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1 1 PLANNTNG BOARD MINUTES March 211 1961 A regular meeting of the Lexington Plannin Board was held on Tuesday, March 21s 1961s at 7:49 p.m. in the Board's office, Thwn Office Building. Present were Chairman Soules Members Bryson, Grindle, Mabee and Meyer, and Planning Director Snow. Mr. Mark Moore, Jr. met with the Board from 7:45 until 8:25 p.m. As President of Todd Realty, Inc. he submitted an application for tentative approval of a preliminary plan, Form B, said plan entitled "Preliminary Plan of Lots at Bowser Es- tates Lexington, Mass.', dated. March 18, 1961. After Mr. Moore discussed said plan the Board took It under advisement. Mr. Moore then said, as President of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, he wished to dis- cuss with the Board its pronosal to have rezoned to C 3 uses existing M 1 districts. He asked that the Board have indefinitely postponed Article 50 which sought said change. He was informed of the Planning Board's discussion with representatives of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, the Board's viewpoint in regard to these discussions, and that the Board did not intend to postpone said Article. There were next presented for the Board's consideration and approved for payment the follow- ing bills which had been submitted: Samuel P. Snow, car allowance, March, $20.00, reimbursement for Fairfield Master Plan, $1.40; Idard's, office sup- plies --$10.00; Standard Duplicator Sales, office supplies --117.73; Minute Man Publications, Inc., advertising--, .90; Wallace B. Mitchell Co.s draft- ing supplies --1.75. From 8:30 to 8:50 D.m. Mr. Edward Diehl of Edward Diehl Associates, Inc., Cambridge, and Mr. McLeod of McLeod Realty Companv, Lexington, met with the Board to present a proposal that there be rezoned from single family residential to A 1 Gar- den apartment use the parcel of land bounded by the land of the Lexinnton Lumber Company, the Bos- ton & Maine railroad tracks, the land of Fog- Nissen, Inc., and the rear of property numbered No. 69 to 97 inclusive, Bedford Street. Mr. Diehl exhibited a plan dated. March 201 1961 and entitled "Garden Apartments Bedford St., Lexington," show - PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN TODD REALTY INC. ARTICLE 50 REZONING PROPOSAL BILLS A 1 DISTRICT PROPOSAL DIEHL