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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-07-06-DAC-min.pdf „G wURX FAX NO. 6178908960 P 02 ( DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Towti of sxington The Minutes July 6, 1999 Meeting Present: Steve Hurley (Chairman), Carl Oldenburg, Stacey Bridge-Denzak, John Frey Karen Bechtel, Bruce Creager, Barbara Hulsizer, Olga Voronlna (Scribe). 1. Approval of Minutes Minutes were approved with a correction: John McWseney would prefer ” Committee commented on a nicer page layout, 2. Depot Square No change in status. The project will go out to bid in September Bob Cataldo would like to donate a bench for Depot Square ® needs to get an HDC approval. 3. Carry Hall No change in status, 4. Minute Man Statue/ Harrington Road Tour Bus Parking Rick White met with HDC members to discuss the first temporary" stage of proposed Improvements to pavement and traffic regulation HDC required a formal hearing for this matter Rick will come back to HDC in August. 5. Center Parking Improvements No change in status. No parking lot survey is done yet. 6. Hastings Park Steve Hurley contacted HDC for an approval of eight new benches. HDC wanted to make sure that no old benches currently remain at Hastings Park and that Minute Men won't trip on the proposed benches. Steve I luriey has to photograph the park and come back to HDC in August. 7 RCN - Residential Communications Network The company wishes to provide cable/phone/Internet/network services to the residents of the town of Lexington. The main hub will be located near Liberty Mutual on Bedford Street. Existing power lines and underground cables will be used to bring services from local power nodes/hubs to the customers. No new poles will be installed. The map with proposed locations of power nodes was presented to UAC RCN already met with HOC and has to come back in August. HOC was concerned about proposed placement of power nodes on existing light poles In Historic Districts. • Steve Hurley recommended RCN to work together with Stop & Shop regarding the effort to remove existing light poles along Bedford Street. a Stacey Bridge-Denzak proposed that RCN contacts the town to set the information about which streets are on the list to undergo reconstruction so the pavement won't be disturbed twice. t - JUL- 9- .1 u UAL NETWORK Pev nu. 6178908960 P 03 ■ DAC members also asked questions about the size of hubs, their locations and the level of noise they generate. N DAC recommended that power nodes won't be installed on fight poles in Historic Districts. Pedestal installation with planted screen should be used instead. The number of nodes should be brought to a minimum. The underground cable is preferred over a pale power line. 8. Grace Chapel Architect Dana Baker presented the project Grace Chapel's Director of Operations Tim Ponzani was also present The Chapel would like to do the following: N Enclose the space between existing buildings to improve interior circulation. ▪ Create a new entrance and to update existing facades at Worthen Road. a Renovate and improve existing parking lots located around the buildings. The Chapel will seek a variance from the Zoning by-law for FAR increase. The degree of renovations to the parking lots will depend on the variance conditions if any DAC members suggested the following: ■ This is a nice project; no square footage increase is sought. a The applicant should come back to DAC with proposed elevations (only plans were presented at this meeting). • Parking lot at Worthen Road should be pushed close to the new entrance to the chapel. Large planting strip with trees should be placed at the entrance to that parking from Worthen Road. ® Irregular shaped parking spots should be used for planting shrubs and trees. a Number of parking spots should not be brought to a maximum required. Grace Chapel needs more parking that is available directly at the site and already uses additional parking lots in the neighborhood. a Additional planted areas could be located behind the chapel, 'n between jogs in building plan. 9. LexHab LexHab acquired a new parcel of land at Sedge Road to build an affordable single family home. Steve Hurley presented Marshall Derby's proposal to use a LexHab house at 18 Banks Street as a model. DAC decision: • The house at 14 Woodland Road is a preferred mode/. a The proposed house should be moved forward, dose to the road to create a larger backyard. The orientation of the house should remain as shown a Raise the ground and fill around the foundation walls to preserve the house appearance if a basement is planned. a The driveway needs to have a back up area for cars. It should also be better positioned relatively to the proposed house. Stacey Bridge-Denzak will do a sketch for a driveway a The houses at 18 Banks Street and 15 Philip Road were not recommended as models. ( 2 J