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<br />PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br />MEETING OF MARCH 25, 2009 <br />A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board in the Robbins Room, Cary Memorial Hall <br />was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman Hornig with members Manz and Galaitsis and <br />planning staff McCall-Taylor and Henry present. Mr. Zurlo joined the meeting in progress. Mr. <br />Canale had recused himself from the consideration of the Lexington Technology Park <br />application and so was not present until after that discussion. <br />**************************SPECIAL TOWN MEETING************************** <br />Lexington Technology Park: John Hart of Symmes, Maini, McKee & Associates (Civil <br />Engineer), Eric Fellinger of TetraTech Rizzo (Traffic Engineer)Phil Pennellatore of Schneider <br />, <br />& Associates, Steve Rice of Patriot Partners Lexington LLCBob Buckley and Solomon <br />, and Ethan <br />of Riemer and Braunstein were present for the development team. There were a half dozen <br />people in the audience. Mr. Buckley gave a run through of their plans, noting that the floor area <br />ratio (FAR) would be increased from .15 to .24. Mr. Rice said that while this expansion was not <br />Shire-driven, they wanted to be able to accommodate Shire on this site should Shire wish to <br />expand further in the future. Right now, Shire was holding a design competition for the 200 <br />building. He also noted that when fully occupied Shire would only have two employees per <br />1,000 square feet. <br />Board Comments: Mr. Galaitsis asked why were Patriot Partners wanted this increase so soon <br />after seeking a rezoning at a .15 FAR and before even completing the construction of the 0.15- <br />FAR plan? Mr. Rice said that the town had indicated that they wanted more commercial <br />development and they were responding. Mr. Galaitsis said that they seem to have many parking <br />spaces over what they stated they would need. He wanted to know if they built all the spaces and <br />the traffic situation became untenable, would the applicant agree to shut down areas of the extra <br />parking to force tenants to carpool? Mr. Rice responded that they could not do that; they would <br />not be able to get financing. <br />Mr. Zurlo joined the meeting. Mr. Fellinger clarified that the no-build scenario in the traffic <br />study included Avalon at Lexington Square, what had already been zoned for this site and what <br /> <br /> <br />