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PLANNING BOARD HEARING I February 13, 1959 The Lexington Planning Board held a public hear- ing on Friday, February 13, 1959 at 8:00 p.m. in Esta - brook Hall, Cary Memorial Building, relative to the appli- cation for approval as a subdivision property of Lexing- ton Development Company known as 'Lowell Estates" situated southerly of the intersection of Maple and Lowell Streets and bounded in part by said streets and lots abutting on said streets. Present were Chairman Grindle, and Members Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith and Soule. Approximately thirty persons attended the hearing. The Chairman read the notice of the hearing as it had been sent to all abutting property owners and others deemed to be affected and as it has been published in the January 29, 1959 issue of the Lexington Minute -man. He then explained that on the advice of theown Counsel a new notice had been advertised and a new hearing was being held so that if there were any question as to the legality of the previous hearing it would now be eliminated. He pointed out that there had been an error in the notice of said previous hearing, the error being in the date 1958 which should have been 1959. Mr. Grindle also explained the matters concerning which a planning board had juris- diction under the Subdivision Control Law, emphasizing that such a board had no jurisdiction of the type of house to be constructed and related matters. In conclusion, Mr. Grindle gave an explanation of how the hearing would be conducted. He then requested that a representative of the Lexington Development Company present the proposed definitive subdivision plan entitled "Lowell Estates Lex- ington, Mass.", dated Dec. 12 1958. Mr. Eugene L. Tougas of Waltham stated that he was an attorney at law and represented the Lexin-ton Develop- ment Company. Using the plans on display he pointed out that they were the same as those presented at the previous hearing held on January 19, 1959. He explained various details on the plan and said that these had been discussed with the Planning Board at an informal meeting held on January 29, 195°. He sd d that since the plans had been approved by the Town Engineer and since it complied with Lexington's Zoning B -7 -law and subdivision rules and regu- lations, the Lexington Development Company was asking for approval of said plan. ' Mr. William Hammer of 15 Fiske Road wanted to be assured that the records of the public hearing held on January 19, 1959, including the statement he had read and the petition Mr. Shaughnessy had read, would be incorporated