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Page 4 Minutes for the Meeting of October 15, 2008 better project. ?? What would be the historic preservation requirements? Mr. Hornig said it would be only on the exterior of the structure. Mr. Waitt said he did not know where this would lead since the project required 4 out of 5 board member votes. He would like some guidance to file a definitive plan and, lacking a clear consensus of where to go, he is concerned that it could go to a conventional plan. Board Positions: Mr. Canale ?? The Board takes the new bylaws extremely seriously and the ten-unit plan did not meet the standards of the new bylaws, the conventional plan would not be desirable, and there would be no value to Option C. Options A & B were better then the ten-unit plan. Mr. Zurlo ?? In Option B the size of units 1 and 2 increased; why weren’t they kept the same size as in the ten- unit plan? If a townhouse unit were removed an increase in the size of the other units would make up some of the value. The development fell short of the nine criteria it needed to meet and it could be better to go with the conventional plan if they are unable to bring down the number of units. Mr. Hornig ?? Draw their own conclusions about how to proceed. If doing a BHD it could go to the definitive stage, but if a conventional plan they should proceed with a preliminary. Ms. McCall-Taylor said it would be hard to write a sketch letter without further guidance. Mr. Waitt asked if they reduced the units back to 2,500 square feet would they support a nine-unit plan. Mr. Zurlo said it was not the nine units that were the issue, but since he would not be able to get viewscapes from the abutters’ perspectives the only tool left would be to remove a unit since there would not be enough evidence to determine the impact on the neighbors. Mr. Hornig and Ms. Manz were comfortable with Options A or B; Mr. Canale was a little less comfortable with them, but thought they could work, and Mr. Zurlo preferred Option B with changes, otherwise he felt that the conventional plan should be considered.