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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF APRIL 9, 2014 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Parker Room, was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman Charles Hornig, with members Richard Canale, Nancy Corcoran- Ronchetti, and Timothy Dunn and planning staff Maryann McCall-Taylor, Aaron Henry, and Lori Kaufman present. Mr. Zurlo was absent. **********************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION*********************** PUBLIC HEARING Edna Street extension, definitive subdivision plan: Mr. Hornig called the public hearing to order at 6:05 p.m. There were 11 people in the audience. Mr. Fred Russell, project engineer and David Burns, applicant were present. Mr. Russell explained that this lot was recently granted a variance and was separated from the lot on Asbury Street by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). The proposed lot on Edna Street to be developed was mainly wooded, a new road would be built approximately 50 feet down into existing pavement to transition into new pavement, the width that currently existed on Edna Street would be maintained, and the asphalt curbing extended. A drainage easement would be created for the proposed drainage system, which would have two systems a set of catch basins down stream to collect runoff from existing Emerald Street, new pavement, and Edna Street and one on the proposed lot. A section of the proposed road would be crowned and half would drain into one catch basin on the northerly side and the other half into the second catch basin. Several waivers were being requested regarding the grade and construction of the street. The next stage would include a blowup showing that the drainage would remain on Edna Street. The applicant was requesting a waiver requiring a landscape architect plan since the lot was very heavily treed and most of the existing mature trees would remain. There would be no reason to enhance any of the shade trees and the drainage system could not have any vegetation over 30 feet of the 80 feet of frontage. Board Comments:  The existing width of curb to curb seems smaller by the property what was the width? Mr. Russell said it started at 18 feet and went to 21 feet and the proposed road would be 20 feet wide.