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November 9, 2006 Minutes 7 Other requested modifications are: 1) The Applicant has committed to designate three of the residential condominium units as affordable housing units. The PSDUP specified the following units as the affordable housing units: Units 107; 208 and 210. The applicant request that the actual unit number and location of one or all of the designated affordable units be changed to "units so designated by the Applicant, of comparable value, but similar in location to the three original units designated in the PSDUP". This request will also have to be agreed to by the Board of Selectmen. 2) The applicant has agreed to pay $100,000.00 to the Lexington Center Improvement Trust upon the issuance of the building permit. The applicant requests that adding the language, "or at some other time mutually agreed to by the Applicant and the Board of Selectmen ". Applicant submits that the Lexington Center Improvement Trust may not even have been formed at the time of Applicant's request for a building permit and also, the Applicant would like to schedule this payment to better fit its construction loan disbursement schedule. This request also will have to be agreed by the Board of Selectmen. 3) A number of modifications to the proposed building, such as lighting, the entrance canopy, as well as the second story cornices in some sections of the building will protrude into public space. The cornice protrusions are essentially the same as the current Battle Green Inn building, were shown on the plans submitted to Town Meeting and are similar to protrusions from abutting, and other buildings in the downtown business district. Permission for this also needs to be given by the Board of Selectmen. Erick Rhodine gave a power point presentation of the plans for the project. Tony Papantonis of Nauset Construction Corporation told the Board the plans for the demolition of the Battle Green Inn and the construction plans including the traffic flow, parking for the contractors and the equipment for the project. The Board had questions and concerns on the apartment size changes, parking conditions and enforcement, HDC and DAC concerns, number of workers, reasons for canopy over sidewalk, trees along sidewalk, problem with power lines on Waltham Street, the Health Club in the facility, timetable, dust during demo and construction, evaluation of hazardous materials, and the driveway and garage entry way.