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Page 2 Minutes for the Meeting of July 24, 2019 <br />At the joint meeting it was made clear that it doesn’t matter how the Board is selected, but how <br />they work with the staff and planning director. To retain the best staff the Board needs to <br />empower them so they can do the job they were hired for. How other surrounding towns select <br />their Board was discussed and up till now there was no reason to make a change, but with these <br />current issues it’s time to consider bringing a change forward. If there is an appointed Planning <br />Board who would do the appointing and what would the process be? A democratically elected <br />Board is important since it impacts the residents and they should have a voice in who makes those <br />decisions by having the opportunity to elect who they want to represent them. Term limits, length <br />of terms, and representatives with institutional knowledge and continuity were discussed. While it <br />is good to see what other communities are doing we should decide what is best for Lexington. <br />Goals and Work Plan: <br />The Board will have 7 Hartwell Avenue and 186 Bedford Street, for the Fall Special Town <br />Meeting. <br />Other items that were brought up to be considered are as follows: <br /> Special Permit Residential Development (SPRD) revision discussion is ongoing; <br /> Hartwell Avenue rezoning discussion is ongoing; <br /> Comprehensive Plan should be the number 1 priority on the list, but the timeline will be <br />extended; <br /> Update the zoning for wireless; <br /> Solar power bylaw; <br /> East Lexington is looking for some revitalization and MAPC is interested in providing <br />consulting help to look at mixed uses and low-scale multi-family housing for early next <br />year; <br /> Look at Limited Site Plan Review (LSPR) regulations possibly for the Special Fall Town <br />Meeting; and <br /> Site Plan Review revisions. <br /> <br />Discussion of Board Policies and Regulations - Limited Site Plan Review (LSPR), Special <br />Permit Residential Development (SPRD), Planned Developments Districts (PDD), – discuss <br />draft regulations at scheduled meeting: <br />The SPRD Ad-Hoc Committee is progressing slowly and at a work shop developers said they feel <br />they are not getting the right direction and the problem is not the bylaws, but how it is being <br />administered. Some easier fixes to the regulations the Planning Board can do. What the applicants <br /> <br />