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outline of your property and the lines of certain important ' topographic features could be more easily superimposed upon it. We are submitting herewith two copies of this plan. The area adjacent to the Harrington School site, indicated on the study received as being desired by the Town for recreational purposes, consists of about 7.5 acres and includes some of the highest and most desirable land in the whole tract. In some areas the streets have been laid out without regard Lor topographical features, which will result in costly street and utility construction. By not conforming to the boundary lines of the land you now own, approximately twenty-two part lots or splinters have been created which will take an inestimable amount of time to assemble with adjoining land, and in addition, will involve substantial legal and surveying costs, if of course, the adjoining owners are willing to negotiate. These areas have been shaded in red. However, the red -shaded area which has been crosshatched in green is not suitable for building purposes. The lots numbered from one through thirty-three are whole lots which will meet the frontage and area requirements of the zoning law. The six lots shaded in green, which are included in the count of thirty-three lots meeting the requirements of the zoning ' law, are not suitable for building. Four of these lots are in an area avoided in our study dated January 15, 1957, because the land was not considered suitable for building, except at a prohibitive cost for foundations and filling. Also, two other lots, numbered twenty-four and twenty-five, are located so that a valley, which is a major natural drainage route, passes through there, making them also unsuitable. Lots numbered twenty-two and twenty-three have also been -.included in the count of thirty-three whole and usable lots, but they should not be included, for financial considerations, as approximately. 800 feet of street and utilities would have to be constructed to make them available, at an approximate cost of $2$,000. Our study dated January 15, 1957, contains a total of forty-six lots. After the eight unusable lots are deducted, the Planning Board proposal contains twenty-five usable lots, a loss of twenty-one lots. We estimate the cost of road and utilities construction to amount to $5,740 per lot for the Planning Board proposal, and $4,110 per lot for our study, an increase of $40,750 for the twenty-five lots. Very truly yours, /sl Wilbur C. hylander '