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Minutes for the Meeting of November 8, 1993 8 Mr. Cook said that in meetings with the Mass. State Highway Department three further actions were discussed and recommended. 1) that certain design changes be considered at the intersection of Marrett Road and the Vo Tech School driveway to minimize distur- bance of wetlands in the area; 2) the elimination of a drainage ditch for collecting storm water, to save a portion of a hill adjacent to the hotel on the other side of the road; and 3) the development of a spill containment plan as recommended in the FEIR Certificate. Not agreed to by the Mass. Highway Department were a pull out area for bus service; any modifications to the state maintenance yard or the entrance to the yard; and any significant modifications to the alignment of Forbes Road. Mr. Cook noted that the major unresolved issue was the State's requirement that ,justification reports on what it called several major issues, which assumed the Town was making major changes to Route 2A, and which the Town said it was not doing. Mr. Cook also discussed traffic calculations and analysis that had previously been taken and recently repeated, and noted that the Town is proceeding on the assumption that Mass. Highway will agree to the installation of a sidewalk along Marrett Road. Questions and comments from the Board and the audience dealt with how many lanes Route 2A will contain. Mr. Cook replied it was hoped that one lane would be eliminated between Route 128 and Forbes Road, bringing it down to five lanes in that area; from ' Forbes Roads west, it would be four lanes; down to three lanes by the time the intersection of the Vo Tech driveway was reached; and down to two lanes before reaching the intersection of Old Mass. Avenue; Also discussed was the need for the Design Advisory Committee to get involved in the design process; what approvals are needed in the process; the need for timely update reports to be presented to TMMA and the Selectmen; a request that pressure be put on the Mass. Highway Department by the Selectmen, to reduce the width of the road; concerns that the proposed changes to be made to Route 2A are over - designed and too wide, especially in the National Park area; and the need to push for the removal of the Massachusetts Highway Maintenance Depot. Conservation Commission Chairman Joyce Miller discussed the Commission's general position on the proposed modifications to Route 2A in that area, and reported that the Commission agreed that maintenance depot building should be closed and /or moved. Mr. Dailey thanked Mr. Cook for his excellent report. COMMITTEE RE S I GNAT I ON /,APPO I N_TMENT Mr. white announced the resignation of Dr. Donald A. Goldmann, 79 North Street, from the Board of Health; and recommended the appointment of Martha C. wood, 51 Gleason Road, to fill the vacancy on the Board of Health for the remainder of Dr. Goldmann's term. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the appointment of Martha C. wood, 51 Gleason Road, to fill the vacancy on the Board of Health for the remainder of Dr. Goldmann's term, which expires April 30, 1994.