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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 13, 2021 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on January 13, 2021, Virtual Meeting per Governor Baker’s Order at 7:03 pm Present: Robert Creech, Chair; Robert Peters, Vice-Chair; Richard Canale; Charles Hornig. Also present was Amanda Loomis, Planning Director, and Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director. Ginna Johnson was not present at the meeting. Robert Creech, Chair, read the agenda into the record, introduced members of the Planning Board and Planning Department Staff, and called the meeting to order on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Mr. Creech read the following statement relative to the recent outbreak of COVID-19. Good evening. Consistent with Governor Baker's Executive Order of March 12, 2020, suspending specific provisions of MGL. c. 30A, §18 due to the current State of Emergency in the Commonwealth due to the outbreak of COVID-19, this meeting of the Lexington Planning Board is being conducted remotely. In-person attendance is not permitted at this time. Every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access real-time proceedings via technological means. In the event access cannot be provided, an audio or video recording of this meeting will be available for review on the Town of Lexington website or through LexMedia as soon as possible after the meeting. For this meeting, the Lexington Planning Board is convening by video conference via Zoom. Specific information for remote participation by the public can be found on the Planning Office’s web page. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. At this time, I will provide a brief review of the meeting proceedings. 1. For each public hearing, the Planning Board will request a presentation from the Applicant or petitioner, followed by an opportunity for the Planning Board to ask questions or provide comments. Then the floor will be open for public comments. 2. All comments during public participation need to be limited to 2 minutes or less and must be respectful. 3. When the time comes for public participation, if you are dialing in, you may use *6 to mute or unmute yourself and *9 to raise or lower your hand. 4. If at any time during the meeting you have a question, please use the Q&A feature, and staff will respond. Development Administration a. Special Permit Clarification- Building Height- 53 Hancock Special Permit Residential Development Mr. Schechner, Attorney, and Mr. Brickman, Applicant, were present. The Applicant had requested clarification regarding the allowed roof ridge height requirements for the residential structures on Lots 8 and 9. Mr. Creech asked Ms. Loomis if staff had any issues with the request. Ms. Loomis responded no. Mr. Hornig questioned what the Board was being asked to do? Mr. Schechner