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Page 6 Minutes for the Meeting of October 29, 2008 the Zoning Enforcement Officer. Mr. Zurlo asked to have surety to guarantee compliance with the special permit. Mr. Hornig said the Zoning Board of Appeals would be in charge of the special permit process. ?? When calculations were done for the FAR, was the residential land included? If it was not included, what would be the FAR? Mr. Nichols said yes it was included and he was not sure what the difference would be if it were not included in the calculations. ?? There should be no right turn instead of no left turn onto Spring Street. Send the traffic to Hayden and Route 128. Get traffic off Spring Street for the safety of children, dogs and cyclists. ?? The idea that traffic falls equally on all was ridiculous, the arterials get the direct impacts. ?? It was amazing the lack of preparation, this was being rushed and no one had any answers. Mr. Hornig said the Town Government works under the laws and different departments have different responsibilities. ?? What has been done to make the neighbors comfortable? Mr. Nichols said they have proposed community benefits such as additional plantings and the trail easement for residents from Shade Street to access to Hayden Woods. ?? It was nice to add the trail, but the proposal would be taking away the view. The shades being set on the timer for 9:00 p.m. would not be early enough. The flyover view showed the building towered over neighbors and trees. ?? Regarding the trees - how many are there and what are their current elevations? How long till they reach their maximum growth and at the time of planting how large would they be? Mr. Larson said the existing trees were 80-90 feet. The trees being planted would be 18-20 feet, located at the corners of the buildings and at the atrium. ?? Would cars be allowed in the fire lane? Mr. Nichols said no it was only an emergency lane. ?? There has been noise pollution at 3:00-4:00 a.m., there was humming noises from the current building. Mr. Nichols said the new building would comply with noise ordinances. The proposed building would be newer and quieter and the mechanical equipment encased in a penthouse. Recently some old equipment from the existing building was replaced and that may have solved that problem. ?? The Zoning Bylaw dimensional table allowed for three stories and 45 feet and here they were talking about seven stories and the roof coverage should be 50% rather then 25%. Mr. Hornig said the building could be 57 feet and 4 stories by the Zoning Bylaw definitions. ?? What percent of employees would be from the north and why LEED silver and not gold or platinum?