HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-09-12 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
September 12, 1955
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held
in the Town Engineer' s Room, Town Office Building, on
Monday, September 12, 1955 at 7:145 P.M. Chairman
Adams, Messrs. Hathaway, Grindle, Irwin,aAd Abbott
were present as was also Mr. Snow, Planning Director.
Mr. Stevens, Town Counsel, was present from 9:00 to
9:40 P.M. and Mr. Jaquith from 10:00 to 10:145 P.M.
The Board discussed the rough drafts of the minutes
of the four previous meetings and the final form in
which it wished to have future minutes presented. ItAPPROVAL OF
was decided that these should be in more detail than MINUTES
they have been written generally in the past but in not
so much detail as those of the last four meetings. Mr.
Snow was asked to rewrite these records with the sec-
retary. Mr. Hathaway moved, Mr. Grindle seconded the
motion and it was unanimously voted that the minutes of
the August 1 meeting be approved.
At 8:15 the Chairman read a notice from the Waltham
Board of Survey and Planning in regard to public hear-
ings to be held by that board on September 14, 1955. WALTHAM
Of particular interest was a petition for a proposed ZONING
zone change from a Residence k-3 to a Limited Cotmner' HEARING
tial District of land bounded appoximately by Trapelo
Road, Route 128, the Waltham-Lexington line and Smith
Street. However, the Board decided to take no action
in regard to the hearings.
Mrs. Ruth Morey, Chairman of the High School Build-
ing Addition Committee, met with the Board at 8:30 with
site plans for the new wing to the school. She felt HIGH SCHOOL
that the Board might be interested in the plan in view ADDITION IN
of the proposed location for -Worthen Road. It was RELATION TO
pointed out that the new wing would be about 35 feet WORTHEN ROAD
from and parallel to the approach drive from Waltham
Street. It was understood that this drive is a town
road and was designed to extend northwestward toward
the playing field. The question was raised as to
whether or not this extension was to be used to ful-
fill the agreement made a number of years ago with
Mr. Ryder to build a road to Waltham Street when the
Ryder land was developed as a subdivision. It was
thought that Worthen Road, which was to be located
somewhat to the south of and parallel to the high
school drive would serve the subdivision better and
eliminate through traffic from t he approach road.
Mr. Snow was asked to discuss the road location with
Mr. Baskin who recently purchased the Ryder property,
to prepare a compiled site plan of the high school
and the adjoining playground property, and to study
the relation of the approach road and proposed Wor-
then Road to possible future development in the area.
Mr. Snow asked Mrs. Morey to supply him with a print
of thEr building committee' s plan so that he would be
able to assemble a complete plan.
Mr. Stevens arrived at 9:00 whereupon the Board
FORMS A. took under consideration the following Form A ap-
plications for determination of planning board juris-
diction:
#55-68, submitted on September 6, 1955 by Robert
L. and W. H. Lyon; tracing entitled "A Subdivision
of Land Court Case No. 15874, Land in Lexington, Mass.,"
Scale 1" : 140' , dated July 27, 1955, Miller and Ny-
lander, C. E. 's & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. It
was pointed out that the right of way shown on the
tracing was taken by the State Department of Public
Works to give access to its land on Route 128 opposite
Howard Johnson' s and also to gine access to Parcel 2,
originally Cacciola land.
#55-69, submitted on September 12,. 1955 by
Bernard J. Belcastro; tracing entitled "Subdivision
of Land Court Case No. 6666, Land in Lexington,
Mass., * Scale 1" : 40' , dated Aug. 19, 11955, .Miller
and Nylander, C. E. ' s & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass.
Mr. Irwin moved, Mr. Hathaway seconded the motion
and it was unanimously
VOTED: that the tracings accompanying applica-
tions #55-68 and #55-69 be signed bear-
ing the endorsement "Lexington Planning
Board approval not required under sub-
division control law".
Before leaving the meeting at 9:140 Mr. Stevens
MINUTEMAN summarized the Minuteman Highlands subdivision sit-
HIGHLANDS nation as matters stood reporting that he had mailed
SECTION 4 to Mr. Daly, Mr. Carrig' s lawyer, a draft of a pro-
posed agreement which stated that the construction
of Worthen Road need only be brought to subgrade.
' The following bill was presented for payment:
Paul C. Killam, for four days of professional ser- BILL
vices through September 9 - $52.00. Mr. Grindle
moved, Mr. Irwin seconded the motion and it was un-
animously voted that the bill be approved.
At 9:50 the Chairman read the Board of Appeals BOARD OF
notices for hearings to be held on September 27, 1955. APPEALS
It was decided that the Board would take no action NOTICES
on the petitions to be heard.
Mr. Jaquith arrived at 10:00 P.M.
The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a review
of the work accomplished to date on the basic studies for
the Board' s long range development plan. The Board
authorized Mr. Snow to consult with Mr. Benjamin in BASIC
comparing notes on the assembled data, also to inves- STUDIES FOR
tigate the possibility of hiring a Northeastern stu- LONG RANGE
dent to carry on the work Robert Higgins was doing PLAN
during the summer so Mr. Litchenberg would be avail-
able to continue his work revising the Town' s block
plans.
The meeting adjourned at 10: 15 P.M.
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Charles T. Abbott
Clerk