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PLANNING BOAI=.L MEETING
1111 OCTOBEl 5, 1931
A meeting of the Planning Board was held in the
Conference hoom of the Town Office Building at 8:00 P
P. -ssrs. Emery, Duffy, cutler• and b.ilne were present.
The Town Counsel, town Engineer and secretary were also
Present.
There Fra. s a di s cum iop of Vine Brook Drainage at
which bar. ..right ington was present. The main idea is to
make a layout of exterior lines to get control of the area
tont. the brool. so that the; could prevent private de-
velopers from building within the areadesignated and then
not construct until a later date. It was questioned as
to whether or not it was necessary to make a taking and
Lr. ' rightington stated that you can't get an easement
without raking a takIY g. You have to make a taking to
go on a man' s land and put in a sewer. Vine Brook
The thought originally was that the Vine Brook Drainage
Valley from the railroar tracks to Butterfield 's Pond
Inas the outlet of storm drainage and because it over-
flows its banks and causes damage, the Town wanted to
relocate the brook. They want the privilege to change
the location of the brook, do the construction work that
is necessary and be relieved from damages. It was asked
if a taking could be made without doing the work just
now. hr. '�Iri.ghtington statedthat is the lines were
established, the Town would be liable for immediate damages
such as the O 't,onnell case in the center.
It was thought that maybe it would be possible to
obtain an easement adequate for future needs without mak-
ing an actual taking of property. Nor. Emery suggested
that the Board `o ahead and get the layout that they liked
and then ask the Selectmen to have Ivr. .urightington give
his opinion as t , what they could do.
The Board asked if they might secure an easement,
postpone the construction work and then when the order
is made for the construction, assess betterments for it.
Mr. ,.rightington st ted that unless the construction was
accomplished within two years, it was void. You can go
into a vacant area and make a layout of street lines and
pay damages. You can't make any kind of a taking without
damages.
hr. Emery reported that there was a balance of
;,410.25 left in the account and askedwhat the Board thought 100.00
of paying 100.00 to hr. Shurtleff on account. The Board on
voted to do so. account
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A petition and deposit of X20.00 were received
from Mrs Catherine F. Herbert for another herring on Catherine F.
her property at the corner of Mass. Avenue and Iarr•ett Herbert
Road Mrs Herbert was granted a hearing on July 21,1930 petition
at which time the Board refused to change the zoning at
this location. mhe matter was brought up at the Town
Meeting November 7, 1930 and on a motion made b,r Mr.
'Jrightington, the article was indefinitely postponed.
?he Board decided to grant her another hearing on Monday,
November 2, 1931 et 8:80 P M. A letter was written inform-
ing her of this and stating that a notice would appear
in the October 8th issue of the "Lexington Townsman" .
Pyr. Emery celled attention to the fact that a con-
ference of irassaahusetts Planning boards were to meet Planning
in Lowell this week October• 7th and 8th, and caked if Bo and
anyone could go. Mr. Cutler stated that he would try to Conference
get there .
It was decided to have Mr. Raymond of Metcalf &
Eddy assist Mr Cosgrove make a layout of Section 1 of
Vine Brook at an expense not exceeding $300.00. This
must be done before January 1st to make this miley avail-
able and include the final dimensions to make/possible to Raymond ' s
obtain actual cost of construction. kr R ymond is also assistance
to give what its side lines are to be. Mr. Cosgrove was on Vine
asked to have a plan of Vine Brook at the next meeting so Brook
that the Board might study possible streets.
Attention was called to the proposed Ryder road Mr . Ryder r s
to go over through Belmont Mr Cosgrove is to go down Proposed
to Arlington and talk to a member of the Planning Board Road
and ank them the status of the proposition and also get
a copy of a topographical survey.
The meeting was adjourned at 9: 58 P M. until
Tuesday, October 13th.
Respectfully submitted,
0411`
Clerk