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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF APRIL 5, 2017
A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Parker Room, Town Office Building was
called to order 5:01 p.m. by Chair, Richard Canale with members Charles Hornig, Nancy
Corcoran-Ronchetti, Bob Creech and planning staff Aaron Henry and Lori Kaufman were
present. Ginna Johnson joined the meeting in progress at 5:20 p.m.
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General Updates:
The next meeting will be April 12 in Hudson Room at 5:00 p.m.
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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
Article 44, Brookhaven (RD6 to PD1):
Chair Richard Canale opened the continued public hearing at 5:10 p.m. with approximately 5
people in the audience. A memo from the Conservation Administrator, the Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) and the revised documentation from the applicant were distributed. Present
were Mr. James Freehling, president, Ed Grant, attorney, Bill Dailey, member of the Board of
Trustees, Jim Borrebach, engineer, and Dave Fisher, landscape architect.
Mr. Dailey said they were going before Town Meeting on April 12 and the MOA before the
Planning Board is in the process of being formalized there are a few issues and the plans are the
same from last year with a few minor changes. Mr. Borrebach discussed the updates regarding
the detention basin, the Ricci Lane reconstruction, and the ledge wall as addressed in the
Conservation Commission memo.
Board Comments:
Ms. Johnson joined the meeting in progress at 5:20 p.m.
Have bullets 1 & 2 in the Conservation memo been addressed? Mr. Borrebach said yes
and explained how it did get addressed. If it does not work it could be addressed during
site plan review.
Bullet two includes the retaining wall. Yes and Conservation prefers this wall shown.
The Board asked about the PILOT agreement percentage identified in the MOA.
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According to the PSDUP what happens to parcel 5-18A owned by Conservation? It will
remain in the PD-1 district. Changes will need to be made to address the Planned
Development District.
The number of units was increased from 351 to 360.
Minor changes to the dimensional table and table of changes needs to be made.
Why is the number of units flexible? Would that impact the MOA since it is based on
percentages? Want the number to be 351 since this is a huge density bonus near a
residential development.
If there are changes to the culvert they will go back to the Conservation Commission.
The MOA is still being negotiated with the BOS since there are still some open issues.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to close the public hearing at 5:39 p.m.
The applicant will file a final amended PSDUP after meeting with the BOS tomorrow morning.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 4-0-1 (Ms. Johnson abstained since she
arrived late for the public hearing) to recommend approval of this Article by Town Meeting with
conditional changes discussed and incorporated into the report.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to authorize the chairman to work with
the Planning staff to draft a report for the Board’s approval next Wednesday.
Staff will have the final edits Monday morning at 8:00 a.m.
Preparations for Town Meeting:
Article 42, Two-Family Homes
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to allow the chairman to work with the
Planning Director to finalize the report with some minor corrections.
Article 43, Economic Development:
A minority position will be included in the report which discusses allowing fast food uses and
FAR limits. The Special Permitting Granting Authority is the Planning Board.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to allow the chairman to work with the
Planning Director to finalize the report incorporating the minority view by Mr. Hornig and Ms.
Corcoran-Ronchetti.
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443 Lincoln Street, Sketch Plan - Balanced Housing Development:
Present were Jeff Rhuda the applicant, James Emmanuel, landscape architect and Rich
Harrington, engineer. Mr. Emmanuel showed the plan for this project and explained that there is a
commercial building at the rear of the site. Mr. Harrington discussed the proof plan which
showed four lots. He explained there would be less pavement with a private driveway, two
buildings with one car garages and two with two car garages. There will be 83,000 square feet of
open space. There will be a lot of clean up with invasive species and impervious surface gravel
removed and would coordinate plantings with the recently approved Lincoln Woods
Development.
Board Comments:
Did you speak with Eversource? They said they would work with us to place a road on
their easement. When can we get documentation that Eversource will allow that since
they have denied other projects in the past? Staff needs verification in writing to make
sure that they would let you excavate on the easement. The applicant will get the
appropriate documentation.
The Board will need to know how useable the open space is.
Plans should show easement rights since it may impact the proof plan and open space.
The Board needs to understand the constraints.
Show how the proof plan works, it looks as if there would be three lots that would work
but need proof.
How many cars can park there? There could be 8 to 9 cars.
Soil testing needs to be done. Testing was done and the applicant has a Phase 2 21 E
report and will provide it to staff. The applicant spoke with the Cambridge Water
Department who found this to be acceptable since it is an improvement over what
currently exists.
The site is highly constrained by natural resources did you address that in your plan?
There is an ANRAD for the site.
Include abutter’s footprint on the plans.
Concern was expressed with the proximity of proposed houses and decks to the property
line.
Applicant should get documentation from Cambridge identifying what they would allow
for salting and snow storage.
Is the two foot basin enough? If not then an overflow will be added.
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Reclamation of the riverfront area.
Include the treatment of property line on the plans.
Since street is paved and water and sewer connections will be needed the applicant will
be responsible for repaving the street.
What is the emissions on the power lines or voltage of the lines they are supporting?
Once the Board has more information on what’s allowed on the proof plan the plan will be
discussed further.
Approval Not Required, Oakmont Circle:
to approve the endorsement of the
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0,
ANR
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On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to recommend approval of the proposed
amended Tree bylaw.
Article 45, Balanced Housing Development:
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to adopt the finalized report as modified.
The Planning Board recessed to move to the Planning Office for further discussion.
Article 40, Special Permit Residential Developments:
The Board discussed the several changes to the article which included the following:
For the purposes of the proof plan the proposed language in Section 6.9.2.2 is sufficient
for the Conservation Commission.
Add the following language to Section 6.9.2.3: “the applicant is not entitled to any
particular maximum unit multiplier.”
The matrix line 1.6 and 1.8 the maximum percentage total Gross Floor Area will be 85%.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 2-2-0 (Ms. Johnson and Mr. Creech opposed;
Mr. Hornig abstained) to bring this forward to Town Meeting.
There will be a Planning Board meeting on Monday, April 10, 2017 at 12:15 p.m. in the Planning
Office.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 5-0, to adjourn at 8:00 p.m.
The meeting was recorded by LexMedia.
Minutes for the Meeting of April 5, 2017 Page 5
The following documents used at the meeting can be found on file with the Planning Office:
MOA for Brookhaven (9 pages).
Memo from the Conservation Commission (2 pages).
Amendment to the tree bylaw (3 pages).
Agenda item Summary and Staff recommendations for 443 Lincoln Street (2 pages).
BHD application for 443 Lincoln Street (12 Pages).
Sketch BHD plan set for 443 Lincoln Street. (4 pages).
ANR plan for Oakmont Circle 3/14/17 (1 page).
Memo from Ed Grant regarding the updated PSDUP for Brookhaven dated 4/3/17 (6
pages)
Symmes Life Care Inc. 2015 Board of Trustees (16 pages).
Memo from Ed Grant regarding Brookhaven dated 3/14/16 (8 pages).
Article 40 Special Permit Residential Developments from staff (6 pages).
Article 40 Special Permit Residential Developments from Mr. Canale (6 pages).
Article 42 Two Family Homes from Mr. Canale (4 pages).
Article 42 Two Family Homes from staff (4 pages).
Article 44 Brookhaven PDD1 from staff (5 pages).
Article 45 Balanced Housing Developments from staff (1 page).
Article 43 Economic Development Refinements from staff (8 pages).
Article 43 Economic Development Refinements from Mr. Canale (8 pages).
Ginna Johnson, Clerk