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January 30, 1957 At 8:00 p.m. on January 30s 1957 the planning Board held a public hearing in Estabrook Hall, Cary Memorial. Building, on application of Asso- ciates Realty Trust, 130 Newmarket Sq., Boston, for a determination by the Board that buildings and uses as shown on the plans including the site plans and building designs for a hotel to be located on land which is situ- ated at the intersection of Marrett Road and State Route 128, said land being in an A 1 district under the Lexington Zoning .By law, constitute a desirable development in and will not be detrimental to the neighborhood. Present were Chairman Hathaway, Members Abbott, Adams, Grindle, Burnell and Jaquith; Mr. Snow and Mr. Howlett of the staff, and Mrs. Baker, secre- tary. In addition 66 persons attended the hearing including those, asso- ciated with the Trust. Chairman Hathaway opened the hearing by reading the hearing notice which had been sent to all property owners deemed to be affected and which had been published in the Lexington Minute -man on January 100 1957. He also read See. 5 (g) of the Lexington on ng Zw which describes per- mitted uses in an A 1 zone. Mr. Hathaway emphasized that the petition did not involve any change in the by -lax, stating that the question was not whether or not apartments or a hotel would be permitted but whether or not the plans as submitted by the petitioner would be beneficial and not ' detrimental to the neighborhood. The Chairman asked the petitioner to pre- sent the plans after which the Board and citizens might ask questions and secure general information. He said that after the closing of the hearing, the Planning Board would take the plans under advisement and after study would notify the petitioner of its decision. Mr. Gerald E. Bruen, 53 State Street, Boston, attorney for the petitioner stated that the Associates Realty Trust was a Massachusetts business trust under declaration of trust recorded in the State's Depart- ment of Corporations. He said that the Trust is composed of nine Greater Boston business and professional men and Mr. Seabury, son of the former owner of the land which has been conveyed to said trust. He added that the land includes all the area zoned as an A 1 district at the junction of Marrett road and Route 128, Mr. Bruen then pointed out or displayed material which the Board had requested in its January 22, 1957 letter to the trust, said material consisting of building plans, site plan, surer plan, renewals of State Department of Public Works permits for a sewer under Route 128 and a driveway entrance onto Route 2 A, and two perspectives of the proposed hotel. t� Mr. Bruen likewise noted that he had a copy of Mr. Stevens' January 4, 1957 letter to Mr. Groden, the Seabury's attorney, in which Mr. Stevens acknowledged the receipt and recording of.a deed of land where the hotel is proposed to be constructed by the Associates Realty Trust, all other deeds of land, easements from Mrs. Seabury, the Town of Lexington and the Methodist Church, and the receipt of an option covering Lot C that was granted by the Seaburys to the Torn of Lexington together with a separate instrument setting forth the option purchase price.