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1 1 1 Minutes, April 1, 1985 Page lot 38 in relation to the road so that the final landscaping of lot 38 could be done during the spring planting season. The hearing was declared closed at 7:26 p.m. Mr. Sorensen commented that the Board should have a discussion with the Engineer- ing Department about what the standard for the slope of a subdivision street should be. The Subdivision Rules and Regulations say 8% is the maximum grade but the Engineering Department occasionally refers to 10% grade as being acceptable. He thought that the Board should understand what the trade-offs between an 8% and a 10% would be as far as the impact on land and the removal of trees. Mr. Bowyer observed that there were other alternatives to slopes, such as retaining walls. Mrs. Smith asked that the staff check with position they had on the slope and that the ment is located and what it is for. ARTICLES FOR 1985 TOWN MEETING: the Engineering Department on what staff should clarify where the ease - 98. Article 11, Planned Residential Development:Mr. Bowyer reported that copies of a revised motion had been prepared and were distributed to each of the pre- cincts. It included two changes; one was in Table 1 on page 10 due to a word processing error in which the permitted uses had slid into the wrong columns. The other was additional language in 9.3.5, conversion of municipal buildings, to provide that if the conversion occurred within the existing envelope of the building, a majority vote of the Town Meeting to approve the conversion would be needed; and if there was an addition, outside the existing envelope, or a net increase in the floor area, then an RD zoning amendment would have to be approved by the Town Meeting. He said that there was an even further revision in a copy marked Town Clerk version, but that was limited to typographical errors only. Mr. Bowyer said that he had drafted 3 amendments, to hold in reserve, in antici- pation of amendments likely to be offered from the floor. That would provide correctly worded amendments and avoid technical drafting problems that might be created by Town Meeting Members. He recommended that the Board not promote these amendments but they be available to use if needed. Two of the "reserve" amend- ments deal with setting the density for RD development at 9 dwelling units per acre, and at 12 dwelling units per acre. The other is in response to a sugges- tion by Margaret Rawls that 8.4.2 be clarified. The amendment would provide that the SPGR may approve deviations from the plan approved by the Town Meeting which would allow building floor area to be 10% greater in the RD district but not more than the stated maximum floor area ratio in a CD district. The Board discussed a memorandum from Ephraim Weiss that suggested a number of technical corrections to Article 11. The Board decided not to change the pro- posed motion further because Mr. Weiss' suggestions either did not improve Article 11 as drafted or it was not clear what he intended. 99. Article 22, RD, Lowell Street: Mr. Bowyer reported he had received a call from Frederick DeAngelis saying that they proposed to table the article and wanted to discuss revisions with the Board. It was agreed that the Board would not support an RM zoning amendment even with changes, because the execution of the plan could not be guarantedd within the RM proceedure. The Board would