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Minutes of the Lexington Planning Bard, April 29,1'19 There were present :"essrt, . Greeley, Barbour and the Secretary. Voted: To ask the Chairman to consult i"r.Blake in re- gard to !.e donation of a piece of land to properly develop the conjunction of Somerset Road, Merriam Streit, etc. There was a lengthy discussion of the question of building laws for the purpose of protecting the torn from injurious building developments and of pro- tecting buyers from speculators. This question the Board agreed tot,ake under ive consideration. It was the senee o :he Board that an effort should be made to work out a scheme for securing the East Lexington marsh and adjoining lands through an investment club. It wes the .,:_ins.- o:f the Board that it should pre- eare a general statement in regard to its functions, what ground it should cover and the main fields of its usefulnes. Among the items mentioned were a town map, developed with special reference to topography, the development of this topography through street lay -outs, 6to., zoning, housing regulations, taxation, town ex- penditures by business -like methods, and the organiza- tion of public interest in the public development of the town. It wee Felt that such local groups as the Board of ?rade, the Co-operative Sank, and an invest- mt=:nt committee or club which should be organized)