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PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' April 24, 1967 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 24, 1967. The meeting was called to order by Chair- man Greeley at 7:30 p.m. with members Fowle, Lund, Riffin and Worrell, and Planning Director Zaleski present. Messrs. R. K. Pedersen and M. A. Cheek of Holiday Homes Real Estate met with the Board and proposed the use of some STADIUM PROPOSAL 150 acres of land between Woodhaven and Hayden Ave. for a covered stadium building some 400 ft. in diameter with a capacity of some 52,000 persons. The chairman warned that the evaluation of the considerable impact on traffic would appear to be impossible in the short time available. Member Lund disclosed at the outset of this discussion that his law firm represented the stadium group and that he would refrain from discussion for this reason. ' The Board next reviewed articles for the Special Town Meeting on June 12, 1967. It was decided to include in the TOWN MEETING warrant Articles listed in the Addendum, except Article D 1, ARTICLES the wording of which Mr. Lund proposed to modify. Minutes of meetings of April 6 and 17 were reviewed MINUTES briefly and approved as amended. Plan submitted with Form A #67-8, as follows, showing a portion of West Farm to be deeded to Town for conservation FORM A was reviewed and upon a motion duly made and seconded it was voted that the plan does not require approval under the Sub- division Control Law, and was so endorsed by the Board: #67-8, submitted April 21, 1967, by A. V. Zaleski for Conservation Commission; plan entitled "Compiled West Farm Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. to be acquired for conservation", dated April 20, 1967, by A. V. Zaleski. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted ' to appoint Mrs. Paul V. Riffin to the committee to prepare a town -wide beautification program. BEAUTIFICATION The Board next discussed the use of Seth-Maxner land at Worthen Rd. for park, offices or apartments, or a combina- SETH-MAXNER LAND tion of two or more of these uses. Messrs. Otis Brown, Arthur Douglass and Frederick Conroy submitted a petition for a public hearing on the rezoning of Seth-Maxner land to C 4 Office district. Mr. Brown outlined the advantages of the re- zoning proposal, particularly as regards the relief to the town from the demand for more office parking. The chairman expressed the concern of the Board that this rezoning would have adverse effect on the central business district. Messrs. R. K. Pedersen and M. A. Cheek of Holiday Homes Real Estate met with the Board and proposed the use of some STADIUM PROPOSAL 150 acres of land between Woodhaven and Hayden Ave. for a covered stadium building some 400 ft. in diameter with a capacity of some 52,000 persons. The chairman warned that the evaluation of the considerable impact on traffic would appear to be impossible in the short time available. Member Lund disclosed at the outset of this discussion that his law firm represented the stadium group and that he would refrain from discussion for this reason. ' The Board next reviewed articles for the Special Town Meeting on June 12, 1967. It was decided to include in the TOWN MEETING warrant Articles listed in the Addendum, except Article D 1, ARTICLES the wording of which Mr. Lund proposed to modify.