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RECEIVED03/23/2022 AC Minutes 022 27 Apir, 12A6 Ipium TOWN CLERK Minutes LEXINGTON MA Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) March 23, 2022 Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with Section 20 of Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021 "An Act Relative to Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency", communication took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice -Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson; Meg Muckenhoupt; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s) Absent: None Other Attendees: David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison; Cindy Arens, Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) Mr. Parker called the meeting to order at 7:33 p.m., reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, and stated that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. Announcements and Liaison Reports Mr. Parker reported that the Select Board (SB) voted to hold a 2022-2 Special Town Meeting (STM) on April 11, 2022, which will include two articles on which this Committee plans to comment: Article 2 requesting funds for the Lexington High School feasibility study and Article 4 requesting funds to complete the comprehensive plan. The funding requests remain at $1.825 million and $75,000 respectively. Charles Hornig, Planning Board Chair, plans to attend this Committee's March 28 meeting to answer questions about the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Parker also reported that he had moved draft material for these two articles into a new report in Wdesk. This report needs to be approved at this Committee's March 30 meeting so that it can be published on April 4. This means substantial comments should be submitted by March 29. In response to a question, Mr. Parker suggested that members who wish to comment on Town Manager Jim Malloy's email regarding Preliminary Site Development and Use Plans should send those directly to Mr. Malloy. Special appreciation was extended to Mr. Parker, Mr. Levine and Mr. Bartenstein for their work in preparing and completing this Committee's report to the 2022 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) and the 2022-1 STM. Mr. Parker shared his thanks to everyone for their contributions. 2022 ATM Article 31: Amend General Bylaws -Reporting, Disclosing, and Assessing the Energy and Water Use of Large Buildings Mr. Parker introduced Ms. Arens, who explained that because of misunderstandings, an Article 31 funding request for $70,000 did not get included in the budget, but the SLC plans to apply for a grant and/or hopes to have access to some free software that would, at least temporarily, meet the needs of this project. The purpose of the project is to initiate a program for getting measurements of energy, fossil fuel, and water use by large facilities (both commercial and residential) in Lexington. Such measurements are needed to determine strategies for building owners to make cost-effective energy efficient investments and thereby reduce the use of energy and water. There was discussion about the use of fines to encourage compliance with providing these reports and establishing a fund