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Lexington Planning Board Meeting Minutes March 13, 2024 Page 1 of 12 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on Wednesday March 13, 2024, Virtual Meeting at 6:00 pm Planning Board members present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, Charles Hornig, and Michael Leon, associate member. Also present were: Abby McCabe, Planning Director; Meghan McNamara, Planner; Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director; Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; and Kiruthika Ramakrishnan, Planning Coordinator. Robert Peters, Chair of the Planning Board, called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. For this meeting, the Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. Lex Media is filming this meeting and will record it for future viewing here. Mr. Peters conducted a roll call to ensure all members of the Planning Board and members of staff present could hear and be heard. Mr. Peters provided a summary of instructions for members of the public in attendance. It was further noted that materials for this meeting are available on the Town's Novus Packet dashboard. The Board will go through the agenda in order. Development Administration 28 Meriam St. & 32 Edgewood Rd., 28 Meriam Street Lexington, LLC – Site Plan Review Public Hearing for Special Residential Development Mr. Peters opened the Public Hearing on the application of 28 Meriam Street Lexington, LLC. for approval of a major site plan review under §135-6.9 of the Zoning Bylaw and Article VI of §181-71 Stormwater Management Regulations. The application is for a site sensitive Special Residential Development with 10 dwelling units in four buildings. The project proposes to preserve and renovate the house at 28 Meriam St. to create a two-family dwelling, raze the house at 32 Edgewood to construct three new buildings with 8 dwelling units, landscaping, parking, and stormwater improvements. The property is also known as Map 56, Lots 94A and 94B in the RS zoning district. The applicant team included: Jason Brickman, Ben Finnegan, Landscape Architect Gary Larson, attorney Fred Gilgun, Project Engineer Michael Novak, and Jamie Osborn. The professional engineer hired to assist as a peer reviewer for the project, Thomas Houston from Professional Services Corporation, PC, (PSC) was also present. Mr. Brickman shared his presentation and gave a brief overview of the project. Mr. Larson provided the details of the proposed conceptual site plan and added that the proposed buildings would be designed to respond to the existing topography and located to retain as many existing trees as possible. Mr. Brickman said they met with neighbors and the concerns of the neighbors before submitting the application. Mr. Brickman said the look of the building facing Meriam Street and the overall number of new units was a concern of neighbors. The original proposal was for 12 units and the proposal is now for