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Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes March 15, 2023 Page 1 of 6 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm Planning Board members Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, and Charles Hornig. Also present were: Abby McCabe, Planning Director; Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director, and Kiruthika Ramakrishnan, Planning Coordinator. Robert Peters, Chair of the Planning Board called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 6:00 pm. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. LexMedia is filming this meeting 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 materials for this meeting are available on the Town's Novus Packet dashboard. Development Administration 0 Cambridge St./Concord Turnpike Tracer Lane Solar Project – Public hearing for site plan review continued from 12/7/2022, & 2/15/2023 – Tracer Lane II Realty. – Applicant requested continuance to May 3. Board will vote to postpone this hearing without testimony. Ms. McCabe informed the Board that the Applicant submitted revised plans, but they still need further revisions and the Applicant has requested a further continuance until the Planning Board’s meeting to be held on May 3rd 2023 at 7 p.m. on Zoom and in Battin Hall at the Cary Memorial Building. Ms. McCabe recommended to check a few days prior to the meeting regarding the venue as the meeting could become a fully remote meeting if legislation allowed remote meetings. Mr. Hornig noted that he did not want to keep continuing the hearing and wanted the Applicant to know that the Board expected them to come up with an application that meets the regulations and the bylaw for the next meeting and did not want continuances past May. Mr. Schanbacher moved to continue the public hearing to Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00 pm in Battin Hall in the Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue and on Zoom. Ms. Thompson seconded the motion. The Planning Board voted in favor of the motion 5-0-0 (Roll call: Creech – yes; Peters – yes; Schanbacher – yes; Thompson – yes; Hornig – yes). MOTION PASSED