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2 7 ST. CAMILLUS INSTITUTE At 8:00 p.m. hearing was declared open upon the petition of the St.Camillus Institute for permission to erect,operate and maintain a hospital of first class construction on the premises consisting of approxi- mately 7.46 acres on the southwesterly corner of Watertown St. and the Concord Turnpike, Lexington. Notice of the hearing was read by Mr. Locke. Notices of this hear- ing had been mailed to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list. Mr. Locke: Mr. Kynch, I believe you are the attorney for the petitioner? Mr. Lynch: Mr. Locke, for the purpose of your records, my name is Daniel A. Lynch and I appear here as attorney for the petitioner. I might say that it has come to my attention in the.past few days that many people have been grossly misinformed as to the character of this petition and the purpose for which this petitioner wishes to use this land. I think it is good from a community point of view to have a large number of residents come here to b informed, and I hope that people that have been misinformed will approach this hearing with an open mind, and I do mean also the Board, until they have fully heard the facts. With your permission Mr. Chairman, as has happened at other hearings where there is such extensive interest, it has been deemed provident to have a shorthand reporter to take down everything that has been ' said because after a hearing was given people have said things that were not said. To that end I would ask that if anybody wished to speak in opposition that he give his name and address, and if anybody wishes to be recorded in favor that they give their name and address. I would like to say, and this may come as a surprise to some people here tonight, the St.Camillus Fathers do not seek in any way to change any law now established in the Town of Lexington. We do not seep a change in the zoning or building laws, or plumbing laws or Board of Health. Why then are we here? There may be some who do not frequent these meetings. We ask for no variations and no rezon- ing of any nature or kind. I may say gentlemen that it is not within the power of this Board to grant a change of zoning in arq way. This land in question comprises some 7-1/2 acres (actually 7.46 acres) and is now in a residential sone. If this permission is granted it will still be in a residential zone. No business of any kind or character can go in this property until the Town Meeting elects to change the zone. This petitioner has agreed to purchase this entire tract of land and has no intention of selling any part of it. It has been said that the Fathers intend to use only a part of this land and sell the rest for business purposes, and that as soon as the hospital was built this became a business zone and any business could go in. This is not true. With regard to Section,5 on page 11 of the Zoning law which describes what uses can be made in land in an R 1 district - we have our schools, both public and religious, and then under paragraph 7 our Zoning laws pro- vide, subject to permission from the Board of Appeals, the following: A number of things are listed that can be built and maintained in an R 1 sec- tion, subject to the permission of this Board, and amongst those uses is a hospital. The notice of course given to the people of Lexington in the