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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 28, 2018 A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Chair, Richard Canale with members Ginna Johnson, Charles Hornig, Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti, and Bob Creech, and planning staff Aaron Henry, David Fields and Lori Kaufman present. *******************************STAFF REPORTS******************************** Upcoming Meetings & Anticipated Meetings: March 8 will be a joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen (BOS) and Planning Board regarding the Hartwell Avenue zoning initiative at 7:00 p.m. March 14 is a Planning Board meeting in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room 7:00 p.m. March 26 &28 will be pre Town Meeting Planning Board meetings. 443 Lincoln Street filed a special permit that needs to have public hearing need to start before May 2. The TMMA meeting will be on March 21 for Planning Board Articles. Comprehensive Plan Update: nd Last night was the 2 Comprehensive Plan Meeting followed by the first of the 6 panels which covered transportation. The next panel meeting on housing will be March 13 in the morning. ***********************2018 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING************************** CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS Article 38, Small Commercial rezoning Marrett Road/Spring Street: Chair, Mr. Canale, opened the continued public hearing at 7:12 p.m. with approximately 50 people in the audience. Mr. Minasian presented his revised proposal with a reduced scope. The density will not change and the main concern was the CS side of the street. The proposal has 15 additional uses with only 12 new uses, and 5 development standards which will not impact traffic. The new district will be called CSX. The BOS chose not to make a recommendation since they did not have the full proposal before them. Mr. Minasian said the BOS never received the full proposal until after the meeting Tuesday. Individual Board Comments:  Concerned about food not consumed on premises could create litter.