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WARRANT
2022 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
March 7, 2022
2022 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 2022- 1
March 28, 2022
Detailed information on Town Meeting Warrant Articles can be found at
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WARRANT
2022 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING and SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 2022-1
Detailed information on these Town Meeting Warrant Articles and other updated information
can be found at_httLs://wwwlexingtonma.gov/town-meeting
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SELECTBOARD MESSAGE............................................................................................................................2
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 2022-1
ARTICLE 1 REPORTS OF TOWN BOARD,OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES....................................................................3
ARTICLE 2 APPROPRIATE FOR POLICE STATION CONSTRUCTION............................................................................3
ARTICLE 3 AUTHORIZE AND RATIFY REMOTE TOWN MEETINGS.............................................................................3
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ARTICLE 1 NOTICE OF ELECTION.......................................................................................................................................5
ARTICLE 2 ELECTION OF DEPUTY MODERATOR AND REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS,OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEES...................................................................................................................................................6
ARTICLE 3 APPOINTMENTS TO CARY LECTURE SERIES.............................................................................................. 6
FINANCIALARTICLES...................................................................................................................................7
ARTICLE 4 APPROPRIATE FY2023 OPERATING BUDGET...............................................................................................7
ARTICLE 5 APPROPRIATE FY2023 ENTERPRISE FUNDS BUDGETS..............................................................................7
ARTICLE 6 APPROPRIATE FOR SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM.....................................................................................8
ARTICLE 7 APPROPRIATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN...............................................................................................8
ARTICLE 8 APPROPRIATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION...........................................................8
ARTICLE 9 ESTABLISH AND CONTINUE DEPARTMENTAL REVOLVING FUNDS.....................................................8
ARTICLE 10 APPROPRIATE FOR THE FY2023 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE OPERATING
BUDGET AND CPA PROJECTS..................................................................................................................... 9
ARTICLE 11 APPROPRIATE FOR RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECTS........................................................................ 10
ARTICLE 12 APPROPRIATE FOR MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT............................................10
ARTICLE 13 APPROPRIATE FOR WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS........................................................................ 11
ARTICLE 14 APPROPRIATE FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.......................................................... 11
ARTICLE 15 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT................................................ 12
ARTICLE 16 APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS............................................................. 12
ARTICLE 17 APPROPRIATE TO POST EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LIABILITY FUND ........................................... 12
ARTICLE 18 RESCIND PRIOR BORROWING AUTHORIZATIONS................................................................................ 13
ARTICLE 19 ESTABLISH,AMEND,DISSOLVE AND APPROPRIATE TO AND FROM SPECIFIED
STABILIZATION FUNDS.............................................................................................................................. 13
ARTICLE 20 APPROPRIATE FOR PRIOR YEARS'UNPAID BILLS................................................................................ 13
ARTICLE 21 AMEND FY2022 OPERATING,ENTERPRISE AND CPA BUDGETS........................................................ 13
ARTICLE 22 APPROPRIATE FOR AUTHORIZED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS........................................................... 14
ARTICLE 23 APPROPRIATE FROM DEBT SERVICE STABILIZATION FUND............................................................. 14
ARTICLE 24 ADJUST RETIREMENT COLA BASE FOR RETIREES............................................................................... 14
ARTICLE 25 APPROPRIATE FOR WORTHEN ROAD RECREATION AND EDUCATION DISTRICT LAND USE
CONCEPT PLAN(Citizen Petition)............................................................................................................... 14
ARTICLE 26 APPROPRIATE FOR NEXUS STUDIES (Citizen Petition) ........................................................................... 15
GENERALARTICLES................................................................................................................................... 15
ARTICLE 27 ZERO WASTE RESOLUTION(Citizen Petition)............................................................................................ 15
ARTICLE 28 HUMANE PET STORE BYLAW(Citizen Petition)........................................................................................ 15
ARTICLE 29 ACCEPT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 41 SECTION 110A........................................ 15
ARTICLE 30 AMEND SPECIAL ACT -PLANNING BOARD AND TOWN MEETING................................................... 16
ARTICLE 31 AMEND GENERAL BYLAWS-REPORTING,DISCLOSING,AND ASSESSING THE ENERGY AND
WATER USE OF LARGE BUILDINGS .......................................................................................................... 16
ARTICLE 32 SELECT BOARD TO ACCEPT EASEMENTS................................................................................................. 16
ARTICLE 33 AUTHORIZE AND RATIFY REMOTE TOWN MEETINGS .......................................................................... 16
ARTICLE 34 ALLOW FOR SELECT BOARD TO CALL REMOTE TOWN MEETING..................................................... 17
ZONINGARTICLES......................................................................................................................................... 17
ARTICLE 35 AMEND ZONING BYLAW-OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS......................................... 17
ARTICLE 36 AMEND ZONING BYLAW AND ZONING MAP-MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS AND
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING............................................................................................................................ 17
ARTICLE 37 AMEND ZONING BYLAW-TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS........................................................................... 18
ARTICLE 38 AMEND ZONING BYLAW AND ZONING MAP - 128 SPRING STREET(Owner Petition)........................ 18
ARTICLE 39 AMEND ZONING BYLAW AND ZONING MAP -475 BEDFORD STREET(Owner Petition).....................18
ARTICLE 40 AMEND ZONING BYLAW- SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES(Citizen Petition).................. 19
TOWN MEETING MEMBER LISTING..........................................................................................................20
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Town of Lexington, Massachusetts
PHIL 15,„ Select Board
JILL L HAI,CHAIR
JOSEPH N.PATO
SUZANNE E.BARRY TEL: (781)698-4580
DOUGLAS M.LUCENTE FAX: (781)863-9468
MARK D. SANDEEN
January 24, 2022
To the Residents of Lexington:
This warrant document provides notification of the 2022 Annual Town Meeting and Special Town Meeting 2022-1
and advises residents of the various issues being considered at the meetings. Only Articles listed in this warrant may
be discussed. The purpose of the Warrant is to inform citizens of the issues to be discussed and does not provide for
detailed information about the Articles.
Articles for the Annual Town Meeting are grouped in three categories: Financial, General and Zoning. Descriptions
are provided in an attempt to make the Warrant useful and understandable.
The most important votes that take place at the Annual Town Meeting are related to the budget. We urge citizens to
read the budget understand it, and help us find a way to foster excellence within the community. The Town website,
httE//wwwlexingtonma.gov/town-meeting, includes the most recent version of the FY2023 Budget and other
financial Articles as well as other relevant information for each Article.
Between now and Town Meeting there will be multiple meetings to develop a comprehensive recommended budget
for FY2023. That budget will be delivered to all Town Meeting Members prior to the consideration of any financial
articles by Town Meeting.
