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Prisons, it was decided that under Sec. V.B.$ of the ' Subdivision Rules and Regulations the Superintendent would require the subdivider to erect only the necessary street sip standards and the Lexington Department of Public Works would order and the Town pay for the street signs themselves* WORTHEN Read to the Board and considered by it was ROAD Mr. Stevens' November 14, 1957 letter and the accom- E%TENSION panying copy of the deed from the Town to the Josiah Willard -Hayden Recreation Center, Inc., dated July 30, 1956. The letter indicated that the town is to convey in addition to the two parcels described in said deed a triangular; piece of land lying between said parcels. In the letter Mr. Stevens stated that if the Planning Board still had in mind recommending ` the extension of Worthen Road in a location that crosses either or both of said parcels or the inter- nter-veningtriangular vening triangularpiece, he would recommend strongly that the Board determine' the approximate location of such an extension so that prior to making the addi- tional conveyance the Town could obtain from the Recreation Center a written agreement undertaking to conven to the town the `necessary easement for said road. Mr. Snow was asked to prepare at the earliest opportunity a plan showing the location for the ex- ' tension of Worthen Road and the development of adja- cent lands in and around the Center and the town play- ground. BURNHAM The Board discussed next the print which Mark FARMS Moore Jr. had left with the Board'. said print being SEC. 2 entitled "Plan Showing' Proposed'Subdivision of Land in Lexington -Mass.", prepared by Miller & Nylander, dated November 13, 1957, and showing the proposed ` development of Burnham Farms Section 2 and the land along Vine Brook which the Planning Board was -con- sidering recommending for acquisition by the town. Mr. Snow stated that Mr. Moore wished an informal opinion concerning the proposal to develop said section with the idea in mind that said opinion would serve as a basis for discussing the extension of Emerson Road across the Vine Brook easement and the acquisition byy the town of land set aside for recreational development. The Board asked Mr. Snow to confer with the Supt. of Public Works in regard to estimated costs of —constructing the Vine Brook easement crossing. Mr. Snow was also'asked to pre- pare any plans necessary for the preparation of an easement crossing. Mr. Snow was also asked to pre- pare any plans necessary for tete preparation of an ' easement and also for the obtaining of an option extending Emerson Road from the Burnham Farms land across the land of Kendrick to East Street.