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Town Meeting Abridged from the complete text on file in the Town Clerk's Office. Moderator Margery M. Battin opened the 2007Annual Town Meeting on Monday March 26 in Cary Memorial Hall. The Lexington Minutemen, accompanied by the William Diamond Fife and Drum Corps, posted the colors. The Fife & Drum Corps played a tune in honor of the Moderator's recent birthday. The Moderator honored deceased Town Meeting members Mary Miley, Charles Parks, Doug Ross and Paul Hamburger. She also declared a recess for a presentation by the Town Meeting Members Association to recognize long - serving Town Meeting Members Elaine Dratch and Paul Hamburger, recently deceased. Edith Sandy and Deborah Brown presented certificates. In a subsequent session, congratulations were extended to Arthur Katz and Beverly Kelley, winners of the Minuteman Cane and White Tricon Hat award, and High School Teacher Mary Alice Samn was presented the school's' Diversity Award. The opening March 26 session was cut short by a malfunc- tioning sound system and resumed March 28. Subsequent sessions were held on April 4, 9, 11, 23, 25, 30 and May 2. Article Action Summary Art. 1: Annual Town Elections: see page 11 Art. 2: Reports of Boards, Officers, Committees Reports relating to articles under consideration and other town matters were presented at appropriate times. Art. 3: Appointments to Cary Lecture Series Adopted March 28. Moderator to appoint committee of three to plan lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary. Art. 4: Amend Zoning By -Law, Inclusionary Zoning Not adopted March 28. Intended to insure that residential developments authorized by special permit would contribute to Town's affordable housing supply. Art. 5: Amend Zoning By -Law, Tree Management Adopted April 4. Regarding protection of trees in cases where Planning Board grants a special permit. Art. 6: Amend Zoning Bylaw, Penalties Indefinitely postponed April 4 Art. 7: Zoning Bylaw, Amend RO to CRS AT 303 Woburn St. (owner's petition) Indefinitely postponed April 4. Would have created addi- tional retail space. Art. 8: Amend Notice Provisions: Chapter 215; Acts of 1929 Adopted April 4. Asks state to allow town to eliminate cer- tain duplicate mailings. Art. 9: Amend General Bylaws: State Election Warrant Adopted April 4. Allows town to drop mailings to all house- holds concerning state elections. Art. 10: Amend General Bylaw - Community Preservation Surcharge Exemption Adopted April 4. Clarified time needed to apply for an exemption. Art. 11: Authorize Terms for Certain Contracts Adopted April 4. Provided Town Manager flexibility in negotiating contracts for renting Town buildings and trans- portation services. Art. 12: Transferred Barnes Property to Selectmen Adopted April 4. Transferred control of the White House from School Committee to Selectmen. Art. 13: Amend Tree Bylaw Adopted April 4. Strengthened bylaw managing mature trees in town. Art. 14: Amend General Bylaw: Tourism Committee Adopted April 4. Elevated the Tourism Committee status from Advisory to Ad Hoc. Art. 15: Amend Demolition Delay bylaw. Adopted April 11. Regarding the timing of granting demoli- tion permits for historical buildings. Art. 16: Amend General bylaws — Engine Operation of Stopped Vehicles. Adopted April 4. Allows town to enforce new bylaw that forbids vehicle idling for more than five minutes. Art. 17: Accepted provisions of state law regarding employ- ee benefits Adopted April 4. Extended benefits to dependent children of town employees who died in service to the town. Art.18: Accept MGL Chapter 32B, Section 18, chapter 32B Indefinitely postponed April 4. Would have required town employees eligible for Medicare Part A to transfer to a Medicare plan offered by the town. Art. 19: Accepted MGL Chapter 71, Section 37M Adopted April 4. Allowed town to consolidate school and town building maintenance departments. Art. 20: Citizen Request: Schools to adopt policy on trans- porting certain Special Ed. Children Not adopted April 4. Art. 21: Appropriate FY 2008 Operating Budget Adopted April 23, except for line items 1100 and 2300, adopt- ed May 1. continued on next page Page 18 2006 Annual Report, Town of Lexington