Select Board Delays Vote on Fall Zoning Article

Select Board · Meeting of September 28, 2026

Lexington Select Board delays vote on fast-tracked fall zoning request amid split testimony. Planning Board Chairman Creech said a 3-2 board vote sent SRD bylaw amendments, covering historic preservation, dwelling size and site coverage, toward the November 9 special town meeting, but members Jill I. Hai and Vineeta A.

Kumar worried the timeline leaves too little room for public input; a final decision comes October 5. Separately, the board voted 4-0, with one abstention, to accept an ad hoc committee's report recommending against building a town crematory at Westview Cemetery, after the panel split 4-2 on the underlying question. Assistant Town Manager Carolyn Koznoff presented a proposed 2.8 percent combined water and sewer rate increase for fiscal 2027, which would raise the average bill $30.80, and said the water fund's $4.48 million in retained earnings is being held for roughly $8 million in coming capital projects.

The consent agenda passed unanimously.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of September 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.