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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