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319 SELECTMEN'S MATING January 26, 1961 A special muting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Thursday evening, January 26, 1961, at 8:15 P.M. Chair- man Morey, Messrs . Adams, Ridhards, and Cole were pre- sent. The Executive Clerk was also present. Letter was received from C . W. Whittier & Bro.,. 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, with reference to a discussion the Chairman had with Charles H. McArbhur, President of Country-wide Offices Corporation, relative to his thoughts and proposals concerning the development of the land at the junction of Route 128 and 2. The Chairman explained that they are interested in building a $4,000,000 office building, and George Fuller is interested in this project over at the corner of Spring Street. They have a great deal of material on hand they would like to show the Board, including a scale model of what they would like to build. She said Zoning that Mr. Adams had talked to Cabot, Cabot and Forbes and they have plans for the area in North Lexington. She explained that she would like to arrange a meeting with the Planning Board, without the Director, to talk about these things that are coming to Lexington and see what its attitude is . Mr. Adams reported that Dan Wbeeler,of Cabot, Cabob and Forbes, talked to him about M 1 District . They have two pieces of land there now on which they have passed papers . They have all of the Reiss And all of the Linehan land. Before his conversation with Mr. Adams, Mr. Wheeler talked with the Panning Board. Cabot , Cabot and Forbes had a customer who wanted some rezoning out to Bedford Street which would include the sandpit. Mr. Adams told Mr. Wheeler that Itek had been anxious to get the land zoned to C-3 . They saw the Planning Boa d and received a non-committal reception. Mr. Adams also advised Mr. Wheeler to contact Itek, which he did, and there is renewed interest in research people coming in there . They now have three customers very much interested in it for research purposes. Mr. Adams said he realized this is a Planning Boat function but he thought the Selectmen had a. right to be interested in new assessable property. Mr. Adams said that Cabot, Cabot and Forbes and Itek would like some light manu- facturing in conjunction with the research.