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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br /> MEETING OF JUNE 24, 1996 <br /> The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order <br /> at 7.35 p.m. by Chairman Davison, with members Canale, Colman, Davies, Merrill, Planning Director Bowyer, <br /> and Assistant Planner Marino present. <br /> **************************************** MINUTES ************************************** <br /> 122. Review of Minutes: The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of March 4, 1996. <br /> On the motion of Mr Davies, seconded by Mr. Colman, it was voted 3-0 to approve the minutes, as amended. <br /> Mr Merrill abstained as he was not present at that meeting. Mr Colman abstained as he was not a Planning <br /> Board member at that time. <br /> The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of May 8, 1996. On the motion of Mr Canale, <br /> seconded by Mr Colman, it was voted 5-0 to approve the minutes, as amended. <br /> The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of May 20, 1996. On the motion of Mr. Canale, <br /> seconded by Mr Davies, it was voted 5-0 to approve the minutes, as amended. <br /> The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of June 3, 1996. On the motion of Mr Canale, <br /> seconded by Mr Davies, it was voted 4-0 to approve the minutes, as amended. Mr Merrill abstained as he <br /> was not present at that meeting <br /> The Board reviewed the minutes for the meetings of March 11, March 25, April 1, April 8, April 10, April 22, <br /> April 24, April 29, May 6, May 15, and June 10, 1996. On the motion of Mr Canale, seconded by Mr <br /> Colman, it was voted unanimously, 5-0, to approve the minutes, as written. Mr Colman abstained from voting <br /> on the minutes of March 11 as he was not a member of the Planning Board at the time of the March 11 meeting. <br /> ******************* PLANNING BOARD ORGANIZATION, SCHEDULE ******************** <br /> 123. Election of Officers After a brief discussion, Mr Colman moved, and Mrs. Davison seconded, the <br /> nomination of Mr Canale for Chairman, Mr Merrill for Vice Chairman, and Mr Davies for Clerk. The <br /> nominated slate was elected unanimously, to be effective on August 1, 1996. <br /> 124 Committee Assignments: The Board reviewed and changed their committee assignments as follows: <br /> Lighting Options Committee: Mr. Davies, liaison; <br /> Lexington Center Committee: Mrs. Davison, representative, Mr Merrill, liaison; <br /> Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee: Mr. Canale, voting member; <br /> Hansom Area Towns Traffic Study Committee: Mr Canale, non-voting member; <br /> Metropolitan State Hospital Land Task Force: liaison: Mr Merrill, alternate: Mr Canale, <br /> Cambridge Reservoir Watershed Advisory Committee: Mr Colman; <br /> Design Advisory Committee: Mr. Davies, Mrs. Davison, liaisons; <br /> Conservation Commission: Mr Colman, liaison; <br /> Historic Districts Commission: Mr Davies <br /> ****************************** PLANNING BOARD POLICIES *************************** <br /> p 125 Policy for Scheduling Action on Develonment Annlications: The Board discussed ways to spend <br /> meeting time in a more orderly and predictable way It agreed to schedule subdivision application review for <br /> the first meeting of the month. The second meeting will be a "mixed" meeting, dealing with both planning and <br /> land development regulations while the third meeting will be devoted solely to planning projects. <br />