Prepping for Town Meeting

Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) will host two Information Sessions and a Bus Tour before TM begins*.

Info Sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 19.

Both sessions will be held in Margery Milne Battin Hall of the Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building ^ (1605 Massachusetts Avenue). Thus, they're public meetings. Warrant Articles below will be presented and staff available to take TMM questions. 

The Wednesday Session (3/13) is expected to begin at 7:45 PM, following Precinct Meetings at 6:45 PM and TMMA Annual Meeting at 7:15 PM. Articles to be covered include:

• Financial Articles:
• Article 6 (Crematorium, Citizen Article)
• Article 14 (CPA projects)
• Article 16e (Center Streetscape)
• Article 16f (Automatic Meters)
• Article 20g (Cemetery)

• General Articles:
• Article 30 (Styrene Ban, Citizen Article) 
• Article 31 (Straws Ban, Citizen Article)

Tuesday's (3/19) Info Session begins at 7:30 PM:

• Financial Articles: 
• Article 4 (CPA Rate, Citizen Article)
• Article 7 (EconDev Strategy, Citizen Article)
• Article 8 (Sustainability Revolving Fund, Citizen Article)
• Article 9 (Appropriate for Sustainability Director, Citizen Article)
• Article 11 (Operating Budget—with James Malloy, Town Manager and Dr. Julie Hackett, Superintendent of Lexington Public Schools)

• General Articles:
• Article 35 (Amend Town Code, Citizen Article)
• Article 36 (High-Performance Buildings, Citizen Article)

• Zoning Articles:
• Article 38 (186 Bedford Street, Owner Petition)
• Article 39 (Limited Site Plan, Citizen Article)

In addition to the Info Sessions, a Bus Tour has been scheduled for Sunday, March 17 at 1:00 PM. This is an opportunity for TMMs to visit several sites of note.

• Scheduled stops include:
• 186 Bedford Street (Article 38: Amend Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map, top of page 16 of the Warrant)

• 201 Bedford Street, DPW equipment replacement (Article 16(i): Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment, page 9 of the Warrant; page XI-16 of FY2020 Town Managers Preliminary Recommended Budget and Financing Plan) 

• 758 Marrett Road (a drive through), Athletic Field Complex of Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School (Article 14(f) Appropriate the FY20 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget and CPA Projects, top of page 9 of the Warrant)

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* Town Meeting begins Monday, March 25 and continues every Wednesday and Monday thereafter, excluding Monday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 17, due to public school vacation week.

^ Cary Hall is wired for broadcast on LexMedia. 

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