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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF June 1, 2022 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on June 1, 2022, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Robert Creech, Melanie Thompson, Clerk, Charles Hornig and Michael Leon, Associate Member. Also present were Abby McCabe, Planning Director and Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Land Use. Robert Peters, Chair, called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 6:02 pm. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. LexMedia may broadcast this meeting live and will record it for future viewing. Detailed information for remote participation by the public may be found on the Planning Office web page. Mr. Peters conducted a roll call to ensure all members of the Planning Board and members of staff present could hear and be heard. Mr. Peters provided a summary of instructions for members of the public in attendance. It was further noted that written materials for this meeting are available on the Town's NovusAGENDA dashboard. ****************DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW****************** Draft Comprehensive Plan Review Public Work Session for the following Sections: Goal 7: Transportation & Circulation Ms. McCabe explained that the draft plan presented tonight was revised through mid-May. The Board has a staff memo that incorporated all comments and edits received from staff, Board members, residents and others up until earlier today. Additional comments received and discussed tonight will be incorporated and then sent to the consultants. For discussion purposes tonight staff highlighted some of the comments the Board should discuss tonight such as requests for new action strategies. The final updated draft will be done in September after all sections are reviewed by the Board. Ms. McCabe presented the updated draft with the new recommendations. Board Comments and Questions:  Ms. Thompson asked for clarification on how involved would it be for the action steps for the Transportation Demand Management Study and programs for staff for section 7.1.1?  Mr. Peters said they need to enhance enforcement of crosswalk regulations for section 7.1.2.  Mr. Hornig said there was a suggestion in the staff memo for TMO District Plans in section 7.1.3 that belongs in 7.1.1 and to add new actions to develop transportation mitigation plans for Forbes/Marrett Roads and South Lexington. Private roads need a whole new strategy under section 7.1.1 with appropriate actions.