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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 18, 1985 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, was called to order at 7:36 by the Chairman, Mrs. Smith, with members Cripps, Sorensen, Plan- ning Director Bowyer and Secretary Peters present. Mrs. Uhrig was absent. Mrs. Flemings arrived during Item 256. 255. Approval of Minutes On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mr. Cripps, it was voted unanimously to approve the minutes, as corrected, of November 4, 1985. PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL UNDER THE SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW 256. Route 2, Irving Hilsenroth, Form A/85-17: The Board reviewed a plan that is partly in Lincoln and partly in Lexington that has already been endorsed by the Lincoln Planning Board. Parcel A will be joined to land owned by James M. McLaughlin in Lexington which already has more than the minimum required frontage on an accepted street. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mr. Cripps, it was voted unanimously: to endorse the plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lincoln & Lexington, Mass.", dated October 30, 1985, by Bryant Associates Inc., Boston, Ma., certified by Mario D. Mandanici, Registered Land Surveyor, as it does not require ' approval under the Subdivision Control Law. SUBDIVISION OF LAND 257. Castelli property; extension of time for Planning Board action: On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mr. Cripps it was voted unanimously to grant the request of Mr. Castelli to extend the time for Planning Board action on his application for Preliminary Plan approval for an additional 60 days. ARTICLES FOR THE 1986 TOWN MEETING 258. Choate-Symmes; presentation of the concept plan with building locations: Fred Bailey, for the Board of Trustees of Choate-Symmes, reviewed work to date, and reported they are working on the traffic report, utility analysis and are involved in discussions with the Town Manager to work out a plan for payments in lieu of taxes. Tom Huebner reported that they have negotiated an emergency access through the Haynes office building site for the project. They asked for guidance as to what category of parking use to follow. They have tentatively used the standards for elderly parking in the Zoning By -Law to figure their parking requirements. Mr. Bowyer commented that their project would not qualify under the public assistance parking provisions of .5 parking spaces per resident as permitted in the Zoning By -Laws. They might have a special clause in their application requesting this, however it would have to be well documented as to why they should be permitted to have fewer parking spaces than required for apartments. Architects Benjamin Bursdall and Biff Longfield presented the site plan. The plan will consist of three major building components: 1) a nursing home, 2) a community center and 3) two styles of residential unit types: a) apartments in a