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PLANNING BOARD MEFTTNG <br />' April 16, 1962 <br />The Lexington Planning Board held a regular <br />meeting in its office, Town Office Building, on <br />Monday, April 16, 1962 at 7:35 p.m. Present were <br />Chairman Grindle, members Bryson, Campbell, Mabee <br />and Meyer, and Planning Director Snow. <br />From 7:35 until 7:45 p.m. Messrs. t-Tilliam <br />Nelson of '.lest Newton and TTinthrop J. Philli_pps of <br />Walpole met with the Board to discuss a Proposed <br />subdivision of land on Garfield Street. The gen- <br />tlemen had no plan to exhibit. They stated, how- <br />ever, that the7 had filed one with the Board of <br />Appeals seeking a variance to subdivide said parcel <br />into three lots each having an area of about 10,000 <br />sq.ft. Mr. Phillipps said that upon filing a Peti- <br />tion for a variance he had been advised to discuss <br />the matter first with the Planning Board and parti- <br />cularly with Mr. Snow. <br />SUBDIVISION <br />OF LAND <br />GAR FIELD ST. <br />PHILLIPPS <br />MINUTES <br />EMERSON AND <br />WORTFEN <br />ROADS <br />From the discussion it was understood that <br />the parcel originally comprised ten lots each 25 <br />feet wide but that in t}e Process of obtaining a <br />clear title to the parcel in the Land Court the lots <br />had been registered as one parcel. It was also un- <br />derstood that the two gentlemen and one other wished <br />to erect a house on each of the Proposed three lots. <br />It was determined that thev had been referred to the <br />Planning Board for the reason that the proposed sub- <br />division was on a private wav, namely, Garfield St. <br />Mr. Snow said he would find out more about the prob- <br />lem and the situation involved and on the basis of <br />the information obtained make a recommendation in re- <br />gard to the proposal. <br />The Board approved the minutes of its April <br />9s 1962 meeting. <br />There being no reference in the minutes as <br />approved to a matter which. had been discussed in- <br />formally the previous week, namely, the need of a <br />Public statement in regard to the Planning and de- <br />velopment of .Emerson and Worthen roads, the Board <br />decided to take formal action with rPferenee to this <br />need. Tn view of the statements made and the appar- <br />ent misunderstandings expressed at the 1962 Annual <br />Town Meetings upon motion duly made and seconded, it <br />' <br />was <br />VOTED : that the Chairman appoint a sub -committee to <br />prepare a statement for nublicity Purposes <br />SUBDIVISION <br />OF LAND <br />GAR FIELD ST. <br />PHILLIPPS <br />MINUTES <br />EMERSON AND <br />WORTFEN <br />ROADS <br />