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Request for Determination of Minor Modification to Site Plan <br />Danis Realty Trust - I General Avenue <br />Mr. Robert Poulos, Construction Project Manager for Danis, represented Danis Realty <br />Trust. <br />Mr. Poulos listed the modifications in question: <br />1. Traffic exiting General Way will make a right turn onto Walkers Brook Drive. <br />2. A traffic island, with the intersection "fully signalized", will separate the entrance to <br />and exit from General Way. <br />3. A four-lane roadway will be created along the necessary section of Walkers Brook <br />and will require the widening of Walkers Brook there. <br />4. A concrete strip, as requested by Town Engineer Joe Delaney, will be added to alert <br />drivers to the upcoming lane change ( 2 lanes to 1 and vice versa). <br />5. Directional ("way finding") signage will be added to direct motorists to Rts 128/93 <br />and 28. <br />Mr. Poulos noted that these modifications were made at the request of the Board of <br />Selectmen and were approved by them on February 15, 2005. <br />NS asked if there were any plans to tie into New Crossing Road. <br />Mr. Poulos said that the Board of Selectmen had asked the same question. Danis would <br />like to tie in with New Crossing Road but can't because Danis does not own the abutting <br />parcel (the Boston Stove property). He added that the consensus of the Selectmen <br />appeared to be that such a tie-in would be welcome, as it would ease local traffic <br />problems. <br />CR recommended that the submittal of a landscape plan for the traffic island be made a <br />condition of the CPDC's determination of the modifications as minor. <br />JB noted that there is no language in the Site Plan bylaws defining "minor" or 'major" <br />modifications. <br />CR said that Case Law generally determines what are minor or major changes and added <br />that these modifications are clearly minor under case law. JB agreed - and noted that <br />Town Engineer Joe Delaney said they were minor too - but JB wanted to point out that <br />the benefit these minor modifications will bring to the neighboring residents is major. <br />Mr. Tony D'Arezzo of 130 John Street said that the Board of Selectmen had said that <br />Danis would pay for the development of any tie in with New Crossing Road if and when <br />the Boston Stove property is developed. Mr. Poulos replied that it was his understanding <br />that if the Boston Stove property ever comes under a site plan review the owner will be <br />required to provide Danis with access to New Crossing Road at Danis' expense. <br />NS said thatit was his understanding that such a tie-in ispart of the "order of conditions'". - - <br />Mr. D'Arezzo asked if the CPDC could require such a condition and CR replied that he <br />believed it could. <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />