EDC member unveils free parcel mapping tool

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What happened

The committee heard reports on a state wastewater grant, a signed Shared Streets agreement, and a free parcel mapping tool, and formally acted on several substantive matters. It declined to form an immediate task force for the Raytheon parcel's town green playground. It agreed to submit tax recommendations to the Select Board, circulate sign vendor options to businesses, support a request for 10 additional liquor licenses for three areas, and consolidate business contact data.

Key decisions

• 📜 Tax-base recommendations to Select Board. Committee agreed to send both tax-base one-pagers to the Select Board together before year end, with Hummel supplying meals tax data, Stanizzi drafting that page, and members sending comments on the split tax rate page to Vecchio. Read case details
• 📜 Support for 10 additional liquor licenses. Committee mapped three areas (Route 20 corridor, East Wayland, South Wayland including Cochituate Village) in support of a request for 10 additional liquor licenses, expecting to obtain perhaps seven or eight. Any granted must be used within three years or lapse; Town Center currently has no licenses available for a waiting tenant. Read case details
• ● Task force for Town Green playground. Committee decided not to form a task force at this time; Fay said doing so would be premature until Raytheon confirms it has no objection in concept, and committed to follow up with Raytheon's licensed site professional within a week. Read case details
• ● Sign vendor selection approach. Committee decided to circulate vendor options (Signorama quoted roughly $700 to $900 for one sign including installation, Alpha Graphics declined, Framingham vendor quote pending) to business owners for their choice. Applicants still require design sign-off and cannot simply buy and install. Read case details
• ● Business contact data consolidation. Committee decided to consolidate all business contact data into a single sortable spreadsheet with a regional indicator, rather than keeping Route 20 contacts separate, to facilitate frequent Route 20 mailings. Polat offered to use an automated agent to find missing email addresses. Read case details

Next dates

• Nov. 13: Economic Development Committee meeting

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