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Minutes for the Meeting of February 6, 2008 Page 3 Ms. Manz asked about an analysis of potential additional employees and automobile trips, if these proposals passed. Mr. Smith responded with information regarding the additional parking spaces. Ms. Manz said not parking spaces, but additional peak traffic. Traffic is an issue and an increase in traffic is a concern. Mr. Zurlo thanked Mr. Smith for all the work he had done, and asked which properties would be limited by other restrictions before they were limited by the proposed FAR. Mr. Smith said with the wetland exclusion it would hit at about a .40 FAR. Ms. McCall-Taylor said that Susan Yanofsky, the Economic Development Officer has begun an analysis and found open space and site coverage constraints would limit the size of development to less than the proposed FAR. Mr. Zurlo asked what would Hartwell Avenue look like if this all passed? Mr. Smith said changes could take as long as 10 years but they would bulldoze the functionally obsolete buildings and redevelop with greener buildings. Mr. Hornig asked if they allowed manufacturing only as an accessory use, would it meet his goals? Why did he increase the threshold from 10,000 to 50,000 square feet before a traffic study? Mr. Hornig felt that the thresholds in the various articles should be consistent. The first part of Article 57 that deletes the reference to the SPS within the definition of Yes was not the issue, but changing the SPS to Yes in line B.22 was. The bicycle parking is not listed in the new retail and service uses; was that an oversight? Mr. Smith said that it was an oversight. Mr. Hornig said setting a maximum of parking at 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet is a concern since it makes many of the buildings non-conforming and then any changes would be dealing with non-conforming parcels. The requirement for vanpool parking spaces needs to be clearer. Mr. Smith said he took it from the Bedford Bylaw and it works well there and it has good enforcement. Mr. Canale asked about the intention of the mixed uses, was it to be its own use rather than accessory to each establishment? The consultant had said retail has typically the highest rents, what would be allowed by right for the series of small stores? Mr. Smith said as long as they are less than 7,500 square feet they are within the confines of the new zoning bylaw and would not require SPS and would only require a