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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
July 24, 1957
A special meeting of the Planning Board was held
in the Toi�:7n Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on
LJed.nesday evening, July 24, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. Present
were Chairman Grindle and. Diembers Jaquith and Burnell.
The Board took under consideration the applica-
tion for definitive approval of the Hawthorne Acres
lection 1 definitive plan. 11r. Jaquith reported his
conversation with Tom Counsel Stevens in which the
latter said that Esco Builders Corp. were not able to
submit a bond at t'is time but planned to do so within
a week. The 45 -day period in which the Planning Board
must act having expired, it was moved by Mr. Burnell,
seconded by Ir. Jaquith and unanimously
VOTED: that the definitive subdivision plan en-
titled "Hawthorne Acres Section One
Lexington, ass.", dated Iviay 29, 1957,
submitted to the Board on June 10, 1957;
accompanied by an application for approval
of a definitive plan, Form C, dated June 6,
1957, be disapproved for the reason that
the applicant has not submitted a bond in
accordance -•..,a th the Lexington_ subdivision
rules and regulations.
The Board next took under consideration the appli-
cation for aprroval of the Peacock earms Section 5
definitive plan. The 3oard having received the Assump-
tion of Obligations by the subsequent owner of this
property :end a bond having; been filed conditioned on
the completion of all required improvements in said
subdivision, and all other matters appearing to be in
order, it fTas moved by lir. Jaquith, seconded by Mr.
Burnell and unanimously
HAS^JTHORNE
ACRES
SEC. 1
VOTED: that a Definitive subdivision plan entitled
"Peacock f arms Section 5, Lexin —ton -I -:ass.
dated June 11, 1957, having been submitted
to the 9card by Edward Green and H. S. B.
White on June 24, 1957, accompanied by an
application for approval of definitive plan,
r'orm C, dated June 17, 1957, and subsequent
thereto all the lands within the subdivision
having been acquired by A. Morris Kobrick as
Trustee of Lucky Penny Trust and also as
Trustee of Beryl -Robert Trust by deed re-
corded in Middlesex South Registry of Deeds
on July 12, 1957 as Instrument No. 128, and
said A. Icrris Kobrick having assumed all
PEACCCK
iARMS
SEC. 5
obligations of the applicant, b e and hereby '
is approved.
BATTLE VIEW The Board endorsed the Battle View Park Section 2
PARK definitive subdivision plan, the 20 -day appeal period
SEC. 2 having expired after approval of the plan.
ZIL�NEIS
Different aspects of the rilene Proposal were
REGIOI,*iAL
then discus sed id th particular reference to tihat should
SHOPPING
be the future attitude of the Planning Board ,-,rith re -
PROPOSAL
spect to said proposal. It was the opinion of those
present that the first matter for the Board to decide
is whether or not it wishes to take the initiative in
bringing the proposal before the citizens again. It
was thourtht that if the Board decided to take the
initiative in tis matter, that the Board's first
move would be to arrange a meeting; with officials of
the State Department of Public Works to determine if
it is possible to secure any definite decision regard-
ing the use of Rts. 2 and 128 for entrances or exits
to the proposed site of the shopping conter. It was
decided to ask members of the Board of Selectmen to
be present at such meeting if it is held.
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 n.m.
Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk