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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
December 15, 1931
A meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Conference
Room of the Town Office Building at 8:00 P. M. Messrs. Emery,
Milne, and duffy, were present. The Town Engineer and secretary
sere also present.
Mr. Emery read a letter received from D. S. Robertson, 4 Ray-
mond Street in which many suggestions were made for town improve-
ments. No action was taken on the matter.
A report was read and discussed from Mr. Raymond of Metcalf
& Eddy giving the data preparatory to Mr. Cosgrove's work after
the first of the year, in blocking out the drainage changes of
Vine Brook below Vine Brook Road. The Selectmen have given Mr.
Cosgrove authority to proceed with the work, at that time. A
bill of $300.00 for this survey has been turned over to Mr. Pierce
for payment. It has been contemplated to lay out the section at
the lower end, but there is also sufficient data for the upper end.
It was suggested that it be laid out accurately enough so that Willow
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trees may be planted to embrace the road and brook before the con- Brook
struction work is done. The Town Engineer was asked if it were Drainage
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possible to get the project worked out in time to present it be-
fore the Town at the March Town Meeting. He stated that there was
time enough and that he could do it, unless the Board of Selectmen
had more pressing matters to be taken care of.
Mr. Emery read the reports of the last two meetings and made
corrections. These were left to be approved at the next meeting.
The matter of the billboard located at Mass. Avenue & Bow Street
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was brought up, and then laid aside until information is received as board
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to whether the subject has been brought before the Selectmen this
year for renewal or if anything has been done on it.
Mr. Cosgrove presented a plan showing Griswold's development
at Park Heights. The people are greatly in need of water and are
ready to sign the necessary guarantee bonds but the Selectmen will
not let them do so until they get approval of the street layout:
Mr. Griswold is going to have Mr. Bellamy, his engineer, present a
layout to the Board. of Survey for their approval. If water is not Gris-
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going to be put in this winter, why not take more time to Development
decide on the proper road and grade. The development never will
be satisfactory but it is the best that can be worked out now.
The Town Engineer presented plans showing a layout of Griswold's
development dated December, 1915, together with profile of the
principal str-let called Hillcrest Street. After considering the
matter, the Board voted unanimously to approve the layout subject
however to the establishment of a grade at the steepest part of
the above named street satisfactory to the Town Engineer and pro-
vided also that the eastly terminous of Hillcrest Street would be
satisfactory to sane future extension toward Grove Street.
Nr. Cosgrove presented a plan showing the layout of the pro-
posed ':Vinchester-Lexington road. This road at some time will be
continued across Lowell Street, through the Great Meadows and
cross Nass. Avenue below Pleasant Street. Winchester's idea is
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to get State and County aid for their end of the road. It is -Lexington
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well enough to accept it for some future time as there is no need
of building within three or four years. The Selectmen are not g6 -
Ing to tie themselves up for any construction program although they
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agree that this is a safe layout. It was suggested that if we are
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going to consider the matter at all, we should consider it along
the lines of a more or less through route from Winchester Center
to Lexington Center, Mr. Cosgrove stated that a street of this
sort, with heavy traffic, should not be built from the center
of one town to the center of the other, but the traffic should be
bypassed. They have in mind a minimum width of sixty feet and
think that this road will carry a lot of traffic. It was suggested
that we have Winchester stop at the line,and then when the time
comes to construct, we can decide what is to be done. It was
decided that no action be taken on it until the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 P. MI. No date was set
for the next meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
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