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IPLANNING "BOARD MEETING <br />November 25, 1957 <br />A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning <br />Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office <br />Building, on Monday, November 25, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. <br />Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott, Burnell, <br />Jaquith and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. Town <br />Counsel Stevens was also present from 9:30 to 10:10 p.m. <br />The meeting opened with a general discussion of <br />the work of the Hospital Needs Study Committee of which <br />Mr. Burnell is a member.- A general discussion was also <br />held about the informal petition presented to the Select- <br />men by a group of citizens requesting that there be held <br />a special town meeting for the purpose of voting on a <br />proposal for a regional shopping center. <br />At 8:00 p.m. Mr. Antonio Busa met with the Board GREEN <br />to present another proposal for expanding his Green VALLEY <br />Valley development by extending Lillian Road vouth- <br />easterly toward Lowell Street for a sufficient length <br />to serve 4 or 5 lots. A discussion was held similar <br />to that of the previous meeting and the plans taken <br />' under advisement. Mr. Busa left the meeting at 8:30 <br />p.m. <br />Mr. E.C.Barrett and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary BARRETT <br />E. Kelley, attorney, met with the Board to discuss its PETITION <br />November 12, 1957 letter to the Board of Appeals in - <br />regard to Mr. Barrett's petition for a variance to BOARD OF <br />operate a card shop, stationery store and printing APPEALS <br />business at 35 Woburn Street, located in an area <br />zoned as an A-1 district. Mr. Barrett stated that he <br />hoped to change the Planning Board's attitude towards <br />the variance he had requested and gave the Board the <br />following information: <br />The building was constructed prior to 1775, moved <br />from the southwesterly corner of the Winthrop Road - <br />Massachusetts Avenue intersection to its present site <br />during the latter half of the 19th century, part of the <br />building was used as a store from 1905 to 1948 or 1949, <br />last used as a cleaning establishment by William <br />Bongiorno, building was for sale from 1949 until 1951, <br />when the owner, Daniel J. O'Connell died, property was <br />being handled as part of an estate, store used for <br />storagepurposes by Baker's Dress Goods Shop from 1952 <br />to 156. <br />I It was explained to Mr. BArrett whythe Planning g <br />