SELECT BOARD
Jill L Hai, Chair
Joseph N.Pato
Suzanne E. Barry
Douglas M. Lucerne
Mark D. Sandeen
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TOWN OF LEXINGTON WARRANT
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 2022-1
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington,in said County, Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of
Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet in the Margery Milne Battin Hall in the Cary
Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, in said Town on Monday,the twenty-eighth day of March 2022
at 7:30 p.m., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the
Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the
referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended.
ARTICLE 1 REPORTS OF TOWN BOARDS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
To receive the reports of any Board or Town Officer or of any Committee of the Town; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article remains open throughout Town Meeting and reports may be presented at any Town
Meeting session by boards,officers, or committees.
ARTICLE 2 APPROPRIATE FOR POLICE STATION CONSTRUCTION
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the design and construction of a new Police
Headquarters, located at 1575 Massachusetts Avenue,including the payment of costs of demolition, architectural and
engineering services, original equipment, furnishings, landscaping, paving and other site and traffic improvements,
temporary relocation, and any additional costs incidental or related thereto; and to determine whether the money shall
be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,by borrowing or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: The funds requested by this Article will be used for the design and construction, furnishing and
equipping of a new Police Station located at 1575 Massachusetts Avenue,including any related site work and
temporary relocation costs. A townwide vote to exempt debt service on this project from the limits of
Proposition 2 1/2 will be held after Special Town Meeting 2022-1 closes.
ARTICLE 3 AUTHORIZE AND RATIFY REMOTE TOWN MEETINGS
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select Board to petition the Massachusetts General Court for legislation
providing that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or by-law to the contrary, all acts and
proceedings taken by the town at an annual or special town meeting held in 2022 by remote participation by
electronic means in accordance with Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2020, as amended by Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021,
and all actions taken pursuant thereto, are ratified,validated and confirmed to the same extent as if the said Annual
or Special Town Meeting had been held in full compliance with any applicable general or special law or by-law;
and further to authorize the Select Board to approve amendments to said act before its enactment by the General
Court that are within the scope of the general objectives of the petition;or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: In June 2020, the Legislature temporarily provided express authorization for representative
Town Meetings to be held by remote means due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That authorization expired on
December 16, 2021. Shortly thereafter, but before the Warrant issued, the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19
variant suggested a potential need for a remote Town Meeting option. This article would authorize the Select Board
to petition the General Court for special legislation that would confirm the validity of any actions taken at a Town
Meeting being held remotely instead of in person if health and safety conditions continue to warrant a remote
meeting. While the Town has worked with its legislative delegation to renew the legislative authorization, the
Town is not sure whether that legislation will be adopted at the time of our Town Meeting and this article would
provide an additional opportunity to ensure the validity of actions taken at the 2022 Lexington Annual Town
Meeting and any Special Town Meetings.
And you are directed to serve this warrant fourteen days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the
Bylaws of the Town.
Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the
time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Lexington this 24th day of January 2022.
Jill L Hai, Chair Select Board
Joseph N.Pato
Suzanne E. Barry of
Douglas M. Lucerne
Mark D. Sandeen Lexington
A true copy, Attest:
Constable of Lexington
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TOWN OF LEXINGTON WARRANT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2022
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington,in said County, Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of
Lexington qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet in their respective voting places in said Town,
PRECINCT ONE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
PRECINCT TWO BOWMAN SCHOOL
PRECINCT THREE LEXINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER
PRECINCT FOUR CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING
PRECINCT FIVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
PRECINCT SIX CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING
PRECINCT SEVEN KEILTY HALL, ST.BRIGID'S CHURCH
PRECINCT EIGHT SAMUEL HADLEY PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING
PRECINCT NINE KEILTY HALL, ST.BRIGID'S CHURCH
on Monday,March 7,2022, from 7:00am to 8:00pm, then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1 NOTICE OF ELECTION
To choose by ballot the following officers:
Two Select Board members for a term of three years;
One Moderator for a term of one year;
Two School Committee members; for a term of three years;
One Planning Board member; for a term of three years;
Eight Town Meeting Members in Precinct One,the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms of
three years; the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term for a seat ending in 2023;
Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms
of three years;
Eight Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three,the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms
of three years;the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term for a seat ending in 2023;
Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms
of three years;
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Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five,the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms of
three years;
Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms of
three years;
Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Seven, the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms
of three years;
Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Eight, the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms
of three years;
Ten Town Meeting Members in Precinct Nine, the seven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for terms of
three years; the three receiving the next highest number of votes to fill unexpired terms for seats ending in 2023; and
The following Question 1,pursuant to Section 8 of Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929:
Shall the town vote to approve the action of the representative town meeting whereby it was voted to amend
Chapter 80 of the Code of Lexington, limiting the use of outdoor landscape maintenance equipment to specified
days and hours and further to impose restrictions and eventual prohibitions on the use of gas powered leaf
blowers?
You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet at the Margery Milne Battin Hall in the Cary Memorial Building,
1605 Massachusetts Avenue,in said Town,
on Monday,the twenty-eighth day of March 2022 at 7:30 p.m.,
at which time and place the remaining articles in this Warrant are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the
Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the
referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended.
ARTICLE 2 ELECTION OF DEPUTY MODERATOR AND REPORTS OF TOWN
BOARDS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
To see if the Town will vote to approve the Deputy Moderator nominated by the Moderator;receive the reports of any
Board or Town Officer or of any Committee of the Town; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article remains open throughout Town Meeting and reports may be presented at any Town
Meeting session by boards,officers,or committees.In addition,the Town will consider the approval of the nomination
of a Deputy Moderator as authorized under Section 118-11 of the Code of the Town of Lexington.
ARTICLE 3 APPOINTMENTS TO CARY LECTURE SERIES
To see if the Town will authorize the appointment of the committee on lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham
and Susanna E. Cary; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article that provides for the appointment of citizens to the Cary Lecture Series by
the Moderator.
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FINANCIAL ARTICLES
ARTICLE 4 APPROPRIATE FY2023 OPERATING BUDGET
To see if the Town will vote to make appropriations for expenditures by departments,officers,boards and committees
of the Town for the ensuing fiscal year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer
from available funds,by transfer from enterprise funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: See the most recent version of the FY2023 budget proposals posted at http-.//
lexingtonma.gov/budget.
DESCRIPTION: This article requests funds for the FY2023 (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023) operating budget. The
operating budget includes the school and municipal budgets. The operating budget includes requests for funds to
provide prospective salary increases for employees, including salaries to be negotiated through collective bargaining
negotiations. The budget also includes certain shared expenses.
