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PLANNING BOARD MEETING May 19, 1969 The Planning Board meeting was held in its office on May 19, 1969. Chairman Lund opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. with the following members present: Messrs. Clarke, Graham, Worrell and Fowle and planning director Zaleski and planning intern Yaffe. A letter to the Appropriations Committee regarding an article for the June 2 Town Meeting, initiated by the Planning Board, to con- tract for the studies and plans for a "Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety" of streets and intersections, was read and amended. Mr. Graham left the meeting to meet with the Appropriations Committee to discuss this matter. The minutes of May 12, 1969 meeting were approved as corrected. A letter of recommendation to the Board of Appeals opposing the petition of Charles Cole II for a variance to build on a lot of less than 15,500 sq. ft. was discussed and approved by the Board. The plans of Americana Corporation were discussed. The Board decided to prepare a letter to the Board of Appeals stating the Planning Board's objection to the three stories of the proposed building and the parking in residence district, recommending that the Americana corporation meet the zoning requirements in these respects. In response to an invitation from the Planning Board, the Spring St. and Juniper Hill residents, as listed in the appendix, met with the Board at 8:00 p.m. The Board expressed its desire to keep some of the area as conservation land and some as residential, opposing any commercial zoning. The residents expressed a desire to have this area zoned commercial, increasing valuation of the property and allowing them to sedl`and move out. The traffic problems, created by the structure of the intersection and the presence of Kennecott Copper, Raytheon, Burroughs Corp. and the Ginn Company construction, were discussed at length. The possibility of taking a tour with a group of the residents of the area is being considered by the members of the Board. The twelve residents of the area were in favor of commercial zoning and asked the Planning Board to keep an open mind on this matter. APPROP. COMM. TOPICS MINUTES B/A PETITION CHAS. COLE II B/A PETITION AMERICANA CORP. SPRING ST. AND JUNIPER HILL RESIDENTS Mr. Carl Burrie met with the Board to present plans for his proposal CARL BURRIE to divide his 2.8 acre lot at 32-34 Winter St. in two lots, one WINTER ST. having two houses and neither having the required frontage. The Board agreed to give Mr. Burrie its position in regard to this pro- posal on May 27. Mr. Irving Mabee of the Board of Selectmen met with the Board to discuss the Douglass property to be acquired for open parking so it ' can be used for off-street parking, library expansion or other pur- poses. It will require a 2/3 majority vote of the Town Meeting members and the Selectmen would like unanimous support of the Planning Board. The Board agreed to unanimously support this approach. Mr. Mabee felt a meeting with the Library Trustees would be helpful to know what they feel about this matter. The Planning Board asked if a