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ADDENDUM Mr. Donald F. Nickerson, Chairman April 28, 1959 Board of Appeals Town Office Building Lexington 73, Mass. Re: Vine Brook Realty Trust A _lDistrict Plans Dear Mr. Nickerson: At its meetings on April 21 and 27, 1959s the Lexing- ton Planning Board reviewed the set of plans which were submitted under Section 5 (q) of the Lexington Zoning By-law for a determination by the Board of Appeals that the apartment buildings and use, includ- ing the site, plans, and building design, constitute a desirable development in, and will not be detrimental to the neinhborhood. In the opinion of the Planning Board the preliminary plans are not complete enough for the preparation of a report of recommendations as set forth in sub -paragraph 5 of said section of the Zoning; By-law. For instance, no basement plans or end elevations are included with the building plans. Because these are lacking it is not known how the buildings are to be heated and ser- viced and whether or not laundry services are to be available. The site plan is only diagrammatic showing no dimensions, no data for the proposed widening of Jaltham Street and a location for Worthen Road., and no systems for water, sewers, or drains. Likewise no out- door sitting areas or recreation facilities are indi- cated on the plan. At this time the Planning Board does not know just what is the status of the Worthen Road proposal, it being necessary to construct said road in order to provide a means of access into the proposed apartment district. On January 19, 1959 the Board held a meeting with repre- sentatives of the Vine Brook Realty Trust in regard to the location of said road. To date the Planning Board has received no further communications in regard to the matter nor has there been submitted any definitive plan of said road for the "lanning Boards consideration. Tn accordance with previous practice the Planning Board has shown the preliminary plans to the Lexington Fire Prevention Bureau in charge of Deputy Chief Beleastro, for an opinion in regard to the plans. It is under- stood that the Bureau was unable to render any opinion because of the incompleteness of the plans. It is sug- gested, therefore, that the architect add sufficient details to said plans to satisfy the needs of the Bureau before submitting them to the Board of Appeals and the Planning Board for further consideration. It has been