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Minutes
Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC)
March 27, 2017
Place and Time Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building, 6 30 p m
Members Present John Bartenstein, Chair; Alan Levine, Vice-Chair& Secretary; Ellen Basch,
Eric Michelson, Andrei Radulescu-Banu, Richard Neumeier; Sanjay Padaki, Lily Manhua Yan, Jian
Helen Yang; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio)
Iviember(s)Absent None
Other Attendees Mark Sandeen, Sustainable Lexington Committee, Lisa Fitzgibbons, Mothers Out
Front
The meeting was called to order at 6 37 pm
1 Financially Related Warrant Articles for 2017 Annual Town Meeting (ATM)
Article 19 Appropriate for Advice and Analysis Getting to Net Zero Mr Sandeen reviewed the
steps that have been taken by Lexington that will help to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over
the next 25-35 years Lexington is benefiting from the experience and research generated by the
City of Cambridge, which is pursuing similar efforts Lexington's 2016 ATM approved a $40,000
appropriation, of which approximately $10,000 was used to create an energy inventory for
Lexington. It was determined that Lexington's buildings (residential, commercial and Town
owned) produce 66% of the emissions generated by Lexington, thus, the initial focus will be on
increasing the energy efficiency of buildings An additional $40,000 is being requested to hire a
consultant who can assist a recently created task force in identifying
• goals to which they can be committed,
• best practices to achieve identified goals,
• incentives for implementing those practices, and
• measurements for determining the success of the effort.
It was noted that staff and volunteers do not have the time to pursue these initiatives, plus a
consultant avoids mistakes and lends credibility to the work. This Article is expected to be taken up
by the ATM on April 3
2. Future Meetings
This Committee needs to discuss the zoning-related Articles and to continue its discussion of Article
21 Appropriate to Post Employment Insurance Liability Fund
Ms McKenna, Tourism Committee, Chair, plans to attend this Committee's March 29 meeting to
provide an update on Article 18 Appropriate for Visitors Center (Citizen Article)
3 Adjourn
The Committee adjourned at 7 20 p.m
The documents used at the meeting are listed below
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03/27/2017 AC Minutes
Respectfully submitted,
Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary
Approved April 5, 2017
Exhibits
• Agenda, posted by John Bartenstem, Chair
• Getting to Net Zero Emissions, Warrant Article 19, Lexington Town Meeting,
April 3, 2017, PowerPoint presentation
• Energy Inventory, Prepared for The Lexington Getting to Net Zero Task Force, by
Peregrine Energy Group, March 22, 2017
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