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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-03-04PL:�NNING BOARD IdEETING 1 I,Iarch 4, 1957 A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in the ToT•rn Engineer's Room, Tot,.n Office Building on Monday, ;;arch 4, 2957 at 7:30 p.m. Present were Chair- man Hathaway, essrs. Abbott, Adams, Grindle, and Jaquith, and Mr. Snow, Planning Director. Town Counsel Stevens was present from 10:15 to 10:30 p.m., Mr. Burnell from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m. Apnroved by the Board, Mr. Adams not voting, were the following bills presented for payment: Louise M. BILLS Baker, secretarial services, period ending March 1, 1957--X25.00; Samuel P. Snw o, car allowance and reim- bursement for postage for iebruary--X25.02; Minute- man Publications, Inc., advertising -409.$0; L.E.Muran Co., duplicator fluid and paper -412-15; Mary G.Camp- bell, typi c7--)5.00. Taken under consideration was the following appli- cation for Plannin 3oard jurisdiction: rA SHORT T r57-24, submitted or, February 27, 1957 by V. L. Connolly, ' attorne;T for Edith L. Short; plan entitled the same as that accompanying application yf57-3•(3ee minutes os' Januar- 14, 1957 meeting.) Since the Board endorsed the original plan, alter- ations had been mace to said plan by enlarging Lot 2A. �.r. Snow :was instructed to change the date of endorse- ment to that of 1 -larch 4, 1?57. Thereupon it was moved, seconded and unanimously SCHOOL SITES VOTED: That the plan accompanying application ,x457-24 be sinned bearing the endorsement "Lexi.n:,to: Planning Board approval not required under the Subdivision Control Law." Read to the Board were r1r. Roland G. Greeley's letters of February 26, 1957 addressed to Mrs. Iiarek, Chairman of the School Cormittee and Mr. Snow, Planning Director 'n regard to conclusions reached at the joint meeting; of the Planning Board and representatives of the School and School Sites Com- mittee held on February 25, 1957. The Board agreed that the letters set forth substantially iAaat con- clusions have been reached at said joint meeting. ' At 8:00 p.m. members of the Recreation Committee, Director, its secretary and Ir. Sazborski, Recreation SCHOOL SITES met with the Planning Board to discuss the need for and ' possibility of acquiring additional land for recreational purposes. reviewed were the Board's January 23, 1957 HARRINGTOty letter to the School Committee and Supt. Smith's reply SCHOOL of February 5, 1957, copies of which the Board had PLAYGROUND sent to each member of the Recreation Committee. SITE Committee members stated that they thought it most important to acquire additional land for recreational use contiguous with the Harrington School site and decided to discuss with the School Committee its plans for expansion of the school. The Board furnished the Recreation Committee with a copy of lair. Paul McCormack's study plan for developing the land adjacent to the school site. There was also a discussion of the Planning Board's activities relative to recreation areas. With RECREATION reference to the Recreation Committee created by the CO,hiITTEE vovember 19, 1957 Special Tol,n f=leeting under a new ToT,�ni By-la�,,i, the following conclusions were reached: 1. That the Plannii � Board i,;ill continue to seek desirable locations and tracts for use as recreational areas. 2. That the Planning Board will make recommends- ' tions to the Board o1 Selectmen and Recreation; Committee as to their acquisition for such purposes. 3. That the Planning Board does not consider that the physical developme.it of these areas is within its province after acquisition by the Town. 4. That the Board of Selectmen or the Recreation Committee acting through the Board of Select- men, has the responsibility for such physical development if said Board recommends and the Tos:n acquires) the -individual tracts for recreation purposes. At 8:30 p.m. the Board With the exception of Chairman Hathaway met in joint session with the ZONING Selectmen to .-ear Pair. Gummere and Mr. Holmes present PROPOSAL a re -zoning proposal for Lexington. (See the Select- men's minutes for a record of said joint session.) At 10:15 p.m. the ?Board returned to its own meet- ing in the Towl-I Engineer's Room. At this time Fir. ' Stevens met i%,i th the Board to discuss Leeland. Con- struction Co.'s grant of easement to Barbara Anderson across land which is proposed to be Lot 5 of the Hob- ROBI14SON ' inson Hill Section 3 plan. Mr. Stevens was given a HILL copy of the grant for the purpose of making a recom- SECTION III mendation to the Board in regard to noting the existence of said easement on the Section 3 plan. 1,-ir. Stevens left at 10:30 p.m. at which time Mr,, Burnell came to the meeting. The Board took under consideration Mr. Gennaro Capaldifs 1=arch 1, 1957 letter requesting a change COLONIAL of performance guarantee 1 -rem a conditional approval ACRES contract to a performance bond for the remaining work to be completed in the Colonial Acres subdivision. The Board approved and signed a previously drafted letter dated March 4, 1957 in which it was stated that the Board agreed to substitute a bond in lieu of a conditional approval contract provided said bond is secured by a certified check in the amount of 316,000.00 and an agreement is entered into to complete the work in the subdivision by October 1, 1957. Mr. Jaquith left the meeting at 10:40 p.m. at which time the Board took under consideration 1�1r. Antonio Busa's application for tentative approval of GREEN a preliminary plan entitled "Green Valley Section 2." VALLEY It was moved by 11,1r. Grindle, s econded by Mr. SECTIO:u II Burnell, and unanimously VOTED: That the preliminary subdivision plan entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Lot- ting Green Valley - Section Two Lex- ington - Vass.," dated Feb. 12, 19571 submitted cn February 15, 1957, to- gether -7.1th an application for tenta- tive approval, Form B, dated February 15, 1957, be and hereby is approved." The meeting adjourned at 10:50 P.M. Donald D. Hathati�ay, Chair n (See next page.) 1 ADDENDUM At the conclusion of the meeting the members present gave Mr. Hathaway a vote of thanks, expressing to him their deep appre- ciation of the work he had done both as a member and later as Chairman of the Boardr as well as the satisfaction they had had in their association and work together during the past years. These sentiments were also expressed by the undersigned. amue_ not '"� I Planning _Dire'etor. 1