Hi - As an abutter I am going to respond to this. An abutter who is mostly negatively impacted by the project.
There are lots of places to focus your disappointment with, but the current purchasers of that land should not be it, nor the current planning board. You can be irritated with the people who sold the land for the development of 3 houses. You can be irritated with the LLCT/RLF who had the right of first refusal and declined to take action on a property that has a large portion of protected wetlands within its borders. You can be irritated with the abutters who didn't feel it was financially responsible to purchase the land. You can be irritated with the ~2015/2016 planning board who originally approved the site plan with the 3 lots for development. You should understand that the people purchasing this land will be reforesting it after this project. They also will only be building one house at this time. So in the grand scheme of things, apart from this land never being sold, there are a lot worse outcomes for the town, abutters, and wildlife. The alternative is a developer who has to flip 3 lots to make it profitable and I can assure you that would be worse for every aspect of this land. I think the planning board did an admirable job within the scope of their jurisdiction. Appreciate your concern and caring for the environment and Lincoln. JCH On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM Barbara Peskin <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Lincoln, > > Recently, the Planning Board had an opportunity to offer some protection > to wildlife in its decision-making regarding a site plan request to clear > 2.8 acres of healthy forest, undeveloped land, for a driveway. The plan > does not include a house at this time. One member of the Planning Board > supported clearing only for the driveway because that was practicable at > this stage, noting that our Bylaw 17.7.4a reads: “The landscape shall be > preserved in its natural state insofar as practicable...” The other four, > voting to approve clearing the full 2.8 acres, chose to bypass > preservation, preferring what they called the applicant's novel idea to cut > down the existing forest and strip the land to be replaced with a new > meadow and new kind of forest that would have mature trees in 20-30 years. > > Sometime this May or June, wildlife will be running and flying for their > lives from this 2.8 acres, near Chapman pasture, to other land and trails. > Please welcome them to your patch of land. > > If you find yourself in front of the Planning Board in the future for > either a neighbor's or your own proposal, please work with other residents > to protect the wildlife involved. It is up to each of us to watch out for > the living, existing wildlife calling Lincoln home. > > Thank you for your care of wildlife. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Barbara Peskin > > *My Moments in Nature Photo Gallery: barbarapeskin.com > <http://barbarapeskin.com>* > -- > 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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