ARTICLE 5 APPROPRIATE FY2023 ENTERPRISE FUNDS BUDGETS
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to fund the operations of the DPW Water and Wastewater
Divisions and the Department of Recreation and Community Programs; determine whether the money shall be
provided by the estimated income to be derived in FY2023 from the operations of the related enterprise, by the tax
levy, by transfer from available funds, including the retained earnings of the relevant enterprise fund, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED:
Enterprise Fund FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Appropriated Appropriated Requested
a) Water
Personal Services $834,114 $865,454 $875,670
Expenses $467,078 $514,300 $533,500
Debt Service $965,096 $1,179,794 $1,237,154
MWRA Assessment $8,006,399 $8,743,912 $9,618,303
Total Water Enterprise Fund $10,272,687 $11,303,460 $12,264,627
b) Wastewater
Personal Services $315,205 $389,779 $399,848
Expenses $325,634 $454,650 $458,400
Debt Service $1,243,337 $1,464,513 $1,636,884
MWRA Assessment $7,922,359 $8,177,213 $8,994,934
Total Water Enterprise Fund $9,806,535 $10,486,155 $11,490,066
c) Recreation and Community Programs
Personal Services $896,659 $1,342,201 $1,567,753
Expenses $892,248 $1,247,735 $1,571,240
Total Recreation and Community
Programs Enterprise Fund $1,788,907 $2,589,936 $3,138,993
DESCRIPTION: Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53F'/2, towns may establish Enterprise
Funds for a utility, health care, recreation or transportation operation, with the operation to receive related revenue
and receipts and pay expenses of such operation. This article provides for the appropriation to and expenditure from
three enterprise funds previously established by the Town. The Recreation and Community Programs Fund includes
the operations and programs for the Community Center.
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ARTICLE 6 APPROPRIATE FOR SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of conducting a Senior Services Program,
to be spent under the direction of the Town Manager; to authorize the Select Board to establish and amend rules and
regulations for the conduct of the program, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by
transfer from available funds or by any combination of these methods;or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $15,000
DESCRIPTION: In FY2007, the Town established a Senior Services Program that provides more flexibility than the
State program in assisting low-income seniors and disabled residents in reducing their property tax bills. This article
requests funds to continue the program.
ARTICLE 7 APPROPRIATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to plan and conduct outreach to update the
Sustainable Action Plan with the Climate Action plan; to determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax
levy,by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: In 2018, the Town published a Getting to Net Zero plan, an important step in defining
our community's sustainability goals and objectives including the reduction of emissions laid out in the Sustainable
Action Plan. The budget from that project has a remaining balance which will be re-appropriated to partially fund
this updated plan.
ARTICLE 8 APPROPRIATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of implementing the recommendations of
the comprehensive plan and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available
funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $75,000
DESCRIPTION: This article will support the public process required to advance the comprehensive plan into
implementation phase.
ARTICLE 9 ESTABLISH AND CONTINUE DEPARTMENTAL REVOLVING FUNDS
To see if the Town will vote,pursuant to the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E'/2 and Chapter 110
of the Code of the Town of Lexington, to continue existing revolving funds; to amend said Chapter I10 to establish
new revolving funds; to determine whether the maximum amounts that may be expended from such new and existing
revolving fund accounts in FY2023 shall be the following amounts or any other amounts; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
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FUNDS REQUESTED:
FY2023
Program or Purpose for Revolving Funds Authorization
School Bus Transportation $1,150,000
Building Rental Revolving Fund $586,000
Regional Cache-Hartwell Avenue $50,000
Lexington Tree Fund $75,000
DPW Burial Containers $60,000
DPW Compost Operations $855,000
Minuteman Household Hazardous Waste Program $260,000
Senior Services $75,000
Residential Engineering Review $57,600
Health Programs $45,000
Lab Animal Permits $40,000
Tourism/Liberty Ride $104,000
Visitors Center $260,000
DESCRIPTION: The amount that may be spent from a revolving fund established under Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 44, Section 53E'/2 must be approved annually by Town Meeting. The Funds are credited with the receipts
received in connection with the programs supported by such funds, and expenditures may be made from the revolving
fund without further appropriation.
ARTICLE 10 APPROPRIATE FOR THE FY2023 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE OPERATING BUDGET AND CPA PROJECTS
To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee on the FY2023
Community Preservation budget and,pursuant to the recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee,
to appropriate from the Community Preservation Fund, or to reserve amounts in the Community Preservation Fund
for future appropriations; for the debt service on previously authorized financing; for the administrative expenses of
the Community Preservation Committee for FY2023; for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space;
for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; for the acquisition, creation,
preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use; for the acquisition, creation, preservation
and support of community housing; and for the rehabilitation or restoration of open space and community housing
that is acquired or created with moneys from the Community Preservation Fund; to appropriate funds for such
projects and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, or from estimated Community
Preservation Act surcharges and the state match for the upcoming fiscal year, by transfer from available funds,
including enterprise funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Community Preservation Committee)
FUNDS REQUESTED:
a. Archives and Records Management- $20,000
b. Wright Farm Barn Stabilization - $155,000
c. West Farm Meadow Preservation - $28,175
d. Playground Improvements -Poured-in-Place Surfaces - $1,459,591
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e. Center Playground Bathrooms and Maintenance Building Renovation -
$915,000
f. Playground Improvements - Hard Court Surfaces - $2,500,000
g. Park and Playground Improvements -Kinneens Park - $200,000
h. Park Improvements -Athletic Fields -Fiske Field - $250,000
i. Lincoln Park Master Plan - $100,000
j. LexHAB -Preservation and Rehabilitation- $234,000
k. LexHAB - 116 Vine Street Construction Funds - $5,300,000
1. Lexington Housing Authority -Vynebrooke Village -Preservation- $160,790
in. CPA Debt Service - $1,935,6350
n. Administrative Budget- $150,000
DESCRIPTION: This article requests that Community Preservation funds and other funds, as necessary, be
appropriated for the projects recommended by the Community Preservation Committee and for administrative costs.
ARTICLE 11 APPROPRIATE FOR RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECTS
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for recreation-related capital projects and equipment; and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including the
Recreation and Community Programs Enterprise Fund,by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Recreation Committee)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Uknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects, see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2023
budget. The most recent version of the capital section can be found at http://www.lexingtonma.gov/fy23capital.
