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Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of January 8, 2021 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held by Zoom conference. A quorum of nine was present. Members Present: Cindy Arens, Celis Brisbin, Paul Chernick, Marcia Gens, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair) Members Absent: Archana Dayalu, Dan Voss (chair), Charlie Wyman Other Attendees: Stella Carr (Sustainability Director), Amanda Loomis (Planning Director), Shiela Page (Asst. Planning Director), Sandhya Iyer (Economic Development Director), Mark Sandeen (Select Board), Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Ricki Pappo (Lexington GWAC), Lin Jensen. The meeting was called to order at 9:11 am. Todd referenced the opening statement requested by the Town Clerk, and all members responded that they could hear. 1. Review of Hartwell Innovation Park (HIP)—Proposed Bylaw • A new draft of the proposed bylaw as posted by the Planning Department on January 7, 2021. It was noted that the new draft has more strongly worded requirements (e.g., "shall" and "must"). • The committee discussed the requirement for EV charging stations, which currently calls for charging stations at 10% of total parking spaces and 25% of parking spaces being "charging ready" (i.e., infrastructure in place to install chargers). Given the State's plan to end the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, the need for charging stations will increase (if approved). Therefore, the committee recommended increasing the requirement to 25% installed and 50% charger ready. The committee also recommended that Level 2 chargers be required. Market forces may push for levels beyond these requirements. 2. Review of Lexington-LEED HIP Checklist • C. Brisbin and C. Arens provided an overview of their recommendations for how the Lexington-LEED checklist from the Integrated Building Design & Construction Policy could be revised to meet the needs of the HIP. • M. Gens identified that the Sustainable Landscaping group has been discussing approaches for adding guidance for landscaping practices. The committee and Planning discussed that a line item for Sustainable Landscaping could be added to the checklist once the criteria is defined. 1.