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Town of Lexington Sustainable Lexington Committee Minutes of Meeting of January 28, 2020 A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held in the Hudson Room of Cary Hall. A quorum of seven was present. Members Present: Cindy Arens, Paul Chernick, Marcia Gens, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes (vice-chair), Dan Voss (chair), Charlie Wyman Members Absent: Celis Brisbin Other Attendees: Ricki Pappo (Lexington GWAC), Archana Dayalu, Mary Hutton (Mothers Out Front), Jeffrey Rhodin, Mark Sandeen (Select Board) The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm. 1. Public Comments. • Archana Dayalu introduced herself(PhD in atmospheric chemistry, earlier focused on GHG, now including air quality and co-benefits of GHG reductions) and expressed interest in the work of the committee. • Ricki Pappo asked if the SLC was recommending that the zoning article that the Planning Board is considering (which would relax zoning restrictions on solar installations) be focused only on commercial districts this year, not residential. Dan replied that we had not made that recommendation (Note: the SLC voted to support the proposed changes to the bylaws as drafted at our meeting on July 8, 2019); one or more committee members will be attending the hearing, and the committee will see what emerges from the hearing process and further recommendations, as appropriate. • Jeffrey Rhodin (32 Lincoln Street) introduced himself, and explained that he had a business focused on energy-conscious construction that he has sold, and he is attending this evening to learn more about the SLC and to express his interest in getting involved in some way. 2. Other Announcements. • Regarding Fermata's offer from the last meeting, the consensus is that it's not at all obvious that it's an opportunity that makes sense, and we agreed not to promote it to the Select Board. Todd will write a note to Fermata declining the offer. • Todd mentioned that at the previous night's Select Board meeting, the Town Manager mentioned that he had placed an unspecified amount of money in the budget for the Sustainability Director to work with. 1.