Planning Board Minutes, 1999-05-26

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MAY 26, 1999 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-3, Town Office Building,was called to order at 7.40 p.m. by Mr Merrill with members Bridge-Denzak, Colman,Davies, Galaitsis,Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Garber present. **************************** COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING **************************** 88. Brainstorming Sessions Mr.Bowyer commented that this is the first meeting in which the Board will try to spend at least one full meeting a month exclusively on comprehensive planning. These sessions will have considerable time for Board member input and discussion.Many of these sessions will be brainstorming,conceptual,policy discussions without a great deal of analysis or facts and figures. He said he has discussed the format of these meetings with representatives of the Lexington Minuteman. In a brainstorming sessions Board members should feel free to think out loud and push the conceptual envelope without the fear that those momentary inspirations will appear in the newspaper as a serious proposal. The Minuteman has been alerted that the"exercise"portion of the meetings is meant to contain conceptual ideas and not serious initiatives at this time. Serious proposals will require more thoughtful and detailed analysis and discussion. They will be developed later in the process and can be subjected to more normal reporting. The end result of the brainstorming, conceptual, policy exercises will be a written report for internal use. The exercise is a process of getting ideas down on paper It can be revisited as the planning process moves forward. 89 Land Use Element: Planning Exercise-Lexington Center The Planning Board and staff engaged in a brainstorming exercise about Lexington Center The exercise was designed to be a conceptual,policy oriented discussion. The session was not designed to produce specific recommendations and proposals but to identify ideas that would need further analysis for feasibility and timing before they could be presented as specific recommendations and proposals. The Board did not take any votes. A summary of the discussion, Summary Report,Comprehensive Planning Exercise#1,Lexington Center May 26, 1999, is attached to and a part of these minutes. The meeting was adjourned at 10:17 p.m. Steven L. Colman, Clerk I