Planning Board minutes 1989-04-10

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF APRIL 10, 1989 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building was called to order at 7: 06 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Uhrig, with members Klauminzer, Williams, Wood, Planning Director Bowyer and Assistant Planner Bowyer present. Mr. Sorensen arrived during Item 110, and Mrs. Wood left before the meeting ended. ********************* ** ARTICLES FOR 1989 TOWN MEETING ********************* 110. Preparation for Town Meeting Presentation: The Board listened to Mrs. Wood's Board presentation of Article 43, Institutional Uses, making sugges- tions. They also discussed what position the Board will take on the Forest Street Neighborhood Group amendment to set a maximum FAR of .25 for institu- tional uses in residential districts. The Board agreed it will say it did not have enough data to support this change, but will leave it to Town Meeting to decide. Mrs. Wood left the meeting at this point. Under Article 41, Technical Corrections, Mr. Sorensen suggested that if any part of the amendments met with much opposition, he can move to divide the motion and some Board member can move to table that part. Under Article 46, dealing with limitations on how much affordable housing can be located in any part of Town, Mrs. Klauminzer discussed a revised motion for the article that is being proposed, which would move to send the amendment back to the Planning Board for further study, and require that a Planning Board report be submitted to the 1990 Town Meeting. She suggested that the Planning Board request that Town Meeting not refer it back to the Board because: 1) it is a guideline and does not belong in the Zoning By-Law, and 2) there is a question of the constitutionality of the amendment; and that these two reasons are not going change with further study. Under Article 51, Mrs. Uhrig reported she will condense the first paragraph of the Planning Board report that explains what a surety deposit is and why towns require them, when presenting the article. She will also discuss other steps the Town has to ensure the prompt completion of road construction. Under Article 58, dealing with the abandonment of Old Allen Street, Mrs. Uhrig reported that Town Counsel has said the Board does not have to make a report on this article; however, the Selectmen have asked the Board to state their support of the article at Town Meeting when the article is considered. On the motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mrs. Klauminzer, it was voted 4-0 to A support the abandonment of Old Allen Street. —J