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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF NOVEMBER 20, 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 28-34 Robinson Road, Definitive Site Sensitive Development: Mr. Hornig called the public hearing to order at 7:32 p.m. There were 9 people in the audience. Present were Todd Cataldo, applicant, Mike Novak, project engineer, and Jeff Thoma, landscape architect from Meridian Associates. Mr. Novak said the applicant was proposing a definitive site sensitive development. There currently were two lots with two single-family dwellings to be demolished. The proposed project would create three lots. The site slopes from west to east with the low point located in the eastern portion of the site. Staff recommended additional monumentation along the lot lines at angle points, which would be no problem. The three houses would have identical footprints of 2,700 square feet with drive under garages. Subsurface infiltration systems would be designed to handle all the roof runoff and because the ground water was higher then anticipated the systems were mounded and incorporated into the landscaping design. The houses would be located 60 feet back from Robinson Road to match the abutting house to the left and a little forward of the abutting house to the right. Mr. Cataldo said there was discussion with National Grid to possibly add gas lines down the street, but if not propane would be used. Mr. Thoma said the primary concern of this project would be to preserve as much of the lands natural resources and existing trees as possible at the rear and the front edge of the site. A 200 foot buffer would be maintained to protect the existing woodland at the rear of the site, which would save 1800 caliper inches of trees. The project would be supplemented with an additional twelve 8-10 foot coniferous evergreens (white pines) for buffering. It would create a strong landscape edge, preserve the character of the existing streetscape, and maintain the existing mature canopy. The stonewalls, which were set back from Robinson Road would be to screen