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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF OCTOBER 21, 2020
Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board
Held on October 21, 2020, Virtual Meeting per Governor Baker's Order at 6:00 pm
Present: Robert Creech, Chair; Robert Peters, Vice-Chair; Richard Canale; and Charles Hornig. Also present was
Amanda Loomis, Planning Director.
Robert Creech, Chair, read the agenda into the record, introduced members of the Planning Board and Planning
Department Staff, and called the meeting to order at 6:04 pm on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.
Mr. Creech read the following statement relative to the recent outbreak of COVID-19.
Good evening. Consistent with Governor Baker's Executive Order of March 12, 2020, suspending
specific provisions of MGL. c. 30A, §18 due to the current State of Emergency in the Commonwealth due
to the outbreak of COVID-19, this meeting of the Lexington Planning Board is being conducted remotely.
In-person attendance is not permitted at this time.
Every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access proceedings in real time via
technological means. In the event access cannot be provided, an audio or video recording of this meeting
will be available for review on the Town of Lexington website or through LexMedia as soon as possible
after the meeting.
For this meeting, the Lexington Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. Specific
information for remote participation by the public can be found on the Planning Office’s web page. Please
note that this meeting is being recorded.
At this time, I will provide a brief review of the meeting proceedings.
1. For each public hearing, the Planning Board will request a presentation from the Applicant or
petitioner, followed by an opportunity for the Planning Board to ask questions or provide
comments. Then the floor will be open for public comments.
2. All comments during public participation need to be limited to 2 minutes or less and must be
respectful.
3. When the time comes for public participation, if you are dialing in, you may use *6 to mute or
unmute yourself and *9 to raise or lower your hand.
4. If at any time during the meeting you have a question, please use the Q&A feature, and staff will
respond.
1. Town Meeting
a. Preparation for Town Meeting, consideration of proposed amendments to zoning
articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
The Planning Board briefly discussed an issue with the Town’s Zoom
account use. Based on the Zoom meeting information presented on the
Planning Office’s webpage being amended due to technical problems, the
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Planning Board agreed to defer the conversation to an alternative date.
Adjournment
Charles Hornig moved that the Planning Board adjourn the meeting of October 21, 2020.
Robert Peters seconded the motion. The Planning Board voted in favor of the motion 4-0-0
MOTION PASSED
Meeting adjourned at 6:14 pm
Ginna Johnson, Clerk of the Planning Board