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Page 2 Minutes for the Meeting of June 25, 2008 closely together so that by the time it gets to Town Meeting it will have Board support and conditions for approval. He suggested that the Planning Board be the special permit granting authority (SPGA). When asked if they would be rezoning the boundary portion of their property which is zoned residential to commercial, Mr. Nichols said it was possible, but they would not build any closer than they could now. Mr. Canale said there has been a shift in the Town’s concept of acceptable floor area, traffic, size and location, but he was not sure a building closer to residents would be a better choice. The Conservation Committee’s Open Space Recreation Plan was a month away from final approval and is expected to document the importance of Oxbow Road from Watertown to Concord. A piece of this old road is located on the property and Mr. Canale hoped that it would be restored as a publicly accessible pedestrian path. Mr. Zurlo asked how much square feet exist on the site today? Mr. Nichols said Ledgemont 1 has 123,000 square feet and Ledgemont 2 has 156,00 square feet. Mr. Zurlo asked if there had been any updated traffic studies. Mr. Canale said the four year old Patriot Partner study was updated with a two- page document this January. Mr. Nichols said they had hired BSC to do a study. Mr. Zurlo said he was interested in not seeing a shift in vehicular access to Spring Street and wanted to keep the main entrance at Hayden Road. Ms. Manz wanted to know how many stories would be built. Mr. Nichols said four stories would be stepped up and built into the cliff. Ms. Manz asked if would it be outside of the 100-foot wetlands buffer. Mr. Nichols said it would be built within, but they would work with the Conservation Commission. The buffer between the building and residential properties would be no closer than the garage is now. Ms. Manz said that there would probably be more objections from the Woodhaven neighbors than if the building was closer to Spring Street because of visibility and lighting issues. She preferred the entrance to be from Hayden Avenue. Mr. Galaitsis said it would be helpful to have sketches with footprints and an indication of how they would accommodate the extra parking. He would like to see the old plan, new plan and something in between. Stepping up the building might make it more visible and he would like to see what the residents’ winter views would be. An evolution of the old plan to the new proposal should be made available. Mr. Nichols said all the new parking would be within the structure and they don’t want to build more than they would need.