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PLANNING BOARD MEETING May 4, 1964 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, May 4, 1964. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Chair- man Meyer with members Greeley, Bryson, Campbell and Riffin, and planning director Zaleski present. The Board met with for. Frank Capaldi of Colonial Devel- opAent Corp. relative to his request for the reduction of COLONIAL ACRES surety on Colonial Acres subdivision, Sec. IV. This subdivi- SEC. IV sion was under construction since 1959, work has been 80% com- pleted according to the Supt. of Public Works, the remaining COLONIAL DEVEL- items consist of work not performed satisfactorily and are OPMENT CORP. located throughout the subdivision. Mr. Capaldi had earlier requested the reduction of surety to $35,000 from $120,000 and the Board took no action. Mr. Capaldi explained that Colonial Development Corp. is suing the contractor, Rufo Con- struction, to compel them to correct the unsatisfactory work. The case has been postponed and Colonial Development Corp. can- not correct the deficiencies since this would destroy the evidence of existing conditions. Mr. Meyer pointed out that no portion of this subdivision is in a condition to be accepted by the town and recommended that the subdividers correct as many of minor deficiencies as may be necessary to make some of the streets acceptable. The Board decided to take no action at this time. Hr. Ferrari presented to the Board a plan entitled 1tPre-preliminary Subdivision Plan Leonard Rd., Lexington, PROPOSED 114ass. Land of Dunham and Ferrari,?? dated May 1964, by John F. SUBDIVISION PLAN Mahoney and Associates. It was noted that the proposed sub- LEONARD RD. division would create a dead-end street of about 800 ft. - length with a turnaround of only 30 ft. radius; that several FERRARI streets now dead-end against the land to be subdivided and that of the five lots three have less than the required 30,000 sq. ft. area and an average frontage of 111 ft. further reduced on one lot to about 40 ft. by the location of the turnaround. Mr. Farrari stated that the lots with 111 ft. frontage are shown on the assessors' property maps, although he does not know whether they are recorded in the registry of deeds, and that he sees no way to economically develop the land by con- necting Leonard Rd. to one of the adjacent dead-end streets. hr. Ferrari was advised to clarify the status of the non- conforming lots before the Board can make any decision. Mr. Everett J. Farmer, Longfellow Estates developer, LONGFELLO'W EST. next met with the Board and submitted a request for the re- - duction of surety on Whittier Rd. from $25,000 to $5,000. FARMER A letter from the Supt. of Public Works stating that the cost