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Planning&ZoningBoard <br />May10,2006 <br />Page 7 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr.Smyser notedthatany changeinthefloo dplainwouldhavetobemitigated.He <br />pointedoutthatareasof standingwater are within the wetlandarea ,addingthatsome <br />residentiallotsincludewetlandareas.Inregardtothebeaverdams,hestatedthatthe <br />countyditchismanagedbytheRiceCre ekWatershedDistrict. <br />Mr.Smyser explainedthatthecityrequiresrepairofanydamagestoroadsthatmay <br />occurwithdevelopment.He addressedtrafficconcerns,statingthatthe intentis for <br />PheasantR un S outh to connect to OldBirchStreet.Headde dthata lternativeBirch <br />St reet connectionsw ouldhelpalleviate bottleneckissues andhelpdisperse traffic.He <br />pointedoutthato ne goal of the transportationplan is toconnect PheasantRunSouthto <br />62 nd Street. <br />Mr.Husveth specifiedthattheculdes aconthenortheast cornerof theF oxborough <br />development hasasign designatingthatthestreet isafuturethrough -street. <br />Mr .Smyser statedthatt hereisatrailstubin F oxboroughwiththeintenttoconnecttothe <br />SaddleC lubsitewhenandiftheprope rtydevelops. <br />Mr .Smysersummarizedthatthecity’si nterconnectedtransportationsystemisplannedto <br />diffuse traffic congestion.Hepointedoutthatthisplanhappensinstageswitheach <br />development. <br />Mr.McArdle reiteratedthat inthepastthecity staffstated therewasnowaytoaddan <br />outletonto O ld B irch S t reet andincreasetraffic.Heaskedwhystaffis s tatingthatitc an <br />happen now .Mr .Smyser clarifiedthatinthepast,staffstatedthataproposedroadcould <br />notconnecttoBirchStreetdu ethelocationofawetlandontheproperty. <br />Mr .L aden encouragedcitystaffandthedevelopertoattempttodesignpathsthatare <br />separatedfromtheroad,ashewasconcernedwithsafetyissues.Hec ommended the <br />developerforpursuinghislandforconse rvationdevelopment. <br />Mr .Raffertywondered whatcouldhavebeendevelopedifthisproposalwasnota <br />c onservationdevelopment .Mr.Smyser repliedthata yieldplan fora standard <br />developmentshowed that thenumberoflotswasthesame,buttheconservati on <br />developmentallowsthelotstobelessdeepwithnarrowerstreets. <br />Mr.Smyserstatedthatstaffcouldreexaminethelocationofthetrail. <br />Mr.Trallecommentedthattrafficconcernsareexistentwitheverydevelopmentinthe <br />city ,andthatthePlann ing&Zoning Boarddoestheirbesttoaddresstrafficconcerns. <br />Hesuggestedthattheparkscouldaddfeaturesincludingbiketrailswithjumpssothat <br />kidsdon’ttearupwhat’sthere. <br />Mr.L aden madeaMOTIONto continue the P ublic H earingforthe Planne dUnit <br />DevelopmentandDevelopmentStagePlan/PreliminaryPlatforThePreserve totheJune <br />P&ZMeeting .MotionwassupportedbyMr.H yden .Motioncarried 6 –0 .