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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 20, 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, Robert Peters, and Bob Creech; and planning staff Julie Mercier, Sheila Page and Lori Kaufman present. **********************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION*********************** PUBLIC HEARINGS 186 Bedford Street, Planned Development District (PDD) 4: Chair, Ms. Johnson, opened the continued public hearing at 7:02 p.m. with approximately 25 people in the audience. Present were Ed Grant, attorney, Howard Levin, attorney, the Ciampa family, applicant, Doug Hartnett, engineer, Mike McKay, architect, Mike Radner, landscape architect, and Bob Michaud parking consultant. Mr. Hartnett went through the commitments listed in the letter dated March 13, 2019 found in the Planning Board packet. Mr. Levin said they met with the Town Manager and staff regarding the proposed MOU and he provided a draft copy to Board Members. The commitments in the letter were echoed in the MOU, except the relocation of the dumpster which will be reviewed during the site plan review. The project will meet LEED silver standards established by the U.S. Green Building Council, but will not certified. Development maintenance will be according to the required standards. Before the Certificate of Occupancy is issued there will be a contribution for Transportation Demand Management improvements. The applicant will make a one-time contribution for the additional spaces above what is currently approved. Individual Board Comments:  Mr. Canale asked if the applicant had reviewed the suggested changes. Mr. Levin said the technical changes would require restructuring the zoning table since there is no PDD reflected in the table. Mr. Grant said there are no predetermined standards and doing th this at the 11 hour is difficult. Since this is a small project the language used was from preexisting acceptable projects. Town Counsel advised if the language is not included it is not enforceable. The transition area is very important because there is no predetermined regulation. A transition area should be allocated.