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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF MARCH 26, 2007
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, was held in Room G-1, Town Office Building, and
called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Vice Chairman Hornig, with members Canale, Zurlo and planning staff
McCall-Taylor and Henry present. Ms. Manz and Mr. Galaitsis arrived while the meeting was in
progress.
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Article 5, Tree Maintenance - There was a brief discussion of the issues of presentation and the order for
the motions. Mr. Canale will present the article. The report to Town Meeting was signed.
Non-zoning Articles - Mr. Hornig went through the warrant and asked Board members to indicate if there
were any articles they wanted to take action on for a recommendation to Town Meeting. The Board had
previously voted to support Article 13, the Tree Bylaw, and Article 15, the Demolition Delay Bylaw. The
Board decided to delay action on Article 16, Anti-Idling. Any other recommendations to Town Meeting
will be done on the floor of Town Meeting as needed.
Article 4, Inclusionary Zoning- The Report to Town Meeting was signed by the four members who voted
to recommend the article to Town Meeting.
Mr. Galaitsis announced that he would be speaking against Article 4. Ms. McCall-Taylor said that she
felt his statement should be done as a Town Meeting member, not as a minority report of the Planning
Board. He said it was a minority opinion, not a report. He stated that the moderator thought it was
appropriate for him to present immediately following the Planning Board report and from the podium
rather than from the “no” microphone. Mr. Galaitsis left the meeting to prepare for Town Meeting.
The remaining members continued to discuss the presentation of Article 4 and issues that might need to
be addressed. They discussed whether or not they would serve notice of reconsideration on Article 4 after
the vote at Town Meeting. They decided to leave the decision to the Planning Board chairman Ms. Manz
as it would depend on how close the vote was and whether or not it was a favorable vote.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Gregory Zurlo, Clerk