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PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' February 511962 On Monday, February 5, 1962s at 7:45 p.m. the Lexington Planning Board held a regular meeting in its office in the Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Soule, members Bryson, Grindle, Mabee and Meyer, and Planning Director Snow. The Board reviewed first the discussion it had had at its previous meeting with the Goodrich Brothers in regard to acquiring a portion of their land on Sum- mer Street as an addition to the 'Whipple Hill Recrea- tional Area, so-called. (See minutes of Planning Board meeting of January 29, 1962.) From 8:00 to 8:25 p.m. Mr. Lloyd C. Goodrich met with the Board in connection with its letters to the Goodrich brothers with particular reference to the proposal suggesting new boundary lines for their properties. Mr. Goodricr said he and his brother were in accord with the Board's proposal as marked on the print accompanying said letter with the exception of a slight adjustment between the common boundary line ' whish would be between the properties which they wished to retain. There was then discussed the consideration in- volved, it being agreed that the Goodrich brothers would give the Town an option for $1 to purchase at the rate of $700 per acre, the Town purchasing about 0.5 acres of their land comprising parcels E and F, and conveying to Mr. E. Lester Goodrich at the same rate Parcel C comprising about 0.34 of an acre. It was further agreed that the Town Counsel would pre- pare the option instrument for execution by the Good- rich brothers and that the town engineering department would prepare in more detail the plan to accompany the ontIon instrument, that the Town would assume all the engineering costs for surveying the property in accord- ance with said -plan, and prepare the final plans necessary for recording and registering. It was also agreed that the Town would assume all legal fees in connection with the acquisition of the land it wished to purchase and the conveyance to Mr. E. Lester Good- rich of Parcel C. Mr. Goodrich asked that there be incorporated into the option instrument and deed conditions whereby as long as the Goodrich brothers resided on their prop- erties numbered 10 and 14 Summer Street that they be LAND FOR RECREATION WHIPPLE, HILL GOODRICH