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10-6-58 .2- BURNHAM Mr. Jaquith gave a report of the meeting he FARMS and Mr. Grindle had with Mark Moores Jr. on Septem- SEC. 3 ber 30s said meeting having to do with Mr. Moore's preliminary plan for Section Three of the Burnham Farms development and the possible acquisition by the Town of part of Lot 8 of the Reginald W. Ellis property on North and Lowell Streets. It was under— stood there was discussed a proposal for a dead-end ' street off Thoreau Roads said street being located so that part of Lots 8s 9s and 10 could be used to create two additional lots which could be included In the Section Three subdivision. It was further understood that before making any final decision in regard to the above matters a plan would be prepared incorporating Mr. Snow's study for said proposal in a modified preliminary plan for Section 3. Mr. Snow was asked to prepare a plan indi- cating all the land in the Vine Brook -North Street gravel pit area it was proposed to obtain from Mr. Moore for recreation purposes. It was understood that the plan was to be of sufficient detail to be used in obtaining an option to purchase said land from Mr. Moore. McCORMACK The Board next held a detailed review of the BRUN situation in regard to the preliminary subdivision SUBDIVISION plan previously submitted by Messrs. McCormack and Brun for the development of their property adjacent PROPOSED to the Harrington Schools study plans for a proposed HARRINGTON major town recreation areas and related studies for SCHOOL the development of the entire area between Maple and RECREATION Woburn Streets from Lowell Street to the proposed ' AREA location of Emerson Road. (See minutes of the Plan- ning Board's October 3s 1957 meeting and correspond- a letter stating that his proposals in the Planning Board's opinions was a subdivision. (See addendum.) ' BOARD OF Considered next were the notices of petitions APPEALS to be heard by the Board of Appeals on October 14s 1958. It was decided to take no action on the pe- titions to be heard on said date. GENERAL The attention of the Board was called to a EXPENSES statement of the funds expended from the Board's general expense account as of October 1s 1958. It was particularly noted that expenses in connection with zoning proposals had been much greater than anticipated, the same being true for office equip- ment which had to be purchased when the Planning Board was moved to its new quarters in the Town Office Building. BURNHAM Mr. Jaquith gave a report of the meeting he FARMS and Mr. Grindle had with Mark Moores Jr. on Septem- SEC. 3 ber 30s said meeting having to do with Mr. Moore's preliminary plan for Section Three of the Burnham Farms development and the possible acquisition by the Town of part of Lot 8 of the Reginald W. Ellis property on North and Lowell Streets. It was under— stood there was discussed a proposal for a dead-end ' street off Thoreau Roads said street being located so that part of Lots 8s 9s and 10 could be used to create two additional lots which could be included In the Section Three subdivision. It was further understood that before making any final decision in regard to the above matters a plan would be prepared incorporating Mr. Snow's study for said proposal in a modified preliminary plan for Section 3. Mr. Snow was asked to prepare a plan indi- cating all the land in the Vine Brook -North Street gravel pit area it was proposed to obtain from Mr. Moore for recreation purposes. It was understood that the plan was to be of sufficient detail to be used in obtaining an option to purchase said land from Mr. Moore. McCORMACK The Board next held a detailed review of the BRUN situation in regard to the preliminary subdivision SUBDIVISION plan previously submitted by Messrs. McCormack and Brun for the development of their property adjacent PROPOSED to the Harrington Schools study plans for a proposed HARRINGTON major town recreation areas and related studies for SCHOOL the development of the entire area between Maple and RECREATION Woburn Streets from Lowell Street to the proposed ' AREA location of Emerson Road. (See minutes of the Plan- ning Board's October 3s 1957 meeting and correspond-