ARTICLE 12 APPROPRIATE FOR MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the following capital projects and equipment:
a) Hartwell District Signage;
b) Townwide Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan;
c) South Lexington and Forbes-Marrett Traffic Mitigation Plans;
d) Transportation Mitigation;
e) Replace Pumper Truck;
f) Townwide Culvert Replacement;
g) Equipment Replacement;
h) Sidewalk Improvements;
i) Townwide Signalization Improvements;
j) Storm Drainage Improvements and NPDES compliance;
k) Comprehensive Watershed Stormwater Management;
1) Street Improvements;
m) Hydrant Replacement Program;
n) Battle Green Streetscape Improvements;
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o) Municipal Parking Lot Improvements;
p) Public Parking Lot Improvement Program;
q) New Sidewalk Installations;
r) Application Implementation;
s) Network Redundancy and Improvement Plan; and
t) Scanning -Electronic Document Management;
and authorize the Select Board to take by eminent domain,purchase or otherwise acquire, any fee, easement or other
interests in land necessary therefor; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from
available funds, including enterprise funds, by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; determine if the
Town will authorize the Select Board to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of state aid for such
capital improvements; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects, see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2023
budget. The most recent version of the capital section can be found at http://www.lexin tog nma.gov/fy23capital.
ARTICLE 13 APPROPRIATE FOR WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
To see if the Town will vote to make water distribution system improvements,including the installation of new water
mains and replacement or cleaning and lining of existing water mains and standpipes,the replacement or rehabilitation
of water towers, engineering studies and the purchase and installation of equipment in connection therewith, in such
accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Select Board may determine, subject to the assessment of
betterments or otherwise; and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other
interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such improvements and land acquisition and determine
whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,water enterprise fund,by transfer from available funds,including
any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; to determine whether the Town
will authorize the Select Board to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of federal and state aid for such
projects; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $2,200,000
DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects, see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2023
budget. The most recent version of the capital section can be found at http://www.lexin tog nma.gov/fv23capital.
ARTICLE 14 APPROPRIATE FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
To see if the Town will vote to install and line sanitary sewer mains and sewerage systems and replacements and upgrades
to pump stations thereof, including engineering studies and the purchase of equipment in connection therewith; in such
accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Select Board may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments
or otherwise,in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof,
or otherwise; and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land
necessary therefor;appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be
provided by the tax levy,the wastewater enterprise fund,by transfer from available funds,including any special wastewater
funds,by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; to determine whether the Town will authorize the Select
Board to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of federal and state aid for such wastewater proj ects; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $3,020,000
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DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects, see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2023
budget. The most recent version of the capital section can be found at http://www.lexin tog nma.gov/fy23capital.
ARTICLE 15 APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to maintain and upgrade the schools' technology
systems and equipment; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available
funds,by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the School Committee)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,343,006
DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects, see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the
FY2023 budget. The most recent version of the capital section can be found at http://www.lexingtonma.gov/
23ca ital.
ARTICLE 16 APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for capital improvements and renovations,including new
construction to public facilities for:
a) Public Facilities Bid Documents;
b) Facility and Site Improvements:
• Building Flooring Program;
• School Paving & Sidewalks Program;
c) Public Facilities Mechanical/Electrical System Replacements;
d) Municipal Building Envelopes and Associated Systems;
e) Townwide Roofing Program;
f) School Building Envelopes and Associated Systems;
g) High School Equipment Emergency Funds;
h) Town Pool Water Heater Replacement;
and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including
enterprise funds,by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; to determine if the Town will authorize the
Select Board to apply for, accept, expend and borrow in anticipation of state aid for such capital improvements; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $2,611,940
DESCRIPTION: For a description of the proposed projects, see Section XI: Capital Investment section of the FY2023
budget. The most recent version of the capital section can be found at http://www.lexin tog nma.gov/fy23capital.
ARTICLE 17 APPROPRIATE TO POST EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
LIABILITY FUND
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to the Town of Lexington Post Retirement Insurance
Liability Fund, as established by Chapter 317 of the Acts of 2002; determine whether the money shall be provided by
the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,including enterprise funds, or by any combination of these methods; or
act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
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FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,935,486
DESCRIPTION: This article will allow the Town to continue to fund its liability for post-employment benefits for
Town of Lexington retirees. Beginning with the FY2007 audit, the Town has been required to disclose this liability.
Special legislation establishing a trust fund for this purpose was enacted in 2002.
ARTICLE 18 RESCIND PRIOR BORROWING AUTHORIZATIONS
To see if the Town will vote to rescind the unused borrowing authority voted under previous Town Meeting articles;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: State law requires that Town Meeting vote to rescind authorized and unissued debt that is no longer
required for its intended purpose.
ARTICLE 19 ESTABLISH,AMEND,DISSOLVE AND APPROPRIATE TO AND FROM
SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS
To see if the Town will vote to create, amend, dissolve,rename or appropriate sums of money to and from Stabilization
Funds in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Section 5B of Chapter 40, for the purposes of. (a) Section 135,
Zoning By-Law; (b) Traffic Mitigation; (c) Transportation Demand Management/Public Transportation; (d) Special
Education; (e) Center Improvement District; (fl Debt Service; (g) Transportation Management Overlay District; (h)
Capital; (i) Payment in Lieu of Parking; (j) Visitor Center Capital Stabilization Fund; (k) Affordable Housing Capital
Stabilization Fund; (1) Water System Capital Stabilization Fund; and (m) Ambulance Stabilization Fund; determine
whether such sums shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,from fees,charges or gifts or by any
combination of these methods;or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: This article proposes to establish,dissolve, and fund Stabilization Funds for specific purposes and to
appropriate funds therefrom. Money in those funds may be invested and the interest may then become a part of the
particular fund. These funds may later be appropriated for a specific designated purpose by a two-thirds vote of an
Annual or Special Town Meeting, for any other lawful purpose.
ARTICLE 20 APPROPRIATE FOR PRIOR YEARS' UNPAID BILLS
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior
years; to determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds, or by any
combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article to request funds to pay bills after the close of the fiscal year in which the
goods were received or the services performed and for which no money was encumbered.
ARTICLE 21 AMEND FY2022 OPERATING,ENTERPRISE AND CPA BUDGETS
To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations,to be used in conjunction with money appropriated
under Articles 4, 5, 9, and 10 of the warrant for the 2021 Annual Town Meeting, and Articles 4 and 6 of the warrant
for the Special Town Meeting 2021-1 to be used during the current fiscal year, or make any other adjustments to the
current fiscal year budgets and appropriations that may be necessary; to determine whether the money shall be
provided by transfer from available funds including the Community Preservation Fund; or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
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DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article to permit adjustments to current fiscal year(FY2022) appropriations.
ARTICLE 22 APPROPRIATE FOR AUTHORIZED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations to be used in conjunction with money appropriated
in prior years for the installation or construction of water mains, sewers and sewerage systems, drains, streets,
buildings, recreational facilities or other capital improvements and equipment that have heretofore been authorized;
determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from the balances in other articles, by
transfer from available funds, including enterprise funds and the Community Preservation Fund,by borrowing, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: This is an annual article to request funds to supplement existing appropriations for certain capital
projects in light of revised cost estimates that exceed such appropriations.
