HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-11-14PLANNING BOARD MEETING
November 14, 1955
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held
in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on
Monday, November 14, 1955 at 7:35,P•M• Chairman Adams,
Messrs. Abbott, Grindle, Hathaway and Jaquith were
present as were Mr. Snow, Planning Director, and the
decretary. Mr. Stevens, Town Counsel, and Mr. Burns,
Superintendent of Public 'Norks, were present from
8:50 to 9:15 P.M.
It was moved by Mr. Hathaway, seconded by Mr. MINUTES OF
Grindle and unanimously voted that the mint<tes of the OCTOBER 10
meeting of October 10, 1955 be approved.
The following bills were presented for payment:
Adams Press, for advertising Dianne Estates and Wat- BILLS
son Realty Trust subdivision hearings on November 10 -
' $8.75; Allen Benjamin, for consultation on planning
- $L0.00. Mr. Grindle moved, Mr. Hathaway seconded
the motion and it was voted, Mr. Adams not voting,
that the bills be approved as presented.
The Board took under consideration the following FORM A
application for determination of planning board juris-
diction:
#55-87s submitted on November 9,'1955 by David A.
and Margaret F. Lavender, Paul J. McCormack, attorney;
tracing entitled "Plan of_Land in Lexington, Mass.,"'
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Scale " = 30t, dated Oct. 15, 1955, Miller and Nylander,
C. E.ts & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass,
Mr. Jaquith moved, Mr. Grindle seconded the motion
and it was unanimously
VOTED: that the plan accompanying application
#55-87 be signed bearing the endorsement
"Lexington Planning Board approval not
required under subdivision control law",
Detailed specifications for reprinting the Lexington
Zoning By -Law were discussed. It was decided to keep REPRINTING
' the present 6" x 9" page size, have the copy typed five ZONING
lines to an inch with justified right-hand margin and BY-LAW
reduced to 85% original size for offset reproduction, I and to use a cover of 65# stock.
The Board antared into a discussion of Worthen
WORTREN Road. It was understood that the States present
ROAD plans for mkking Route 2 a limited access highway
called for interchanges in Lexington only at Water-
town and Waltham Streets and Route 128. On the basis
that Worthen Road would no longer have any access onto
Route 2 it was thought that the whole matter required
an intensive study. It was hoped that Mr. Johnson,
engineer in charge of location work for the State,
would attend soon a meeting with the Board and discuss
the problems involved. It was also thought that it
might be wise to employ a consultant especially versed
in such problems to study the Worthen'Road project in
relation to the Route 2 proposal. In view of the fact
that the capital outlay for Worthen Road could easily
amount to a million dollars, the Board felt that it
was proper to invest several hundred dollars in a
study to be sure that the project is feasible in all
its aspects.
Mr. Burns and Mr. Stevens arrived at the meeting
at 8:50 P.M. and entered into the discussion. Mr: '
Snow stated that he -was assembling all'pertineht data
on the problem — traffic flow, future population den-
sity by neighborhoods, proposed trunk line sewer lo-
cations, etc. It was decided that as soon as he had
obtained further information on original -destination
counts and had completed his study for a major street
plan, the Board would discuss the Worthen Road pro
jeet in detail.
Mr. Burns left the meeting at 9315 P.M. and'Mr.
Stevens shortly thereafter.
HISTORIC The Board -then discussed in detail a partial
DISTRICTS draft prepared by Mr. Jaquith of proposed historic
LEGISLATION districts legislation for Lexington.
The meeting adjourned at 10;20 P.M.
Charles T. Abbott
Clerk
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