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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF JUNE 16, 2014
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Parker Room, Town Office
Building was called to order at 6:02 p.m. by Chairman Charles Hornig, with members Nancy
Corcoran-Ronchetti, Richard Canale and Timothy Dunn and planning staff Maryann McCall-
Taylor and Aaron Henry present. Gregory Zurlo joined the meeting in progress.
Mr. Hornig opened the meeting by reporting that Mr. Zurlo was resigning from the Planning
Board effective June 17, 2014.
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430 Concord Avenue updatesThe Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was modified based
on negotiations by the Board of Selectmen. Board members noted that many of their outstanding
concerns had been addressed in the document. The MOU will be discussed with the Board of
Selectmen at the Selectmen’s meeting later tonight.
**********************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION***********************
Manor House, Woburn Street In 2010 the RD-5 zone was amended to allow the addition of 51
units in one building. The project is now coming to the Zoning Board of Appeals with a
Definitive Site Development and Use Plan and for a special permit. Compared with the
Preliminary Site Development and Use plan, about 15 items are being changed. Staff will review
the submission and comment to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Mr. Zurlo joined the meeting.
******************************OTHER MATTERS********************************
Zoning Reform Act The bill has been favorably reported out of the Ways and Means Committee.
The legislature is contemplating adding a phase-in period. The Board members discussed whether
they should write a letter in support of the bill. Staff was instructed to resend or affirm the
previous letter sent in support.
Page 2 Minutes for the Meeting of June 16, 2014
*********************************SCHEDULING ********************************
The Board will meet June 18 in the Planning Office if Town Meeting is still in session, otherwise
the meeting will be in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room.
Tentatively there will be a joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen to fill the Planning Board
vacancy on July 28.
***************************SPECIAL TOWN MEETING***************************
At 6:25 the Board moved to the Board of Selectmen’s Meeting where the MOU for 430 Concord
Avenue was presented.
At 6:52 the Planning Board meeting resumed in the Parker Room. Now that the members had
seen the final version of the MOU they discussed removing the conditional recommendation in
their report to Town Meeting. They noted that the final version had added conditions about
lighting, noise, a transit contribution, money to assist indigent residents and confirmed the
definition of a unit as one person in one room. Mr. Zurlo still had concerns about the visual
impact on the abutters. On a duly made motion, the Board voted 4-1, Mr. Zurlo in the negative,
to recommend the zoning amendment to Town Meeting.
The Selectmen will move for indefinite postponement of Article 4 if Article 2 fails but were still
debating what action to recommend on Article 3.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to adjourn at 7:15 p.m.
The meeting was recorded by Lexmedia.
The following document used at the meeting can be found on file with the Planning Department:
-Memorandum of Understanding between ARTIS Senior Living, LLC (“Applicant”) and the
Town of Lexington, Massachusetts (“Town”), June 16, 2014.
Timothy Dunn, Clerk