ARTICLE 23 APPROPRIATE FROM DEBT SERVICE STABILIZATION FUND
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Debt Service Stabilization Fund to offset the
FY2023 debt service of the bond dated February 1, 2003, issued for additions and renovations to the Lexington High
School, Clarke Middle School, and Diamond Middle School, as refunded with bonds dated December 8, 2011; or act
in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
DESCRIPTION: FY2023 will mark the final debt service payments for the projects referenced in this article.
The remaining amount in this stabilization fund will be applied to cover a portion of the final payment of the School
Bonds for which this Debt Service Stabilization Fund was established. This fund will be dissolved after the final
payment is applied.
ARTICLE 24 ADJUST RETIREMENT COLA BASE FOR RETIREES
To see if the Town will vote to raise the base amount upon which cost of living adjustments are calculated for retirees
from $14,000 to $15,000 as authorized by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32, Section 103(j),or act in any other
manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the Request of the Retirement Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article requests town meeting to approve the acceptance by the Retirement Board of a $1,000
increase in the maximum base amount upon which a retiree's cost-of-living adjustment is calculated.
ARTICLE 25 APPROPRIATE FOR WORTHEN ROAD RECREATION AND EDUCATION
DISTRICT LAND USE CONCEPT PLAN (Citizen Petition)
To see if the Town of Lexington("Town")will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended underthe direction
of the Town Department of Public Facilities and Permanent Building Committee for a Land Use Concept Plan("Plan")
for the Worthen Road Recreation and Education District and any costs incidental thereto: and determine whether the
money will be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,by borrowing or by any combination of these
methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. The Plan will address planning considerations such as
appropriate land uses, vehicular and pedestrian circulation,parking, ecological impact, active and passive recreation,
public events programming, adjacent residential neighborhoods, and the future of LHS, among others that will
contribute to land use in the District.
(Inserted by Jon Himmel and 9 or more registered voters)
FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time
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DESCRIPTION: This Article seeks funding for a Land Use Concept Plan ("Plan") for the Worthen Road Recreation
and Education "District" to determine the optimal post construction potential and the construction phase scope,
schedule, cost, and logistical challenges associated with achieving that potential.
ARTICLE 26 APPROPRIATE FOR NEXUS STUDIES (Citizen Petition)
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funding for the hiring of consulting services to produce two linkage fee
nexus studies; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Matthew Daggett and 9 or more registered voters)
FUNDS REQUESTED: $75,000
DESCRIPTION: This article would appropriate funds for the hiring of consultant services to perform two studies
needed for the implementation of linkage fee special legislation in accordance with the passage of Special Town
Meeting 2020-2 Article 6 and Annual Town Meeting 2021 Article 36,which are pending in the Massachusetts General
Court as of the printing of this Warrant. Results and findings from the studies will establish the linkages between
commercial and residential development and their specific impacts on housing in Lexington, and will provide data-
driven decision criteria for the Select Board's implementation and rate setting of fees.
GENERAL ARTICLES
ARTICLE 27 ZERO WASTE RESOLUTION (Citizen Petition)
To see if the Town will vote to adopt a Zero Waste Resolution that expresses our community values to support
environmental justice and take action to address the Town's declared climate emergency by reducing Lexington's
waste which currently threatens the environment, all living beings, and in particular the health of those living in
close proximity to waste-processing facilities, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Janet Kern and 9 or more registered voters)
DESCRIPTION: Lexington's waste is currently sent for incineration to a facility adjacent to an environmental justice
community.This resolution would seek to reduce Lexington's waste and to commit to the conservation of all resources
and further to minimize harmful discharges of waste processing, including greenhouse gases, and other toxins that
threaten the environment and human health.
ARTICLE 28 HUMANE PET STORE BYLAW(Citizen Petition)
To see if the town will vote to amend the Town of Lexington, Code Chapter 9, Animals, to make it unlawful for a
brick-and-mortar pet shop (also commonly referred to as a pet store) to offer for sale a dog, cat, or rabbit; or to act
in any other manner thereto.
(Inserted by Pam Baker and 9 or more registered voters)
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this article is to reduce the marketplace for puppy mill animals by making it
unlawful in the Town of Lexington for a brick-and-mortar pet shop to offer for sale a dog, cat, or rabbit. A person
who only sells animals bred on their residential premises is not to be considered a"pet shop", and would not be
impacted by this bylaw. This bylaw would allow a pet shop to provide space for a state registered,non-profit,
shelter or rescue organization to display the above animals for adoption, as long as the shop receives no fees
associated with sale or display.
ARTICLE 29 ACCEPT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 41 SECTION 110A
To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 41, Section 110A of the Massachusetts General Laws; or to act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article proposes that the Town offices may remain closed on any or all Saturdays as may be
determined from time to time. The provisions of section nine of chapter four shall apply in the case of such closing of
any such office on any Saturday to the same extent as if such Saturday were a legal holiday.
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ARTICLE 30 AMEND SPECIAL ACT-PLANNING BOARD AND TOWN MEETING
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to petition the Massachusetts General Court to enact
legislation regarding the Planning Board in substantially the form below, and further to authorize the Select Board to
approve amendments to said Act before its enactment by the General Court that are within the scope of the general
objectives of the petition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 215 of the Act of 1929, as previously amended, is hereby further amended by
adding the phrase ", chair of the planning board"after the phrase "chairman of the school committee".
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Planning Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article would ask the legislature to amend the act establishing Lexington's representative Town
Meeting to permit the Chair of the Planning Board to participate in Town Meeting on the same terms as the chairpersons
of the School Committee, Appropriation Committee, and Capital Expenditures Committee, to enable the
Planning Board to carry out their responsibilities at all Town Meetings.
ARTICLE 31 AMEND GENERAL BYLAWS-REPORTING,DISCLOSING,AND
ASSESSING THE ENERGY AND WATER USE OF LARGE BUILDINGS
To see if the Town will vote to add a new Chapter to the Town's Code of Bylaws requiring the reporting and disclosure
of large building energy use, requiring assessments based on energy use, to set forth the terms and scope of such
reporting requirements, including exemptions or waivers to the same, and further to raise and appropriate a sum of
money to administer the reporting and disclosure of the large building energy use, and determine whether the money
will be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by any combination of these methods, or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Sustainable Lexington Committee)
DESCRIPTION: This article would authorize the Town to enact abylaw that would require the reporting and disclosure
of large building energy use and authorize funding to administer the program.The systematic energy measurement and
reporting, and subsequent assessments, will assist building owners in making cost-effective energy efficiency
investments and will inform the Town of progress towards its emissions goals.
