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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 21, 2007 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, was held in Estabrook Hall at Cary Hall, and called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Chairman Manz with members Hornig, Galaitsis, Canale, Zurlo and planning staff McCall-Taylor, Henry and Kaufman present. ************************************* MINUTES ************************************** Review of Minutes: Mr. Galaitsis was unhappy with the approved minutes of February 28, 2007, and wanted them reconsidered. Mr. Canale said that the changes that Mr. Galaitsis was concerned with did not change the essence and were not a significant change. Ms. McCall-Taylor said the minutes were already printed in the Report to Town Meeting. Ms. Manz and Mr. Hornig felt the minutes did not require changes. Mr. Galaitsis also wanted changes made to the March 7, 2007 minutes regarding his statements. The Board agreed to defer the discussion of the minutes of March 7, 2007 to a future meeting and Mr. Galaitsis would forward to the Board and staff his revisions for consideration. The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of March 12, 2007. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the March 12, 2007 minutes as amended. *************************SUBDIVISION ADMINISTRATION***************************** PUBLIC HEARING Walnut Street, Lexington Hills, Conventional Subdivision Definitive Plans: At 7:15 p.m. Ms. Manz opened the public hearing on Lexington Hills. There were 5 people in the audience. In attendance to present the plan were Gary Larson, landscape architect, Attorney Ed Grant, Frederick Russell, civil engineer, and Habib Aminipour, property owner. Mr. Larson gave a brief history of the project leading to the February 15, 2007 submission of this conventional subdivision definitive plan. Mr. Larson provided an overview of the plan, which he felt addressed the concerns of the Board from the last meeting including Lot 1’s relationship to the site, potential development of the Waltham piece of the property, and the removal of the 250-foot tower, which Comcast will vacate by June 30, 2007. Soil testing revealed that soils are loamy sand and deep. The test pits were 7-10 feet deep except for one where they hit refusal, probably a boulder, at 3 ½ feet. Mr. Larson doubted that there was ledge on the property. The pits showed no ground water, only mottling at 3 to 5 feet in those on the eastern edge. All structures have