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PLANNING BOARD MEETING iMay 209 1968 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office, Town Office Building on Monday, May 20, 1968. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chairman, Mrs. Riffin, with members Clarke, Worrell; and Planning Director Zaleski present. Minutes of the meeting of May 6 and May 13, 1968 were discussed and approved as corrected. Mr. Charles Gallagher, Planning Board's appointee to the Recreation Committee, met with the Board. The Chairman expressed the hope of the Planning Board that as their ap- pointee Mr. Gallagher would keep in contact with the Board and its staff especially as regards plans and developments. Mr. Gallagher mentioned current problems, including a neigh- borhood playground on the land of the Kennecott Copper at the end of Munroe Road and the development of the Old Reservoir for sweimming. Mrs. Riffin gave Mr. Gallagher a copy of the 1966 Town -wide Recreation Plan, pointing out the need for continuous updating. ' At 8:00 p.m. the public hearing on Woodbridge Estates Section II subdivision was declared open. Twenty-three (23) persons attended the hearing. Mr. J. A. Essarian, applicant, explained the layout of the proposed subdivision. Letter from the Board of Health approving the subdivision with a specific permit requirement for Lot 1 was read. A letter from the Town Engineer recommending several minor modifications was read. Both letters were made a part of the record. Several questions relative to the grading of the land and the con- struction were asked by those attending and answered by Messrs. Essarian and Hogan. The hearing was declared closed at 8:45 p.m. Messrs. D. C. Lawson, J. Hatfield and H. Levingston met with the Board next to discuss the payment for the sewer in Emerson Road in the Grove subdivision. Replies to Mr. Lawson's letters to the Planning Board and the Town Engineer relative to this subject were read. It was agreed to inquire of the Town Counsel, whether the developers of Emerson Road approved in 1961 would be entitled to reimbursement for the extra work in the subdivision incurred in 1962. Mr. Fowle joined the meeting at 8:45 p.m. The Board, voted unanimously to release all lots in the Carol La. subdivision in $18,000 bond and executed the release instrument. MINUTES GALLAGHER WOODBRIDGE ESTATES GROVE SUBDIVISION CAROL LA.