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Page 4 Minutes for the Meeting of July 23, 2008 intends to look at taken from the Cecile report. Get a confirmation from the Board of Selectmen that if it was within the range they had in mind. Mr. Canale said Mr. Hornig had convinced him not to ask the Board of Selectmen, as it seemed to be considered the Planning Board’s problem by the Selectmen. The Board should review the assessor’s data and go from there. Mr. Hornig said the Board should look at a couple of scenarios including high maximum development caps of .9 FAR, how much can you get from the area limited by natural constraints, .35 FAR which is well charted, and no change in the scenario baseline. Look at limits versus goals. Mr. Zurlo said the Board should inform the Board of Selectmen of the scenarios and projected revenue. The Board should also consider the type of recommendation forthcoming from the EDTF final report. Traffic Studies: Ms. McCall-Taylor said there was $10,000 made available to use for traffic studies. Mr. Canale said in terms of traffic management the concern should be traffic limits and calming on Wood Street, Eldred Street, and Winter Street. Mr. Hornig wanted to get scenarios showing how to meet traffic mitigation goals and to have the consultant run models to determine what the level of service would be with certain changes. Mr. Canale said to figure out what we want and if more funds were needed write to the Board of Selectmen asking for what is needed to accomplish the goals. Mr. Hornig felt the goal of a traffic system would be to limit cut-through traffic on residential and mixed streets like Eldred and Wood Street. Mr. Canale said the level of service for pedestrian, bicycles and automobiles should all be equal. The Board articulated that LOS for other transportation modes shouldn’t be lower than auto LOS but they could be better. He would like to see scenarios that would accommodate a better level of service and traffic calming on residential streets that would bear the brunt of traffic. Mr. Hornig said if the Board has specific goals for the traffic system they should forward that information to the staff to collate. *****************************REGIONAL INTERTOWN ISSUES************************** Ms. McCall-Taylor said that Patriot Partners are proposing a major development project in Burlington that abuts narrow Lexington Conservation easements bordering a Lexington residential neighborhood. There are significant issues of access to deal with before any actual development goes forward.