HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-01-13 PLANNTNG BOARD MEETING
January 13, 1058
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was
held on Monday, January 13, 1958 at 7.30 p.m. in
the Town Engineer' s Room, Town Office Building.
Present were Chairman Grincle, Members Abbott,
Burnell, Jaquith and Soule and Planning Director
Snow.
Approved by the Board were the following
bills which had been submitted for payment BILLS
Graphic Reproductions, Inc . , white prints-- 3.30
Spaulding-Moss Co. , drawing supplies-42.75; V.
Josenh Kostka, book "Neighborhood planning"--•4t .00
The Board approved the minutes of the Decem- MINUTES
ber 9 and 16, 1957 and January 7, 1958 meetings .
Taken under consideration was the following
Form A application for determination of Planning
Board jurisdiction
#58-1, submitted on January 10, 1958 by
Arnold S. and Charlotte C . Wolf; plan en-
t4tled "Subdivision Plan of Land in Lex-
ington, Mass." , Scale : 1" = 40' , dated
December 30, 1957, Joseph Selwyn, C .E.,
Belmont, Mass.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously
VOTED: that the plan accompanying Form A applica-
tion #58-1 be signed bearing the endorse-
ment "Lexington Planning Board approval
under the Subdivision Control Law not re-
quired. "
The Board then gave further consideration
to the matter of a referendum on the ballot for REGIONAL
the Annual Town Meeting in order to obtain some SHOPPING
indication of voters ' opinions in regard to re- CENTER
zoning land along Route 2 for regional shopping PROPOSAL
use. (See Minutes of January 7, 1958) . After
some discussion it was decided that several ques-
tions would tend to confuse voters and that there
should be only one question, this having to do with
the desirability of locating a regional shopping
center on the Swenson and related properties.
Further consideration was also given to the
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problem of determining an equitable arrangement
BURNHAM wherein the Town could acquire for recreational
FARMS purposes a portion of the former Burnham Farm now
SFC . 2 owned by Mr. Mark Moore, Jr. and being d eveloped by
him as a residential subdivision. (See minutes of
January 6, 1958. ) Using for comparative purposes
Mr. Moore 's original preliminary plan , dated Jan.
30, 1957, and the Board's suggested scheme for the
second section of Burnham Farms, it was decided to
proceed as follows : (1) the Board, for option pur-
1 noses, would offer Mr. Moore $6000 for the land it
wished to acquire, said land to include approxi-
mately the rear half of the lot numbered 113 North
Street, said lot to have new boundaries and the
westerly half of said new lot to have an easement
for public recreational purposes; (2) the Board
would proceed with the necessary steps for the Town
to acquire a portion of' Mr. Kendrick' s land to pro-
vide an extension of Emerson Road from the southerly
corner of Mr. Moore' s land to East Street ; (3) Mr.
Moore would construct the extension of said road to
Fast Street ; and (Lb) Mr. Moore would construct the
bridge for the Vine Brook crossing. it was further
decided that Mr. Brindle would discuss this proposal
with Mr. Moore and that Mr. Snow would prepare for
the use of Messrs. G.rindle and Jaquith a plan of
that portion of Mr. Kendrick ' s land for which it was
desired to obtain a street option.
The meeting adjourned at 10'n0 p .m .
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Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
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