If you have > questions or concerns about the proposed expansion,* > > *or simply want to hear what Massport has to say about it, please mark the > 2/21 HFAC meeting in your calendar, and join.* > > > > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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