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PLANNING BOARD MEETING I April 102 1961 A regular meeting of the Lexington Plan- ning Board was held on Monday, April 10, 1961 at 7:40 p.m. in the Planning Board office, Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Soule, members Bryson, Mabee cnd Meyer, and Planning Director Snow. The Board approved the minutes of its March 28 and Anril 3, 1 961 meetings. Read to the Board was Town Counsel Stevens' letter of April 71 1961 to the Planning Director enclosing an option, dated March 31, 1961, signed by Richard H. Soule and Phoebe H. Soule under which the Town might acquire ease- ments for public travel, and for all other pur- poses for which ways are intended in Lexington, in two parcels of land abutting on Fldred Street at the nrIce of X1500.00. Mr. Snow reported that he had transmitted the option instrument to the Town Clerk for safekeeping. There was then read. to the Board and approved by it the draft of a letter to the Selectmen recommending that they exercise the option (see addendum). Considered next was a communication, dated March 10, 1961, from Fdward A. Poskus, Chairman of the By-laws Committee of the Mass. Federation of "lanning Boards setting forth for the consider- ation of the members certain recommended changes In the Federation's constitution to be acted upon at the annual meeting of said Federation to be held May 12, 1961. It was decided that if these recommended changes, particularly the increase in dues, were acted upon favorably by the Federation at its annual meeting; that the Planning? Board would not renew its membership in the Federation 4n 1962. Read to the Board and considered by it was a letter, dated April 6, 1961, from Mr. F. D. A. King, Jr. of Whitman & Howard, Inc., Engineers, with reference to the traffic study which said corporation is making for the Mass. Dent. of Pub- lic Works and in conjunction therewith the pro- posal to make a direct connection from the Hanscom Field Air Base to Route 128 as shown on prints en- closed with. said letter. It was decided to have MINUTES OPTION ELDRED STREET MASS. FEDERATION OF PLANNING BOARDS HANSCOM FIFLD - ROUTE 128 ACCESS ROAD