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03/16/2023 AC Minutes 1 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) March 16, 2023 Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with An Act Relative to Extending Certain State of Emergency Accommodations, signed into law by Gov. Baker on July 16, 2022, communica- tion took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Alan Levine, Secretary; Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Members Absent: None Other Attendees: None At 7:36 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order, confirmed attendance by roll call, and noted that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. Announcements and Liaison Reports With respect to Article 34, proposing a zoning amendment to create districts for multifamily hous- ing or mixed-use development by right, Mr. Padaki noted a recent advisory by the Massachusetts Attorney General that the relevant statute is mandatory for MBTA communities and cannot be avoided by forgoing state funding. Mr. Parker announced that beginning the following Monday at 7:00 p.m., and for the duration of the Annual Town Meeting (ATM) as necessary, the Committee would be meeting in person in the Rob- bins Room of the Cary Memorial Building. He also confirmed that financial articles would not be taken up until the second week of the ATM in order to give the finance committees adequate time to complete their reports. Finally, he stated that the primary purpose of this meeting would be to take or supplement votes on remaining articles and to approve preliminarily the committee’s final report to the ATM, pending final edits, so that the report could be issued the following Monday, April 20, one week before financial articles are taken up. Supplemental Votes Article 16(i) (Solar Canopy & System – Police Station). Mr. Ahuja requested to change his vote from abstain to yes, making the final vote 8-0-0. Article 8 (Evaluation of Archaeological Resource Potential – Citizen Petition). Mr. Parker noted that he had spoken with Jeff Howry, a Town Meeting Member and the sponsor of this citizen’s arti- cle, about the timing of this article in relation to the budget cycle, and that if the motion fails, Mr. Howry may resubmit the article at a future town meeting. Ms. Yan requested to change her vote from abstain to no, making the final vote 2-6-0. Article 10(a) (Stone Building Design and Repairs). Mr. Levine requested to change his vote from abstain to yes, making the final vote 1-7-0. Article 10(c) (Hancock-Clarke Barn Restoration). There was a brief discussion of this article. Mr. Bartenstein described a visit he had made to the site and reported that he had drafted a minority statement to include in the report. No votes were changed.