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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 17, 2021 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on March 17th, 2021, Virtual Meeting per Governor Baker’s Order at 7:01 pm Present: Charles Hornig, Chair; Robert Peters, Vice-Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Clerk; Melanie Thompson; and Robert Creech. Also present was Amanda Loomis, Planning Director and Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director. Mr. Hornig stated that this remote participation meeting was being held in accordance with Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Executive Order suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law to allow remote participation during the State of Emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Mr. Hornig provided instructions to members of the public, who were watching or listening to the meeting via the Zoom application, regarding the process for making a public comment. ****************************TOWN MEETING**************************** 1. Discussion and Review Article 36 Development Surcharge Present for the public discussion: Matt Daggett, Citizen Petitioner for Article 36, Development Surcharge Charles Hornig, Chair, introduced the Agenda item and requested a presentation from Mr. Daggett. Mr. Daggett presented a PowerPoint Presentation titled Article 36: Authorize Special Legislation, Development Surcharge for Affordable Housing, dated March 16th, 2021. Slides presented by Mr. Daggett included a review of the Background and Motivation (Article Concept: Commercial Development, Increased Housing Demand, and Demand Mitigation); Article 6 (STM 2020-2); Outline which covered Linkage Overview (Linking Development to Impact, Linkage Study Process Overview, Example: Somerville Linkage Study, Linkage Study Takeaway); Proposal and Motion (Housing Definitions, Surcharge and Applicability, Surcharge Rate and Application, Linkage Regional Comparison, Barnstable County, Reporting and Assessment, Rate Adjustment Example, Collection and Enforcement, Funds); Modeling and Analysis (Revenue Model Approach, Example: 17 Hartwell Avenue, 17 Hartwell Avenue Overview, 17 Hartwell Avenue Surcharge Example, Hartwell Area Revenue Model, Production Model Approach, Housing Production Model); Outreach and Feedback (Outreach Overview, Landowner Feedback: Existing Conditions, Landowner Feedback: Article 36); Considerations and Conclusion (Housing Mitigation Roadmap, Housing Affordability Gap Is Widening, Demand for Community-Supported Housing*, Rezoning Dramatically Increased Property Value, Development Transportation Mitigation, Cambridge Linkage Increase, Boston Linkage Increase); Conclusion. Mr. Hornig thanked Mr. Daggett for the amendments made to the motion, which addressed several issues. Mr. Hornig requested clarification on the example provided relative to Somerville. How would this apply to renovations? Mr. Daggett provided insight into his