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PLANNING BOARD MEETING June 10, 1957 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building on June 10, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was present from 10:00 to 10:00 p.m. The Board first considered a draft of a letter which was addressed to the Selectmen and which set forth the Planning Board's decision that it could not submit to a Town Meeting a recommendation of favorable action on the amendments to the Zoning By-law as pro- posed in the notice for the public hearing held on June 6, 1957• At $:05 p.m. the Board held a public hearing relative to the application for approval of a defini- tive subdivision plan entitled "Battle View Park Sec- tion Two Lexington -Mass." Twelve persons attended the hearing which was opened by Chairman Grindle by read- ing the notice of the hearing as it was sent to all abutting property owners and as was published in the May 23, 1957 issue of the Lexington Minute -man. After discussing the procedure to be followed in conducting the hearing, Mr. Ralph Frissore, speak- ing for the applicant presented and discussed the sub- division plan. Messrs. Leonard C. Dozier, Thomas G. Magner, Glenn C. Perduyn, John F. Nolan, and Harvey H. Horn of 273, 259, 280, 262 and 272 Woburn Street, re- spectively, raised questions in regard to the storm drainage system on the proposed Rumford Road extension and the connection of said drainage to a system on Woburn Street. It was pointed out by the Board that the plan, including the drainage system, had been approved by the Superintendent of Public Works. Mr. Perduyn asked when the required worts in Rumford Road would be completed. It was pointed out by the Board that said work was required to be completed within one year from the date of approval of the subdivision plan by the Planning Board. At 8:25 p.m. Supt. Gayer came to the meeting to answer questions in regard to provisions for said storm drainage and stated that some of the surface water fluty- , ing over Woburn Street in the vicinity of Rumford Road was caused by a plugged culvert under Woburn Street, that this culvert was to be cleaned out immediately, REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER PROPOSAL BATTLE VIEW PARK