Laserfiche WebLink
Breadcrumb Navigation:
<br /> <br />Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes <br />May 17, 2023, <br />Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br /> Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board <br /> Held on Wednesday May 17, 2023, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm <br /> <br />Planning Board members Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie <br />Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, and Charles Hornig. <br />Also present were: Abby McCabe, Planning Director; Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director; and <br />Kiruthika Ramakrishnan, Planning Coordinator. Mina Makarious, Town Counsel and Carol Kowalski, <br />Assistant Town Manager for Development were present for first agenda item. <br />Robert Peters, Chair of the Planning Board called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning <br />Board on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening <br />by video conference via Zoom. LexMedia is filming this meeting and will record it for future viewing. <br />Detailed information for remote participation by the public may be found on the Planning Office <br />web page. <br />Mr. Peters conducted a roll call to ensure all members of the Planning Board and members of staff <br />present could hear and be heard. <br />Mr. Peters provided a summary of instructions for members of the public in attendance. It was <br />further noted that materials for this meeting are available on the Town's Novus Packet dashboard. <br />Development Administration <br />0 Cambridge St./Concord Turnpike Tracer Lane Realty, LLC – Continued Public hearing for <br />major site plan review for large scale solar energy system <br />Mr. Peters opened the continued public hearing on 0 Cambridge St./Concord Turnpike Tracer Lane <br />Solar Project. Tracer Lane II Realty – Public hearing for major site plan review for large scale solar <br />energy system. Continued from 12/7/22, 2/15, 3/15, and 5/3. <br />Attorney John Griffin from Greenberg Traurig, represented the applicant. Also present were the <br />applicant Mr. Harold Nahigian, Mr. David LaPointe, the project engineer. <br />Ms. McCabe explained that since the meeting on May 3rd 2023, staff prepared a draft decision of <br />approval with suggested fifty-seven conditions. Ms. McCabe added that the conditions had to be <br />discussed by the Board and some of the conditions involved changes in plans. The major changes <br />the Board should review and discuss tonight are for a greater solar panel setback (100 ft.), greater <br />setback to the conservation land, paved access road, expanding the turnaround to a full cul-de-sac, <br />looping the fire hydrant, updated landscape plan, and relocating the project’s utility poles. As <br />drafted, the project requires three waivers. <br />Town Counsel Mr. Makarious, briefed the Board about the comments he received from Waltham <br />City Solicitor and explained the legal points involved in the cases cited by the solicitor.