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MINUTES LEXINGTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION 8/22/00 PAGE 2 pavement. The trench will be filled as soon as the cable is installed and the trenches are paved over as regulations require. Hay bales will be installed where the work is within the 100-foot buffer zone. The Cambridge Water Department's watershed management team has reviewed the plans and given instruction for erosion control. The Commission felt that since the work was to be done within the buffer zone,they needed to do a site visit before a decision could be made. They also want know why MHD is requiring this change. With the applicant's permission, it was moved, seconded and voted to continue the hearing to September 5, 2000. HEARING. 128 MAPLE STREET Single-Family House (201-475) 8:50 p.m. Present: Jack Eliades, applicant; Mary Trudeau, wetlands consultant. Others are listed in the file. Ms. Trudeau presented the proposal for a single-family dwelling. The existing house on the lot will be demolished. The wetland line is 60 feet from the house, on the property behind this lot. An infiltrator system has been designed to mitigate the stormwater from the additional impervious surface created with the construction of the new dwelling. Mrs. Miller read the Engineer's Report which required more information before the plan could be approved. With the applicant's permission, it was moved, seconded and voted to continue the hearing to September 5 The Commission advised the applicant that a more substantial buffer,to protect the natural area from the yard activity area, should be shown on the plan. 9 P.M. CONT'D HEARING. WINNING FARM. 4-lot Subdivision/roadway- 201-441 to 445 Present: Phyllis Etsell. Winning Farm Trust: Douglas Miller Commonwealth Engineering: and Gary Sandford, Sanford Ecological; Ingeborg Hegemann, Commission consultant. Others are listed in the file. Mrs. Miller introduced the hearing by explaining that it was continued so that that abutters and Commission concerns could be addressed regarding the status of the stream, the wetlands lines and engineering issues. Phyllis Etsell said that as a result of the site walk,the plans have been revised to accommodate some of the Commissioners' comments. They plan to submit the revised plans by Friday and request another extension to give the Commission the opportunity to review the new revisions. Doug Miller discussed the revisions to the plan. On Lot 1, changes include regrading behind the house to a 4 1 slope and adding a retaining wall with a railing and a post and rail fence as a