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Minutes of March 5, 2002 Meeting
Present: Carl Oldenburg, Chair pro tem; John Frey, Sally Harknss, Betsy Whitman, Scribe; John
Davies, Planning Board Liaison
Meeting was called to order at 8.10 by Carl Oldenburg.
The minutes of the February 5, 2002 meeting were approved as read.
1. School Review This was not discussed as Rich Sperandio was not present.
2. Grace Chapel- Additions/Alterations
Representing Grace Chapel were Bob Galloway, architect, of the firm Jackson, Galloway
and Collier, and Karen Fitzgerald, landscape architect, of Waterfield Design.
a. Buffer planting
Under story trees will be cherries and crabs.
Street trees along Worthen Road will be red maples.
Bob showed, by a walk-down Worthen Road by slides,the appearance. At
the entrance another tree from the plan will be eliminated to open up the
approach.
b. Parking lot
Lindens
c. Interior courtyard
River birch for columnar effect. Existing shrubs will be kept.
d. Around building
At the Vee, they had proposed rhododendrons. After discussion back and
forth, it was decided that the rhododendrons would be desirable to soften
the view of the ground level windows. They would be kept away enough to
allow light to enter the interior.
It was decided that the river birch would be handsome near the Vee.
e. General
They are applying for a building permit next week. In 4-6 weeks they will go
out for bid for subcontractors. They hope to be ready to begin by May 1
They spoke of 20"poles for light with no spill. There will be soffit lights in the
arcade. They will come back to us for lighting and signage
Carl will send a letter to the ZBA with DAC approval of the landscaping.
3. St. Paul's on Lowell Street.
This is a request to install a GPS antenna out of sight. Some section of
the steeple will be replaced by fiberglass.
This was approved.
4. 40-B Housing
This is the 544 Lowell Street proposal that originally called for 48 units.
DAC should weigh in on planting, after the density has been decided.
Adjournment was at 9:50 p.m.
Scribe: Betsy Whitman
Next DAC Meeting is Tuesday, April 2, 2002, Room 111, 8:00 p.m.