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Minutes for the Meeting of July 9, 2008 Page 5 stand-alone document; what was the issue? Mr. Thuma said the current level of service on Wood Street is F and it cannot support increased development without having a negative impact on quality of life on Wood Street. Ms. Manz said incorporating as many measures as possible to prevent traffic from worsening would be necessary, but it was not reasonable to expect the existing congestion to be fixed or resolved before any new development would take place. Mr. Galaitsis said traffic will generally increase but without TDM it will go up proportionally with the FAR. Ms. Jeanne Krieger, Board of Selectmen said there was a Lexington-Waltham corridor agreement looking at uniform TDM policies in the four towns and providing alternatives to single occupancy vehicles. There is expected to be an additional 6,000,000 square feet in the next year and an increase of 100,000 trips daily. Approximately half the traffic was through traffic and would increase. The amount of commercial development would add a small amount to the existing traffic. ***************************COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT***************************** Ledgemont, Beal Company, CD Rezoning: The Beal Company came in to give updates since the last meeting. In attendance are Peter Nichols, Gary Larson, Joe Gloski and Ed Grant. Mr. Larson said plan revisions show the conservation easements and trail easements along the north edge and east edge to Hayden Road, wetlands, and buffers. The Ledgemont 3 building is 50 feet away from the wetlands and creates a center space near the parking that already exists. The area currently has a substantial amount of fill from the past and the location would minimize impacts and allow for less clearing of mature trees. The residential zone line and 100 foot setback establishes the building 200-300 feet away from the property line. All setbacks would be honored on the site. Mr. Gloski said the building would be 140 feet back from Spring Street and then the site drops. The roof elevation would be 336 feet with a mean grade of 280 feet; the building would be 56 feet tall with three floors above the mean grade and three levels of parking below and a 51,000 square foot print. There would be a 12-15 foot enclosure on the roof. This would be a LEED certified building. Board comments and questions: ?? Why would this be a better location then the hilltop near Spring Street proposed four years ago? Mr. Nichols said the design and location were not acceptable at that time. The knolls create a natural setting and entrance to the complex. This would be for the VistaPrint expansion and would keep it closer to the existing building. ?? The concerns were the impingement in the buffer area, the kind of visual intrusion on the