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PLANTTNG BOARD MEETING February 6, 1961 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Mondav, Febri.zary 63 1961 at 7:110 p.m, in the Board's office, Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Burnell, members Grindle, Mabee, Meyer and Eoule, and planning Director Snow. The Board annroved the minutes of its Jan- uary 16, 161 meeting. Annroved for nayment were the following bills which had beennresented: U.S. Government Printing Office, land subdivision regulations -- P 1.00: Atwell Service Co., service on Audograph-- ¢8.116; Donald C. Richardson, professional services, January 23 through February 3, 1961.--P223.96. !'ith reference to the nroposal to extend. '�uckmar Drive (see minutes of January 23, 1961 2lann.in7 Board meeting), Mr. Snow presented a statement of aepraised values of lots 10, 11, 12, and 13 front,*ng on Moreland Avenue, the existing street betterments assessed agairst said lots and the nronosed betterments which would be assessed against the remai_ni rg n ortions of lots 11 and 12 i_f the extension of Suck man Drive were laid out as a town Taa,;T under the Betterment Act, as shown on tre plan entitles t°Plan of Proposed 'basement for ?rater Main from Bus =man Drive to Moreland Ave. Lexington Mass.", dated Oct. 6, 1.9117, recorded in the Middlesex South. District pegistry of Deeds as Plan 16911 of 1047. The Board discussed this statement to determine the alternate costs of ac- qui_ri ng lots 10 and 11 or parts t^ereof. The matter was discussed later with the mown Counsel when he came to the meet1n7,. He ad- v9_sed against insert;np, an article in the !,,Tarrant for the Annual Town Meeting to take the land neces- sar17 for the extension of Buckman Drive. He re- viewed the recommendation :ahich he made nt the "lannin7 Board meeting on January 23, pointing out that; it woulc to?,�e a two-thirds vote of the Town Meetinv to acquire the land necessary for the exten- sion as the town way* as laid out b -,r the Selectmen. It was decided therefore to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that it have prepared for the next town meeting to act upon a layout for the Buckman Drive extension and also for the extension of Summit Road to Fern Street. MTNTTTES BILLS BUCKMAN DT? TVE STTMMTT ROAD