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PLANNING BOAF_D MEETING
OCTOBER 51 1931
A meeting of the Planning Board was held in the
Conference Room of the Town Office Building at 8:00 P.
R_. P& ssrs. Emery, Duffy, culler and 1v.ilne were present.
The To;,an Counsel, Town Engineer and secretary were also
present.
ir. Emery reported that there was a balance of
,a41C.25 left in the account an(i asked- what the Board thought 100.00
Of paying < 100.00 to Tdr. Shurtleff on account. The Board on
zroted to do so. account
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There was a discussion of Vine Brook Drainage at
which Iar. J'Jricrhtington xas present. The main idea is to
make a. 1 -gout of exterior lines to get control of the a.r•ea
e3orlg the brook: so that they could prevent prixrate de-
velopers from building within the area designated and. then
not construct until a later date. It wes questioned as
to irshether or not it was necessary to make a. taking and
Pyr. �rightington stated that you can't get an easement
without inaklxi_g a te.kir,g. You have to make a. taking to
go on a man's lard 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
was 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 tas asked
if s taking could be made without doing the work just
noiu. I+_r. ':irIghtington stated that is the lines were
established., the Town woulc be liable for immeaiate damages
such as the O'Connell case in the center.
It was thought that maybe it mould be possible to
obtain an easement adequate for future needs without mak-
Ing an actual taking of property. Nr. Emery suggested
that the Board go ahead and get the layout that they liked
and then ask the Selectmen to have Tv:r. '.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.
.sir•. ',vrightington st_,ted tP,.at 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 taking111ithout
Oa.7flr.E;es.
ir. Emery reported that there was a balance of
,a41C.25 left in the account an(i asked- what the Board thought 100.00
Of paying < 100.00 to Tdr. Shurtleff on account. The Board on
zroted to do so. account
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A petition and der.osit of 20.00 were received
frori Mrs. Catherine F. Herbert for another hearing on Catherine F.
her property at the corner of 141ass. Avenue and Larr•ett Herbert
Road. TLrs. Ierbert was granted a hearing on July 21,1930 petition
at �%rhich time the Board refused to change the zoning at
this location. The matter was brought un at the Town
Meeting november 7, 1930 and on a motion marle by Mr.
.7rightington, the article was indefinitely postponed.
The Board decided to grant her another hearing on K onday,
?November 2, 1931 at 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".
Mir. Emery called attention to the fact that a con-
ference of biassachusetts Planning 3oards were to meet Planning
in Lowell this ..eek October 7th and 8th, and asked if Board
anyone could. go. hir. Cutler stated that he would try to Conference
get there.
It was decided to have +r. Raymond of Ivietcalf &
Eddy assist Yr. 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 mj�ey avail-
able and include the final dimensions to make possible to
obtain actual cost of construction. Tvir. Raymond is also
to give ,ghat its side lines are to be. Tvir. Cosgrove was
asked to have a plan of Vine Brook at the next meeting so
that the Board might study possible streets.
Attention was called to the proposed Ryder road
to go over through Belmont. T,ir. Cosgrove is to go down
to Arlington and talk to a member of the Planning Board.
and ask them the status of the proposition and also get
a cony of a topographical survey.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:58 P. M. until
Tuesday, October 13th.
Respectfully submitted,
Clerk
Raymond's
assistance
on Vine
Brook
kr. Ryder's
Proposed
Road