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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JUNE 6, 2007 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building, and called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Manz with members Zurlo, Hornig, Galaitsis and Canale and planning staff McCall-Taylor, Henry and Kaufman present. *********************PLANNING BOARD ORGANIZATION SCHEDULE************** Selectmen’s Goal Setting: Will be discussed at a later time. *********************ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT***************** PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL UNDER THE SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW Form A/2007-1, 19 & 19A Oakland Street: The Board reviewed an Approval Not Required Plan for land at 19 & 19A Oakland Street. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to endorse the plan entitled “Plan of Land Located in Lexington, Massachusetts, dated May 17, 2007”, prepared and certified by Kevin E. Danahy, Registered Land Surveyor, Beverly, MA, submitted with Form A/2007-1 by James E. & Paula J. Kemler, applicants, as it does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law. SUBDIVISION OF LAND 960-990 Waltham Street, Preliminary Special Residential Subdivision Plan: Attorney Richard LeClair, landscape architect Roger Kallstrom, Joe Porter of VTP Associates, and Charles Navratil, architect of Architect 2 were in attendance, as well as members of the DeVincent family. The property is six plus acres, of which one and one half acres are wetlands. There are two existing homes not in use and 450 feet of frontage on Waltham Street with two existing curb cuts. They have been working on this townhouse plan since April 2006, which consists of 13 dwelling units, nine in the lower village and four in the upper village. The townhouses have garages. The wetlands will be maintained as is. Access will be created to the walking path on the east side, where the survey remnants of Ricci Lane exist, with signs demarcating the path. Additions to the plan include two entrances instead of the previously proposed single entrance. Now there is one entrance to the upper village and another to the lower village.