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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF NOVEMBER 6, 2013 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was called to order at 7:31 p.m. by Chairman Charles Hornig with members Richard Canale, Michelle Ciccolo, Greg Zurlo and Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti and planning staff Maryann McCall-Taylor, Aaron Henry, and Lori Kaufman present. ************************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION********************* PUBLIC HEARING 495 Lowell Street, Definitive Balanced Housing Development: Mr. Hornig called the public hearing to order at 7:32 p.m. There were 5 people in the audience. Present were Todd Cataldo, applicant, Rick Waitt, engineer, Mike Novak, project engineer, and Jeff Thoma, landscape architect from Meridian Associates. Mr. Waitt submitted an application for a waiver for the setback requirements for the driveways between lots in response to a memo received from Engineering dating October 28, 2013. After the applicant reviewed the preliminary decision the following issues were addressed:  The electrical was being proposing to go underground across the street with a transformer;  A sidewalk would be proposed along the entire frontage of the project site, but the abutter towards Fulton Road was against paving the dirt path along his frontage;  A picture of the house proposed for Lot A was shown, which would be 2,700 square feet. The houses for Lots B & C would be 4,100 square feet and Lot D 3,500 square feet with the houses having a similar style to look like they belong together, but not exactly the same. Mr. Toma said the goal was to preserve as many trees as possible and supplement trees on the side of the project with an additional twelve 8-10 foot white pines for buffering. The extra trees would create a strong landscape edge along the street, provide a consistent streetscape and seasonal interest. The open space in the back for all the units would be cleaned up with invasive plants and dead trees removed.