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PLANNING BOARD MEETING February 5, 1973 ' The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chaisaam, Mrs. Brown with members Clarke, Costello, S. Brown, Graham, planning director Briggs and secretary Mrs. Snow present. Also in attendance were M. Gilson, LWV, F.Sandy, CLC, M. Weinmayr, DAC and C. Waixel, Lexington Minute Man. The minutes of the Planning Board meeting of Jan. 22, 1973 were MINUTES 1/22 approved as amended. The Board reviewed a plan submitted with Application Form A73-4 FORM A73-4 showing land at Rte 128/Hobbs Brook Basin. Upon a motion duly RTE12WHOBBS made and seconded, it was VOTED: BR. BASIN The plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington and Waltham, Mass.", dated Jan. 25, 1973, by Schofield Brothers Inc. submitted on Jan 29, 1973, by Myron C. Roberts, Tr. for C-R Trust, requires no approval under the Subdivision Control Law. The plan was so endorsed by members of the Board. Mr. Briggs reported on an invitation he received from Major Rhoades,BICENTENNIAL Hanscom Field, to attend a Lexington/Concord meeting on BicentennialLEX/CONCORD related matters. A memorandum dated Jan. 31, 1973, containing MEETING details of the meeting was noted. It was agreed that since a Planning ' Board public hearing on rezoning is scheduled for the same date, Feb. 15, 1973, Mr. Briggs will be unable to participate in the meeting. Mr. Graham may attend instead. Mr. Briggs informed the Board of Mr. O'Connell's preference for Tuesday, Feb. 13 for his meeting with the Planning Board. It was agreed that the meeting will be held in the Planning Board office at 8 p.m. on that evening. The Board discussed design of Planning Board stationery, which must be ordered in the near future. It was voted that the type of stationery currently in use will be re -ordered, subject to Mr. Briggs' investi-PL. BD. STATIO] gation as to comparative price of the newly designed paper and ERY envelopes. Messrs. Mark Moore, Chas. Spaulding and Wm. Kreutzjans, Spaulding and DRUMMER Slye, met with the Board by appointment to present plans for a BOY SUBD. condominium development on the "Drummer Boy" land off Bedford St. which will require rezoning to RM. Mr. Spaulding showed an overall plan for 250 units on 62+ acres and referred to a tentative plan for access from the Bedford St./Hartwell Ave. intersection to Grove St. The developers were informed of the Planning Board concept for design of such a connector road so as to discourage its use as a major industrial road. Drainage features were shown on a topographical map. Mr. Spaulding gave comparative tax -benefit figures which would result from development of the parcel for single-family residences and for the condominium develop- ment and a fact sheet on the subject was distributed. Recreation features and parking provisions were noted. A proposal was presented to locate on a separate 11 acre parcel off Bedford St. a development of low/moderate income housing. Areas designated for Conservation land were pointed out, and the plan to donate the remaining land to the Lexington Housing Authority for a period of 5 years and, after development