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9-22-58 Dear Mr. McIntosh: ' Thank you for your letter of September 22, 1956 in regard to changes made in the intersection of Childs Road and Diana Lane. The Planning Board regrets that you were un- able to be present at its meeting last Monday evening when it met with Mrs. Anderson to discuss the driveway entrance to her residence. It is hoped, therefore, that tre follow- ing reply to your letter will ;rive you a satisfactory ex- planation of the Board's decisions in regard to the defini- tive plans of Section Two and Three of the Robinson Hill development. However, if you have any further questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with the Board. On April 25, 1955 the Planning Board approved the defini- tive subdivision plan entitled "Section Two Robinson Hill Lexington -Mass.", dated March 2, 1955, and submitted by the Leeland Construction Co., Inc. However, when the cor- poration submitted its definitive plan for Section Three of this development, the Board took the following action as set forth in the following excerpts from the minutes of Planning Board meetings held on Nov. 5 and 13, 1956. Excerpt from the Minutes of the November 5, 1956 meeting: The Board considered next tre application of Leeland Con- ' struction Co., Inc. for approval of the definitive plan of the Robinson Hill, Sec,3 subdivision. It was felt that the stub end of the road containing portions of Childs Road and Diana Lane should be eliminated by modifying approval of Section 2 before approving Section 3 of the development and that a curb, with a driveway entrance for the Anderson lot, should be installed along a portion of the southeasterly boundary of Childs Road to discourage people from driving over lot 5 past the Anderson lot and down the hill to Massachusetts Avenue. It was noted that so-called Woodberry Road shown on the plan did not exist and that Mrs. Anderson had to obtain a variance from the Board of Appeals for a building permit because her lot had no frontage on a street. The Board. decided that if anyone had rights over the land in ques- tion, this evidence could be presented at a public hear- ing held on the question of modifying the Section 2 plan, such a hearing to be held on November 26. The Board also decided that notices of the hearing should be sent to all the present owners of property in said section. In regard to Lot 17 in Section 2, it was noted that said lot did not have legal frontage. It was thought that , this matter could be corrected after the modification of Section 2 plan by extending the frontage of Lot 17 north- easterly along Childs Road 29.25 feet beyond the tangent