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Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes June 7, 2023 Page 1 of 5 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on Wednesday June 7, 2023, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm Planning Board members Present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, Charles Hornig, and Michael Leon, Associate Member. Also present were: Abby McCabe, Planning Director; Molly Belanger, Planner; and Kiruthika Ramakrishnan, Planning Coordinator. Robert Peters, Chair of the Planning Board called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. 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 here. 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. Board Administration Amendments to Board’s Zoning Regulations §176-7.0 Unaccepted Streets Standards by modifying the requirements for Street Adequacy Determination (SAD) Mr. Hornig recused himself from the discussion due to a potential conflict of interest because he lives on an unaccepted road and he left the meeting as a zoom panelist. Ms. McCabe reminded the Board about the staff’s recommendation of changes that were discussed in the previous meeting. Ms. Belanger summarized the existing regulations and presented the changes in more detail for the Board’s consideration. Ms. Belanger said the first recommendation was to remove the current trigger of an addition of a thousand square feet of GFA. Ms. Belanger said that the new trigger would be addition of additional units, apart from accessory dwelling units, which would be part of an ANR or sub-division or from current vacant lots. Ms. Belanger added that the staff also would like to recommend a maximum cap of 200 feet for road improvements and that the Engineering department would recommend the area of the road to be improved. Ms. Belanger also suggested the requirement of a performance guarantee when there is an addition of more than a thousand square feet of GFA on unaccepted streets for road improvements in the event of damage caused by construction trucks. Ms. Belanger said that staff from the fire, engineering and building departments had already reviewed the recommendations and agreed with the proposed recommendations. Mr. Leon thought that the change in regulations was long overdue and it brought a lot of fairness to the process. With regards to § 7.2.1.2, Mr. Leon wondered how the regulations would affect any change in