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REGULAR MEETING, 1_PRIL 5, 1927. A regular meeting of the Bord of Selectmen vias held in the Selectmen's Office at 8:00 P.M. lles:-rs. Custcance, Burnham, Ballard, ' Robertson, and Chamb=r lain v!ere present. `Ihe Supt. of Public 'Yorks and the Clerk were also present. The records of 11-.st meeting ,i: -ere approved. The application of Lloyd H. Chase for a permit to install a gasoline tank on 'middle Street wa~ tr ken from ';he tabl and after some discussion was 1L3id upon the tabl for one ,!ee1c. The plan o�' Robbins & Smith u ion nThich a he --ging was held last week was considered. Mr. Robbins came before the Board and requested tentative approval of a p:rt of the plans sho7:.ring lots facing on Locust Avenue bordered by 1,7atson and Lexington Avenues. They requested this approval so tha they might start building houses on these four lots. Mr. Robbins left the lotting plan :with the Bold, and after considering the matter, it was voted to re*uest the applicant to file a nea plan covering lots 46, 54, 55, and 56; and Locust Avenue, lVatson Avenue, and Lexington Avenue adjacent to the same; Lexington Avenue west of lot 56 to be 12<id out 40 feet wide. -This plan is to be p -rt of plan entitled "Plan showing devel- opment in Lexington, Dass., for Robbins & Smith, Inc. Scale 1 inch - 80 feet. January 1927, A. C Peters, Civil Engineer, Boston, Mass." It was also voted that this plan and supplemental pl.ns be -referred to the Planning Board for recommendation with the recuest that special ' attention ,be given and prompt action be taken on the supplemental plan in order that the Board of Survey may take separate action on this plan to permit the developers to build on the lots described thereon. Mr. and sirs. Edward Davin and Miss Gertrude Mitchell of TMass. Avenue, East Lexington, came before the Board in reference to the taking on the curve of Mass. Avenue near Pleasant Strcct. Mrs. Davin stated that she had a carpenter view her house and he informed her that it would cost approximately $2,00. to move her house back 25 feet. This figure did not, holever, include filling on the premises. The Board informed Mrs. Davin that she should secure an estimate in wrriting covering the cost of allthe work including grading and filling, and send the same to the Board so thlrt they may have something definite to refer to the County Commissioners. Miss Gertrude Mitchell stated th--t she had not received an estimate, but she presumed that the cost would be about the same as for Mrs. Davin's house. She was likevrise requested to hand in a written estimate of the cost of damages to her premises. These twxo claims are a, result of the petition to the County Commissioners for the widening of the Avenue. In regard to the absence of the Town Coun^el it was decided to ' request Mr. Wrigh.tington to name an assistant who can be called upon ' when he is not present. Letter was received 'from the Lexington Board of Trade in which they request that the Board use the money the:_'. is ordinarily used for decorating the Town Hall to install the Shenandoah System in front of the Town Hall, inasmuch -s the businessdistrict on Hass. Avenue will be decorated in this manner. The Board agreed to install this system and so notified the Bo. -rd of Trade.