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Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes July 19, 2023 Page 1 of 7 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on Wednesday July 19, 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: Sheila Page, Assistant 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, July 19, 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 Amend Transportation Management Overlay District Plan for TMO -1 (Hartwell Avenue) Area Mr. Schanbacher moved to continue the public hearing to amend the Hartwell Avenue TMO-1 District Plan and section 10 of the regulations to August 30, 2023 at 6:00 pm 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; Hornig-yes; Thompson – yes). MOTION PASSED Development Administration 95 Hayden Ave. (128 Spring St.) Minor Modification to 2022 Site Plan Review approval for a temporary construction access The applicant was represented by their attorney Peter Tamm. Also present were the project engineers Chase Johnson and Scott Turner, project transportation engineers Robert Michaud and James Pfeiffer. Mr. Tamm shared the presentation on the request for minor modification for a temporary construction access. Mr. Tamm gave a brief summary of the Planning Board’s Site Plan Review approval from September of 2022 approve the new lab building after the zoning was amended by Town Meeting. Mr. Tamm shared details of the proposed minor modification with the Board. The Planning staff informed the Board about the review of the application by police, fire, building and engineering staff and explained that they did not have any objections. Ms. Page asked the applicant if one of the trees could be moved to the applicant’s property. The applicant agreed to the request.