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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF June 29, 2022 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on June 29, 2022, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Robert Creech, Melanie Thompson, Clerk, Charles Hornig and Michael Leon, Associate Member. Also present were Abby McCabe, Planning Director, Molly Belanger, planner and Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Land Use. Robert Peters, Chair, called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 6:00 pm. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. LexMedia may broadcast this meeting live and will record it for future viewing. Detailed information for remote participation by the public may be found on the Planning Office web page. Mr. Peters conducted a roll call to ensure all members of the Planning Board and members of staff present could hear and be heard. Mr. Peters provided a summary of instructions for members of the public in attendance. It was further noted that written materials for this meeting are available on the Town's NovusAGENDA dashboard. ****************DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW****************** Draft Comprehensive Plan Review Public Work Session for the following Sections: Goal 4: Sustainability & Resiliency: Ms. McCabe explained that the draft plan presented tonight was revised and the Board has a staff memo that incorporated all comments and edits received from staff, Board members, residents and others over the past few days. Additional comments received and discussed tonight will be incorporate into the next draft. The final updated draft will be done in September after all sections are reviewed by the Board. Ms. McCabe presented the updated draft with the new recommendations. Board and Public Comments and Questions:  Mr. Peters suggested that the net-zero goal year should be specified as 21 years from now in Objective 4.1.  Mr. Hornig said that we should use the State’s target of 2050 and trying to achieve it on our own is impractical since some of the things that are regional that are not available now will make it hard to accomplish. We should be explicit with the definition of which net-zero we are trying to accomplish. Ms. Arens of Sustainable Lexington Committee agreed that net-zero should be explicitly defined and to set an aggressive goal of 2035.  Mr. Creech agreed with Mr. Hornig.  Maggie Peard, Sustainability Officer said the Town has a plan for getting to net-zero for 2035 that was approved in 2018.