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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-04-02 PLANNING BOARD MEETING April 2, 1957. A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building on Tuesday, April 2, 1957 at 7:40 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Messrs. Adams, Burnell, Soule and Mr. Snow, the Planning Director. The minutes of the following meetings were MINUTES approved: March 11, 19 and 26, 1957. The Board approved the following bills pre- BILLS aented for payment : Louise M. Baker, secretarial services for period ending March 29, 1957--$25.00; Samuel P. Snow, March car allowance and reimburse- ment for postage--#22.13 • Foto-Beam, white prints-- $4.26• Graphic Reproductions, white prints--$1.65; Colonial Paper Co. , onion skin paper--$12.05; Dewell Co. , multigraphing copies of Form A--#16.00; Ward's, envelopes--$6.25. Taken under consideration were the following FORMS A Form A applications for Planning Board jurisdiction: #57-33, submitted on March 29, 1957 by Nishan Semonian; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexing- ton-Mass.", dated March 22, 1957, Scale: 1" _ 40' , Miller and Nylander, C.E. 's & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. #57-34, submitted on April 2, 1957 by Harold E. Stevens for the Town of Lexington, plan entitled "Plan of Haskell St. Sewer Easement Lexington- Mass." Scale 1" • 40' , dated March 27, 1957, Richard J. Gayer, Town Engineer. #57-35, submitted on April 2, 1957 by M.P.Vidette, plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington Mass.", Scale 1" = 20' , dated April 1, 1957, William M. Burns, C.E. , Chelmsford, Mass. #57-36, submitted on April 2, 1957 by Harry M. Sullivan, plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexing- ton, Mass.", Scale 1 in • 30 ft., dated April 1, 1957, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont, Mass. It was moved, seconded and unanimously VOTED: That the plans accompanying. applications #57-33, #57-34, #57-35 and #57-36 be signed bearing the endorsement "Lexington Planning Board approval under Sub- division Control Law not required." KINGERY Read to the Board was Mr. W. D. Kingery's March 2$, 1957 letter stating his conversations with HANCOCK Mr. Moore in regard to the Hancock Heights develop- HEIGHTS went, the present condition of uncompleted work in said Subdivision, and Mr. Kingery's request that he be given the opportunity to be heard in opposition to any request for an extension of the completion date of the work to be done in this development. The Board decided to write a letter to Mr. Kingery assuring him of the Board's interest in the subdi- vision and the completion of the required work to be performed therein by June 25, 1957 . It was to be stated in the letter also that the Board would notify him and all other property owners within the development should there by any request for, or the Board decided to act on the question of, an ex- tension of the date of the completion of this devel- opment. RE-ZONING Read to the Board also was the Selectmen's PROPOSAL March 27,1957 letter confirming its discussion with Mr Mr. Gummere at a joint session of the Selectmen and the Planning Board in which it was agreed that the Boards had no objection to Mr. Gummere's proposal from what they had seen and heard of the plan to date. It was also understood that inasmuch as the town does not presently have a zoning classification applicable to this particular type of operation, it was understood that the Planning Board was willing to proceed with the writing of an amendment to the zoning by-law to encompass the type of project pro- posed and to present said amendment at a town meet- ing to be held prior to the summer season so that the entire matter, insofar as zoning is concerned, would be completed by that time. The Planning Board concurred with the Selectmen's understanding of the situation as set forth in said letter. Mr. Snow gave a report of his March 29, 1957 conference with Mr. Cummere in regard to the above proposal with special reference to the boundaries of the proposed project suggested by Mr. Gummere. It was decided to make some modifications in Mr. Gummere's proposed boundaries, Mr. Snow being re- quested to prepare a description of the Board's recommendations for said boundaries and to present in written and graphic form these modifications for consideration at the first meeting of the Board when all members were present. -2- The Board took under consideration next the SUN VALLEY April 1, 1957 request of DeVries Construction Co. to SEC. 15 change its performance guarantee for the work to be done in the Sun Valley Section 15 subdivision from a conditional approval contract to a bond secured by a deposit. Accompanying said request was a letter of the same date from the Superintendent of Public Works stating that the required work to be done in said sub- division was $0% complete. Considering the fact there was so little work to be done in said subdivision the Board decided not to grant the Company's request at this time and asked Mr. Snow to discuss the matter fur- ther with Mr. George DeVries. Read to the Board was Stephen Hopkins' April 1, ASSOCIATES 1957 letter stating that he had not received the REALTY Board' s amended letter of instructions in regard to TRUST changes required by the Board in the design of the hotel proposed to be erected on the land of the Asso- ciates Realty Trust at the corner of Routes 12$ and 2 A in Lexington. Read to the Board was a draft of a letter dated April 2, 1957 replying to the Hopkins' letter and stating that there evidently had been some misunderstanding in regard to his expected receipt of a letter concerning changes in the hotel plans. The letter stated that the Board had approved certain changes at its meeting on March 26, 1957, and that Mr. Snow in telephone conversations had communicated the Board's decision, both to Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Priestly, the architect, and had requested that a conference be arranged to discuss the exterior design of the hotel dining room but that to date the Associates had not arranged for the requested conference. The Board approved the draft of said letter which was signed by the Chairman. The Board discussed the plans for the Robinson ROBINSON Hill Section 3 subdivision and decided that it would HILL approve the subdivision subject to the conditions SECTION 3 that a curb be built along the southeasterly side line of the development of Childs Road from the northerly corner of Lot 17A in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately 60 feet, that an opening in the curb be allowed for a driveway ten feet wide, that the grade of the driveway be raised by means of a short ramp approximately 6" above the grade of the edge of the road, and that a driveway of said width be located southeasterly across Lot 5 to the adjacent land of Leeland Construction Co. Mr. Snow was requested to prepare in rough draft a plan of said curb and driveway to be drawn upon the subdivision plan. It was decided to withhold final decisions in regard to the above conditions pending the I preparation of the plan by Mr. Snow. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. LA //L-1.4..r...4_4 evi G. Burnell, Jr.VI. Clerk