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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 3, 2010 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building, and called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Zurlo with members Canale, Manz, Hornig and planning staff McCall-Taylor, Henry and Kaufman present. Mr. Galaitsis was absent. *************************TOWN MEETING WARRANT********************************* PUBLIC HEARING RD rezoning amendment; Countryside Manor, Woburn Street: Mr. Zurlo called the public hearing to order at 7:32 p.m. In attendance were Brian Kelley applicant, Alan Wrigley, attorney, Rick Waitt and Gary Larson of Meridian Associates, with approximately 25 people in the audience. Mr. Kelley presented the following information on the proposed RD rezoning:  There would be no impact on the existing 51 apartments;  This proposal adds approximately two acres to the existing development, for a total of 11.9 acres, and would result in at total of 8.5 units per acre;  Each unit would have one or two bedrooms and be 900-1,200 square;  There would be underground garage parking;  Based on the traffic study provided in the PSDUP there would be no significant impact on traffic;  The applicant would cooperate with Lexpress to restore service to Countryside Manor;  Six units or 11.4% would be qualified affordable 40B units in cooperation with LEXHAB, which was near the 11.8% current affordable unit count in Lexington;  They would be removing trees totaling 600 caliper inches measured at breast height and replacing with trees totaling 179 caliper inches and a payment $21,050 to the tree fund; and  The building would be LEEDS silver design and reach a HERS index rating of 65 or better. Mr. Kelley addressed the Board’s previous concerns as follows:  The existing affordable units would remain and would be restructured as necessary to meet today’s standards;  The tree mitigation provided would meet the bylaw standards;  There was no need for a new sidewalk in front of the development;  Part of the TDM would be to work with Lexpress on restoring service to Countryside Manor;  The cost/revenue ratio amounts reflect a net gain in revenue to Lexington of $117,800 annually, after factoring in municipal services and estimated number of school children;