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HISTORIC DISTRICTS CONIILTSSION P,1 ?UTES OF HEETIivG HELD 0i�i APRIL 30, 1969 The Historic Districts Commission held a meeting on °tednesday, April 30, 1969, at 7:30 P.M., in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, Lexington. Members present were Co=m?issioners Kax H. Straw, Chairman, Pro Tempore, Philip B . Parsons , Secretary and Ruth G. Bevan and Associate Commissioners Franklin C . Hudson and S . Lawrence 'rslhipple . Hearing was held at 7.30 P.T,L, on the application of Alan G. Adams at als , Trustees of the ':Hillard Adams Trust for a Certificate of Ap- propriateness with respect to changes in the exterior architectural features of the building at 9-11 Mariam Street, which is within the Battle Green District . The Chairman., Pro Tempore read the notice of hearing and the letter of application. Mr. and Mrs. ^_dams, Harold E . Stevens , Esquire and Charles H. Cole 2nd, Architect appeared. Mr. Ste- vens, Attorney for the Trustees, who are Alan G. Adams. Rebecca '0i. Adams and Wilbur M. Jaquith, presented the background reasons for the request for a change in the exterior architectural features of the building. Mr. Cole presented scale drawings of the proposed changes, photographs of the existing building and a Plot Plan of the property. The hearing Baas closed at 9.00 r.tr., no other persons having appeared. After dis- cussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously / TE7 to issue a Certificate to the applicants . Harold E . Stevens, Esq . and Nicholas Cannalonga, owner of the Flagon '.'rn.eels Nursery of Lexington appeared at this time and in accor- dance with a condition in Certificate of Appropriateness No . 68 C-21, issued on June 27, 1968 to Shell Oil Company with reference to Com- mission approval of plantings for the property presented a dra,aing indicating planting areas and brochures picturing some of the shrubs,• and flowering plants proposed. After discussion, the Commission. members approved the planting plan . "•,fir. Connalonga will forward to the Clerk for filing a. duplicate drmkTing of the planting areas . Adjourned hearing was held at 8:45 P.M. on the application of Ha:nlon' s Shoes for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to maintenance and display of two signs on the rear of the store at 1725 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green District , After discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the Commission determines that the maintenance and display of the two signs on the building is in- appropriate for the purposes of the Historic Districts Act, Chapter 447, Acts of 1956, as amended, and hereby denies the application for the reasons . ( 1) That the sign bea-ing the legend 04Hanlon' s Shoes" and beneath '¢'Lens-Ladies Teen-Children'P is too large and contains unnecessary words ; and (2) That the sign bearin the legend '"Entrances° is unneeded. The adjourned hearing was closed at 9 :30 P .N1.