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PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' October 18, 1971 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board in its office in Room G-1, Town Office Building, was called to order by the chairman, Mrs. Brown, at 7:30 p.m., 18 October 1971, with members Costello and Graham and planning director Zaleski present. Also present were T. Curran of the Lexington Minute Man and severalinterested citizens. Upon a motion duly made and seconded the Board voted unanimously to N.E. LAW INST. authorize the planning director to attend a seminar an municipal law SEMINAR,11/6/71 sponsored by the New England Law Institute on November 6, 1971. Mr. Lund joined the meeting at this time. No action was taken on the requests for bond release for the Birch Hill BOND RELEASE/ Estates and the bond reduction for the Village Cir. and Oak Park II sub- REDUCTION divisions in the absence of comments from the town engineer. BIRCH HILL VILLAGE CIR. OAK PARK II The Board discussed briefly the Ingleside subdivision bonds preparatory to a meeting with Mr. Spagnuola later in the evening. INGLESIDE Minutes of Oct. 4, 1971, were taken up next and the discussion re -opened on the Board's position on the use of tax -title lots for scattered site MINUTES 10/4/71 housing. It was VOTED upon a motion duly made and seconded to amend ' the minutes by substituting in para. 2 the wording of the vote to read: "The Planning Board supports the LCSR scattered sites housing commit- SCATTERED SITE tee in its efforts to have Section 235 housing built on tax -title lots." HOUSING,TAX- TITLE LOTS The minutes of Oct. 4, 1971, were then approved as amended. The minutes of the meeting of October 6, 1971, were approved as amended. MINUTES 10/6/71 The question of use of tax title lots for subsidized housing was dis- TAX TITLE LOTS cussed next. Mr. Graham stated that in his opinion there was no need to study all tax title lots until the LCSR committee determines which ones would be appropriate for housing. Mr. Costello requested that the Board obtain information about tax title lots as requested by him. After some discussion it was agreed that Mr. Costello will convey to the Board (after consultation with the LCSR committee and looking into information avail- able in the office of the Board) what specific additional information should be obtained at this time. Mr. T. Scanlon of the Lexington Housing Authority submitted a plan of 4.4 HOUSING,ELDERLY acres to be acquired by the Authority from the Town for housing for the elderly. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board VOTED: To endorse as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law FORM A71-22 the plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated June 23, ENDORSED 1971, by Miller & Nylander, showing land off Waltham St. and Vine Brook ' submitted with form A application 71-22. Copies of the plan will be made and furnished the Board by Mr. Nylander.