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' PLANNING BOARD MEETING <br />January 9, 1956 <br />A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in <br />the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, <br />January 9, 1956 at 7:40 P.M. Chairman Adams, Messrs. <br />Grindle, Hathaway, Irwin and Jaquith were present as <br />were Mr. Snow, Planning Director, and the secretary. <br />Mr. Stevens, Town Counsel, was present from 8:40 until <br />9:55. <br />The Chairman read the following bills which had <br />been presented for payment: Sanborn Map Company, for BILLS <br />a Lexington insurance atlas, $94,80; Anne H. Milliken, <br />for secretarial services, $9.38; Louise M. Baker, for <br />secretarial services, $..90. It was moved by Mr. <br />Grindle, seconded by Mr. Irwin and unanimously voted <br />that the bills be approved as read. <br />The minutes of October 24, 1955 and December 190 <br />MINUTES <br />1955 were then taken under consideration. It was moved <br />OCT. 24 <br />by Mr. Hathaway, seconded by Mr. Grindle and unanimously <br />DEC. 19 <br />' <br />voted that these minutes be approved. <br />Messrs. Skinner and Woodworth of Walter Channing, <br />Inc., Realtors, met with the Board at 8:00 P.M. to dis- <br />cuss the possibility of re -zoning a portion of the <br />RE -ZONING <br />Seabury property between Marrett Road, Massachusetts <br />SEABURY <br />Avenue and Route 128 from a residential to a limited <br />PROPERTY <br />commercial use. Mr. Skinner spoke in behalf of a large <br />company which he did not name but which was interested <br />in erecting a large office building of a type similar <br />to that of Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Com- <br />pany in Waltham. He said that the company for which he <br />was speaking only wanted to erect one office building <br />on the 30 -acre tract which they considered to be a <br />prestige location, that the tract appeals to the com- <br />pany because it affords certain natural protections <br />and that the company was receptive to any reasonable <br />restriction in regard to the use of the land. <br />Members of the Board reveiwed some of the past <br />experiences in regard to the difficulties of convincing <br />the town's people of the merits of some re-zoning'pro- <br />posals and the time it took to act upon such a proposal <br />from the date of application for a change to that of <br />action by the Attorney General. It was also pointed out <br />' <br />that when the time came to make application for re -zoning <br />