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<br />PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br />MEETING OF January 3, 2007 <br /> <br />A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in the Estabrook Room of Cary Hall, <br />was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Chairman Manz with members Hornig, Galaitsis, Canale, <br />Zurlo and planning staff McCall-Taylor and Henry present. <br /> <br />******************************** MINUTES *********************************** <br /> <br />Review of Minutes: The Board unanimously approved the minutes, as amended, of December 6, <br />2006. The minutes of December 13, 2006 were also approved, with Mr. Hornig abstaining as he <br />was not present at that meeting. <br /> <br />************************* TOWN REPORT PICTURE **************************** <br /> <br />The Board, along with the Planning Director, posed for a picture to be included in the Town’s <br />2006 Annual Report. <br /> <br />**************** COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PRESENTATION ***************** <br /> <br />Resident Michael Tabaczynski of 12 Essex Street spoke to the Board regarding the master <br />planning for a proposed greenway to connect the Minuteman Trail to the Battle Road, the West <br />Lexington Greenway Corridor. The Greenway would appear to be eligible for funding via the <br />Community Preservation Act; therefore the support of the Planning Board, which has a seat on <br />the Community Preservation Committee (the CPC), was being sought. Mr. Tabaczynski <br />represents a coalition of those supporting the proposed project including the Bicycle Advisory <br />Committee, the Conservation Committee, and the Traffic Mitigation Group among others. <br /> <br />The applicants have requested $125,000 from the CPC to complete the planning and cost <br />estimation necessary to move towards implementation. The Planning Board wondered if a <br />phased approach to the planning would be better, but upon explanation, agreed that since <br /> <br />