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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-01-10-ART40-min Meeting Minutes Article 40 ad hoc Committee January 10, 2007 A duly posted meeting of the Article 40 ad hoc Committee held in Room G-15, Town Office Building was called to order at 7 35 a.m. by Chairman Anthony Galartsis with members Judy Crocker, Tom Diaz, Anne Kelley, Ingrid Klimoff, Jeanne Krieger, Sheryl Mason, Jim Sheehy and Jim Wilson present Also present were citizens Henry Cotran, David Eagle and Brian Susnock. The Minutes of the December 13, 2006 meeting were presented for review and acceptance The last sentence of the sixth paragraph was revised to read as follows "The subcommittee favoring a new by-law will be chaired by Mr Galartsis and the subcommittee opposing a new by-law will choose a chair" Ms Krieger made a motion to accept the minuets as revised and Mr Galartsis seconded the motion. All present at the December 13, 2006 meeting approved the motion. Mr Galartsis presented a draft of the proposed new by-law to the committee He explained each section of the draft and noted that in many aspects this new by-law mirrored several sections of the current Noise by-law He also explained that the major purpose of this new by-law was to decriminalize violations of the Massachusetts General Laws so that it would be more palatable to the Lexington Police Department to enforce Mr Galartsis will send an e-mail to the Town Counsel to get clarification on a few issues of concern that were raised in the draft He will copy the committee members on these e- mails The following items were addressed under new business Ms Crocker informed the Committee of an entry in last week's Police Log in the Lexington Minuteman where a tow truck driver was cited for a violation of the Lexington Idling by-law Ms Crocker was going to try and get more information on this matter and possibly write a correction to the Lexington Minuteman to clarify the fact that at this time there is no such by-law Mr Galartsis noted that he was late in writing Thank-you letters to Mr Maloney of Arlex Oil and Mr Eagle of C & W Transportation for their contribution to the Article 40 ad hoc committee for the purpose of purchasing anti-idling signs He will draft these letters this week and give them to Lynne Pease so that they can be handled in accordance with the Town procedures Mr Diaz is going to speak to Jackie Crow about arranging for another idling survey by the high school students at selected schools Mr Diaz was also going to follow-up with Dr Ash regarding the approval of some correspondence that should be sent to the schools regarding the new signage Ms Klimoff was going to follow-up with Ms McKenna regarding the status of the placement of the signage in the Historic District. This effort seems to be moving very slowly and the committee is concerned. They would like to have the signs installed prior to Town Meeting. Both the Pro by-law and Anti by-law subcommittees have scheduled a meeting for Wednesday January 17th at 7 30 a.m., at a place to be determined, to work on their report for Town Meeting. A motion was made at 8 45 a.m. by Mr Sheehy and seconded by Mr Diaz to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved by all present Minutes prepared by J Sheehy