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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)
Member(s) Absent: None
Other Attendees: Mark Sandeen, Sustainable Lexington Committee; Lisa Fitzgibbons, Mothers Out
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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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Respectfully submitted,
Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary
Approved: April 5, 2017
Exhibits
03/27/2017 AC Minutes
• Agenda, posted by John Bartenstein, 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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