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Page 2 Minutes for the Meeting of January 23, 2019 On a motion of Mr. Hornig, seconded by Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti, it was voted, 5-0, it was voted to endorse the ANR plan showing the property at 609 and 0 Waltham Street as it does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law. Discussion of Citizen’s Petition to change the Community Preservation Act surtax: Mr. Hornig, the Planning Board’s representative to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC), gave a brief overview of this proposed Citizen’s petition for Town Meeting. He said that he CPC does not support this petition. He explained that if the tax was reduced, the next five years CPC funding would be going only to debt service with a very small amount left for new projects. If the Town reduces the tax below 3% we would lose the matching bonus provided by the state and CPC projects would then need to rely on the general fund. 15-17 Fairland Street, Preliminary Subdivision Plan Review Continued from January 9, 2019: Ms. Johnson recused herself from this matter. Vice Chair, Mr. Creech, opened the public information meeting. Mr. John Farrington, attorney, Mr. James Burke and Mr. James DeCelle, engineers of DeCelle-Burke-Sala & Associates, and Mark Barons, applicant were present. Mr. DeCelle said they picked up additional lots/land which added depth and allowed them to add two more house lots. Planning Board Comments:  What are you doing to improve Fairland Street? Mr. DeCelle said they will improve Fairland Street from the project site to Eastern Avenue.  Will they now need to request waivers? Mr. Farrington said that it is a determination of street adequacy rather than a waiver request.  What is difference in the fill needed for the conventional subdivision verses the Balanced Housing project? The proposed road is the same as the previous 7-lot preliminary plan and would need approximately 10,000 yards of fill while the balanced housing plan would need approximately 6,000 yards.  How will the drainage system be maintained? A requirement will be added to the deed. Mr. Barons, the applicant, will cover the first five years of maintenance. This will ensure that it is working to full capacity and allow the owners to fill their fund. Since this is a private way, the applicant will turn the annual maintenance and ownership over to the property owners. Ownership and maintenance will be written into the deed. The Town will require a covenant to allow the Town to enter and repair in an emergency and assess the Homeowners Association for the cost.