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n C u' PLANNING BOARD MEETING December 27, 1972 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chairman, Mrs. Brown with members Graham, Costello, Clarke and Lund, planning director Zaleski and secretary Mrs. Snow present. Also In attendance were Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Holland and Mr. Frank Visalli of the Minute Man Hlds. Assoc. The minutes of the Planning Board meeting of December 20, 1971, were approved as amended. MINUTES 12/20 A draft of a letter to the Board of Selectmen from the Planning Board re- garding Mr. Rob't Lyon's suggestion to expand the Historic District was HISTORIC DIST. approved as amended. EXPANSION,LYON The revised draft of the Planning Board explanatory letter to the Board BD. OF APPEALS of Appeals concerning the proposal of the Honeywell Radiation Center HONEYWELL was approved as amended. Discussion was resumed regarding the proposed playfield in the Concord CONCORD AVE. Ave. area. Two locations on the Corazzini property were considered. RECREATION Mr. Holland reported on his telephone conversations with Mr. Fred Coraz- zini and Mr. Charles Gallagher, Chairman of the Recreation Committee, regarding possible acquisition of a 2 acre (or less) site on Corazzini land for a neighborhood playground for informal play, and dependent upon willingness of the Corazzini brothers to sell, expressed Min.Man Hlds. Assoc. support of a Planning Board sponsored Article to acquire this land. Preliminary estimates of land cost, including rough grading, were given by the planning director. Further exploration as to the suitability and availability of an additional parcel of land owned by Macdonald, abuttor of Corazzini, will be made by Mr. Holland. The members gener- ally agreed that, following a meeting of the Planning Board to which Messrs. Corazzini would be invited for discussion, and after information regarding the Macdonald land is received by the Board, two separate Articles would be drafted to be sponsored by the Planning Board proposing acquisition of land for a junior neighborhood playground in the Concord Ave. area; one proposing a portion of Corazzini land and one, the rear portion of Macdonald land. The petition of Harrison to the Board of Appeals to be heard on Jan -4. 1972, for a variance to allow operation of a retail business at f72 Waltham St. in RS district was reviewed. Following a review of comments of the Board to Mr. & Mrs. Harrison at a previous Planning Board meeting regarding this proposal and a reference to Mr. Zaleski's memorandum of 12.20.71 on the subject, the contents of a letter to be written to the Board of Appeals from the Planning Board, with recommendations and ex- pressing general agreement of the majority of the Board was discussed. The letter will be drafted by the planning director for consideration at next week's meeting. Mr. Costello was recorded as opposed to the granting of the Harrison pd1tion. BD. OF APPEALS HARRISON