Planning Board minutes 01-23-1995

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 23, 1995 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7.39 p.m. by Chairman Davison, with members Canale, Domnitz, Grant, Merrill, Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Marino present. ******************************* PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ******************************** 12. Possible Historical Significance of Munroe Village Site: John Vinton, 11 Leonard Road, was present and distributed a letter and other material dealing with the potential historical value of portions of the site. A member of the Design Advisory Committee, though not representing them, he is part of a neighborhood association applying for a grant from the Massachusetts Historical Society to do research into the historical character of the Countryside area. Ideally, they would like to have action on the Munroe Village subdivision delayed until the research is done. The Board responded that language in the decision dealing with the limit of work line and the placement of houses that they would approve later in the evening contained conditions that will protect a great deal of the site from disturbance. **************************************** MINUTES ************************************** 13 Review of Minutes: The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of January 9, 1995 On the motion of Mr. Canale, seconded by Mr. Grant, it was voted unanimously to approve the minutes, as amended. *************************** PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT ************************** 14 Recent Activity a. Sunnvknoll Terrace: Mr. Bowyer reported that the Selectmen voted not to recommend to Town Meeting that Sunnyknoll Terrace be laid out as a town road. ************ ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************* SUBDIVISION OF LAND 15 PUBLIC HEARING. Granger Pond Way Subdivision, Definitive Plan: Mrs. Davison opened the hearing at 7:58 p.m. Present were Richard Waitt, engineer, of Meridian Engineering Collaborative, Gary Larson, landscape architect, of Larson Associates, Inc., John and Patricia Austin, representing The Windermere Group, the applicant, and Mr. Robert Sutherland, the owner of the property Mr. Larson described the plans and highlighted the notable features of the Planned Residential Develop- ment/Conventional Subdivision. He explained that this plan is similar to the plan presented at the prelimi- nary plan stage with minor modifications made in response to the Board's comments regarding the turnaround, the wetland boundaries, the amount of land area above the 100 year flood elevations, the siting of the dwellings, and adjusting the lot line between lots #3 and 4 The proposed subdivision consists of 3 single family dwellings on individual lots. The applicant proposes to donate a fourth lot, Parcel A, to the Town as open space. There were comments and questions from the Planning Board regarding flowage rights over the land under elevation 176; the restriction on signage on Parcel A, whether Butterfield's Pond is usable for recreation;