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' PLANNING BOARD MEETING February 23, 1956 A special meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Town.Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on Thursday, February 23, 1956 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Adams, Messrs. Grindle, Hathaway and Irwin were present. Mr. Jaquith arrived at 7:55 P.M. Mr. Duffy, of.William .A. Fisher Company, Inc., Engineers, was present from 7:30 until 8:45 P.M. Mr•. Snow, Planning Director, and the secretary were also present. The following Form A application was taken under consideration: #56-13, submitted on February 23, 1956 by Edward A. Larner, plan entitled "A Subdivision of Land Court Case No. 6171 Land in Lexington, Mass.", Scale 1" = 30', February 1, 1956, Miller & N71ander, C. E.'s & Sur- veyors, Lexington, Mass. ' It was moved, seconded and unanimously VOTED: that the plan accompanying application #56-13 be signed bearing the endorse- ment "Lexington Planning Board approval not required under subdivision control law"'. The Chairman read a letter, dated February 23, 1956, from William A. Fisher, Inc. referring to Mr. Duffy's recent conversation with Mr. Snow and out- lining a proposal for a complete street development plan for Lexington. Mr. Duffy was asked to elaborate on the proposal. This he did by stating that in re- gard to basic data with which to begin a -study of this nature he had been informed by the State Department of Public Works District Office that within a month or two there would be available for use a thorough traffic problem study in connection with the new East-West Turnpike terminating in Boston, that fairly up-to-date counts were made on Route 128 exits and on Route `2'and 3 and that new counts were also available on old Route 128 and from M.I.T.ts Lincoln Laboratory. 1 FORM A MAJOR STREET PLANNING