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Minutes for the Meeting of October 1, 2008 Page 3 Board Comments: ?? Have you gone before Conservation? There is a hearing on 10/7. ?? Consider no left turn on to the site from Spring Street from 7-9 a.m. ?? Traffic was of interest, consider doing some testing. Would a traffic officer make any difference? ?? Does anyone look at the traffic reports that are issued? Yes. ?? Do you really anticipate needing all those parking spaces that exceed the projected vehicle trips? One way to limit vehicle trips would be to reduce capacity for vehicle parking. ?? When collecting data on impact try to assess the level of service with various mitigations. ?? Consider a garage structure that could allow unneeded parking spaces to be converted to office space. ?? What would be on the top floor? Penthouse and some skylights for atrium, stairwells and elevator would be within the penthouse. ?? Would like a site visit using balloons at corners for views from Woodcliffe and Monroe Road. ?? Want an explanation of site distance analysis based on speeds on Spring Street and Hayden Avenue and when were counts done? Early June. Is there any other TDM as backup? The Town is planning a sidewalk along Spring Street; at the intersection of Hayden Avenue and Spring Street there may possibly be a traffic officer or a light. ?? Have you fulfilled your commitment to the previous TDM requirements including having a traffic coordinator? They responded that they had a traffic coordinator. ?? Like to see no access to and from the residential area on Spring Street. (No left in, no right out) ?? The Cecil report talked about an increase in intensity on Hartwell Avenue. If Town gave it to Beal why not give it to all and would it be sustainable? ?? Rezoning the entire parcel not just Ledgemont three so it should all be included in the application. ?? Need to be clear on dimensional standards for the whole site and if it was unclear in the PSDUP it would go back to the bylaw of specific year for the other buildings. ?? Environmental aesthetics - these buildings would have many windows and would be directly across from residential neighborhood. There were no measures in the PSDUP to show minimizing the internal light spill on to the residents. This is a LEEDS certified building and must relate to its environment. There would down lights, interior room lights would be on sensors and use ambient light levels. ?? It would be wise to work with the residents and neighborhoods. Are there any plans for that? There was a meeting for immediate abutters the previous Thursday evening that had very poor