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APRIL19TIl Co-Chairman: Jon Himmel &Co-Chairman Dick Perry
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Project Specific Members
Clarke&Diamond Schools Hastings Elementary Fire Station Visitors Center LCP LCC
Margaret Coppe Curt Barrentine Robert Cunha Joel Berman Teresa Hank
Edwin Goodell Andrew Clarke Joseph Sirkovich Peter Kelly Wilson Manz
March 12, 2019
Members Present: Jon Himmel, Peter Johnson, Joseph Sirkovich, Charles Favazzo, Phil Coleman
and Curt Barrentine (by phone)
DPF Staff: Mike Cronin/Director of Public Facilities, Mark Barrett
6:00 -The meeting was called to order— 201 Bedford Street
1. Integrated Building Policy draft review
Todd Rhodes from Sustainable Lexington was present for these discussions
The PBC was sent a draft copy of an updated Sustainable Building Policy for review, there is also a
citizen's article for Town Meeting that will seek a "post-occupancy" building policy for
monitoring/documenting building performance.
The draft copy of both Policy and Goals were discussed and comments are included below.
Policy
"Construction" should be added to the title of the policy "Integrated Building Design & Construction
Policy"
Purpose of Policy
Discussion was that operational aspects of the sustainability features should be part of a separate policy
being proposed by a citizen's article at town meeting. PBC did not agree with making reference to 2014
Town meeting article 33 in the proposed policy purpose.
Sco e
PBC agrees that elected boards should be able to exempt projects as they see fit, they may also
however exempt on recommendation of DPF and PBC.
Responsibility
It was discussed that the stakeholder group needs to be defined by the Town Manager and or School
Superintendent or their respective boards.
201 BEDFORD STREET• LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420
Policy
A new item 1 was suggested that looks for targets to be established prior to project work initiating and
that those targets include costs and schedule expectations.
Point 1 that the design team should also be experienced in "Lexington" standards that are beyond LEED
Silver.
Point 2, that a decision on submitting for certification needs to be made at the outset of the project so as
to direct the architect accordingly (this is typically at an added cost.)
Point 3, that any report to elected boards needs to be responded to in a timely manner so as not to have
an effect on schedule.
Point 4, The PBC disagreed with the suggestion that a Lex Sustainability member needed to be on the
committee, rather a LEED accredited Professional would be appointed which is consistent with a
recommendation expressed by a Selectman at the BOS meeting.
Point 6, that a post occupancy process be completed prior to the end of the 1 year building warranty to
document those items that need correction or re-alignment.
Policy revisions and updates
Point 3 PBC thought this point was not necessary given other policies regarding the required review of
policies.
A review of the "Goals" document created by Sustainable Lexington
PBC discussed elimination of the introductory sentence.
Goal 6, brief discussion on the effects on energy consumption by increasing filtration
Goal 7, PBC felt should be in operations policy.
Goal 8, PBC discussed and supported the exemption of fossil fuels for back up heating systems.
Goal 9, PBC suggested deleting the specific reference to 600ppm and simply follow attachment c.
Goal 10, PBC suggested "where practicable" be inserted in before the word "avoid".
Goal 17, PBC discussed the town's emergency management plan and suggested that the emergency
management plan should be the deciding factor with regard to building resilience.
Jon Himmel agreed to incorporate the PBC edits to the policy draft for the town managers review.
Motion to adjourn was made and seconded: Meeting adjourned at 9:OOPM.
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