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1 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING May 11, 1959 A regular meeting of the Lexington Plan- ning Board was held in the office of the Boards Town Office Buildings on Mondays May lls 1959 at 7:40 p.m. Present were Chairman Abbott, Messrs. Grindle and Mabee, and Planning Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was also present from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. Approved by the Board were the minutes of the April 27 and May 4s 1959 Planning Board Meetings. MINUTES Approved also by the Board were the following bills which had been presented for pay- BILLS ment:. L.M.Fosters Inc., office supplies -44-32; Graphic Reproductions, Inca, white prints --§1.20. From 8:00 to 8:05 p.m. Mr. Joseph W. Moores surveyors met with the Board to obtain its in- formal opinion in regard to a proposal of the ,daymint Realty Trust to subdivide into three lots Lot 23 in the Middle Ridges Sec. 2 subdivision. Mr. Moore showed the Board an uncompleted sketch including some topographical data and the outline of a dead-end street approximately 375 feet long and abutting the southerly side line of Lot 23. He pointed out that the proposed street would slope slightly toward Turning Mill Road. From what information was shown on the sketch the Board decided it had no objections to the Trustts pro- posal. The Board considered next Mr. Bruns re- quest for a written offer for McCormack -Brun land which the Planning Board had recommended that the Town acquire for recreational purposes. (See minutes of the April 27s 1959 Planning Board meet- ing.) After a review of matters as the Board un- derstood them, notes were dictated from which Mr. Snow was asked to draft for the Board's considera- tion at its next meeting a letter addressed to Mr. Brun setting forth the Board's proposal. With reference to the previously submitted preliminary scheme of Mr. Robert E. Beasette (See March 23s 1959 Planning Board minutes), the Board reviewed the revised scheme entitled "Plan of Land Lexington, Mass."s dated May 7s 1959 by Fred A. Joyces Surveyor. Before giving an informal opinion on this revised schemes particularly with WAYMINT REALTY TRUST SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL LAND FOR RECREATION PURPOSES MCCORMACK- BRUN LAND BESSETTE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN