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1 1 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING March 17, 1973 The Planning Board met on Saturday, March 17, 1973, at 9:00 a.m. in special session. Present were Lois Brown, Stanley Brown, Eric Clarke and Donald Graham. Thomas Costello joined the meeting later in the morning. The Board discussed the revised layout of the Meriam St. parking MERIAM ST. lot extension Article 39). Mrs. Brown will draft a statement for PARKING LOT consideration on Monday's meeting, prior to the first session of EXTENSION the Town Meeting. The Board generally favors the proposal, in that ART. 39 parking spaces have been lost from the central business district in recent years and future needs will require more rather than less parking. However, (1) in the absence of any recent study of parking needs in the entire business district, the board has no new data from which to recommend how many new spaces are needed here or in any other specific site, and (2) although Che revised design includes a ten -foot landscaped buffer strip at the top of the proposed re- taining wall along the rear property lines on Grant Pl., it is not clear what design best protects the residential character of the Grant Place homes. The Engineering Departments new sewer map was displayed. It was SEWER MAP noted that the identification types of certain sewer mains seemed reversed on the map. The board supports the proposed construction of new sewers, noting that little of the construction voted last year has actually been completed. The detailed plan for modification of the Old Res was examined. OLD RES The Board will support. Applications from the 115 Kendall Corp. and Waltham American Trust 115 KENDALL CO for findings and determinations were reviewed, for which hearings WALTHAM AMER. will be held on March 20 by the Bd. of Appeals. Drafts of letters TRUST by the Planning Director were amended for clarity, and were F&D 3/20 authorized as amended. Revised wording of the note for clarification on Form A73-9 3-9 (Shanahan, 1037/49 Mass. Ave.) was approved on the advice of Town SHANAHAFORM A N Counsel. This wording reads: "Approval under Subdivision Control 1037-104 1037-1049 Law not required because the plan shows the division of a tract of MASS. AVE. land on which two buildings were standing when the subdivision control law went into effect." Mr. Clarke will rewrite the report on the Wetland Zoning Articles. WETLAND ART. A housing policy statement drafted by Mr. Graham was discussed PL. BD. HOUS- and generally approved. He will have copies of a completed draft ING POLICY ready for Monday evening. Draft of reports on the four housing articles were reviewed. The board supports the Haroian (Minuteman Village) proposal unanimously, opposes the Drummer Boy proposal unanimously, and favors by majority vote both the St. Brigid and Flintlock proposals. Mr. Brown will revise the Flintlock report; Mrs. Brown will revise the other three and the Hartery CS proposal, to which the board is unanimously opposed. Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown and Dr. Clarke described a meeting last Thursday afternoon of all boards and committees involved with REZONING ARTI- CLES: HAROIAN,DRUM- MER BOY,FLINT- LOCK,ST.BRIGID HARTERY