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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING. APRIL 4, 1930. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the Selectmen's Roam, Town Office Building at 8 P. M. Messrs. Maddison, Chairman, Baldrey, Clerk, Glynn and Custance were present. The Secretary, H. C. Whittemore was also present. Mr. James Stuart Smith, Chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Howard S. 0. Nichols also Of the School Committee and Mr. Thomas S. Grindle, Supt. of School Schools and Secretary of the School Building Building Committee appeared at the hearing. Mr. Baldrey read hearing. the notice of the hearing as inserted in the local paper and sent to the owners of property within a radius of one-half mile, Mr, James S. Smith presented a plan showing, the proposed location of the school house and land owned by Swenson Brothers; the building faces on an old county road near Allen Street and is located approximately 120' back on a lot of eight and -one-half acres. The Committee informed the meeting that the playground in the rear is well located and would probably need very little money spent on it to put it in condition, owing to its natural resources. At the present time negotiations for this land are being made at a price of $6000. The frontage of the land is approximately 640', and the Committee believed it a desirable location far the School house. leo persons appeared to object to the granting of the permit and the hearing was therefore declared closed. The Board in private session, made the following findings: The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 271. having received a written petition addressed to it by 1homas S. Grindle, Secretary of Lexington School Building Committee, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list, and also advertised in the Lexington Times -Minute Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room in the Town Office Building on Friday, the fourth day of April, 1930, at eight o'clock P.M. Four members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner