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Lands accounts. In the letter it was stated that the firm pre- paring the new town map expected to have its work completed with- in the next two or three months and within the funds allotted for this purpose. It was also stated that it was felt the options account should be kept on harm while the Board continued to negotiate for lands it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town. The Board considered a January 4 letter from Mrs. Riffin, Chairman, Town Planning Study Group, League of Women Voters, in which the Board's opinion was asked on the timeliness of a town wide presentation in late April of the Board's forth- coming traffic report for which the League had helped gather data. The Board approved a reply previously prepared for sig- nature and dated January 14., 1957 in which the Board expressed appreciation of the League's interest and assistance, set forth the status of the major street plan study and recom- mended that the League present through unit meetings rather than a general meeting the study material available in late April. At 8:40 Mr. Stevens met with the Board to discuss in- formally the situation in regard to the zoning amendments passed by the November 19, 1956 Special Town Meeting and await- ing approval by the Attorney General. In order to facilitate more rapid approval of such amendments, it was decided that hereafter the Board would furnish the Town Clerk with an original and two copies of its reports on zoning amendments together with two complete copies of the newspaper in which the Planning Board hearings on said amendments had been ad- vertised. Mr. Stevens left the meeting at 9:10 p.m, at which time the Board examined a January 11, 1957 plan revising the proposed Hawthorne Acres subdivision and indicating that part of Esco Builders (former Lidberg) land it was understood the Selectmen had decided to purchase for a junior high school site. Mr. Snow stated that Messrs. Spagnuola and Walker, representing Esco Builders, said the Selectmen had asked them to secure from the Planning Board approval of a 50 -foot way into the proposed school site and approval of a boundary line between said site and the revised subdivision. It was decided to write a letter to the Selectmen stating that before acting on the subdivision proposal, the Board felt it should have from the Selectmen themselves specific details as to just what is planned for the site so that the proposed boundary line, the location of the en- trance into the school site and the location and standards of roads within and connecting to adjacent properties may be properly determined. The Board next discussed a list of duplicate names of town streets which it was suggested might be considered changing wg�l ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENTS HAWTHOPM ACRES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SITE E L F