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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF NOVEMBER 16, 2011 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Planning Board Office, was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Chairman Richard Canale with members Greg Zurlo, Wendy Manz, Charles Hornig, and Michelle Ciccolo and planning staff Aaron Henry and Maryann McCall-Taylor present. **********************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION***************** 40 Solomon Pierce Road, lot release: The property owner of 40 Solomon Pierce Road requested a release for lot 9 from the covenant for Pheasant Brook Estates in order to complete a real estate transaction. At the previous meeting the Board had voted to release the lot, but the form was not acceptable to the Land Court, although it was able to be filed with the Registry. The Board was asked to endorse a form acceptable to the Land Court. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to release lot 9 securing 40 Solomon Pierce Road and to authorize the Planning Director to endorse any needed documents to finalize the release. The meeting was recessed briefly to allow a photograph of the Board for inclusion in the annual town report. Unaccepted Streets: The Board discussed the staff memo on unaccepted streets which suggested that if there are no documented safety problems with a substandard way then there is no benefit to be gained by improving it (as there is no problem to correct). The draft proposal asks the Board to consider adding language into the section on waivers contained in the unaccepted streets section of the rules, which has a different standard than that contained in the main body of the regulations (§175-30). By placing it there it would not apply to conventional subdivisions.