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PLANNTNG BOAPD MEETING January 19. 1959 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the office of the Board, Town Office Building, on Monday, January 19, 1959 at 7:45 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Burnell, Jaquith and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. The secretary, Mrs. Baker, was present dur- ing the hearing, as noted below. The Board approved the minutes of its Jan- MINUTES uary 5, 1959 meeting. Considered next and approved by the Board was the final draft of a statement of policy on POLICY ON matters presented at hearings, said statement hav- HEARINGS Ing been prepared as a result of the Board's in- formal meeting on January 171 1959 to discuss cer- tain erroneous statements set forth in a notice which had been called to the Planning Board's atten- tion during the previous week. (See addendum.) It was decided to publish the Board's statement of policy in the next issue of the Lexington Minute- man. (See addendum.) The Board's attention was called to a peti- tion dated December 19, 1958 and certified by the REZONING Town Clerk on January 19, 1959 as having been PROPOSAL signed by 11.4.2 qualified registered voters of Lex- ington, said voters petitioning the Planning Board MAPLE ST. to hold a public hearing and prepare a final report A 1 of recommendations for the 1959 Annual Town Meeting DISTRICT on the proposal to rezone to an A-1 Garden Apartment and Hotel District a certain area of land fronting on Maple Street. It was decided to schedule said hearing for Wednesday, February 25, 1959 in Esta - brook Hall. The area deemed to be affected was selected for the purpose of notifying all property owners therein. Mr. Snow was requested to make the necessary arrangements for the hearing including the preparation of the advertisement for the hearing and the estimaton of costs for determining the fee to pay for all expenses in connection with said hearing. Mr. Snow reported that Mr. Mark Moore, Jr. of BURNHAM Todd Realty, Inc. had filed a properly executed bond FARMS ' In connection with the Burnham Farms, See. 3 sub- division plan. It was decided, however, to take no SEC. 3 - action on the application for approval of said plan TODD until all minor corrections and changes to be made REALTY on the -olan had been completed.