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1 1 2-17-58 The Board spent the rest of the meeting preparing a plan of access to the proposed regional shopping center project and a state- ment concerning said project, both to be pub- lished in an issue of the Lexington Minute -man. It was decided that Mr. Abbott would have the plan prepared in final form for reproduction and that Mr. Snow would have the draft of the state- ment typed and distributed for further consider- ation by the Board at a special meeting to be held on February 22, 1958 at 2:00 p.m. in the Planning Board office. The meeting adjourned at 11:50 p.m. Levi G. Burnell, Jr. Clerk ADDENDUM REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER PROPOSAL February 19, 1958 Board of Selectmen Town Office Building Re: Petition to change name Lexington 73, Mass. of portion of Winter St. Gentlemen: Reference is made to the petition to change to Volunteer Lane that portion of Winter Street extend - Ing from Grove Street to Rangeway, said petition having been signed by eleven citizens and referred by you to the Planning Board. The Board noted that because Winter Street was not laid out at present from Sky View Road to Rangeways persons not familiar with local conditions are easily confused when they come to what appears to be the end of Winter Street and have to travel from one section of said street to another in a circuitous route over portions of Sky View Road and Rangewa7. It is pointed out, however, that while a name change would temporarily alleviate the present confusion, it would only add to it later on when Winter Street be- comes one continuous paved road with a different name