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Mr. Robert C. Johnson of 60 Wood Street, spoke as president of a neighborhood association in that area stating that oneo gr up .petitioned for rezoning on the land in question and that another group with a change of plans was petitioning for approval of a different set of plans than had been originally submitted to the Board, and asked if the town meeting would approve these plans as submitted, rezoning said land in question from R 1 to A 1_use. Mr. Hathaway stated that earlier he had tried to point out that the zoning law as such was not directly involved in the petition being con- sidered at the hearing and that the Board recognized gt the time the zon- ing by-law was changed by the town that the Board would not necessarily have any control over the transfer of property to other owners, and that the town meeting voted only to change the use of the land from a single family residence district to a garden apartment and hotel district. Mr. Harry C. Gatos of 11 Patterson Road asked what the architect was trying to express, something of a contemporary or historical nature, in the design of the building. The architect replied that he did not... wish to design a building in any particular style. Mrs. Arthur F. Hinds, 2938 Massachusetts Ave. expressed concern re- garding the location of the entrance road to the hotel property from Route 2 A pointing out the large amount of traffic on this road, particu- larly during certain periods of the day, and stating that adding more traffic to the highway would make bad conditions worse. Chairman Hathaway stated that this was one of the matters the Planning Board had to consider in its determination that the project would not be detrimental to the neighborhood. Mr. Kenneth R. Covey of 17 Patterson Road inquired if, as the plans now were drawn, the Trust had access to Massachusetts Avenue. It was stated that no access was shown to Massachusetts Ave. on the plan sub- mitted to the Board for consideration. Maurice F. Shaughnessy, 19 Wheeler Road, spoke in favor of the pro- ject stating that a facility of this nature was needed in Lexington, both from a standpoint of a place where people could obtain accommodations for the night but also as a place in which meetings, such as those of the Sun Valley Association, could be held. Messrs. Frank G. Licciardi, 26 School St., and David L. Perice, 41 Locust Ave., directors of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that they were in favor of a project of this nature in Lexington. Mr. Lawrence Casey, 2663 Mass. Ave. wished to be recorded as being in opposition to the project. Alex M. Hammer, Jr., 69 Hancock St., stated that he thought it would take a great many acres of homes to produce an income which would be de- rived from taxes through the assessment of this hotel when completed and that the town did need the income. Mr. Gatos stated that he felt a building of this type would depreciate the value of the neighborhood to the extent that the houses would have to be re -assessed, the result being there would be a deficiency in income rather than a credit.