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440 Massachusetts Avenue road recently completed at that point . It is thought that t c alleged need of a filling static,n at this point does not justify the danger that would arise from its location at this particular point . The Planning Board reports adversely upon this petition . hespectfully subrnitt, ed , F . L . Emery Chairman . On motion of Mr . Sydney R . Wrightington , it was vetea to indefinitely postpone this articl_ e . Art . 4 . Mr . Robert P . Trask moved that Article ^• be reconsidered . A rising vote was taken, sixty - three voting in the affirmative and forty- six in the negative , the Moderator declared the motion before the meeting for reconsideration . Cdr . 'Trask then offered the following motion : "Voted: That the Town accept the relocation of Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the • present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin and Seligman to the property of Anstiss S . Hunt , et al , as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk ' s Office entitled , " Plan showing proposed relocation of a portion of 4ass . Avenue , Lexington, October 17 , 1930 , Scale 1 . inch - 20 feet , John T . Cosgrove , Town Engineer , " and for the purpose of relocating Massachusetts Avenue the sum of * 25 , 000 be appropriated , and for the purpose of raising ;his money • the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to sell , under the direction ofand with the ap2roval of the Board of Selectmen bonds or notes of. the Town issued and payable in accordance with law , so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine . " Mr . Arthur E . Hutchinson voted an indefinite postponemetxtof the article . His motion was declared lo:> t . Mr . Robert P . Trask then withdrew his lotion. On motion of Mr . Frederick L . Eaery , the following vote was passed ; ninety- seven voted in the affirmative and seven in the negative . • "Voted : That it is the sense of this meeting that a Building Line be established fro_:: the terminus of the present street line of the Rubin and Seltman property through to leriam Street , and that the Selectmen be instructed to take necessary steps to that end . " Art . 8 . On motion of Mr . Frederick L . Emery this article was taken up . :sir . Emery then read the report of the Planting Board which is as follows : REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD . Sid Petition of Ethel W . Bean for change in the zoning By -law aid Zoning lap from an R . 1 Residential District to a C . 1 Business District of a plot of land at the north of other land owned Oby her at No . 241 Bedford Street , as defined in said article . Pursuant to this petition a public hearing was granted by the Planning Board under date of July 21 , 1930 , following