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Minutes of the Lexinqton Zoninq Board of Appeals Select Board's Meeting Room October 8, 2020 Board Members: Chair— Ralph D. Clifford, Jeanne K. Krieger, Nyles N. Barnert, Norman P. Cohen and Associate Member Beth Masterman Alternate Member: Hank Manz Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Zoning Administrator and Sharon Coffey, Administrative Clerk Address: 10 Locust Street The petitioner is requesting a SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Earth Fill and Removal Bylaw, Chapter 43 of the Code of the Town of Lexington, to allow a maximum of 450 cubic yards of fill to be brought to the property. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Plans, and Plot Plan. Prior to the meeting, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Planning Director, the Historic District Commission Clerk, Historical Commission, Economic Development, and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from the Building Commissioner, the Conservation Administrator and the Zoning Administrator. Presenter: Jerry Harding Jerry Harding presented the petition. He stated they went back and reshot all the grades. They propose to bring in 200 yards of sandy material to put on the bottom and two feet of sandy gravel to increase the capacity of water runoff. Then they will put the loom back over the sand. The existing grade is at 91 and they will bring it down to 89 then fill with 6 inches of crushed stone. They intend to add an earth berm on back side of property. They did a walk through with Engineering and the Building Commissioner. They dumped the material on site and then realized they needed a Special Permit so they left it. The Engineer and the Building Commissioner saw the material and agreed it was clean. They will hydro seed with wildflower. A Board Member, Jeanne K. Krieger, state abutters had raised question about the retaining wall, it was not clear how far the retaining wall would extend. That would provide a bypass for water to sneak back down (That retaining wall is not going any further. It is already existing). Chair, Ralph D. Clifford, asked about the retaining wall on the map (That was a mistake,that does not exist). Mr. Clifford asked if the storm tech units will still be going in (Engineering said they were not necessary so they will fill an area with stone to take on a little more water and leach into the sand). Mr. Clifford asked how much fill has already been brought in (12 cubic yards).