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a t A ,_, SELECTMEN'S MEETING { October 15, 1984 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men s Meeting Room, - Town Office Building, at 7:30 p . m. Chairman Battin ' Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Mr. Eddison; Mr. Hutchinson Town sistant A to the Town Manager Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Ms. Adler s � . , Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. At 7:30 p.m.. , Stephen Russian, Esq. , and representatives of Itek Cor-- Itek B � d.App. poration, met with the Board for presentation of a revised plan for. ex an petition P Sion at that. 'facility which will be subject of a Board of Appeals hearing for Special Permit on October 25, Mr. Russian pointed out that changes had been made to the original. ro- P posal by Itek in response to concerns on density, traffic, parkin g and height variations, voiced by Town Boards last spring. He introduced Mr. Sullivan of - Itek Corporation and Mr.. Cook, Traff is Consultant, of Boston Survey Consultants, for review of details of the changes proposed and com- parison with the previous plan. revised site plan; Mr Sullivan explained the purpose of the meeting was to review changes to Itek's Special Permit.applicat.ion; describe Itek's re v ' g explain the importance to Ite.k.of Town approval;.review BSC Engineering g g traffic and parking study and to address any questions the Board might have, On a slide illustrating Itek's May '84 site plan, r t y p , M - . Sullivan pointed out the Town's areas of concern on density, traffic, parking and - hei g ht varia- tion issues and went on th( review plan changes made in response. Regarding the..height variance sought, Mr. Sullivan explained the need ed to accommodate future large optics programs and to satisfy current commit- ments. He noted that only absolutely essential facility additions are being requested, while still addressing Town concerns. He pointed out that the expansion will provide additional revenue to the Town and allow Itek to.;con- tinue.as a viable business in Lexington. He added that disapproval pp 1 of the �lans would impose a severe hardship on the cor oration whi ch he felt had been.a responsive, long - term corporate citizen. Mr. Cook addressed -the issues of traffic and parking, noting that. flex- time schedules of employees, despite the increase -of 175 workers will of f e ct an actual reduction in traffic impact and that revisions to parking areas planned bring them into conformance with the Zoning By -Law, pointin g out visual and circulation improvements. Mrs, Bat t in thanked Mr. Sullivan., Mr. Cook. and Mr Russian. , for the pre- sentation, noting that the current proposal appeared to have addressed all issues satisfactorily, adding that the Selectmen do not, as a matter of course, make recommendations to the Board of Appeals. The proponents were complimented by Board members on the presentation and the manner in which they had addressed the Town's objections to the original plan. It was agreed that the Board of Appeals will be informed the Selectmen had favorably impressed with the responsiveness of Itek and that the Board's specific areas of concern regarding features of the Ma y t 84 plan had been satisfactorily addressed.