Name: Lin Jensen
Address: 133 Reed Street
Precinct: 8
Office sought: Planning Board
E-mail address: linforlexington [at] gmail.commichaelschanbacherlexpb [at] gmail.com (
)Phone number: 781-861-2925

Community Activities: 

• Town Meeting Member (Precinct 8) for the past 8 years 
• Sustainable Lexington Committee, member
• LPS Green Teams (LPS Core Values Award winner 2024), co-founder
• Clean Heat Lexington Alliance volunteer
• Former Hastings PTO co-president, room parent, yearbook and newsletter editor, METCO Family Friends host 

What values will guide your decision making on new development proposals?

If elected, these values will inform my decision making on new development proposals:

• All requirements are met, including but not limited to, dimensional control, stormwater management, tree bylaw, common open space, non-fossil fuel heating, distance to wetland, and affordable housing units.
• Sustainable features such as: solar panel ready or installed, permeable pavements, native landscaping, are considered or planned.
• Impact on the neighbors, shadowing, privacy, road safety, noise are considered
• Unit affordability - are they too big, and therefore too expensive?
• I will listen to and respect neighbors’ concerns and feedback, as they know the surrounding area well
• How the development will benefit our town, including adding foot traffic and new businersses, supporting senior downsizing and young people to start in Lexington, tax revenue to town.
• I will take notes what have gone well, what could have been improved, and then seek opportunity to modify the rules to ensure better results