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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JULY 1, 1985 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was called to order at 7:40 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Smith, with members Cripps, Flemings, Sorensen and Planning Director Bowyer present. Mrs. Uhrig was absent. PLANS NOT REQUIRING SUBDIVISION APPROVAL 160. 57 Spring Street, Robert Ericson, Form A-85/11: The Board reviewed a plan showing one 15,000 sq. ft. lot being combined with another 15,000 sq. ft. lot and a 10,000 sq. ft. lot being combined with a 20,000 sq. ft. lot. The result is that each the two lots will have 30,000 sq. ft, of area; each will have 75 feet of frontage. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mr. Cripps, it was voted 4-0: to endorse the plan entitled "Subdivision Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass." prepared by BSC, Bedford, certified by Donald J. Forand professional land surveyor, with application form A-85/11 by Robert Ericson, as it does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law. 161. APPLICATIONS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS Mr. Sorensen made an oral report on one additional case scheduled to be heard on July 18, 1985. A second floor addition is proposed on a building with a non- conforming front yard. The facts are virtually identical with the recent 101 Spring Street case. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen seconded by Mr. Cripps, it was voted to make no recommedation on 19 Valley Road, Douglas Baker; variance, sec- ond floor addition. SUBDIVISION OF LAND 162. Graystone, off Pleasant Street; Certificate of Action: William Smith and Joel Roos of Boyd -Smith Inc., were present. Mr. Roos explained they had made two minor changes; on sheet 2A the limit of work line had been outlined in color; on sheet 3 the house locations had been changed. Mr. Bowyer said those changes were made during the day and have not been checked by the staff. Mr. Bowyer reported there were a range of solutions to the drainage problem along lots 1, 9, 10 and 11. Assistant Planner Delori had talked with the property owners on Worthen Road East who abutted the proposed subdivision and explained a swath of trees would need to be removed to construct an "underdrain" system. The consensus of the property owners was that a Swale was an acceptable compromise with minimal disruption of existing trees. The Town Engineer thought that a Swale was adequate; his earlier recommendation for an underdrain was to provide greater than the minimum protection and to reduce potential complaints about maintenance to the Town or property owners. The Board agreed that the Swale was a suitable compromise because protecting existing vegetation and tree cover was an important consideration too. The Board discussed the name of the subdivision street without reaching agree- ment. Boyd -Smith will comment on the historic names under consideration. Mrs. Flemings commented that the Board needed to have a follow-up monitoring procedure, such as one year later to be sure that newly planted trees are healthy. She said that should apply to all subdivisions.