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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 24, 2010 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Planning Office, Town Office Building, and called to order at 6:03 p.m. by Vice-Chair Canale with members, Hornig, Galaitsis and Manz, planning staff Henry and McCall-Taylor present. Mr. Zurlo arrived late. *************************TOWN MEETING WARRANT************************* Article 43, RD-5 rezoning amendment; Countryside Manor, Woburn Street: The Board discussed the proposed presentation, with members Canale, Manz, and Hornig submitting edits. Article 32, Climate Change Committee: The Board discussed the proposed article that would create a Town Meeting subcommittee to study Climate Change. With a number of Selectmen created committees with a similar charge and the Green Communities initiative underway, the Board wasn’t sure how this group would fit into all the work already underway, but due to concerns over time, the Board chose to revisit this issue later in this meeting. Article 35, Farming Article: A broad conversation of the article, including the positives and negatives of living next to a working farm and how these things may affect the site planning process. Members discussed whether a right to farm bylaw should be studied for possible inclusion at a later town meeting. Due to the proposed schedule for this evening’s session of Town Meeting not including Article 35, the Board moved on without taking a position on the matter. Article 43, RD-5 rezoning amendment; Countryside Manor, Woburn Street: The Board returned to a discussion of the article itself, as member Galaitsis desired to have his vote recorded. A motion to reopen the vote was made and seconded, with a brief discussion regarding the report’s acknowledgment of the project’s negatives. This motion was approved by a vote of 3-0-2, with Mr. Hornig and Ms. Manz abstaining. The Board’s revised recommendation on Article 43 was 4-1 with Mr. Galaitsis in the negative. Article 32, Climate Change Committee, continued: The Board returned to discuss Article 32 with a copy of the latest proposed motion. While the intent of the article didn’t seem problematic to most members, the potential for confusion between so many similarly charged groups was a concern. Particularly, the charge to become a “self sufficient” community seemed a difficult task to accomplish with the proposed framework of the committee. A motion to recommend adoption of the article was made and seconded, but failed by a vote of 2-3, Mr. Canale and Mr. Galaitsis in favor, and Ms. Manz, Mr. Hornig and Mr. Zurlo opposed. A motion that the Board NOT recommend the article’s passage to Town Meeting failed to