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PLANNING BOARD MEETING July 29, 1963 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office in the Town Office Building on Monday, July 29, 1963 at 8:00 p.m. Present were Chairman Mabee, members Bryson, Campbell, Greeley, and Meyer, and Mr. Snow, Planning Consultant. From 8:00 to 8:05 p.m. Mr. James Taurasi, a trustee of Pond Realty Trust, and Mr. William C. Nylander) civil engineer, met with POND REALTY the Board to present a plan entitled "Country Club Manor Proposed TRUST Section Two Lexington, Mass.", dated April 30, 1962, and to seek SEC. 2 the Board's informal opinion in regard to the same. Mr. Taurasi said that if the lot layout as shown on the above plan met with the WORTHEN ROAD Board's approval, he would like to have Mr. Nylander prepare a defin- itive subdivision plan for submission to the Board. The Board took the plan of proposed Section Two under advisement. Later on during the meeting the Board considered the above- named plan with reference to the location of Worthen Road as shown on the Planning Board's plan entitled "Proposed Location Worthen Road Mass. Ave. to Route 128," dated August 5, 1958, the latter be- ing a modification of the location of Worthen Road as shown on the Master Road Plan for Lexington of August 1957. The Proposed "Sec- tion Two" plan of Country Club Manor was particularly compared with the Board's plan entitled "Proposed Residential Subdivision from Garfield St. to Vaille Ave." dated August 10, 1958, said plan show- ing the proposed location of Worthen Road across lands of the Lex- ington Golf Club and the Pond Realty Trust. (For action on prelimi- nary subdivision plan of said trust, see minutes of Planning Board meeting of June 8, 1959.) After due consideration the Board decided to abandon the idea of Worthen Road as shown on the above-named plan, dated August 103 1958 and to so notify Messrs. Nylander and Taurasi. It was also de- cided to suggest to them that the "Proposed Section Two" plan be modified by extending Vaille Avenue using a right-of-way width of fifty feet so as to connect with Augustus Road. From 8:05 to 8:50 p.m. Mr. John A. Bellizia of the Pine Meadows Country Club and members of the School Sites Committee, Mrs. PINE MEADOWS George P. Morey, Mr. Charles T. Abbott, and Mr. Richard P. Harding, COUNTRY CLUB met with the Board to discuss Mr. Bellizia's renewed request to ac- quire from the town of Lexington a portion of the so-called Meagher- BELLIZIA ville subdivision as an addition to said country club. (See minutes of the Planning Board meeting of July 15, 1963•) Mr. Bellizia stated that the Mass. Dept. of Public Works had taken about 27 acres of the Pine Meadows' land for the widening and relocation of Route 128 and that he wished to replace this land by acquiring town -owned land for the development of an 18 -hole course,