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JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, PLANNING BOARD AND THE LEXINGTON CENTER COLLABORATIVE September 7, 2005 A joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board and Lexington Center Collaborative was held on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. Chairman Krieger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Pagett, and Mr. Manz were present. Ms. Manz called the Planning Board meeting to order at 6:05 p.m., in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, with members Harden, Hornig, Canale and planning staff McCall - Taylor, Schilt and Tap present. Mr. Galaitsis arrived at 6:40 p.m. Mr. Greg Zurlow, Ms. Daphne Politis, Mr. Carl Oldenburg, Mr. Jerome Smith, Mr. Fred Johnson, Ms. Sheila Watson, Town Manager Carl Valente, Moderator Margery Battin, Mr. Julian Bussgang, and Ms. Sara Arnold were present. Lexington Center Ms. Politis distributed a memo that contained the Center Collaborative's preliminary summary of the daylong charrette it held on June 11. She characterized it as a broad -brush representation of the public opinion expressed that day; some participants have not yet reported in. It is offered as an aid to discussion this evening. Mr. Johnson noted that it also provides continuity of comment to inform the two Boards' actions on issues already identified. Mr. Smith, Chair of the Center Committee, said that the Collaborative broadens the spectrum of support for the ongoing concerns of the Committee that it wants to see addressed in the Selectmen's goals. Some of these are parking; improved signage, accessibility and connectivity; sidewalk, biking and walking safety; and consideration of restoring residential uses to the center. Mr. Pagett gave assurance that the Selectmen's goal setting does not entail wiping the slate clean; on -going issues will receive the Selectmen's continued attention. Ms. Manz distributed her draft list of Center initiatives and expressed the Planning Board's desire to discover interests shared by the Selectmen. The list included parking, residential use, density, traffic and other uses. Accessibility, an aspect of the Center Committee's connectivity initiative, was recognized as ADA related, although it was suggested that "universal design" might be a more appropriate and more inclusive term. Mr. Pagett asked Ms. Manz if the topics on her list are those that the Planning Board has discussed or are they priorities it supports. Ms. Manz responded that the list represented items discussed and the Planning Board would welcome the Selectmen's input on the matters. The Planning Board is interested in increasing the allowed height and density in the center but realizes that it must be analyzed in the context of the parking constraints. The question of which entity would address which subject arose and it was agreed that a wide spectrum of buy -in would be needed followed by the development of coherent regulations and a guide to those regulations. It was also recognized that working together on a set of policies and standards was imperative in terms of workload and to guarantee a coherent product.