HomeMy WebLinkAbout1935-03-20PLANNING BOARD MEETING
March 20, 1935
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in the
Conference Room of the Town Office Building on Wednesday,
March 20, 1935, at 9:00 P. M. Messrs. Duffy, Ellis, Kimball,
Robinson, Sellars and Greeley were present.
Preceding the meeting, the Board met with Messrs. Trask,
Cosgrove and Garrity. Matters in regard to Watertown Street Parks
and the Kinneen property were discussed.
After the meeting was called to order, the minutes of
the meetings of March 6 and March 13 were read and approved.
Mr. Greeley reported that he had informed Mr. Kelly, by Kelly
word of mouth, that the Board would not put the motion for
his amendment before the Town Meeting.
After some discussion of the Watertown Street layout,
and of the comparative merits of the straight and the crooked
but widened proposals, Mr. Robinson moved that the Clerk send
the following opinion of the Board to the Board of Selectmen:-
Voted:- That while the Planning Board will not oppose
the acceptance of the layout of Watertown Street proposed by Watertown
State and County officials to the extent of jeopardizing some
reconstruction of Watertown Street in the near future, it Street
' nevertheless reaffirms its recommendations, made to the Board
of Selectmen last November, in favor of an approximately
straight layout from the vicinity of Hatch's Pond to the top
of the hill at the Belmont -Lexington line.
The vote was unanimously passed.
The question of parking in the center of the Town was
brought up, reference being made to the recent editorial in
the Lexington Minute -Man, Mr. Kimball had prepared a letter
to the Board of Selectmen recommending that they have a study Parking
made of existing conditions, by E. R. A. labor, in coopera-
tion with the Planning Board. After making some changes, it
was voted that the Clerk should send this letter to the
Selectmen.
A letter was read from Mr. Custance, of the Lexington
Better Housing Campaign, in regard to apartment zones in the Apartment
Town. The Clerk was requested to acknowledge the letter, Zone
stating that the Board would consider the matter at a later
meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 P. M.
Respectfully submitted,
Roland B. Greeley (Signed)
Clerk