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n 1 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING January 27, 1958 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, To11n Office Building, on Monday, January 27, 1958 at 7130 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle,.Members Burnell and Jaquith, and Planning Director Snow. Mr. Abbott was present until 8110 p.m., Town Counsel Stevens from 10t00 -10x110 p.m. Mr. Abbott gave a report of the conference he, Mr. Burnell, and Mr. Snow had held in regard to the anticipated traffic to be generated by a proposed regional shopping center which representatives of Filene's wished to locate on Swenson and contiguous properties. Based on traffic volumes which had been obtained from those furnished by Wilbur Smith and Associates, Mr. Abbott had had prepared a revision of the Wilbur Smith and Associates plan for solving the access prob- lem from Spring Street to the proposed center. After discus- sing this plan, it was decided to obtain the opinion of the State Department of Public Works and Mr. Gayer, Torn Engineer, in regard to said revised plan and to discuss further with Mr. Gummere of Filene's the anticipated volumes of traffic which would come to the canter over various routes. Mr. Abbott left the meeting at 800 p.m. At the same time members of the Capital Expenditures Conmi.ttee and its secretary, Mrs. Donald E. Tucker, came to the Planning Board meeting. The following committee members were presents Chairman Sanborn C. Brown, Mrs. Arthur E. Fitzgerald, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., Irving H..Mabee, and Norman H. Royle. At the request of the Committee the Board discussed some of its proposals and estimate costs thereof for school sites, recreation areas, roads, etc. which it was thought might involve capital expenditures within the next five years. At 8:45 p.m. Mr. Snow was asked to continue to meet with the Committee and discuss such matters as was of in- terest to it, the Board adjourning its meeting to meet in Cary Memorial Building with the Appropriations Committee. Mr. Snow then discussed further the Board's preliminary long- range development plan for Lexington. The Committee left the Town Engineer's Room at 9130 p.m. lntt- N,11 1 1 Y ZWni" At 10:00 p.m. the Board returned to the Town Engineer's REGICNAL Room to continue its meeting. Town Counsel Stevens met with SHCPPING the Board at this time and gave.a progress report on the CENTER bill introduced into the State Legislature providing for a question to be placed on the Torn ballot in March for the purpose of determining the will of the voters in locating a., regional shopping center on the Swenson and contiguous pro- perties at the intersection of Spring Street and Route 2.