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Park Drive as a project At one time Park Drive was in the "considered but not recommended category" as a means of expanding the parking base Certain concerns have changed; 1) Park Dr is not a wet-land 2) Student Parking could be prohibited by making it a "Permit Parking" area ONLY Wally Tonaszuck recommended that we focus on one area of Park Dr only for now, that being the "four corners" area where Muzzey St and Park Dr intersect Mr Bowyer suggested that we experiment with a plan that will provide about 50 spaces, to see if people will indeed park there. Ms. Bateson advised that she felt with proper enforcement of Short-term meters, present violators there could be displaced to Park Drive Mr Sacco said that he favored a plan whereby we would pursue the School Administration lot as well as Park Dr and asked Mr Tonaszuck for cost estimates on both Mr Tonaszuck estimated Park Dr @ $50-60,000 and School Ad Lot @ $30,000 (these two plans could be covered by the Parking Fund) Mr Tonaszuck also mentioned that Staff time constraints might make it impossible to work on both and Conservation Commission for in-put Mr Sacco also informed the committee that property located at #100 Waltham Street is up for sale and that Grace Chapel is rumored to be leaving Lexington He requested that research be done to see if the Belfrey Lot might be up for sale in the near future. Parking Garage Sub-Committee Mr Sacco said that there are enough questions about the economic, viability, and asthetic feasability of a garage that he felt it warranted some public meetings He wondered if we should ask Town Meeting to spend $3-5,000 to get some specs Mrs Battin questioned whether it would be pre-mature at this time to make such a request of Town Meeting She suggested that the Land Use Sub-Committee continue to study the desireability of a garage and that the Parking Garage Sub-Committee, along with Bob Bowyer, explore the costs and how it could be funded Mrs Nichols questioned the perpetual effect that a parking garage might have on building (more parking leads to more building leads to a need for more parking ) Mr Sacco pointed out the flip-side argument as parking gets worse retailers will be forced to leave the center Offices will replace them which will automatically mean more parking will be needed Mrs Frick suggested that we investigate the cost of a parking garage now going up in Medford, Mr Bowyer said we could also take a look at one in E Cambridge Mr Powell requested info as to when we could expect the results of the Land Use Sub-Committee report Mrs Nichols advised that she expected it to be complete in late January She cited lack of volunteer help as cause for delay Mrs Nichols will contact Chamber representatives about providing some volunteer help Proposed Zoning Ammendments Mr Bowyer passed out a Planning Board Report on proposed changes He noted that they did not include a stipulation for financial compensation as for an alternative spaces that should be provided with future building