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Page 4 Minutes for the Meeting of December 17, 2008 Bob Buckley, Steve Rice and Joe Zink were before the Board to informally advise them before filing a warrant article for the approval of a higher floor area ration (FAR) at the Lexington Technology Park site. Mr. Rice said they would be asking for an increase in the FAR and height for some buildings but would keep within the building envelopes established. They would like to enlarge the #200 building and possibly add a building. There were currently no specific plans. They were just requesting an increase in capacity if needed. The current FAR is .15 and they would be asking to increase it to .24 FAR. Board Concerns: ?? Would this be for this Town Meeting? There was concern whether the Board has time to review this proposal before the spring Town Meeting, especially with the work they are doing on Hartwell Avenue and the Beal Companies’ proposal. ?? This would be a Special Town Meeting at the end of May to ease the schedule, and a public hearing could take place in April during Town Meeting. ?? A PSDUP would be needed, since it is under a CD zone. Mr. Buckley said that they were looking at the 100-200 parcel and the 500 parcel and it should be consistent with the PSDUP requirements. ?? Mr. Rice said it would be 200,000 net square feet. Mr. Norman Cohen, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen suggested that this would be brought to a Special Town Meeting and he would urge the Beal Companies to go to Special Town Meeting as well. This would allow work on Hartwell Avenue to be completed. Audience Comments: ?? Would the .24 FAR be for the building or whole development? Mr. Buckley responded it was for the whole development. ?? You are requesting a 60% increase before the traffic improvements promised with the TIF were completed. Mr. Buckley said that they had put up the monies for mitigation and would address the additional traffic. ?? There needs to be something done about the signs along the road. Mr. Buckey said they had reduced the number of signs, but this was still an active construction site. ?? It was suggested that the developer improve the entrance and egress and possibly add an overpass to get traffic off the local roads, then they might get a different reception.