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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 2014 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was called to order at 7:08 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********************* 111-119 Laconia Street, Sketch Plan: Bill Eycleshymer and Michael Walsh, applicants, Mike Novak, project manager and Jeff Thoma, landscape architect, were present at the meeting. Mr. Novak said the site showed a proof plan of two lots and the two existing dwellings would be demolished. The proposed plan would be a balanced housing development (BHD) with four units on the site. The back of the lot would have 32,000 square feet for common open space, additional screening would be added to the sides to buffer the view for abutters, the setbacks would be consistent with neighboring homes, there would be three curb cuts, one wide drive for two houses and one drive each for the other two units. The wetlands delineation was fairly new and considered accurate by Karen Mullins from the Conservation Department. The applicant believed the BHD would provide housing diversity. Board Comments:  There was concern about changing the existing streetscape on either side of the site for the abutters.  Three units would make more sense.  Provide a 3D computer modeling and include the adjacent homes.  The side houses would be too close to the neighbors.  Not comfortable with the two houses in the rear and two in front.  The open space proposed would have slopes and wetlands; it should be useable open space.  Why was only one plan proposed and why not do two teardowns? Would a conventional plan be considered? Mr. Novak said a conventional plan would make no sense economically.  There were questions that would need to be addressed by the Conservation Commission before going any further.