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1 1 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING January 26, 1959 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the office of the Planning Board, Town Office Building, on Monday, January 26, 1959 at 7:45 P.M. Present were Chairman Grindle, Mem- bers Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith and Soule, and Plan- ning Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was pre- sent also from 9:15 to 9:30 P.M. The Board approved the minutes of its Jan- uary 19 and 22, 1959 meetings. Approved also was a bill for $30.00 for pay- ment of 1959 dues for the Board's membership in the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards. Considered next were four site plan studies Mr. Snow had prepared of the Waltham Street garden apartment district, each study showing how the buildings on the Manaselian site plan could be re- arranged to obtain more openness between buildings while at the same time retaining the Planning Board's recommended location for Worthen Road. (See minutes of January 19, 1959 Planning Board meeting.) It was pointed out that on each study the southwesterly side of the proposed U-shaped Capt. Parker Lane was located outside the building restriction line and in addition the total length of said lane was shortened by at least 280 feet. It was also noted that while three of the studies used the same number of buildings as noted above, one study eliminated a building containing four three-bedroom units thereby creating a feeling of more spaciousness on the site plan. After studying these proposals, the Board decided to recommend all four to the Vine Brook Realty Trust for considera- tion. MINUTES BILL WALTHAM ST. A 1 DISTRICT SITE PLAN Mr. Reenstierna of said trust met with the Board from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. at which time the ad- vantages and disadvantages of each of the four studies noted above were discussed in detail. It appeared to the Board that these studies were favor- ably received by Mr. Reenstierna, he stating that he liked the idea of locating part of Capt. Parker Lane outside the building restriction line. The studies were given to Mr. Reenstierna who stated that he would consider them with his architect, Mr. Manaselian. From 9:00 to 9:10 p.m. Mr. Joseph W. Moore, VINE BROOK REALTY TRUST