ARTICLE 32 SELECT BOARD TO ACCEPT EASEMENTS
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to acquire by purchase,gift, eminent domain or otherwise
accept, easement interests for trails, drainage, sewer,utility or other public purposes, on such terms and conditions
and in a final location or locations as the Select Board may determine, or act in any other manner in action relation
thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article would permit the Select Board to accept easements for trails and utility infrastructure
in order to allow these amenities to be built and conveyed to the Town as required in accordance with many land
use permits, as opposed to requiring each such easement to be approved by Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 33 AUTHORIZE AND RATIFY REMOTE TOWN MEETINGS
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select Board to petition the Massachusetts General Court for legislation
providing that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or by-law to the contrary, all acts and
proceedings taken by the town at an annual or special town meeting held in 2022 by remote participation by
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electronic means in accordance with Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2020, as amended by Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021,
and all actions taken pursuant thereto, are ratified, validated and confirmed to the same extent as if the said Annual or
Special Town Meeting had been held in full compliance with any applicable general or special law or by-law;and further
to authorize the Select Board to approve amendments to said act before its enactment by the General Court that are
within the scope of the general objectives of the petition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: In June 2020, the Legislature temporarily provided express authorization for representative
Town Meetings to be held by remote means due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That authorization expired on
December 16, 2021. Shortly thereafter, but before the Warrant issued, the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19
variant suggested a potential need for a remote Town Meeting option. This article would authorize the Select Board
to petition the General Court for special legislation that would confirm the validity of any actions taken at a Town
Meeting being held remotely instead of in person if health and safety conditions continue to warrant a remote
meeting. While the Town has worked with its legislative delegation to renew the legislative authorization, the
Town is not sure whether that legislation will be adopted at the time of our Town Meeting and this article would
provide an additional opportunity to ensure the validity of actions taken at the 2022 Lexington Annual Town
Meeting and any Special Town Meetings.
ARTICLE 34 ALLOW FOR SELECT BOARD TO CALL REMOTE TOWN MEETING
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select Board to petition the Massachusetts General Court for legislation
providing that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or by-law to the contrary, future Town
Meetings may meet through remote participation or a hybrid of in-person and remote participation; and further to
authorize the Select Board to approve amendments to said act before its enactment by the General Court that are within
the scope of the general objectives of the petition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board)
DESCRIPTION: In June 2020, the Legislature temporarily provided express authorization for representative
Town Meetings to be held by remote means due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That authorization expired on
December 16, 2021. This article would authorize the Select Board to petition the General Court for special
legislation that would authorize town meeting to be held remotely or by a combination of remote and in person
means,in the future, even if the state does not reinstate that authority statewide.
ZONING ARTICLES
ARTICLE 35 AMEND ZONING BYLAW- OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw to permit open space residential developments; allow
increased gross floor area in multi-family developments; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Planning Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article would update the Zoning Bylaw to permit open space residential developments, as
defined under the state Housing Choice law,G.L.c.40A, § IA. Open space residential developments would be subject
to limits on gross floor area and require the preservation of open land in its natural state and the provision of affordable
dwelling units. This amendment to the Zoning Bylaw would also provide incentives to preserve historic buildings and
require site plan review by the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 36 AMEND ZONING BYLAW AND ZONING MAP-
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS AND MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map to permit mixed-use development and
multifamily housing; clarify the applicability of the Zoning Bylaw to housing on upper stories of commercial or
institutional buildings;increase the permitted maximum site coverage,bulk, and height of buildings and decrease
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minimum required yards and parking to allow additional dwelling units; and require the addition of inclusionary
housing units in certain multi-family or mixed use developments; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Planning Board)
DESCRIPTION: This article would update the Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map for selected eligible locations, as
defined under the state Housing Choice law, G.L. c. 40A, § IA, to permit the development of additional housing and
relax or eliminate additional zoning requirements to allow for such development.
ARTICLE 37 AMEND ZONING BYLAW-TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
To see if the Town will vote to make a technical correction to the Zoning Bylaw to address an unintended omission of
language authorizing the placement of solar energy systems over paved parking lots as authorized by Article 13 of the
2020-2 Special Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by the Select Board at the request of the Planning Board)
DESCRIPTION: This change is clerical in nature and not intended to change the interpretation of the Zoning Bylaw in
any substantive way.Article 13 of 2020-2 Special Town Meeting amended Section 4.3.1 of the Zoning Bylaw to include
the phrase"A Solar Energy System may be located over any paved parking lot."However,when Section 4.3.1 was further
amended at 2021 Special Town Meeting that phrase was inadvertently omitted from the amended text. This vote would
confirm that it was the intention of Town to include that phrase as it was originally voted in 2020.
ARTICLE 38 AMEND ZONING BYLAW AND ZONING MAP - 128 SPRING STREET
(Owner Petition)
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Map and Bylaw of the Town to create the Planned Development
District PDA based on the information provided in the applicant's Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan
("PSDUP") for Lot 22 on Town Assessors Map 17 and Lot 2B on Town Assessors Map 18, addressed, respectively,
as 95 Hayden Avenue and 128 Spring Street(99 Hayden Avenue) (in sum the "Site"), or act in any other manner in
relation thereto.
(Inserted by 95 Hayden LLC and 99 Hayden LLC(affiliates of Hobbs Brook Real Estate LLC)
DESCRIPTION: The article requests rezoning and approval of a Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan for the
95 Hayden Avenue and 99 Hayden Avenue properties identified in the article. The general location of the property is
identified on a plan entitled "PD-6 District, Hayden Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)" dated
December 15, 2021,prepared by Environmental Partners Group, LLC.
ARTICLE 39 AMEND ZONING BYLAW AND ZONING MAP-475 BEDFORD STREET
(Owner Petition)
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Map and Zoning By-Law of the Town by rezoning the land
commonly known as Town of Lexington Assessors Map 84,Parcel Lot 85A at 475 Bedford Street from the Residential
RO District to a PD Planned Development District,based on the information provided in the petitioner's Preliminary
Site Development and Use Plan ("PSDUP") on file with the Lexington Town Clerk and Planning Board; or to act in
any other manner relative thereto.
(Inserted by Edward G. Nardi, Manager, Cresset Lexington LLC)
DESCRIPTION: The article requests rezoning and approval of aPreliminary Site Development and Use Plan(PSDUP)
for the 475 Bedford Street property identified in the article, and would allow for the removal of the existing building
and the construction of a new building and parking garage. The general location of the property is shown on a plan
entitled: "Change of Zoning Plan in Lexington, Massachusetts" prepared for Cresset Lexington LLC and prepared by
VHB, Inc. Engineers, 101 Walnut Street, Watertown, MA. 02471-9151 dated December 10, 2021 and on file with the
Lexington Town Clerk and Lexington Planning Board.
