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RECEIVE S177s � TOWN OF LEXINGTON 2022 '12 1�18 pm Permanent Building Committee p'r, Permanent Members < APR"l"T" Jon Himmel, Co-Chairman, Charles Fa�azzo, Co-Chairman, {TTO�IN CLERK Peter Johnson,Philip Coleman, Cells Brisbin, Elizabeth Giersbach, Frederick Merril Police Station Members: Semoon Oh, Wendy Krum Associate Members: Curt Barrentine, Henrietta Mei LEXINGTON PBC Minutes for the meeting held on: 12-16-21 Meeting was held remotely via Zoom Members Present: Jon Himmel, Charles Favazzo, Peter Johnson, Celis Brisbin, Elizabeth Giersbach, Frederick Merrill Semoon Oh, Wendy Krum, Curt Barrentine The Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm Lexington High School Jon Himmel opened the meeting with a status request on the High School Project. Mark Sandeen was present and stated that the MSBA had notified everyone that a decision would not be made until March of 2022, with regard to the Town's Statement of Interest submittal. Jon pointed out that if the Town does not get invited in to the MSBA process, then the town will experience another year of delay, which could translate into as much as $13,000,000 in escalation costs, using rough numbers. Jon raised the issue of conducting an early site assessment of the main and adjacent properties involving recreational use without the study involving any educational issues, program issues or any part of existing high school building. There was discussion about the timing of any article that could be offered at Town Meeting to support such a study. The deadline for a citizen petition was said to be 12/29/21. Mark Sandeen suggested that perhaps Jon should raise the issue with the Superintendent of Schools as well. It was asked if this item could be added to the agenda for the next PBC meeting. Sustainable Site & Landscape Nancy Sofen made a presentation to the Committee on Sustainable site Development and Landscaping. The goal being to adopt Sustainable Landscape Guidelines for Town Building Projects and consider adding these standards to the Sustainable Building Policy. The goal of the standards is to improve the climate and biodiversity of our landscapes. The benefits of an appropriate landscape have great effects on the climate and local ecosystems. The landscape contributes to co2 absorption, erosion control, reduction of heat island effect, and increased oxygen production. Maintaining healthy ecosystems in our landscape support insects, birds and provide habitats for small creatures. The presentation also included a reference to Light Pollution and the need for fully "cut-off" site lighting. The presentation also focused on the ability of a landscape to create and define outdoor spaces and contribute to physical and psychological health. There is a Sustainable Sites Initiative /Sites v2 that has been created as well as a Lexington specific landscaping standards checklist. It is the goal of this presentation to have future Town Building projects demonstrate the ability to be certified at the gold level of Green Business Certification Sites checklist and demonstrate a minimum of 25 points on the Lexington specific standards checklist.