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PLANNING BOARD MEETING November 22, 1971 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chairman, Mrs. Brown with members Clarke, Costello and Lund, planning director Zaleski and secretary Mrs. Snow present. Also in attendance were Mr. Wayne Barber, Creative Environments Inc., Mr. Thomas Curran, Lexington Minute -Man and Mr. Frank Sandy, CLC. The minutes of Planning Board meeting of November 8, 1971, were reviewed MINUTES 11/8/71 and approved as written. The minutes of Planning Board meeting of November 15, 1971, were approved as amended. MINUTES 11/15 Copies of the letter regarding bicentennial planning which were sent last BICENTENNIAL week to planning boards and boards of selectmen in nine surrounding towns will be sent to chambers of commerce in these nine towns if the Lexington Board of Selectmen approves. An explanatory cover letter will accompany these copies. Mention was made of a report in the Lexington Minute -Man of a SILC meeting SILC MTG. attended by Mr. Costello, at which plans for the bicentennial celebration BICENTENNIAL and regional approach to solid waste disposal were discussed. The Board reviewed a plan submitted with application Form A71-27 showing FORM A71-27 Lots 1 and 2 on Kendall Rd. After a discussion of the condition of KendallKENDALL RD. Rd., history of other plans which have been submitted for this site, review of its status as a legal street, and upon a motion duly made and seconded it was VOTED: To endorse as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law the plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated November 3, 1971, by Miller & Nylander, showing Kendall Rd. as a legal street, which was submitted with application Form A71-27 on November 15, 1971. The endorsement was made with the provision that the following note be added to the plan: "No determination is made hereby that Lots 1 and 2 are separate building lots." Mr. and Mrs. Keith W. Harrison, owners of a building at 72 Waltham St. HARRISON and 4 interested residents of this area met with the Board at 8:00 p.m. 72 WALTHAM to discuss the possibility of extension of CB district to include this ST. site, now in RS district. Mrs. Harrison, proprietress of a fabric shop, "The Golden Hand", 315 Marrett Rd., presented a description of the opera- tion, type of clientele, degree of activity and the probability of a need to seek new location for her business. She described work done to renovate the building at 72 Waltham St. and asked the Board for advice as to pro- cedures for seeking rezoning of this corner lot. She showed a plan to illustrate a physical separation of the commercial and residential sections of Vinebrook Rd, creating a parking area at the Waltham St. end and dead - ending the remaining stub. The Planning Board believes rezoning on Waltham St. should be considered for a larger area and would oppose any lot -by -lot rezoning. The advisability of the Harrison's seeking a variance from the Board of Appeals rather than a rezoning was considered. The plan for dividing Vinebrook Rd. was left with the planning director for further study.