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Page 2 Minutes for the Meeting of December 10, 2008 ?? TAC met last week and prepared the following conceptual comments prior to seeing the proposal. Traffic in one area could affect others and would have a broad impact. ?? They would want support for transportation options such as carpools, vanpools, bikes, ?? etc. Address infrastructure design for bike lanes and sidewalks. ?? Monies would need to be allocated for public transportation. ?? Set a maximum number of parking spaces to discourage the use of single occupancy ?? vehicles. A TDM policy would need to be in the by-law for more credibility and make it strong in ?? the by right development. ?? For abutters traffic was the number one concern. Another consideration should be the connectedness issue with the West Lexington Greenway to Burlington and Lincoln. Encourage access easement. ?? The funds placed in the mitigation funds from Hartwell Avenue should be used only for west Lexington, not the entire Town of Lexington ?? Would the overall traffic mitigation plan be available at the time of Town Meeting? Mr. Hornig said a preliminary plan with a transitional formula would be presented If approved at Town Meeting a consultant would be brought in, a public hearing held and the rules would then be adopted. ?? The order of the goals received from Town Meeting should be reversed; traffic mitigation should be first, then density. Eldred Street would need state action and developers should be required to exert pressure on the State. No development changes should be made until traffic improvements were made. ?? The history of the Planning Board regarding special permits was that applicant always got the maximum. The concerns were special permits would be granted at the .9 FAR maximum. ?? This plan was right on track regarding the following: a specific area plan can set parameters and if additional FAR were sought, under certain conditions the increase in density could be granted as long as it was tied into mitigation; urban design aspects were good; the character of the street would be improved with the sky view ratio; not everything could go to .9 FAR; and traffic mitigation monies should be tied to a specific area. ?? There were concerns that a district-wide mitigation plan was really an infrastructure plan, which would not hold the employers responsible for TDM measures such as a parking space maximum, priority parking for vanpools, carpools and bike racks, establishment of a Transportation