HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-06-17PLANNING BOARD MEETING
June 17, 1957
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held
in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building on
Monday, June 17, 1957 at 7:35 p.m. Present were Chair-
man Grindle, Members Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith and Soule,
and Planning Director Snow.
The Board approved the Minutes of May 27, June 3 MINUTES
and 6, 1957.
Mr. Soule came to the meeting at 7:45 P.m.
Approved also by the Board were the following BILLS
bills which had been presented for payment: Philip H.
and Lawrence W. Burt, stenographic services, June 6,
1957 public hearing --$175.00- Minute -man Publications,
Inc., advertising hearings --49.$0; Bruce E. Howlett,
Drofessional services ending period June 14, 1957--
$78-40.
Taken under consideration were the following FORMS A
Form A applications for determination of Planning
' Board jurisdiction:
#57-57, submitted on June 10, 1957 by Phyllis
A. Ackerman; plan entitled "Plan of Land in
Lexington -Mass.", scale 1" m 40', dated May
23, 1957, Miller & Nylander, C.E.'s and Sur-
veyors, Lexington, Mass.
#57-58, submitted on June 17, 1957 by Mark
Moore, Jr. for Moore Realty Trust; plan en-
titled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.",
scale: 1" = 401, dated June 6, 1957, Miller
and Nylander, C.E.'s & Surveyors, Lexington,
Mass.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously
VOTED: that the plans accompanying applica-
tions #57-57 and #57-58 be signed bear-
ing the endorsement "Approval under the
subdivision control law not required."
It was recommended that in the recently approved
Loring Hill Estates Section One subdivision the name
of the way be "Baskin Road," the name being in honor
of the late William John Baskin, the original sub-
divider of the property and one of the town's leading
citizens. The Board approved this name subject to
LORING HILL
ESTATES
SEC. 1
the condition that Mr. Snow communicate with Mrs.
Baskin and obtain her approval of said name.
HODGDON It was decided to communicate with Mr.
Hodgdon and inform him that at its next meeting
on June 24, 1957 the Board would meet with him and
his attorney at 8:30 p.m. in regard to his appli-
cation #57-49 for determination of Planning Board
jurisdiction.
BATTLE VIEW The Board took under consideration the
PARK application for approval of the Battle View Park
SEC. 2 Section II definitive plan, and decided that the
Battle View Park Realty Trust be requested to
comply with the third condition of the Preliminary
Subdivision Plan approval as referred to in the
March 2, 1957 minutes; namely, that a curve of
twenty-five feet radius be provided at the south-
westerly corner of the Perduyn lot at the inter-
section of Rumford Road and Woburn Street. Mr.
Snow was requested to confer with Superintendent
Gayer in regard to connecting the Rumford Road
drainage system to that in Woburn Street westerly
of Rumford Road.
EXPENSES As requested by the Board, the Planning Director '
presented an itemized statement of 1957 Board ex-
penses to June 1, 1957 with reference to the 1957
budget approved by said board and the Appropriation
Committee. The Board asked Mr. Snow to continue to
present for its review each momth itemized state-
ments of the board's expenses.
VACATION Wishing to maintain a summer schedule in
PERIODS which there would always be a quorum present, the
members of the Board indicated what months they
would be absent from the Planning Board meetings
through September 9. It was determined that
there would be a three-man quorum at all summer
meetings of the Board.
RULES AND At 8:30 p.m. the Board adjourned to Mr.
REGULATIONS Gri ndle's home to discuss Mr. Snow's recommenda-
tions to amend Lexington's Subdivision Rules and
Regulations. In addition to the 15 filing fee
required at present, it was decided to charge an
additional fee of $5 per lot for all subdivisions
having five or more lots. It was also decided to
amend Section II B of said rules and regulations,
the Board to discuss said recommendations at the
next meeting of the Board at which Mr. Stevens ,
could be present. Upon approval of the recommenda-
tions in final form it was decided that the Board
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would hold a public hearing on these proposals to
amend the Subdivision Rules and Regulations.
Discussion next centered around progress of
the Planning Board's staff in preparation of a
Master Plan and the next step the Board would
make in completing said plan. On Mr. Snow's
recommendation it was decided that the Board
would make a detailed study of a plan to re -zone
land between Wood Street and Bedford Street for
light manufacturing and special commercial use.
Mr. Snow was asked to bring to the Board at its
next meeting maps that he had prepared of the
area involved and proposals for having a road
system to connect Wood and Bedford Streets and
Rout e 128.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
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Levi G.
Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
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