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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4, 2021 Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board Held on February 4, 2021, Virtual Meeting per Governor Baker’s Order at 7:01 pm Present: Robert Creech, Chair; Robert Peters, Vice-Chair; Ginna Johnson, Clerk; Richard Canale; and Charles Hornig. Also present was Amanda Loomis, Planning Director and Sheila Page, Assistant Planning Director. 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 Thursday, February 4, 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. Town Meeting a) Public Hearing: Hartwell Innovation Park: Amend Zoning Map to create a new Hartwell Innovation Park (HIP) Zoning and further amend the Lexington Zoning Bylaw by adding new Special District Regulations, and amend related zoning sections of the Zoning Bylaw, including the Table of Use; Dimensional Controls; General Regulations; Site Plan Review; and associated zoning amendments. Chair, Bob Creech opened the public hearing. Ms. Loomis presented Article 45, HIP, which would add a new C-HIP zoning district, with new dimensional regulations, off- street parking and loading, signs, landscaping, transitions and screening. Ms. Loomis