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Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes May 3, 2023 Page 1 of 9 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on Wednesday May 3, 2023, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm Planning Board members Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, Charles Hornig, and Michael Leon, Associate Member. Also present were: Mina Makarious, Town Counsel; Abby McCabe, Planning Director; Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director; Derek Sencabaugh Lexington Fire Chief; and Kiruthika Ramakrishnan, Planning Coordinator. Robert Peters, Chair of the Planning Board called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 6:04 p.m. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. LexMedia is filming this meeting and will record it for future viewing here. 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 materials for this meeting are available on the Town's Novus Packet dashboard. Board Administration Open Space & Recreation Plan (OSRP) 2023 Update – Request for letter of support Ms. Megan Buczynski from Activitas, the Town’s consultant, shared her presentation and explained her collaboration with the Recreation and Conservation departments on the updated draft Open Space and Recreation Plan. Ms. Buczynski shared the timeline of the proposal and shared the final draft that was submitted to the Commonwealth. The working group is requesting a letter of support from the Planning Board. Ms. Buczynski went over the timeline of events during the Town review period in detail and shared the takeaways from the public, MAPC, and the Select Board. Ms. Buczynski explained how the goals were revised and the reasoning behind the revisions. Ms. Buczynski explained the salient features of each goal. The importance of communication which would help the internal collaboration between conservation, recreation and other departments was brought out. The need for the Accessibility, Equity and inclusion goal to ensure that the programs are accessible to all was emphasized. Ms. Buczynski explained that recommendations are for programming would balance activity and educational opportunities for the citizens and capital projects would ensure allocation in an efficient manner. The value of Land Management, Environmental Protection, Connectivity and Transportation and Land Acquisition was elaborated. Mr. Peters asked if there were any comments from the public.