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1 <br />C <br />1 <br />MEETING OF PLANNING BOARD <br />August 13, 19JO <br />Present <br />Messrs. Worthen, Richards, Ferguson, Houdlette and <br />Cromwell. <br />Subdivisions <br />The Board met with Mr. Cosgrove, the Town Engineer, to <br />consider a plan of proposed subdivision of land bounded by Spring, <br />Grassland, Valleyfield and the Concord Turnpike. The plan was <br />marked as follows: 'Design for Subdividing Land in Lexington, <br />Massachusetts, Scale 1 inch equals 100 feet. July, 1945. Fred A. <br />Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont, Massachusetts." <br />It was decided by the Board to advise Mr. Cosgrove as <br />follows: <br />The Board feels very strongly that the plan should be <br />altered to provide for a 40 -foot road parallel and adjacent to <br />the side line of the Concord Turnpike on the northerly side. <br />The Board recommends that the plan be altered so as to <br />eliminate the entrance to the Concord Turnpike. <br />The Board recommends that the plan be altered so as to <br />provide a more "interesting" and less conventional street plan <br />In the area adjoining Spring Street. It f eels the appearance of <br />the development would be improved, for example, by having one of <br />the proposed streets running into Spring Street curved instead <br />of straight. <br />Among various factors entering into the Board's conclusion <br />were the followings <br />1. Concern over lack of assurance that the proposed <br />reserve strip next to the Concord Turnpike would <br />be properly maintained. <br />2. Concern as to the danger in having an entrance into <br />the Turnpike, as proposed, when automobile traffic <br />recovers. <br />3. A belief that the residential qualities of the <br />subdivision would be improved if it were impossible <br />for trucks and other vehicles to cut through to the <br />