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PLANNING BOARD MEETING April 14, 1969 ' The Planning Board met in its office Monday, April 14, 1969. The meeting was opened by Chairman Lund at 7:45 p.m. with members Clarke and Graham and planning director Zaleski present. The minutes of the April 7, 1969 meeting were approved as corrected. Since Monday, April 21 is a holiday, the Planning Board will meet on Tuesday, April 22 at which time the Design Advisory Committee will be asked to meet with the Board to discuss the by-law draft, center beautification and other topics. The planning director's draft of additions and changes to the by- laws is to be transmitted to the members of the Design Advisory Committee. Mr. Roy Daley was appointed as the fifth member of the Design Advisory Committee. The planning director was asked to notify the Design Advisory Committee of the April 22 meeting and notify Mr. Daley of his appointment. Mr.Clarke announced that the subcommittee on moderatetincome housing will meet in the Planning Board office on Saturday, April 19, 1969, at 9:30 a.m. The letter to the Town Clerk regarding the reduction of obli- gation of the developer of Minute Man Highlands IV, Goffe Rd. under terms of the agreement from $25,000 to $7,000, as requested by the developer, Partridge Associates, Inc. and as recommended by the Town Engineer, was discussed and upon motion made and seconded, the Board voted to approve the letter. Dr. Howard A. Smith, D.V.M., met with the Board at 8:00 p.m. regarding the status of Woodberry Road, a "paper" street, on which he desires to subdivide his property of two acres. Mr. Myron Ferrin, Robinson Hill builder, who owns the land on Wood - berry Road, accompanied Dr. Smith. Mr. Heustis of the Board of Health made a preliminary site inspection of this area in 1968 with the opinion that there did not appear to be any limitations with respect to adequate land area and drainage. Fire Chief Spell- man informed Dr. Smith fire apparatus could traverse the streets in normal weather. Since there is no reason why this eannot be sub- divided in the normal manner, the Board suggested Dr. Smith follow the planning director's statement of requirements to be prepared: Mr. Terry Cheek and Mr. Kohouian of Design Process Engineering met with the Board at 8:15 p.m. Design Process Engineering wishes to acquire the 81,485 sq. ft. parcel of land next to Burroughs Corporation owned by Cabot, Cabot, and Forbes. They propose to build a two-story building on 8,000 sq. ft., with possible expan- sion later, to be used for the development of food processing machinery. In an attempt to decide if the operation would conform to the requirements of the CR districts, Mr. Kohouian explained the usage would be primarily office and testing facilities with some transfers of equipment. After discussion of future expansion plans, Mr. Kohouian was asked to prepare a description MINUTES MEETING WITH DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FIFTH MEMBER OF DAC MODERATE -INCOME HOUSING SUB- COMMITTEE MINUTE MAN HIGHLAND IV DR. HOWARD SMITH MR. TERRY CHEEK