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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 6, 2019 A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Ginna Johnson with members Richard Canale, Charles Hornig, Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti, Bob Creech, and planning staff Sheila Page and Lori Kaufman were present. *****************************STAFF REPORTS********************************** Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) Update: The CPAC met yesterday evening and formed subcommittees on housing, transportation, and economic development and will be forming two more for open space and historic/public facilities. The subgroups will be holding public outreach meetings between March and May. **********************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION*********************** 186 Bedford Street, Pubic Hearing for a Planned Development District: Chair, Ms. Johnson, opened the public hearing at 7:08 p.m. Present were Ed Grant, attorney, the applicants Philip Ciampa, Joe Ciampa and Tony Ciampa, Doug Harnett, of Highpoint Engineering, Robert Michaud, of MDM Transportation, Michael McKay of McKay Architects, Mike Radner of Radner Design and Howard Levin, attorney. Mr. Grant said that they are requesting to rezone the parcel from RS to a Planned Development District. The Ciampas own and operate a salon across the street at 189 Bedford Street and they also own 185 Bedford Street. They plan to move the salon to 186 Bedford after the project is complete. The Ciampas have operated a successful salon business in Lexington for 40 years. He presented the history of the property and described the changes that have been made since the sketch PSDUP was submitted in the fall. The Property while zoned residential was most recently used as a health clinic allowed by Special Permit. They have reduced the number of dwelling units to 13 and preserved the historic building and barn. The property was considered tax exempt because of it institutional non-profit use. The proposed change creates a taxable property which would bring approximately $88,000 in taxes to the town. The traffic generated by this project will have little impact. They believe the project is in line with the 2020 comprehensive plan as this project will provide a supply of small rental unit which helps diversify the housing stock. Mr. Hartnett explained how this revised project came closer than the proposed sketch plan to the goals of the Planning Board. He compared the original sketch to the current submission with location of the building, curb cuts, proposed addition, and parking. The second floor will have 13