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(Ad "ournod Session of the 1986 Annual Town. Meeting -April 14, 1986) 27 Article 2. REPORTS OF TOWN OFFICERS, BOARDS, COMMITTEES Judith J. Uhrig, Chairman of the Planning Board, said that the Board, this evening, had received a request from the proponents of Article 49 that this article be indefinitely postponed. A motion to indefinitely postpone Article 49 will be offered when the meeting reaches that point. 8:44 P.M. Judith J. Uhrig moved that Article 48 be taken out of order and that it be taken up at this time. (See below) Adopted by voice vote. 8:45 P.M. Article 40. See Pages 28 -33. Article 41. See Page's 33 -36. Article 42. See Pages 37 -41. Article 43. See Pages 41 & 42. Article 44. See Pages 44 - 46. Article 45. See Pages 47 _ 50. Article 46. See Pages 51 - 52. Article 47. See Pages 1 & 53 -61. Article 48. AMEND ZONING BY -LAW, LOWELL STREET, RO to CD Stephen B. Cripps moved that the report of the Planning Board on Article 48 be accepted and placed on file. Adopted by voice vote. 8 :47 P.M. Presented by Stephen B. Cripps. (Not MOTION: That the Zoning By -Law of the Town be amended by changing adopted) the zoning district designation of the land on the north - easterly side of Lowell Street abutting the Burlington /Lexington town line and the Middlesex Mall containing 4.59 acres of land more or less as more fully described in Article 48, from RO - -ONE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT to CD -- PLANNED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, all in accordance with a preliminary site development and use plan dated March 31, 1986, and filed with the Town Clerk and the Planning Board. 8:47 P.M. Elizabeth Frank of Northland Realty Corporation was recognized and she gave an overview of the proposal. Mrs. Frank said that $50,000 would be given to the town for a traffic survey in the area and she urged support of Article 48. 8:55 P.M. Urging defeat, James E. Barry, William M. Fraser and Ephraim Weiss all spoke of the traffic problems in the area at the present time. Mr. Weiss showed topographic maps made in 1958 and 1971 in order that the members could see the way the land used to be. 9:05 P.M. Mr. Cripps said that the Planning Board recommended favorable action on this article. He said that it would be difficult to develop this land as residential for single family homes. He also said that both exits from this shopping area, which would be for retail stores, were on Burlington streets. 9:07 P.M. Many questions were raised and, after various speakers, Paul W. Marshall said that the Board of Selectmen endorsed the report of the Planning Board and urged approval. He said that this would be a tax paying development with an extra .$50,000 per year for the town. 9:25 P.M. Questions were raised regarding the volume of material to be removed, where the digging would take place, the amount of tax per foot etc. 9:40 P.M. James Cataldo moved the previous question which was declared adopted by voice vote. 9:40 P.M.