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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
March 26, 1957
A-regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Town
Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, March 26, 1957
at 7:30 p.m. Present were Chairman Brindle, Messrs. Adams, Burnell
and Soule, as was Mr. Snow, Planning Director. Mr. Stevens, Town
Counsel, was present from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m.
The Board approved the minutes of March 25, 1957. MINUTES
The Bard took under consideration the following Form A appli-
cations for determination of Planning Board jurisdiction:
#57-31, suhoitted March 26, 1957 by Ernest E. MacPhee, plan FORMS A
entitled "A Compiled Plan of Land in Lexington-Hass.",
scale 1" . 40', dated Mar. 20, 1957, Miller & Nylander,
Civil Engr's & Surveyors-Lexington Mass.
#57-32, submitted March 26, 1957, by Frank M. Hodgdon,
plan entitled "A Compiled Plan. of Land in Lexington-Hass.",
scale 1" • 60', dated Mar. 6, 1957, Miller & Nylander,
Civil Engr's & Mass."
It was moved, seconded and unavMously
VOTED: That the plan accompanying #57-31 be signed bearing
the endorsement "Planning Board, approval not re-
quired under Subdivision Control Law."
VOTED: That the plan accompanying #57-32 requires approval
of the Planning Board under the Subdivision Control
Law.
The Board considered the notices of petitions to be heard BOARD OF
by the Board of Appeals on April 9, 1957. With the exception APPEALS
of the petition of George A. Mahoney it was decided to take no NOTICES
action on the petitions to be heard. In regard to Mr. Mahoney's
petition, Mr. Snow was requested to look into the matter further
and to report his findings to the Board at its next meeting.
At 8:00 p.m. the Board met in joint session with the RE-ZONING
Selectmen to hear further from Mr. Gueenere and his associates in PROJECT
regard to a re-zoning proposal for Lexington. (See the Select-
men's minutes for an account of said joint session.)
At 9:30 the Board returned to its Own meeting in the Town ROOK
Engineer's room at which time Mr. Stevens met with the Board HILL
to discuss Leeland Construction Co.'s grant of easement to-Mrs. SEC. 3
Barbara Anderson across land which is proposed to be Lot 5 of
the Robinson Hill, Sec. 3 subdivision plan. Mr. Stevens re-
ported that he bead found two grants, one in which said company
granted to Mrs. Anderson rights, in common with others, a right-
Df.way;,over land from her house to Massachusetts avenue, and
the second grant in which the same company granted to Mrs.
Anderson rights, in common with others, over the ways shown on
the Robinson Rill Sec. 2 subdivision plan and a right.of-way
from the land of said grantee to said subdivision. Mr.Stevens
stated that in the latter grant there was no mention made of
the points from which and to which said easement was to be
located.
From the information obtained in the grant Mr. Stevens
said he was not in a position to say that Mrs. Anderson had
not been granted some right-of-way across the land which is
proposed to be Lot 5. On the basis of the facts presented
the Board decided that at its next meeting it would have to
determine the location of a driveway entrance from the end of
Diana Lane across Lot 5 to Mrs. Anderson's property and also
where a curb should be located on the southeast extension of
Childs Road.
ASSOCIATES Mr. Stevens left the meeting. at 10:00 p.m. at which time
REALTY the Board reviewed.its letter of March 7, 1957 to the Asso-
TRUST ciates Realty Tract in regard to the hotel said Trust proposes
to build at the intersection of Routes 2A and 128. The Board
approved the window details in Scheme II of the study dated
March 25, 1957. It decided, however, that the spandrel and
lintel shown on said scheme should be of brick veneer instead
of as indicated. on the study. In regard to the sketch for the
exterior design of the dining wing of said hotel, the Board
decided that the sketch was unsatisfactory and that Mr. Snow
should communicate with the architect to arrange for a confer-
ence to discuss said design further.
GREEN VALLEY Discussed next by the Board was the application of Mr.
SEC. 2 Antonio Buse for definitive approval of the Green Valley,
Section 2 subdivision plan. It was decided that the titles on
both sheets. of said plan should be corrected before accepting
said application. The Board decided that if the plan vas pre-
pared improper order the application could then be accepted
and a public hearing held on April 15, at 8:00 p.m.
LORING Considered also was the application of Mrs. Baskin for
HILL definitive approval of the Loring Bill Estates subdivision
ESTATES plan. It was determined that the titles on the various
sheets comprising said plans were not in order and that a number
of questions in regard to performance guarantees had not been
resolved. Mr. Snow was authorised to discuss these matters fur-
ther with the Town Counsel, Mr,, Gould, Mrs. Baskin's attorney,
and with Mr. Corrigan, who it was understood had a sales agree-
ment to purchase the lots involving said subdivision. It was
decided that if these matters could be resolved in time, a hear-
ing could be scheduled on April 22, 1957 at 8:00 p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk