HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-05-08PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF MAY 89 1985
The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was
called to order at 7:35 p.m. by the Chairman Mrs. Smith, with members Flemings,
Sorensen, Uhrig and Planning Director Bowyer present. Mr. Cripps was absent.
ARTICLES FOR 1985 TOWN MEETING
130. Article 16, Congregate Living: Mr. Bowyer reported that Iris Wheaton would
be presenting a substitute motion on behalf of Ephraim Weiss who will not be at
the Town Meeting session. The substitute motion will have two parts: a) that the
Planning Board study the conversion of existing dwellings to congregate living
and report, with a recommended amendment, to the 1986 Town Meeting, and b) an
amendment to the use table that would eliminate the conversion of existing dwell-
ings to congregate facilities as a permitted use. While part b is seen as a one
year proposition, it is a provision that would stay in the Zoning By -Law until an
amendment were made to it.
The Board was not pleased with the elimination of conversion as a permitted use
It thought that some informal rules could be worked out with the Board of Ap-
peals to deal with the question of management services and other issues raised by
the proponents of the substitute motion. That would be preferable to a morator-
ium or prohibiting the conversion. Mrs. Uhrig was opposed to part b) of the
' proposed substitute motion.
131. Article 21, RD, Woburn Street: Mr. Bowyer reported that Town Counsel had
reviewed the preliminary site development and use plan and had recommended a
paragraph, which had been inserted, to strenghten the language about recordable
covenants, restrictions and agreements to guarantee the provision of affordable
rental housing. With that language included, on the motion of Mrs. Flemings
seconded by Mrs. Uhrig, it was voted 3-1, with Mr. Sorensen opposed, to recommend
that the Town Meeting approve the proposed rezoning.
132. Article 51, Pine Meadows Golf Course: Mrs. Smith reported that despite the
reports of the acquisition of the Pine Meadows Golf Course by Emerson College in
the newspapers, the Board of Selectmen would proceed with a proposal to acquire
the land for 2.825 million dollars. The Selectmen propose to have a Special Town
Meeting in the fall. In the interim, the Selectmen will hire a landscape archi-
tect to prepare two plans, one conforming to existing zoning, and the other
requiring a change in zoning district. They will be presented to the Town
Meeting which will decide which plan it prefers. The Town will then issue a
request for proposal to developers.
On the motion of Mr. Sorensen seconded by Mrs. Uhrig, it was voted 4-0 to support
the motion to be offered by the Selectmen, and to endorse the concept of a fall
Town Meeting based on choices of alternative development plans. The procedure of
retaining a designer to analyze the development potential of the site is a
sensible one.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
Judith J. Uhrig, Clerk