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Board of Appeals Minutes – March 26, 2015 5 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room March 26, 2015 Board Members Present: Chairman – Martha C. Wood, Jeanne Krieger, Edward D. McCarthy, Leo P. McSweeney and David G. Williams Also present at the hearing was Associate Member James A. Osten. Administrative Staff: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk Address: 675 Lowell Street, The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Letter dated February 23, 2015 requesting a determination; topographic map of the area; site plan; floor plans; photographs; existing conditions site layout; certified copy of the original and amended Preliminary Site and Development and Use plan as approved by Town meeting on May 2, 1988 and Special Permit decision dated September 29, 1988. Prior to the meeting, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director, Economic Development; the Historic District Commission Clerk, Historical Commission and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from Conservation Administrator; the Health Director and the Zoning Administrator. The Applicant requested in a letter dated February 23, 2015 that the the Board of Appeals make a determination that certain REVISIONS to the previously approved SPECIAL PERMIT - originally approved by the Board on September 29, 1988— may be considered MINOR in nature and that no new public hearing before the ZBA is required to allow the revisions. Attorney Robert Buckman, representing E & A Northeast Limited Partnership— the applicant and owner of property and Keith Hague of Edens and Avant presented the request to the Board explaining the proposed upgrades to the building entrance and enhance the overall façade of the building. A Board member asked if the foundation would be changing any (No) and confirmed how the building would be changed. He had a general concern with the maintenance of the outside of the building and wanted to know if dumpsters would be enclosed. (Keith