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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 2004 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held at Clarke Middle School, 17 Stedman Road, was called to order at 7:10 pan in Room 127 by Chairman Harden with members Chase, Davies, Galaitsis, Kastorf and planning staff Garber, McCall- Taylor, and Tap present. * * * * * * * * * * ** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS * * * * * * * * * * * ** SUBDIVISION OF LAND Clelland Road Conventional Subdivision Sim Certificate of Action: The Board reviewed a draft decision on the Clelland Road Subdivision off Lisbeth Street. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to endorse the decision. EXECUTIVE SESSION At 7:25: p.m. by individual poll of the Board — Mr. Harden, Mr. Kastorf, Ms, Chase, Mr. Davies, Mr. Galaitsis - it was voted to go into executive session to discuss litigation against the town. The Board agreed to reconvene in public session in the school auditorium at 7:40 p.m. for the AvalonBay information meeting on Met State. The Board returned to open session at 7:40 p.m. ARTICLES FOR 2004 TOWN MEETING * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Met State Redevelopment Information SessiM Avalon Bay Mr. Harden called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. in the Clarke Auditorium. There were 20 people in the audience. Present for the developer, Avalon Bay Communities, were Mr. Michael Roberts and Ms. Liz Smith; Mr, Peter Norstrand and Mr. Michael Thomas, Deputy Comn of the Department of Capital Asset Management; and Selectman Jeanne Krieger, a memb er of the Lexington Met State Task Force. Mrs. Krieger provided background on Metropolitan State Hospital and the development of a reuse plan leading to the proposal from Avalon Bay Communities to develop 23 acres of the original campus, including the buildings, into housing with an affordable component. Mr. Thomas commented on the State's land disposition program and the process to choose a developer. The State needs to shed the expense of maintaining old decrepit properties and in the process address the need to create more housing. He noted that the 23 -acre site to be developed in Lexington is surrounded by 340 acres of open space that should ameliorate any concern about density. Mr. Roberts presented a PowerPoint slide show describing the community -based redevelopment process. • Collaborative partnership between the Tri- Community Task Force (Lexington, Belmont and Waltham) and the Commonwealth • Master Reuse Plan: July 1994; first amendment in September 1995; second amendment in May 2002 • Three major goals: Conservation of Natural Resources; preservation of mature landscape and key historic building elements; Utilization of roadway infrastructure Architectural Plan AvalonBay's concept for the site is currently a 430 -unit apartment complex, renovating as much of the existing buildings as possible and maintaining the existing landscape and character of the hospital campus. A variety of unit types are envisioned ranging from one- to three - bedrooms. Sixty units are for people 55 and over, and a certain number will house Department of Mental Health clients. AvalonBay projects that the complex would add about 125 school -age children (SAC) to the population. The development would have a lower percentage of three - bedroom units than Avalon at Lexington Ridge, off