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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF APRIL 299 1985 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was called to order at 7:09 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Smith, with members Cripps, Flemings, Sorensen, Uhrig and Planning Director Bowyer present. SUBDIVISION OF LAND 115. Farmhurst, Section 5, off Bridge Street; Decision: Mr. Bowyer reported that as a follow-up of the Board's meeting of April 3, 1985, lot 114C had been joined with lot 1 and lot 115C was removed from the subdivision. On the motion of Mrs. Flemings, seconded by Mr. Cripps, it was voted unanimously to approve the definitive subdivision plan entitled, "Farmhurst, Section 5," subject to certain special conditions set forth in the Certificate of Action and to approve the Certificate of Action as written. In the review of the draft of the decision on the special permit, the Board agreed to revise the wording of paragraph 4, relative to the Town's responsibil- ity for maintenance of islands in turnarounds, under the reasons for granting the special permit. On the motion of Mrs. Flemings, seconded by Mrs. Uhrig, it was voted unanimously to grant the special permit subject to certain conditions and requirements as set forth in the decision, and to approve the decision, as amend- ed. ' ARTICLES FOR 1985 TOWN MEETING 116. Article 21, RD, Woburn Street: On the motion of Mrs. Uhrig, seconded by Mrs. Flemings, it was voted 3-1, with Mr. Sorensen opposed and Mr. Cripps abs- taining, to make a preliminary recommendation that the majority of the Board would recommend the proposed amendment be approved if there are satisfactory written commitments to the provision of affordable housing and to approve the preliminary report, as written. The Board reviewed the revised draft of the preliminary site development and use plan dated April 24, 1985. Mr. Bowyer reported that the significant changes from the earlier draft were: 1) the developer could take applications for the afford- able housing units directly, provided LEXHAB certified those households were low or moderate income, and 2) the time period for terminating the tenancy of an over -income occupant of an affordable housing unit was set between 12 and 24 months, and the frequency of review was reduced from five years to three years. Board members suggested that several features of this system of monitoring be checked with that for the Muzzey development so that they are as similar as possible. The Board urged that the preliminary site development and use plan be reviewed by Town Counsel. When the participation by LEXHAB is approved by the Board of Selectmen and LEXHAB and when the Town Counsel is satisfied with the document, a time should be scheduled for the article to be presented to the Town Meeting so that all interested parties may attend. 117. Article 16, Congregate Living: Ephraim Weiss was present to explain his proposed motion under Article 16 dated April 22, 1985. His main interest is to prevent congregate conversion from being used as a back door route to create an apartment building. He thought his proposed motion captured what the Town Meet- ing thought it had approved in 1979 when it created the old Section 9.2, Congere- gate Living.