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PLANNING BOARD MEETING -
Ilr November 3, 1930 :i,
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8:15-10:00P.M.
Present:- Emery; Cutler, Milne, Duffy, Town Engineer and
Asst Town Engineer, and secretary. ,
Mr. Higgins, Assistant Town Engineer, spoke about
the meeting in Arlington regarding the 'Spring Street Project".
It was traced at the Arlington meeting on aerial photographs. 1
They are going to call a hearing from all three towns that Spring A
are interested and have Mr. Kendall from the County to talk project
over further about the location. This street will take the
traffic out of Belmont and Watertown Centers. The Planning
Board thought that it should find out more about it before
going to the hearing. There are three possible routes. It
was decided to ask the Town Engineer to make preliminary i,
*ketches, showing ways of bringing the extension into ,m
Lexington and joining it to the State Road or Concord Avenue.
Sketches, if possible, to be presented to the Planning Board
before the proposed further hearing that is to be held,at
which the County and State Engineers are asked to be present.
The three petitions were brought up:-
1 Catherine F. Herbert:- From the point in question
at Marrett Road and Mass. Avenue to the nearest filling
station in Lincoln is eight-tenths of a mile and it is eight«
tenths of a mile to the Five Forks Filling Station. This is
a busy corner with a lot of traffic from Concord and if a
filling station was put there, it would make it a congested '`
district. Changes should not be made unless it is for good, V
solid business. 4,4;
Harriet W. Smith:- No demand for business. If -:
there is no demand, the Town cannot be improved by putting
this district into the business zone. A business zone that
is not prosperous is a detriment to the Town. There is only - .4.
a mile and eight-tenths between filling stations. It would
depreciate the value of the property on the other corners
and make the section undesirable for residents. When there 11
is more demand, all corners should be put in. If the Town e
votes to put this corner in, it ought to decide about other
corners also. If the change is made, it will mean a spotty,
cheap business district because the people who build won't
be able to put up good buildings, and the Town will be the
sufferer. khr
Ethel W. Bean:- All agreed that there is no need }X'
of change.
It was voted that changes for all three petitions
were unnecessary. ,
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P. M.
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tt•, e ,fr. C'ee, .�. {?,' , 4 4_,,2 Respectfully submitted, ..
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Z' or-0--z.v--Y / .v- :�''' .-.' Secretary
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