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303 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES FETING OF MAY 209 1982 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was called to order at 7:38 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Sandy, with members Nichols,. Smith, Sorensen, and Uhrig, and Planning Director Bowyer present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Nichols, the minutes of the meeting of May 10, 1982, were approved unanimously as written. LO On motions by Mr. Sorensen, each seconded by Mrs. Smith, the minutes of the meet - N ings of May 12 and May 17, 1982, were approved unanimously as written. Q 74. Applications to Board of Appeals m The Board reviewed a staff analysis dated May 20, 1982, for cases to be heard by Q the Board of Appeals on May 27, 1982. It was agreed to make no recommendation on the following cases 39 Woodcliffe Road, A. Breitling: Variance, front yard 55 Pleasant Street, E. Mayne: Variance, front yard setback 1088 Massachusetts Avenue, W. Tighe: SP, office in a dwelling Grove Street/North Emerson, Oscar Cormier: SP, cluster development: Mr. Sandy turned over the Chair to Vice Chairman Sorensen and disqualified himself from discussion of the Cormier subdivision as he is an abuttor to it. Oscar Cormier, Eric Nitzsche, engineer, and Mr. Plunkett, attorney, were present as were 12-15 residents of the North Emerson area. Mr. Bowyer reported on a meeting with Francis Fields, the new Town Engineer, whose analysis of the small cul-de-sac off North Emerson Road (lots 17-20) was that the responsibilities for drainage of the developer will be met and that the ability to handle runoff in the watershed will be improved somewhat. Mr. Fields suggested the realignment of the drainage pipe into the catch basin on the south side of the street and the possibility of constructing a 36", rather than 24", storm drain. Several residents spoke about drainage problems in the area and recurrent flooding problems. Mr. Bowyer commented it was important to differentiate between a land owner's responsibility to deal with runoff created by development on his land and the Town's responsibility to deal with inadequacies in the drainage system beyond the boundaries of the subdivision. Mr. Bowyer reported that after a review of the conventional zoning "proof plan" with Clifford Prentiss, Conservation/Recreation Administrator, the staff recom- mended that lot 20 on the conventional zoning plan not be considered as a build- able lot because it would be unlikely to be approved as such by the Conservation Commission. The effect would be that the cluster subdivision could only have 19 lots unless lot 20 were approved as a building lot by the Conservation Commission. Mr. Nitzsche, the engineer, stated they would probably seek the approval of the Conservation Commission for lot 20, or might realign the cul-de-sac so that the wet area were avoided and 20 lots could be laid out. I,I