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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JUNE 24, 2008 A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building was called to order at 8:05 a.m. by Chairman Hornig with members Canale, Manz and Zurlo and planning staff McCall-Taylor, and Henry present. Mr. Galaitsis was absent. Also in attendance from the Town were Mr. Carl Valente, Town Manager, Susan Yanofsky, Economic Development Officer, and the Board of Selectmen – Mr. Burnell, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kelley, Ms. Krieger and Mr. Manz. Those present from the commercial community were Howard Smith, 476 Bedford St; Kevin Duffy, 25, 40 & 45 Hartwell; John O'Gorman, 113 Hartwell; Dennis McCarthy, architect for 101 Hartwell, Joseph "Skip" Coppola, AMB Property Corporation, 101 Hartwell; Mike Cantalupa, Boston Properties with 3 properties on Hartwell; Tom Andrews, Alexandria Properties, 4 properties in area; and Ed Grant, local attorney. ***************************COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT***************************** Mr. Hornig began by thanking the members of the development community for coming to the meeting. He then gave a general overview of Town Meeting’s charge to the Planning Board and the job ahead. He said that redevelopment requires the cooperation of the landowners, as the Board can only do the zoning. All the Board members have ideas on what they would like to see happen for economic development but no decisions have been made. They are reaching out to the development community to hear their ideas and wishes. There was a map of the zoning study area outlining those parcels for which the zoning may be changed. Mr. Hornig said everything is on the table and went over the topic list that the Board had developed. The time line for getting to 2009 Town Meeting was laid out and described as very aggressive. Mr. Cantalupa asked why the aggressive timeline. Mr. Hornig said they had heard from Town Meeting for the need to increase tax revenue. Mr. Zurlo said they would be fine-tuning the revenue objectives over the year. Ms. Manz said that the current FAR was in fact a moratorium on development and they wanted to open the door a bit. Mr. Smith asked about the future of the old dump. Mr. Hornig said it was being used pretty intensely now and he was not aware of any other immediate plans for it. Mr. Canale asked if there were any ideas on its use that would foster development.