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PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' January 21, 1963 The Lexington Planning Board held a regu- lar meeting in its office in the Town Office Building on Monday, January 21, 1963 at 7:40 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, members Campbell, Mabee and Meyer, and Mr. Snow, Planning Director. The Board first reviewed material having to do with a nronosed rezoning of land in the viein- it7 of Spring Street south of Route 2 and the nro- nosed Route 2-9pring Street interchange. The Board then met with the following representatives from the Five Fields residential area to discuss these proposals. Present were: Mr. Ferbert-W. Eisenberg, 470 Concord Avenue: Mr. Allan Careen, 6 Barberry Road; Mr. Robert H. Kingston, 4 Field Road; Mrs. Paul V. Riff_n, 6 Field Road; Mr. Stenhen Waldron, 464 Concord Avenue; Mr.Caleb Warner, 546 Concord Avenue. The group were informed of the Planning Boards meeting with representatives of Spring ' Street property owners and the decision to which the Board came after this meeting in regard to both the rezoning proposal and the interchange. Ex- cerpts from the minutes of the planning Board meet- ing of Januar? 14, 1963 setting forth this decision were read to those present. Mr. Warner asked that a copy of this excerpt be mailed to him for the use of the Five Fields group. This it was agreed to do, a copy of the excerpt to be mailed also to Mr. Francis Gallagher of 151 Spring Street. The group was also informed (1) of the Plan- ning Boardls efforts and those of the Selectmen to obtain a ramp from Snrin g Street directly to the eastbound lane of Route 2 following a general de- sign satisfactory to the residents of the Five Fields area, (2) of the Mass. Dent. of Public 'i!orks decision not to include such a ramp in the nro- nosed Route 2 -Spring Street interchange, and (3) of a planned meeting with. the Chief Engineer of the Department to inform him of the Planning Board's decision to place articles in the warrant for the 1963 annual town meeting for rezoning land in the Snring Street area, to acquire other land for oven space between this street and Five Fields, and in prospect of these decisions to seek again a ramp as described above. SPRING STPM REZONING PROPOSAL PROPOSED RO17TE 2 - SPRING ST. INT ERCEA NGE