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SELECTMEN'S MEETING Monday, January 14, 2019 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2019 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. The Board immediately entered Executive Session under Exemption 3: to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining—Update DPW AFSCME Union. Upon exiting Executive Session at 6:15 p.m., a short recess was called and Open Session reconvened at 6:19 p.m. Present were Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Pato; Mr. Lucente; and Ms. Hai. Also present were Mr. Malloy, Town Manager; Ms. Axtell, Assistant Town Manager; and Ms. Siebert, Recording Secretary. 2019 Annual Meeting Presentations: Update on the following Citizen Petition Warrant Articles: • Amend Bylaw to Reduce or Eliminate Polystyrene Food Serviceware and Packing and; Amend Bylaw to Reduce or Eliminate Single-use Plastic Beverage Straws and Plastic Stirrers Lin Jensen and Cindy Aren, PTO Green Team coordinators; high school students; and members of Girl Scout Troop 65411 presented information about two 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant citizen articles. The objective of the articles is to stop the distribution and sale of single- use polystyrene, plastic straws and plastic stirrers. Ms. Hai and Mr. Pato said they were generally supportive of the initiative but emphasized it would be important to reach out to local businesses, and to other municipalities that have adopted the ban, to gather feedback well before Annual Town Meeting Ms. Barry said she is concerned about smaller, non-chain businesses and the ability for them to adapt if the initiatives pass. Ms. Jensen said businesses would have a period of time to adapt, as well as the ability to apply for extensions if needed. Mr. Lucente said the more visuals the group can supply, and the more alternative products that can be identified, the easier it will be for people to understand the materials that would be affected. He asked that the group directly contact the Lexington Retailers Association about the initiative, as well as the Chamber of Commerce. He asked that the Team be clear on what the bylaws would mean. • Amend Zoning Bylaw to Reasonably Regulate Land Uses Protected by MGL c. 40A s.3 (Dover Amendment Uses) Jeanne Krieger, 44 Webster Road,presented information about the article that seeks to consider an amendment of the Zoning Bylaw to apply reasonable regulation of uses on currently exempt properties via a limited site plan review. She stipulated that the site plan review would not be used to deny use, but instead to establish standards by providing a Public Hearing and a Planning staff review process.