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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
November 70 1932
A meeting of the Planning Board i%ra.s held. in the Confer-
ence P,00m of the Town Office 3uilding, November 7, 1932. Yessrs.
emery, Scheibe, 'Milne, Glynn and Duffy were present. The Town
Engineer and- secreta-ry mere also present.
A letter 1ras received fs°om the Selectmen stating that
the Town Engineer would- turn over to the Planning Board, for its
consideration, plans of the property forrerly owned by Michael
Curran on P,Iass. a venue neer the Arlington line and designated
as the Le._ington Brick Village.
Flans as laid out by Iaiessrs. Joyce and. Northrup, eng-
ineers working on the project, were presented. Tarr. Cosgrove also
presented his layout of the develooment.
The owner of the property at present is Ilir. Tarry E.
Johnson of Arlington.
Ivir. Emery stated that he thought it was a confused
situation and would like to have the Town Engineer go over the
property again and malre a thorough study of the area. The Board
felt that they would li'.e to see a layout that Mr. Johnson has
developed and the sort of house he puts up. It was suggested
that Ex. Johnson come before the Board so that he might explain
his plans of development. It was stated that b'.r. Johnson in-
tended to huild all his houses the same.
Iulr. Emery called Mr. Johnson on the telephone and asked
hi -r to send plans showing the sort of house he is planning for
the development, lie was informed by Mr. Johnson that he Coes
not intend to build all his houses the same but that they will
be all brick anc -will cos` 1,7,000. and i'pB4O00. Iie told
I,Ir. .emery that he would bring the plans to the Engineer's office
Tuesda norning, November 8th,
In Arlington 1ahere a street enters a main highway, they
do not allow a grade greyter than 3% for the first 100 feet and.
thereafter 13lo is allowed.
iair. Duffy suggested that the most reasonable step to
ta',-'e is to continue Cherry Street to Sylvia Street to avoid a
steep grae?.e street ent--ring 'lass. ;venue. T'_,is idea will re-
quire the relocation of most everything in the development.
It �%;as ununir,ou;sly voted to refer tl e *na';t,c r back to
ikIr. Cosgro`re to have him ma'_.e view study of the development
eliminating additional entrances to I,Iass. Avenue.
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Mr . EnerE y ir-_ s .:t�� e �' I:r. . Pierce Is monthly statement
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of the Fi r.nin Board showing that there was T163.97 left in x'100.00 to
the account. The 3oarC.. voted to pay w100.00 to I:r. Shurtleff Yr. Shurtlef
on account. -
:r. %uffy inforn-: +-I,e Board that he has been trying
to get the State engineers out on the '.;oburn Street matter.
Mr. Er:er;r st.otec, that in respect to the O'Connell
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matter., the Town cannot continue to turn him down without some
construction. The uncertainly of the streets at this point,
;'ditr:. the gr•a,^ crossing in mind, is enouCh to hold_ it ur; for a
while E:nd in the meantime, work can be done on the Fire Depar•t-
rrent headquarters.
IYir. Duffy stated that he asked Bir. Pillsbury, Project
Engineer of i.he State to meet ,,:!ith the Planning Board for a dis-
cussion of the Concord avenue r'ighway and was informed that, he
does not meet !;ith boards at night. Mr. Fellows, another engineer,
c'ces r- -et �,-ith boards. "..r. Pillsbury stater that he is to meet
Bir. Fellows and go over the work on the East and %est Highway
and aslred_ if some members of the Planning, Board xould, like to
actor. -fan., them and hear their plans.
Yr. Duffy presented a new map of the Boston Metropolitan
District prepared by the Division of Bietropolitan Planning and
tr•,ced on it the possibilities of the proposed Concord Avenue
rich: ay. Hie said he thought the PlanninE Board should be ahead Pro osed
of the Stag on this road and be able to teil them just where �oncor Ave,
the Tovin ,;ants the road to go. It might be detrlrental to the jLi g way
To - n i 5 It �.,er•e put in the wrong place,
Kr. Duff;; is to telephone Mr. Pillsbury and tell him
that the Planning Board has discussed the matter and if they
will let the Board know when they plan to meet, someone will go
over the *;orifi with them.
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The meeting was adjourned at 9;10E.Bi.
Respectfully submitted,
Clerk