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Planning I Board Minutes
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meeting of March 22, 1982
The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, Town Offices,
was called to order at 7:32 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Sandy, with members
Nichols, Smith, Sorensen and Uhrig, and Planning Director Bowyer present.
38. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of March 15, 1982, were amended and on a motion by
Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Nichols, were approved unanimously as amended.
'. L Notation to Meeting of March 15: Mrs. Uhrig requested that the following
N statement be entered into the records of the Board:
® "on Monday, March 15, the Board discussed and took a non-
Q binding vote on the Spaulding and Slye/Cosgrove rezoning,
m Article 61, Town Warrant 1982. I was a participant.
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On Tuesday, March 16, it was brought to my attention that
the firm for which I work is general counsel for Spaulding
and Slye. I had no knowledge of this when the vote was
taken or I would have abstained, as I shall do from now
on when any discussion and/or votes on this proposal are
undertaken."
'39. -APPLICATIONS O BOARD of APPEALS
The Board reviewed a staff analysis dated March 19, 1982, on cases to be heard
by the Board of Appeals on March 25, 1982.
20 Waltham Street, Cory's: SP, projecting sign: The Board reviewed the
criteria set forth in Section 10.4.3 and noted that neither the archi-
tecture of the building, the location of the building, nor the nature of
the establishment justified a projecting sign. it is important to estab-
lish that not every request for a projecting sign should be grAnted lest
there be a proliferation of signs. No other restaurant in the area has a
projecting sign. on the motion of Mrs. Smith, seconded by Nr. Sorensen,
it was voted unanimously to oppose granting the special permit.
The Board agreed to make no recommendation on:
76 Bloomfield Street, Charles Gager: Variance, front yard
363 Mass. Avenue, The Kitchen: SP, hours of operation
POLICIES, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
40. Traffic and Zoning in Hartwell Avenue/Bedford Street, Marrett Road Area:
The Board reviewed a proposed revision to "Relationship Between Additional
Traffic and the Rezoning of Land in the Bedford Street -Hartwell Avenue Area"
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dated March 22, 1982, which also included the Marrett Road area. The princi-
pal change agreed to was to set 85% as the percentage of parking spaces to be
restricted prior to the execution of a contract for traffic improvements in
both areas.
41. ARTICLES FOR 1982 TOWN MEETING
Articles 52, 53 - Muzzey Junior High: Mr. Bowyer outlined the two reuse pro-
posals still under consideration by the Board of Selectmen and the two hous-
ing proposals that were considered as finalists in the selection process.
LO The meeting was recessed at 8:43 p.m. so that the Board could attend a presen-
N tation and discussion of the proposals for the reuse of the Muzzey building.
0 The meeting was reconvened at 10:29 p.m.
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m It was agreed that either Monday, April 26, or Thursday, April 29, would be
Q suitable dates for a public hearing on a CD rezoning for the Elgin proposal
approved earlier in the evening by the Board of Selectmen. If a hearing is
held on Thursday, the 29th, it was suggested that the Board of Selectmen not
schedule two Town Meeting sessions that week. It was agreed that a public
hearing would not be scheduled until all the information, i.e., the boundary
description and a site development and use plan, was filed with the Planning
Board. This proposal will be treated in the same way as proposals made by
developers through citizen articles.
42. ELECTION OF PLANNING BOARD OFFICERS
Mr. Sandy stated that, while he disagreed with the majority of the Board on
several articles, he thought that the person assigned to responsibility for
the article could speak in behalf of the majority of the Board. If he spoke
on the articles, he would do so as an individual and not as the Chairman.
j As provided in Section 2.1 of the "Procedural Rules", the Board elected offi-
cers. For the office of Chairman, Mr. Sandy was nominated by Mr. Sorensen,
seconded by Mrs. Nichols. Mr. Sandy was elected unanimously.
For the office of Vice -Chairman, Mr. Sorensen was nominated by Mrs. Nichols,
seconded by Mrs. Smith. Mr. Sorensen was elected unanimously.
For the office of Clerk, Mr. Sorensen was nominated by Mrs. Smith, seconded by
Mrs. Nichols. Mr. Sorensen was elected unanimously.
REPORTS
43. Planning Board Members
It was agreed to schedule a meeting on Saturday, March 27, at 9:00 a.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:12 p.m. /`/,�
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Karsten Sorensen, Clerk