Planning Board minutes 03-20-1995

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES r MEETING OF MARCH 20, 1995 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7:32 p.m. by Chairman Vice Chairman Canale, with members Davies Grant, Merrill, Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Marino present. Mrs. Davison was absent. **************************************** MINUTES ************************************** 52. Review of Minutes: The Board reviewed the minutes for the meeting of February 13, 1995. On the motion of Mr. Grant, seconded by Mr. Merrill, it was voted 3-0 to approve the minutes, as written. Mr. Davies abstained from voting as he was not present at that meeting. ******************************* PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ****************************** 53. Winshiro-Reed Farm. Summer and Lowell Street: David Hornstein, 15 Westminster Avenue, asked for time to speak about his recently formed group, the Save the Winship-Reed Farm Committee. The Committee is trying to find people interested in buying and restoring the farm house on land recently purchased by Mark Moore Homes, Inc. Its members believe that the house could be restored and used, for example, as a school or day care center. Other interested persons spoke. Mr. Merrill agreed to work with the group on the issue. ****************** PLANNING BOARD ORGANIZATION, SCHEDULE ******************* 54. Organizational Matters: 11 a. Welcome to New Member: On behalf of the Board, Mr. Canale welcomed newly elected member John Davies and expressed their pleasure at having him on the Board. b. Signature sheets for Registry of Deeds and Land Court: As required by State statute, the Board endorsed signature sheets, required to be on file with the Registry of Deeds and the Land Court, reflecting the current membership of the Board and staff members authorized to sign for the Board. *************************** PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT ************************** 55. Recent Activity a. Citizen Planning Training Initiative: Mr. Bowyer reported on a new training program being initiated by a coalition of planning organizations. He has been the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors (MAPD) representative and has written part of the curriculum for the training modules. He encouraged the Board to sign up for the sessions. b. Tree Hearing on East Street: In response to Mr. Canale's question about a tree removal hearing that was held near Zaroohy Seed's proposed subdivision off East Street, Mr. Bowyer responded quite a few people attended the hearing. Many of those who attended were against removing the tree. The Selectmen will decide the fate of the tree at their meeting on March 20. ******************************** EXECUTIVE SESSION ********************************* On the motion of Mr. Merrill, seconded by Mr. Grant, Mr. Canale polled the individual members of the Board who voted unanimously to go into Executive Session at 8:35 p.m. to consider the exchange,