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.:.. _. .. r :. ,. t PLANN334G BOARD M9`U t 2A mo3 ` *A meeting of 'the Planning Board -wa"s held in •the Selectsnen'.s Doom on September 2lat at 7:45 o'tclock, there being, present Messrs. Emery, Tilton, L.S. Grown and T,v:D.Brorwn, The Secretary wveport of the previous meeting was approved and accepted._ MASS.. AVETWE, u SET -BACKS As to the remaining, signatures to be obtained in connection` with the set -backs on Mass. Avenue it appeared that with the ex- cep"tion of those of thenew owner of the MaCDonald'property and the Catholic Church authorities, on which,a report from Air. Ballard -was awaited, and ,'of Mrs. Litchfield who had declined to sign, all had been obtained. Mr. Leroy Brown volunteered to make a further endeavor to secure the latter signature and it is hoped that all may be obtained before -the next meeting. BUILDING LINES ELSEWHERE •� It appeared to the Board that no more valuable line of endeavor in the safeguarding of the proper development of the tovm could be undertaken than the securing of similar volun- tary agreements to that now almost effected along Mass. Averrue from the Common to Cedar Street. In conformity to the views of the Planning Board of 1921 in a letter to the Selectmen datedJune l5th,'it was agreed to make. a beginning of this undertaking along the following streets: 1. Bedford Street from Mass. Ave. to the Bedford. Town `Lts►e. 2. Hancock Street,; from the Common to its junction with Bed- ford Street in North'Lexington. 3.Meriam Street its entire length. 4.` Clarke Street its entire length. 5. Muzzoy Street its entire length. i. 6. Waltham Street from Mass'*. Ave, to tb* 'Waltham City Line, 7, Lincoln Street from h°ass. Ave. to the Lincoln Town Line, 8. Woburn Street from Mass. Ave. to the Woburn City Line. ..1