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1973 -74 NEWSLETTER LEXINGTON DESIGN ADVISORY CROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS The annual meeting of the D.A.G. will be held on Wednesday, July 10, 1974, at 8 p.m. in Estabrook Hall (downstairs in Cary Memorial Hall). All local environmental pro- fessionals, architects, planners and landscape architects are invited. The agenda will include announcements, general comments, nominations for a new member to the executive committee, and a discussion of how members of the design advisory group can assist the Planning Board in addition to the functions now performed by the executive committee. Current members of the executive committee are: Robert Bowyer, planner, Director of Planning for the City of Cambridge; John Davies, architect, Davies, Wolf and Bibbins; John Frey, landscape architect, Mason & Frey; Kenneth Kreutziger, planner, Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Assoc.; Gary Marshall, architect, Architects Collaborative; and Richard Rogers, landscape architect, Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Assoc. The present chairman, Kreutziger, will be resigning as of this meeting and Davies will assume the chairmanship. Nominations are open for one new member. The name of Richard Magnuson, landscape archi- tect, Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Assoc., has so far been submitted. Any names of professionals not already listed on the roster should be recorded at the meeting. There is no consent implied by being on this list nor any obligation to participate. Involvement is purely voluntary and the list is simply a vehicle for keeping members -at -large in touch. ACTIVITIES 1973 -74 The Design Advisory Committee has been involved in an advisory capacity to the Lexington Planning Board reviewing projects submitted to the Board and rendering advice.on special design or planning problems. The scope of study for committee members included housing proposals; land acquisition; wetland zoning; central business district parking, sidewalks, and lighting; regional planning; traffic, highways and public transit; site reconnais- sance on specific parcels of land; and general standards for roads, sidewalks, and ramps for curbs. Of major importance was the study requested of the D.A.G. by the Selectmen and the Planning Board on the Red Line extension through Lexington which explored the various factors that would have to be considered in such a decision. A number of special reviews and design recommendations were associated with Board of Appeals petitions and included the landscape problems at the Burlington Arcade, housing proposed for the Russell House property, and changes in land use for numerous individual parcels. Members of the committee also attended public hearings on Planning Board Articles for the Annual Town Meeting. For a further discussion on activities of the Planning Board see pages 27 -29 of the 1973 Annual Report. CONTINUING AIMS This year the D.A.C. has been and will continue assisting in establishing: Formulation of broad planning policy for Lexington. A forum for presenting and airing future Red Line issues. Standards for road widths, sidewalk alignments, signs and lighting. Standards for densities and open space of multi - family development.