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PLANNING BCARD HEARING Daniel J. O'Connell September 17,1936 A hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building on Thursday, September 17, 1936, at 7:00 P. M. upon petition of Daniel J. O'Connell to change the zoning of the triangular lot of land bounded on the north by the Boston and Maine Railroad, on the south by Woburn Street and on the west by Fletcher Avenue. Messrs. Kimball, Nickerson, Ferguson and Ellis were present, Mr. Kimball acting as Chairman in Mr. Borden's absence. Mr. O'Connell was the only person appearing in regard to the petition. Mr. Kimball declared the hearing open and Mr. Ellis, act- ing as Clerk, read the notice of hearing which was published in the September 3rd issue of the Lexington Minuteman and sent to the property owners designated by the Planning Board as being affected by the proposed change. Mr. O'Connell related the history of the lot and stated that he could remember it as a pond which was called Fletcher's mond and in the summer was used and known as Fletcher's Dump. ' It had been filled in for years with ashes and rubbish until he bought it and had R. H. Stevens put in tons of rock and then coarse gravel. He remarked that he could also remember when people passing down ;oburn Street would have .to walk through water from the pond. It has cost him considerable money to fill in the dump and stated that it would be impossible to build houses there because there is no bottom to it but that building on the surface, such as he plans, can be done. He then presented a plan showing his proposed development. Mr. Ferguson asked if it was the same plan which was presented with his previous petitions and Mr. O'Connell replied that it was the same one. Mr. Kimball asked the petitioner if he would consider putting the filling station on the Woburn Street side of the triangle instead of at the point facing Mass. Avenue. Idir, O'.Connell stated that he had not thought of putting the station on the -side and was sure that any filling station built there would not be unattractive as it could be seen from his home. It is his intention to restrict that area between the filling station and the block of stores as a lawn. He plans to move the store from across the railroad, which is in part of a house, into the block. Mr. Labes, the operator of the store, has out- grown his present location and needs more room. Mr. O'Connell then plans to remodel the store back into a house.