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PLANNING BOARD MEETING September 26, 1932 1 A meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Conference Room of the Town Office Building, Monday, September 26, 1932, Messrs. Emery, Milne, Duffy, Scheibe and Cutler were present. The Assistant Town Engineer and secretary were also present. Mr. Emery stated that he had called the Boston & Maine Railroad and they had informed him that they hed no plans of the grade junctions at the Grant Street intersection but that they would have an engineer come out and find the grades. Plan of the proposed extension of Sherman Street from. Fletcher Avenue to Woburn Street was studied. Mr. O'Connell has stated that he will do everything he can to promote this project. If this street were carried through, it would lead to straightening out this whole area and making it an orderly development. Mr. Cosgrove is to make an estimate of damages that would Sherman Street be incurred by putting through Sherman Street Extension assum- Extensien ing that the h'.ulvey family would not co-operate with the Town. Iver. Milne stated that he thought there was no immediate necessity for putting this street through, and Mr. Emery informed him that in fairness to Mr. O'Connell some activity should be shown. Yr. Taylor came before the Board with sketches made by hire Mitchell of the proposed new fire station. The station as sketched provided for four front doors of 15 feet each with spaces of 7 or 8 feet between. The building is 103 feet wide in front and the ell is 24 feet making a total of 127 feet. The depth is 125 feet. On the floor, provision is made for eleven feet between each piece of apparatus. The cost has not been figured yet. The triangle has 253 feet on 71oburn Street from point at the railroad, and 145 feet width at Fletcher Avenue, Mr. Emery presented plans that Mr. Greeley made for a fire station on this same triangle. His building faced Mass. Avenue. Er. Emery asked Mr. Taylor is he would give Mr. Mitchell a plan of the triangle and have him make a sketch for that particular location and Mr. Taylor replied that Ns. Mitchell had given him the sketches free of charge and he would not want to ask him to do that. It was decided that Mr. Taylor would have a blueprint made of Mr. Mitchell's sketch and send it to Mr. Greeley Tuesday, Sept- ember 27th, together with the dimensions of the triangle so that he might try to work out a way to meet the requirements. If Fletcher Avenue were closed, it provide forty feet extra, half going to Mrs. Leary and half to hlr. O'Connell. Mr. Emery stated that he had talked with tire Trask who in- formed him that Mr. Smith, the third member of the committee on the Russell House property, is away and until he returns, they cannot function. Mr. Trask strongly favors saving this property for a school house. Proposed Fire House Rus se 11 House