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ARTICLE 40 AMEND ZONING BYLAW-SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES
(Citizen Petition)
To see if the Town will vote to create zoning incentives for environmentally responsible residential construction and
major renovation by establishing energy efficiency, sustainability, and on-site fossil-fuel use standards that permit
construction and major renovation based on reduced Gross Floor Area (GFA) tiers up to no more than the current
maximum allowable GFA; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted by Cynthia Arens and 9 or more registered voters)
DESCRIPTION: This article would create zoning incentives to encourage residential construction and major
renovations consistent with the Town's emission reduction and sustainability goals by:
a. Defining performance standards for energy efficiency, sustainability, and on-site fossil-fuel use, and;
b. Reducing allowable Gross Floor Area for unsustainable residential construction and major renovations, and;
c. Providing tiered gross floor area incentives,up to current allowable limits, for residential construction and
major renovations that meet the defined higher performance standards.
And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at least before the time of said meeting as provided in the Bylaws
of the Town.
Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the
time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Lexington this 24'day of January 2022.
Jill L Hai, Chair Select Board
Joseph N.Pato
Suzanne E. Barry of
Douglas M. Lucerne
Mark D. Sandeen Lexington
A true copy, Attest:
Constable of Lexington
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AS OF JANUARY 19, 2022
For most current list,go to: https://www.lexingtonma.gov/town-clerk/pages/elected-town-officials
AT LARGE MEMBERS
Michael J.Barrett,7 Augustus Rd. Term Expires 2023 Precinct 4
Suzanne E.Barry, 159 Burlington St. Avram S.Baskin,43 Carville Ave. Term Expires 2022
Deborah J.Brown,47 Robinson Rd. Ingrid H.Klimoff, 18 Bacon St. Nyles Nathan Barnert, 142 Worthen Rd.
Michelle Ciccolo,50 Shade St. Paul H.Lapointe,224 Follen Rd. Lawrence Chan, 10 Hilltop Ave.
Jill L Hai,6 Highland Ave Mark A.Manasas,6 Bennett Ave. Thomas V. Griffiths, 1364
Douglas M. Lucente, 17 Vine Brook Rd. Barry Orenstein,132 Follen Rd. Massachusetts Ave.
Joseph N. Pato, 900 Massachusetts Ave. Juan Matias Stella,5 Moon Hill Rd. Susan A.McLeish,33 Forest St. 4205
Mark Sandeen, 10 Brent Rd. Jonathan E. Suber,5B Taft Ave. Lisa M. O'Brien,1454 Massachusetts Ave.
Sandra J. Shaw,51 Wachusett Dr.
Precinct 1 Term Expires 2024
Term Expires 2022 Marian A.O. Cohen,8 Plymouth Rd. Term Expires 2023
Lois Angelo, 11 Spencer St. Barbara Katzenberg,37 Moon Hill Rd. Alessandro A. Alessandrini,32 Slocum Rd.
Larry D.Freeman,218 Lowell St. Peter B.Lee,770 Waltham St. Michael P.Boudett,39 Prospect Hill Rd.
Brian E. Heffernan,223 Lowell St. Syed A.Rizvi,237 Worthen Rd.East Norman P. Cohen,33 Forest St.#309
Hongbin Luo, 1 Cherry St. Kenneth J. Shine,7 Ellis St. Kathryn R. Colburn,49 Forest St.
Eric Jay Michelson,45 Circle Rd. Rita Vachani,75 Blossomcrest Rd. Katie Ponty Cutler, 115 Kendall Rd.
Valerie G. Overton, 25 Emerson Gdns. Amy Karen Weinstock,33 Dawes Rd. Nancy Ann Shepard,2 Baskin Rd.
Katherine E. Reynolds, 114 Lowell St. *Charles Hornig, 18 Bacon St. Ruth S.Thomas, 10 Parker St.
Lucy Anne Wall,2 Cherry St.
Precinct 3 Term Expires 2024
Term Expires 2023 Term Expires 2022 Laura Champneys Atlee,6 Rowland Ave.
John C.Bartenstein,46 Sanderson Rd. Courtney McCollum Apgar, Gloria J.Bloom, 17 Loring Rd.
Noah S.Michelson,45 Circle Rd. 31 Barberry Rd. Robert N. Cohen, 10 Grassland St.
Margaret Muckenhoupt,19 Whipple Rd. Delanot Bastien,2002 Main Campus Dr. Eileen S.Jay, 191 Waltham St.
John F.Rossi,40 Arcola St. Nancy L.Hubert, 1010 Waltham St.4323 Charles W.Lamb,55 Baskin Rd.
Bella D.Tsvetkova,42 Lowell St. Jeanne K.Krieger,44 Webster Rd. Kathleen M.Lenihan,60 Bloomfield St.
Albert P.Zabin, 1 Page Rd. Michael J.Martignetti,37 Barberry Rd. Jennifer Richlin,36 Sherburne Rd.
Glenn P.Parker,186 Spring St. *Wendy Manz,3 Captain Parker Arms 424
Term Expires 2024 Franklin E. Smith,7 Potter Pond *Kathryn A.Roy,382 Marrett Rd.
Sandhya Beebe, 10 Page Rd.
Robert William Cunha, 10 Stevens Rd. Term Expires 2023 Precinct 5
Tanya J. Gisolfi-McCready,22 Cynthia E. Arens,7 Kitson Park Dr. Term Expires 2022
Cliffe Ave. Steven P.Heinrich, II Potter Pond Irene Margaret Dondley,22 Leonard Rd.
Yifang Gong,23 Rawson Ave. T Vineeta Kumar, 14 Munroe Rd. Marilyn M.Fenollosa,10 Marshall Rd.
Janet M. Kern,72 Lowell St. Henry S. Lau,3215 Main Campus Dr. Andrew Joseph Friedlich,22 Young St.
Carol J. Sampson,8 Brandon St. Rena Maliszewski,310 Concord Ave. Jerold S.Michelson,3 Clyde Place
Judith L.Zabin, 1 Page Rd. Amelia Snow O'Donnell,5 Stonewall Rd. Melanie A.Thompson,360 Lowell St.
Stanley Yap,30 April Ln. M.Masha Traber, 106 Maple St.
Precinct 2 John Zhiquiang Zhao, 10 Cooke Rd.
Term Expires 2022 Term Expires 2024
Matthew Cohen,29 Tower Rd. Joshua F. Apgar,31 Barberry Rd. Term Expires 2023
Matthew P.Daggett,11 White Pine Ln. Edward F.Dolan,66 Potter Pond Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti,340 Lowell St.
