Planning Board minutes 02-26-1996

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 26, 1996 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building,was called to order at 7:35 p.m.by Chairman Davison,with members Canale,Davies,Grant,Merrill,Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Marino present. Steven Colman, candidate for the Planning Board was present. ************************ ARTICLES FOR 1996 TOWN MEETING ************************ 43. Article 29 Revision of Section 9 of the Zonine By-Law On February 21, 1996, the Planning Board and staff hosted a meeting for members of the local development community The purpose of the meeting was to introduce them to the proposed comprehensive revision of Section 9 of the Zoning By-Law Mr. Merrill, Mrs. Davison and Mr. Grant,who attended the meeting, reported on it to the rest of the Board. Mr. Merrill said that the developers expressed concern about the uncertainty introduced into the cluster subdivision process by the discretionary involvement of the Planning Board. He said that he detected larger issues, not connected with Article 29, that the Board needs to address with the development community and he volunteered to meet with a group of developers, etc.,to work on some of these issues. Peter Kelley, a local developer, was present and offered to contact other interested developers. Mr. Merrill will present the article at Town Meeting. Strategies for future presentations of Article 29 were discussed. Mr. Canale and Mrs. Davison will present Article 28, Housing for Seniors, and Mr. Canale will present Article 30, Reduction of Lot Frontage. 44 Citizen's Rezonine Articles.Discussion:The Board discussed the public hearing process with regard to citizen rezoning petitions. Mr. Bowyer informed the Board of responses to these articles from other town departments.Barbara Lucas,Transportation Coordinator,responded to the Waltham Street petition with a request for a connection on the property for LEXPRESS with an MBTA route in Waltham. Mr. Canale expressed concern that the property management company's plan for rezoning the small parcel in Lexington does not address the parking lot as a whole or the traffic in that very congested corridor. Mr. Canale asked the staff to make sure that Appendix E, dealing with transportation issues, is incorporated into the Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan for the 10 Pelham Road rezoning proposal. *************************** REGIONAL, INTERTOWN ISSUES ************************** 45. HATS. Proposed Privatization of Hanscom: Mr. Canale reported on two issues that are currently of concern to the Hanscom Area Towns Selectmen: 1) Massport's proposal to privatize airport operations, and 2) the update of the scope of the Generic Environmental Impact Report. The HATS committee has asked Governor Weld to prevail upon Stephen Tocco, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Massport, to delay implementing the privatization plans. Massport has said it wants to finish the update in six months. The HATS selectmen suggested that each Town should set up a community group to assess what it needs and how it fits into Massport's plans for the airport