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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF AUGUST 24, 2011 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Richard Canale with members, Charles Hornig, Greg Zurlo and planning staff Maryann McCall-Taylor, Aaron Henry and Lori Kaufman present. Ms. Manz joined the meeting in progress. Ms. Ciccolo was absent. **********************************LAND USE********************************* Hartwell Avenue Anaerobic Digester: Ms. Deb Mauger, Board of Selectmen Member, John Livsey, Town Engineer, and Bruce Haskell, of CDM were present. Ms. Mauger came before the Planning Board to get feedback on issues and concerns regarding what should be addressed in the Request For Proposal (RFP) for a proposed organic waste energy generation facility that would be located in the Hartwell Avenue CM and TMO-1 Districts. Mr. Haskell explained that the RFP would be to lease the land to vendors and wanted to know what to expect from the Board about permitting. Ms. Manz joined the meeting in progress. Board Member Comments and Concerns:  This is a positive and useful proposal, but the purpose of the TMO-1 District plan is to make the Hartwell Avenue area more attractive for commercial use and be able to handle the traffic. This is a sizable operation and with trucks going in and out all day; would it create heavy truck traffic and make it less attractive? Mr. Haskell said this would yield approximately 48 round trips daily with trucks that would be enclosed and clean. The operations would take place inside and with the site location would only be somewhat visible. The timing of trips should not be during peak hours.  Would this proposal provide leverage for the Town to receive State and Federal funding to help move along our transportation plan?  At the EDAC meeting there was interest in the site for 200,000 square feet of lab space. They thought the Town might do better to consider this and it would also provide leverage to get more for the site. Ms. Mauger explained this site was not being leased for private development gain. The driving force for this proposal is that it would be the best site for composting management and would allow the continuation of the many functions now on the site, such as the regional emergency cache and the police firing range.