Rita B. Goldberg,10 Independence Ave. David L.Kaufman,1010 Waltham St. Judith A. Crocker,5 Currier Court
Ajay T.Joseph,46 Golden Ave. 4262C Anthony G. Galaitsis,7 Burroughs Rd.
Ricki Pappo,16 Blossomcrest Rd. Letha MS Prestbo,470 Concord Ave. Steven B.Kaufman,116 East Emerson Rd.
Betsey Weiss, 8 Dover Ln. Robert Rotberg, 14 Barberry Rd. Pamela B.Lyons,51 Grant St.
Michael J. Schanbacher,516 Concord Lin Xu, 117 Vine St.
Ave. Lily Manhua Yan,46 Courtyard Place
Prashant Singh,65 Munroe Rd.
*Sallye F. Bleiberg,960 Waltham St.
*Christopher B. Buenrostro, 59 Potter Pnd.
*Thomas Ramiro Diaz,3409 Main
Campus Dr.
*New Candidates for 2022 Annual Town Election
T Moved/Reprecincted
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AS OF JANUARY 19, 2022
For most current list,go to:https://www.lexingtonma.gov/town-clerk/pages/elected-town-officials
Term Expires 2024 Term Expires 2023 Precinct 9
Anil A. Ahuja,7 Leonard Rd. Sara Cuthbertson,541 Bedford St. Term Expires 2022,
Robert Balaban,22 Leonard Rd. Harry C.Forsdick,46 Burlington St. Victoria Lawrence Blier,41 Shade St.
Sarah E. Higginbotham,21 Byron Ave. Pam Hoffman,4 Rangeway Scott Foster Burson,5 Willard Circle
Salvador Alexander Jaramillo,425 Samita A.Mandelia,59 Harding Rd. Rodney Cole, 80 School St.
Waltham St. #13 Raul Marques-Pascual,4 John Benson Rd. Margaret E. Coppe, 12 Barrymeade Dr.
Aneesha Karody,38 Maple St. Tina M.McBride,45 Turning Mill Rd. Thomas O.Fenn, 15 Shade St.
Rita Pandey, 102 Maple St. Umesh Shelat,34 James St. Christina M.Murray,66 School St.
Marc A. Saint Louis,5 Brookwood Rd. Dilip H.Patel, 14 Wilson Rd.
Term Expires 2024 Janet M.Perry, 16 Ellison Rd.
Precinct 6 Marsha E.Baker,46 Burlington St.
Term Expires 2022 Philip K.Hamilton,23 Fifer Ln. Term Expires 2023,
Sara G.Bothwell Allen, 158 Stacey A.Hamilton,25 Robinson Rd. Alice J. Adler, 10 Nickerson Rd.
Burlington St. David G.Kanter,48 Fifer Ln. T Victoria C.Buckley, 18 Bates Rd.
Margaret L. Counts-Klebe,8 Hancock Ave. Ravish Kumar,7 Calvin St. Jeanne P. Canale,29 Shade St.
Andrea J.Fribush,61 East St. Leonard J.Morse-Fortier,20 Bernard St. Suzanne D. Lau, 18 Phinney Rd.
Frederic S.Johnson,4 Stetson St. Pamela C.Tames,26 Bertwell Rd. T Wendy Manz, 14 Ellison Rd.
Trisha Perez Kennealy,4 Brent Rd. Lisah S. Rhodes, 482 Marrett Rd.
Dawn E.McKenna,9 Hancock St. Precinct 8
Deborah Cohen Strod, 10 Thoreau Rd. Term Expires 2022 Term Expires 2024
Margaret S.Enders, 11 Kimball Rd. HemabenP.Bhatt- 8 Jean Rd.
Term Expires 2023 Betty J. Gau,64 Ward St. Scott A.Bokun- 15 Middleby Rd.
Jonathan A.Himmel,66 Hancock St. David C.Horton,68 Paul Revere Rd. Richard L. Canale-29 Shade St.
Morton G.Kahan,44 Hancock St. Alan Mayer Levine,54 Reed St. Mollie K. Garberg- 16 Cary Ave.
Rina Kodendera,93 Adams St. Melinda M.Walker, 14 Larchmont Ln. Kimberly Ann Hensle-Lowrance-23
Innessa A.Manning,46 York St. Teresa L.Wright,35 Reed St. Tufts Rd.
Bridger E.McGaw,89 Meriam St. Yu Wu, 15 Augustus Rd. Philip T.Jackson-50 Shade St.
Ramesh Nallavolu,32 A Worthen Rd.42 Thomas R. Shiple- 18 Phinney Rd.
Dinesh Patel,22 Brent Rd. Term Expires 2023 *Mark V. Andersen—2400
Robert M. Avallone, 21 Constitution Rd. Massachusetts Ave.
Term Expires 2024 Elizabeth R. Barrentine, 100 Bedford St. *Vineeta Kumar- 14 Munroe Rd.
Jodia L.Finnagan,5 Keeler Farm Way Lauren Deems Black, 143 Bedford St. *Michael E. Schroeder,2 Welch Rd.
Edmund C. Grant,27 Grove St. Shailesh Chandra, 10 Childs Rd. *David M. Sheehan,45 Spring St.
Jyotsna Kakullavarapu,5 Diamond Rd. Gang Chen,24 Bellflower St.
Brian P.Kelley,44 Grant St. Andrei Radulescu-Baru,86 Cedar St.
Deepika Sawhney,6 Porter Ln. Wendy S.Reasenberg,16 Garfield St.
Taylor Carroll Singh,40 Hancock St.
Vinita Verma,3 Graham Rd. Term Expires 2024
*Eran Cohen Strod, 10 Thoreau Rd. Lin D.Jensen,133 Reed St.
Brielle A.MK.Meade, 17 Manning St.
Precinct 7 James Arthur Osten,8 Revere St.
Term Expires 2022 Sanjay Padaki,46 Ward St.
Christian L.Boutwell,22 Burlington St. Danhua Pan,34 Balfour St.t
Mary Burnell,4 Eaton Rd. Jessie Steigerwald,143 Cedar St.
Patricia Elen Costello,9 Preston Rd. Weidong Wang,59 Reed St.
Robert K. Creech,2 Grimes Rd. *Victoria C.Buckley, 18 Bates Rd.
Mary Causey Hamilton,23 Fifer Ln. *Margaret E. Coppe,202 Katandin Dr.
Vikas Kinger, 13 Donald St. *Sudhir Ranj an, 155 Reed St.
Robert D.Peters,43 Fifer Ln.
*New Candidates for 2022 Annual Town Election
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