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<br />PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br />MEETING OF APRIL 16, 2009 <br />A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board in Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial <br />Building was called to order at 7:32 p.m. by Chairman Hornig with members Manz, <br />Galaitsis, and planning staff McCall-Taylor, Henry, and Kaufman present. Mr. Zurlo <br />was absent and Mr. Canale had recused himself from the consideration of the <br />Lexington Technology Park application since he was an abutter to an abutter. <br /> <br />**********************SPECIAL TOWN MEETING************************ <br />PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Article 2, Amendment to PSDUP at 125, 131, and 141 Spring Street (Lexington <br />Technology Park) <br />Mr. Hornig called the public hearing on Article 2 to order at 7:35 p.m. In attendance <br />was the development team consisting of Steve Rice, Ethan Solomon, Pat Sacco, Joe <br />Zink, Eric Fellinger, Shawna Sullivan, John Hart and Robert Buckley. There were <br />approximately 35 people in the audience. Mr. Rice of Patriot Partners said they have <br />had meetings with the abutters since the last time they came informally to the Board. <br />There were meetings set up for April 18 and May 3 with abutters and the South <br />Lexington Civic Association. Lexingtontechnologypark.com is the website to view all <br />the updated information. The proposal included the development of an additional <br />380,000 square feet of gross floor area; an increased overall FAR from .15 to .24; two <br />additional buildings; increased maximum height of buildings 100 & 200 to 68 feet; <br />building 600 would be 45 feet plus the penthouse; and two additional three-level <br />parking structures. The number of parking spaces would be increased from 1,903 to <br />2,646. Mr. Rice said the benefits from this proposal would be an estimated $1,600,000 <br />in new gross annual tax revenue to the Town; expansion of the Town’s total assessed <br />commercial valuation by approximately $66,000,000; it would attract clean low-impact <br />life science companies and would have lower traffic impacts. <br /> <br />Mr. Fellinger, traffic engineer, said they looked at several intersections in the area. <br />Based on estimates from the transportation engineers and the number of proposed <br /> <br />