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ARTICLE 4 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee and, pursuant to the recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee: (i) to appropriate a sum of money to the Community Preservation Fund—Historic Reserve; and (ii) to appropriate sums of money from the Community Preservation Fund for(a) Phase I of the Hancock-Clarke restoration project; (b) a freight elevator for the Lexington Depot; and (c) shelving for the main vault of the Cary Memorial building; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED. (i) $20,000; (ii) $129,000 DESCRIPTION This article requests that: (i) funds received from a developer of an historic structure be added to the Community Preservation funds reserved for historic resources; and (ii) Community Preservation Funds be appropriated for the listed projects as recommended by the Community Preservation Committee. ARTICLE 5 ACCEPT MGL CHAPTER 39 SECTION 23D To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 23D of Chapter 39 of the Massachusetts General Laws as inserted by Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2006 relating to attendance at public adjudicatory hearings by members of any municipal board, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) DESCRIPTION This article proposes that Town Meeting vote to accept a provision of a recent state law that would allow a member of a Town board, committee or commission to miss one session of an adjudicatory hearing and still participate in the decision on the matter provided that the member has viewed a video recording, listened to an audio recording, or read a written transcript of the missed session and examined any evidence for the record submitted during the missed session. ARTICLE 6 APPROPRIATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money received from Brookhaven at Lexington as a contribution for affordable housing to LexHAB to support the provision of affordable housing within the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. FUNDS REQUESTED. $50,000 DESCRIPTION This article requests that funds received from Brookhaven at Lexington for affordable housing purposes be transferred to LexHAB in accordance with the Brookhaven development plan approved by Town Meeting. ARTICLE 7 ACCEPT MGL CHAPTER 71, SECTION 37M (JOINT FACILITIES DEPARTMENT) To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 37M of Chapter 71 of the Massachusetts General Laws relating to the consolidation of maintenance functions of the School Committee with those of the Town, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.