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6-23-58 The Board next reviewed the application of BOUDREAU Raymond F. Boudreau for aproval of the definitive d subdivision plan entitleSunnyknoll, Lexington, BUNNYKNOLL Mass." A public hearing relative to said applica- tion was scheduled for July 24, 1958 at 8:00 P.M. The. Board also reviewed the petition filed JOHNSON by Frederick K. Johnson to rezone from R 1 to C 2 REZONING use the house lot located southeasterly of and ad - PETITION joining the A & P store on Bedford street. It was - noted that the petition was signed by more than R 1 to C 1 100 registered Lexington voters as certified by USE the Town Clerk. It was decided to defer action on said petition until it could be discussed with the Town Counsel. With reference to the McCormack -Brun pre- McCORMACK liminary subdivision plan, Mr. Snow reviewed with AND the Board his June 20, 1958 memorandum relative to BRUN his January 16 and June 19, 1958 conferences with Recreation Director Samborski. Mr. Snow also dis- cussed the sketch plan accompanying said memorandum, the plan indicating a general arrangement of ele- ments proposed for the area. He recommended that the proposed site of approximately eight acres was not large enough for all the facilities for inclu-. sion on the site. Mr. Snow said he would discuss , the matter further with Mr. Samborski. restrictions on said parcel to the effect that no buildings other than single family residences could At 9:00 p.m. Mr. T. H. Reenstierna, trustee R 1 to A 1 of the Vine Brook Realty Trust, and Mr. A. P. REZONING Tropeano,attorney for Mr. Reenstierna, met with PROPOSAL the Board to discuss the trust's proposal for re- zoning a tract of land from R 1 to A 1 use, said VINE BROOK tract being about eleven acres in area, having REALTY about 850 feet of frontage on the easterly side of TRUST Waltham Street, and situated diagonally opposite the high school grounds. Mr. Tropeano said that the tract was part of the former Ryder estate and also was part of the same area the trustees of said estate petitioned to have rezoned in 1955 for a garden apartment and hotel district. He pointed out that action on Article 54 of the warrant for the 1958 annual town meeting was indefinitely postponed at the request of said trustees when it was found there was a defect in the title to the Ryder property. He stated that this defect was in the process of being cleared in the Land Court. Mr. Tropeano noted, how- ever, (1) that a portion of the tract which it was desired to rezone was part of 54 46 parcel of former Ryder land known as parcel 31 (2) that there were restrictions on said parcel to the effect that no buildings other than single family residences could