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<br />Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes <br />January 4, 2023, Page 1 of 9 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board <br />Held on Wednesday January 4, 2023, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm <br />Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, <br />Charles Hornig and Michael Leon, Associate Member. Also present were Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town <br />Manager for Development; Abby McCabe, Planning Director; Molly Belanger, Planner; and, Kiruthika <br />Ramakrishnan, Planning Coordinator. <br />Robert Peters, Chair, called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, January <br />4, 2023, at 6:00 pm. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. <br />LexMedia is filming this meeting and will record it for future viewing. Detailed information for remote <br />participation by the public may be found on the Planning Office web page. <br />Mr. Peters conducted a roll call to ensure all members of the Planning Board and members of staff present <br />could hear and be heard. <br />Mr. Peters provided a summary of instructions for members of the public in attendance. It was further <br />noted that materials for this meeting are available on the Town's Novus Packet dashboard. <br /> <br />Development Administration <br /> <br />15-17 Fairland St. & 185 Lincoln St. – Request to review 15-ft. wide easement in addition to <br />modified plans approved on November 9, 2022 for the Fairland Commons balanced housing <br />development. <br /> <br />Mr. Mark Bobrowski represented the developer Barons Custom Homes. Also present were James Decelle, <br />Project Engineer; Mark Farrington, and John Farrington. Mr. Bobrowski reminded the Board about Barons <br />Custom Homes’ earlier request for modifications involving access easements on the Fairland Street <br />Property and their approval by the Board. Mr. Bobrowski informed the Board about the further request <br />of two additional easements by the abutter and the willingness of Barons Custom Homes to grant them. <br />Mr. Decelle shared the map of the property and explained the location of the requested easements. <br />Mr. Peters confirmed that both the parties involved agreed to the settlement. Mr. Bobrowski confirmed <br />the agreement of both the parties. <br />Board Administration <br /> <br />Multi-Family Housing Zoning for MBTA Communities. Public work session for Planning Board <br />to develop zoning proposal for Annual Town Meeting. There will be opportunity for public <br />questions and comments <br /> <br />Ms. McCabe gave a recap to the Board about their previous meetings and the discussions in those <br />meetings related to zoning for MBTA Communities. Ms. McCabe shared a draft motion of the Zoning for <br />Village Overlay and went over the changes she had made since the last Planning Board meeting.