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03/27/2017 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) March 27, 2017 Place and Time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building, 6:30 p.m. Members Present: John Bartenstein, Chair; Alan Levine, Vice -Chair & Secretary; Ellen Basch; Eric Michelson; Andrei Radulescu-Banu; Richard Neumeier; Sanjay Padaki; Lily Manhua Yan; Jian Helen Yang; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s) Absent: None Other Attendees: Mark Sandeen, Sustainable Lexington Committee; Lisa Fitzgibbons, Mothers Out Front The meeting was called to order at 6:37 pm. 1. Financially Related Warrant Articles for 2017 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) Article 19: Appropriate for Advice and Analysis Getting to Net Zero: Mr. Sandeen reviewed the steps that have been taken by Lexington that will help to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25-35 years. Lexington is benefiting from the experience and research generated by the City of Cambridge, which is pursuing similar efforts. Lexington's 2016 ATM approved a $40,000 appropriation, of which approximately $10,000 was used to create an energy inventory for Lexington. It was determined that Lexington's buildings (residential, commercial and Town owned) produce 66% of the emissions generated by Lexington; thus, the initial focus will be on increasing the energy efficiency of buildings. An additional $40,000 is being requested to hire a consultant who can assist a recently created task force in identifying • goals to which they can be committed; • best practices to achieve identified goals; • incentives for implementing those practices; and • measurements for determining the success of the effort. It was noted that staff and volunteers do not have the time to pursue these initiatives, plus a consultant avoids mistakes and lends credibility to the work. This Article is expected to be taken up by the ATM on April 3. 2. Future Meetings: This Committee needs to discuss the zoning -related Articles and to continue its discussion of Article 21: Appropriate to Post Employment Insurance Liability Fund. Ms. McKenna, Tourism Committee, Chair, plans to attend this Committee's March 29 meeting to provide an update on Article 18: Appropriate for Visitors Center (Citizen Article). 3. Adjourn The Committee adjourned at 7:20 p.m. The documents used at the meeting are listed below. 1