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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF November 12, 2019 A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Parker Room, in the Town Office Building was called to order at 6:33 p.m. by Chair Bob Creech with members Ginna Johnson, Charles Hornig, Robert Peters, Richard Canale, and planning staff Sheila Page present. The meeting was also taped by LexMedia for later on-demand viewing. *************************BOARD ADMINISTRATION**************************** Discussion & Recommendations for Special Town Meeting Planning and related articles: Mr. Creech indicated that the Board had previously voted on and drafted reports for those articles to be considered by the Special Town Meeting. Mr. Creech then briefly highlighted the points from the written report that he would mention in his oral presentation to the Special Town Meeting. With regard to Article 7, to Amend the Zoning By-law and zoning map, 186 Bedford Street, he indicated that he would mention:  Addition of bicycle storage  Improvements that the property owner made to the site plan with regard to parking and transition zones to residential abutters.  The barn would be preserved, and utilized as the on site office and not as rentable commercial space.  The Planning Board previously voted 5-0-0 in support of the article. With regard to Article 6, Amend Zoning Bylaw to Restrict Automatic Teller Machine as a Principal Use in the Center Business District Mr. Creech indicated that the rationale for the change was to be consistent with the intent of Town Meeting’s prior action to restrict banking uses in the Center Business District, and to support by by-law the Building Commissioner’s and the Zoning Board of Appeal’s action in regard to a bank’s application to lease a storefront in the Center solely for un-staffed ATM presence. The Planning Board previously voted 4-1-0 in support of this article. Mr. Creech then asked how he should describe the minority vote of the Board for this article. Mr. Hornig shared that, in his opinion, it was not worth the time and effort to make this change since the circumstances were extremely limited where a bank could make a