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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 13, 2019 A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was called to order at 7:03 p.m. by Chair Ginna Johnson with Members Richard Canale, Charles Hornig, Robert Peters, Bob Creech, and planning staff Sheila Page and Lori Kaufman present. *************************BOARD ADMINISTRATION**************************** Article 35 - Citizen’s Petition – Amend Article III of Chapter 118 Mr. Daggett presented a citizen’s petition amendment to the general bylaws to give the Moderator discretion to not entertain subsidiary motions early in the debate on an Article. On a motion of Mr. Canale, seconded by Mr. Peters, it was voted, 4-1 (Mr. Hornig opposed), to recommend approval of this article to Town Meeting. Article 7 - Citizen’s Petition – Appropriate funds for the creation of a Lexington Economic Development Strategy Mr. McGaw presented a citizen’s petition to appropriate funds for the creation of a Lexington Economic Development Strategy. This will be indefinitely postponed for now but may be brought back to Town Meeting in the future. Article 4 - Citizen’s Petition - Reduce Community Preservation Act (CPA) surcharge rate from 3% to 1% Mr. McGaw presented his citizen’s petition to reduce the Community Preservation Act (CPA) surcharge rate from 3% to 1%. This will be indefinitely postponed because it would impact the repayment of current debt. This will be addressed at a future time. Individual Board Comments:  It would be a wise strategy to see where we are going before putting this before Town Meeting. **********************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION*********************** 186 Bedford Street, Continued Pubic Hearing for Planned Development District: Chair, Ms. Johnson, opened the continued public hearing at 7:24 p.m. with approximately 60 people in the audience. Mr. Creech and Mr. Peters were invited to meet by the applicant and Mr. Martignetti and documented the meeting information, which was sent to Ms. Page and will be shared with the Board tonight in this open meeting. Present were Howard Levin, attorney, Doug Hartnett, principal engineer, the Ciampa family, Mike McKay, architect, Mike Radner and Dan Dumas for parking.