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TOWN OF LEXINGTON WARRANT Special Town Meeting 2019-1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables or Town Clerk of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet in the Margery Milne Battin Hall in Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420 on Tuesday,November 12,2019 at 7:30 pm., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended. ARTICLE 1 REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS,OFFICERS,COMMITTEES To see if the Town will receive the reports of any Board or Town Officer or of any Committee of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) DESCRIPTION: This Article remains open throughout Town Meeting and reports may be presented at any Town Meeting session by boards, officers, or committees. ARTICLE 2 APPROPRIATE FOR PRIOR YEAR'S UNPAID BILLS To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years; to determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article to request funds to pay bills after the close of the fiscal year in which the goods were received or the services performed and for which no money was encumbered. ARTICLE 3 APPROPRIATE TO AND FROM SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS To see if the Town will vote to appropriate sums of money to and from Stabilization Funds in accordance with Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws for the purposes of: (a) Section 135 Zoning By-Law,(b)Traffic Mitigation, (c) Transportation Demand Management/Public Transportation, (d) Special Education, (e) Center Improvement District, (f)Debt Service, (g)Transportation Management Overlay District, (h) Capital, (i)Payment in Lieu of Parking, (j)Visitor Center Capital Stabilization Fund, (k)Affordable Housing Capital Stabilization Fund, (1) Water System Capital Stabilization Fund,and(m)Ambulance Stabilization Fund;determine whether such sums shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, from fees, charges or gifts or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: This Article proposes to fund Stabilization Funds for specific purposes and to appropriate funds there from. Money in those funds may be invested and the interest may then become a part of the particular fund. These funds may later be appropriated for the specific designated purpose, by a two-thirds vote of an Annual or Special Town Meeting, for any lawful purpose.