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Minutes for the Meeting of September 1, 2004 2 road work being completed. The Board voted to accept surety for the road construction costs in the amount of $8,050.00 in a form to be determined by the Treasurer and the Planning Director. BOARD OF APPEALS APPLICATIONS Applications of note to be heard on September 9 2004 Ms. McCall- Taylor reported that Lincoln Labs would present their plans for changes to their plant on Hanscom Air Base. They are not required to do so, but they want the Town to be informed. Mr. Kastorf recused himself and left the meeting at 8:00 p.m., as he is an abutter to the proposed Hazel Road development. SUBDIVISION OF LAND Hazel Road Special Residential Development, Ronald Lo ez Continued Public Hearin Mid -Term Review Mr. Harden opened the continued public hearing on the Hazel Road Special Residential Development at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Lopez, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Poravas and Mr. James and Mr. Dryden, the development team were present. Landowner Mrs. Sharkey with her attorney Mr. McMahon., were also in the audience. The plans presented showed a number of changes responding to Board comments on July 28: one of the two - family units is now a single- family making a total of eight units instead of nine; one of the units in the remaining two family will have two - bedrooms instead of three and will be given to the Town for affordable housing; the turnaround is bigger, per the Fire Department's request; there is a slight shift in the layout. Mr. Dryden noted that the changes result in a 10 percent reduction in site coverage. Responding to Board questions, Mr. Dryden indicated the following: • Turnaround curbing will be Cape Cod style — sloped granite. • Water runoff from the site cannot be connected to an existing drainage system thatdrains into an different watershed. ■ Total runoff from the site will be reduced by the system as designed; Roof runoff would be directed to the spreaders; that the system needs to be properly maintained Addressing system maintenance concerns, Mr. Lopez and Mr. Harrington agreed that suitable language would be incorporated into the homeowners' agreement and fiends for this purpose would appear as a line item in the condominium association's budget. Improvements to the intervening section of Hazel Road Ms. McCall- Taylor commented that the developer is required to provide adequate access to the nearest public street and the unimproved section of Hazel Road that would connect the subdivision's loop drive to the portion of Hazel Road which intersects with Winter Street, does not meet town standards. Mr. Dryden noted that the Town engineering division called only for a "caution" sign to be installed. The Board indicated that some responsibility for maintenance, plowing and sanding should rest with the homeowner association in order to keep the steep sections of the road clear, especially as neighbors had said the street is sometimes not plowed on weekends now. While the Town currently plows most unaccepted streets for public safety it may not always have the personnel to do this in a timely way, or at all. Further discussion had to do with the suitability of a cluster scheme for this property, considering the density proposed, though Mr. Davies said that in his view a conventional subdivision would "do violence" to the site, whereas a cluster allows development of the existing flat part. It was agreed that the formula in the impacts worksheet to determine the potential number of residents in a development needs to be amended.