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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MAY 17, 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, Zurlo and planning staff McCall-Taylor and Tap present. ************************************ MINUTES ************************************** Review of Minutes: The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of March 22, 2006. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes as amended. ************ ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************* DETERMINATION OF GRADE AND CONSTRUCTION OF UNACCEPTED STREETS 32 James Street, Mr. and Mrs. Wen-I Li, Request for Determination: The Board reviewed the application of Mr. and Mrs Li, along with supporting materials, for a determination that James Street is currently of adequate grade and construction to provide frontage for the property at number 32. The Board agreed not to act on the request at this meeting, as there was insufficient information about the width of the pavement. Furthermore, the contractor's list of materials purported to have been used to improve the street did not refer to James Street or to any location where the surfacing work described was done. SUBDIVISION OF LAND Public Hearing, 177 Grove Street Definitive Cluster Subdivision Plan, "Goodman Estates", Rayvon Realty Trust: Ms. Manz opened the public hearing at 7:45 p.m. Present were Mr. Douglas Lees, engineer; Mr. Donald Borenstein, attorney; and Mr. Arthur McCabe, attorney. There were 30 people in the audience, including Attorney Thomas Harrington, who represents the Hom family of 175 Grove Street. Mr. Lees began by announcing that the definitive plan that was the subject of tonight's required public hearing, was now to be regarded as a mid-term review plan. He said that when it was pointed out to him that the Board had expected to see a mid-term review plan—it was one of the 11conditions of the Board's approval of the preliminary plan—before a definitive plan was filed, he decided to incorporate changes in the definitive plan, responding to issues raised in the staff analysis of the April 14 plan, which was provided as a courtesy to Mr. Lees. Procedurally, it was decided to keep the public hearing open, allow the applicant to present the plan as is and then continue the hearing to a date and time certain. Ms. McCall-Taylor indicated that legal notice of the continued hearing would be published twice in the Lexington Minuteman and notices sent to abutters stating the date and time. The applicant agreed to this scenario. Mr. Lees briefly summarized the plan, noting that much of the utility plan has not changed from earlier submissions. He contended that conditions for drivers at either of the intersections of the two driveways with Dewey Road and Grove Street are probably even safer in terms of sight distance and traffic intensity than was estimated in earlier submissions, as the vehicle trips generated by the subdivision will be divided between the two interior drives. The open space is configured as a circle about ten feet wide around the site's perimeter, outside of the limit-of-clearing (LOC) line, where it will serve as a visual buffer for the residents of the new homes and the abutters. He commented that the open space area is sufficient, though it might not meet the Planning Board's definition of usable open space exactly. Regarding the stormwater management plan, he noted that Mr. Lawrence Hayes, of Hayes Associates, who performed an independent engineering review of the April 14 plan, characterized the drainage calculations as conservative.