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1 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING November 22, 1976 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chairman Mr. MacKenzie with members Brown, Zabin, Friedman, Clarke, planning director Briggs and secretary Mrs. Snow present. Minutes of Planning Board meetings of October 25, and November 1, 1976, MINUTES 10/25 were approved as presented. and 11.1.76 The chairman read a letter from Dr. Wadsworth, chairman, B/A, responding ZONING BY LAW to an invitation to participate with Mr. Zabin's committee in review REVIEW COMM. of the Zoning By-law in the light of Ch.808, Acts of 1975. Mr. Zabin gave a brief pregress report on work of the sub -committee dealing with redefinition of CBD boundaries. Board of Appeals notices of hearings to be held on December 9, 1976, B/A HEARINGS were read. No Planning Board comment on the petitions will be offered. 12/9/76 Mr. Briggs reported on conference with Town Counsel who asked for the PUD OPEN SPACE view of the Board with respect to timing of legal acceptance of PUD BICENTENNIAL open space in Bicentennial Farms subdivision. It was agreed that taking FARMS of title will be deferred until completion of construction of the development and condition of the open space is considered to be accept- able. Regarding developer Freeman's request for release of Lot 1 in Minute Man MINUTE MAN Ridge II subdivision, previously discussed on August 16 and 30, 1976, it RIDGE II,LOT was agreed that the action will take place following recording of the subdivision plans and instruments. At 8:05 p.m., Joel Greenstein and his engineer, Roger Corbin met with the Board for discussion of preliminary plan for Kendall Garden subdi- vision, which will be resubmitted to the Planning Board in the near future. Evidence that owners in fee of Kendall Rd. (to which the subdivision road will attach) will give legal rights to the developer to improve that portion of the road, will be required by the Planning Board. No objection was expressed at the intention of Mr. Greenstein to request waiver of sidewalk construction. KENDALL GARDEN SUBDIVISION Dr. Friedman reported on his attendance at an intertown meeting on LAND SWAP MTG. November 18 (Bedford, Burlington, Lexington) to study possibility of a land swap among the three town, involving a 200 a. industrially zoned parcel in Burlington at the Lexington and Bedford lines. Letter appointing Dr. Friedman as Lexington representative to the committee will be prepared by the chairman. At 8:30 p.m., Henry Vokey and Jon McCarthy met with the Board for dis- AARON ROAD cussion of buildability of a parcel of land at Aaron Rd.('paper street"). Plan submitted with Farm A73-16, on which the parcel is shown, and B/A denial of variance to allow legal frontage for the parcel (August '75), were referred to. Mr. Vokey was advised of alternative procedures: repetition to the B/A, or subdivision procedures, regarding develop- ment of the land.