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66-35 Selectmen's Meeting March 2, 2010 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 207, Town Office Building. Chairman Cohen, Mr. Manz, Mr. Burnell and Ms. Mauger; Mr. Valente, Town Manager and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison The Board welcomed and congratulated new Selectman Deb Mauger and returning Selectman George Burnell. Mr. Manz attended the Celebration of the Chinese New Year at Grace Chapel that was put together by the Human Services Department and the Council on Aging. Mr. Burnell thanked all the citizens who participated in the election. He said it is the involved citizens that make Lexington great. Town Manager Report Because of concerns by East Lexington residents regarding trees being severely pruned by Nstar, the Tree Warden issued a stop work order on February 24. Representatives from the Town and Nstar met on March 1 to discuss and resolve the issues. Nstar agreed to go back to the 8 -8 -12 foot pruning standard in East Lexington and any other circuits in the Town of Lexington. In the future if Nstar has numerous outages on a particular circuit in Lexington Nstar will request through the Tree Warden to increase the pruning standard on that particular circuit or part of the circuit before they commence pruning. They also agreed that if the pruning affected the health of trees they will help with replacement trees. Lexington will receive the Common Cause Massachusetts' 2010 e- Government Award on March 16 at the State House in Boston. Mr. Valente congratulated Candy McLaughlin who manges the web site. Article Presentations Article 43 — Amend Zoning By -Law — 425 Woburn Street Land Rezoning Brian Kelley made a presentation on Article 43, which is a proposal to create a new RD (multi- family) zone and development called the Manor House at Countryside. The plan was conceived with consideration of Lexington's need for small affordable housing options and will consist of 51 condominiums in one building. The building is set back approximately 100 feet from Woburn Street with substantial planting and buffers proposed at the streetscape. All units will be 1 -2 bedroom, 2 bathroom flats with laundry, consisting of 900 -1200 square feet. The building will have an underground heated garage with elevator access. A traffic assessment done by TEPP, LLC shows the development will have no significant impact on either Woburn Street or the Woburn Street/Lowell Street intersection. For Transportation Demand Management they agree to construct and maintain a new sidewalk from the Woburn town line to Peachtree Road,