Lincoln Select Board weighs Capital Planning endorsement for unspecified building project

LINCOLN -- October 4, 2010, Lincoln Select Board fields preliminary capital pitch and unresolved liquor license question. At an Oct. 4, 2010 working session, the board discussed whether a retail beer-and-wine license and a restaurant pouring permit would transfer with a sale of the underlying business or require revocation, concluding that action would await a formal request from a successor operator. A presenter separately sought the board's endorsement to advance an application to the Capital Planning Committee, with one member confirming, "What you need from us is an endorsement to go ahead with the application." The Bemis property was described by a member as "probably the trickiest piece of property we have because it's so hemmed in." No town meeting vote was sought at this stage; the presenter said an option vote, not the full project, was the near-term ask. The available recording captured no formal motions or vote tallies.