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PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' March 30, 1964 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, March 30, 1964 at 8:00 p.m. Present were chairman Meyer, members Riffin and Camp- bell, and Planning Director Zaleski. Mr. Leonard Colwell then met with the Board to discuss the possibility of use of land at the northeasterly corner of Bedford St. and Larchmont Lane for his office. The land in question is now zoned R 1 and its rezoning to C 1 or other district permitting office uses was considered. Due to the opposition to any rezoning which was expressed by abuttors in the past when such rezoning was proposed, the Board was of the opinion that they could not support the rezoning of this land to C 1 at this time and that there is not sufficient land for C 4 zoning. Messrs. Harold C. Wilsom and Wilbur Nylander, C.E., met with REZONING PROPOSAL COLWELL PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN-ELDRED ST. WILSON SETH -MINER. A-1 DISTRICT HOUSING AUTHORITY f the Board and presented a preliminary sketch of land north of Eldred St. and east of Justin St., the sketch being a modification of the layout presented at the Board's meeting on March 24, 1964 as recommended by the Board. The sketch was reviewed by members of the Board and a discussion followed, specifically concerning the effect of the proposed layout on the traffic in that part of Lex- ington, including the provision for an alternate route to relieve the congestion at the junction of Eldred St. with Bedford St. The effect of the proposed layout on the traffic in that part of Lex- ington, including the provision for an alternate route to relieve the congestion at the junction of Eldred St. with Bedford St. The proposed layout is considered acceptable to the Board and Mr. Wilson was advised to proceed with the preparation of profiles and definitive plans based on the preliminary sketch reviewed. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Seth, Mrs. James Maxner, Mr. Charles Cole II, and Philip Adams, Esq. met with the Board relative to a proposed rezoning of lard on the northwesterly side of Worthen Rd. from R 1 to A 1 and the conveyance of about 7 acres in back of the land to be rezoned to the town, specifically to the Hous- ing Authority. Mr. Temple Scanlon of the Housing Authority was also present and stated that the 7 acres were very desirable as a site for a housing project for the elderly. A discussion fol- lowed as to whether both the Seth-Maxner land and the land they would convey to the town, if their front parcel were rezoned, should be proposed for rezoning to A 1 as one parcel. Chairman Meyer felt that the two parcels should be considered by the town meeting separately, rather than in one article. Mr. Adams, attorney for the petitioners, supported this view. Mr. Cole presented an approximation of the future development of the land for apart- ments, if rezoned, and pointed out that the location, grades and soil pattern of the land all made the development for apartments the best use for this land, with the hill in the southwesterly portion of the land to be conveyed to the town forming a beautiful REZONING PROPOSAL COLWELL PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN-ELDRED ST. WILSON SETH -MINER. A-1 DISTRICT HOUSING AUTHORITY f