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Alexa McCray, 125 Vine Street – Put aside the issue of saving the house and talk about what else might happen on the site. She does support saving the house. Lester Savage said they had been shown that is possible to put 10 units on the site, but they felt that was too much. There had been discussion of something that evokes the time past, whether a replica or a rehab with another unit that resembles a barn. Ms. McCray said that then traffic really is an issue. What is the follow-on process? How about a one-family structure and make it affordable? Ms. Manz said one thing they had considered was a building the size and bulk of the house across the street containing more than one unit. All plans had included driveways so there would not be parking on the street. Ms. Belliveau calculated that one or two structures with multiple units could mean six dwelling units with two cars per unit. Kerina Daniela, 121 Vine Street – A structure similar to her house, which is across the street, would look completely different. Her house just goes back into the wetland. It would be too imposing for the Leary lot and would completely change the neighborhood. Mr. Kinneen said the beauty of the property was important and a bigger unit would block the view. He wants a single-family house but sees that the town wants as much as possible. He pointed out the meadow on the map. (It is on the conservation property.) Jean Barrett- 132 Vine Street –When the two large houses were built the dirt was piled on the Leary property. What had been a gradual slope became a hill which now pours water onto her land and in her cellar. The Town then raised the road. There were never problems before and the swale along the property line should have been retained. Aaron Henry asked what those present saw as their neighborhood, is it all of Vine Street or just the end near Leary? Sheila Denaro, 67 Vine St., replied that there were increased interactions, but she doesn’t know the people at the end in the old high school. Mr. Kinneen said that the intersection redesign at the end near the VFW has helped but that traffic tries to cut through Vine Street if there is heavy traffic on Woburn Street. Mr. Henry said that a traffic count at the end of September showed 75 cars a day on Vine Street and 13,000 a day on Woburn Street. Mr. Kinneen said there was a lot of foot traffic on weekends. Ms. Belliveau said that Manley Court had dangerous turns at both ends. Maryann McCall-Taylor asked what the neighbors would think of making the street one-way. Ms.