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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 11, 2006 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Manz with members Galaitsis, Hornig, Canale, Harden and planning staff Schilt and Tap present. ************************************* MINUTES ************************************** Review of Minutes: The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of December 21, 2005. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes as amended. ************ ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************* UNACCEPTED STREETS 8 Bird Hill Road, Mr. Paul Pedini, Accept Surety: Mr. Schilt reported that Mr. Paul Pedini, owner of the property at 8 Bird Hill Road, is required to make improvements to Bird Hill Road, an unaccepted street which the Planning Board had determined was not of adequate grade and construction when he applied for a building permit to construct a new home. Given that the Town will be making infrastructure improvements within Bird Hill Road this coming year, the Planning Board agreed that it should not obligate Mr. Pedini to construct the pavement improvements prior to obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy. Mr. Pedini has agreed to post surety in the amount of $5,646.50, which the Engineering Department has determined to be sufficient to cover the estimated costs to construct the improvements. On a motion duly made and seconded, the Planning Board unanimously voted to accept surety in the amount of $5,646.50 as it is deemed sufficient to cover the improvements to be made to the subject portion of Bird Hill Road, as spelled out in the Planning Board's letter to Mr. Pedini, dated January 5, 2006. SUBDIVISION OF LAND Lexington Hills Conventional Subdivision, off Walnut Street, Request for Extension : Mr. Schilt reported that landscape architect Gary Larson informed the staff that Lexington August Realty Trust, the applicant, will be requesting an extension of the time in which the Board must act on the Lexington Hills preliminary plan although no written request has yet been received. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant an extension of 45 days if staff receives the written request by January 16, the date by which action must be taken on the preliminary subdivision. If a written request for an extension of time is not received by January 16, 2006, the favorable vote is rescinded, and the preliminary plan application is disapproved without prejudice. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING: Cedar Street Preliminary Conventional Subdivision Plan, JMG Development LLC: Ms. Manz opened the public information meeting on the Cedar Street subdivision plan submitted by Joseph Gelormini. Present were Mr. Gelormini; Ms. Pam Brown, attorney, Brown & Brown, PC; Mr. Ron O'Brien, engineer, Meridian Engineering Associates; and Mr. David Jay, landscape architect, Weinmayr-Jay Associates, Inc. Fourteen people were in the audience. Mr. O'Brien pointed out the changes that were made to the preliminary plans in response to Board comments at a previous meeting: the open stormwater detention pond at the rear of lots one and two was eliminated; the other detention basin on lots seven and eight has been redesigned with a subsurface infiltration system; the roadway is narrower (40 feet instead of 50 feet) and the cul de sac shorter, so the overall impervious surface on the site has been reduced; though the area of the house lots increased because of the narrowed roadway, the house sizes have not been increased; the houses on lots nine and ten were moved farther from the property line shared by the Pine Meadows Golf Club and there will be retaining walls on those lots to minimize regrading; lots three and four are more regular in shape; a snow storage area is shown; the utilities have been relocated to not interfere with street trees, and a gas line will