HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-01-20 PLAN-TUG BOARD MEIs'1'ING
January 20, 195('
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board
was held in the Town 'mgineer' s Room, Town Office Build-
ing, on Monday, January 20, lore, at 7 :40 p.m Present
were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott , Burnell, Jaquith
and Soute, and Planning- Director Snow
There was held first a general discussion of cur-
rent problems before the Board includinc- the following
items the Board's offer, for option purposes, of the
Town' s purchase for recreation use of a parcel of Mr
Mark Moore, Jr ' s land located adjacent to Vine Brook
and approximately between North and East Streets ,
publicit;T in regard to the option obtained for the
Town ' s purchase of land fronting on forth Street and
owned by Misses Pobinson and rdillard, various matters
concerning Filene ' snroposal for a regional shopping
center
In regard to Filene ' s proposal, Mr. Jaquith showed REGIONAL
the Board prints of additionaltraffic data Mr. Gummere of SHOPPING
Filene ' s had 4r Cox of Wilbur Smith . Associates pre- CENTER
pare with respect to projected traffic flow in and out
of the prorosed shopping center project Mr. Snow was
asked to work with Messrs Abbott and Burnell in inter-
preting said data for use by the Board Mr Jaquith
said that he .could draft into whatever form necessary
to conform to Lexington ' s zoning by-law certain shop-
ping center zoning revisions suggested by Filene' s repre-
sentatives
Considered next by the Board, and approved by it, MINUTES
were the minutes of tl- e follow ng Bn^rd meetings Decem-
ber 17, 2' and ?0, log'; , January 6 and 13, 195 . .
The Board approved payment of the following bill BILL
H.B.McArdle, diary-- m6 50
The Board took under consideration the following FORMS A
applications for determination of Planning Board juris-
diction
#58-2, submitted January 8, 198 by David L.
Gennaro, plan entitled "Plan of Land Lexington,
Mass. ", dated Jan. 2, 1958, Frederick A. Ewell,
Peg Land SurveT-or 'dinchester, ,lass .
#58-3, submitted January 17, 1458 by Catherine M.
Casello ; nlan entitled Plan of Land in Lexinf•ton,
L_.
Mass." , dated Nov 15, 1°57, Miller & Nylander,
C .E ' s £ Surveyors-Lexinrton, Mass .
#58-L , submitted Januar17, 1058 by George
DeVries , plan entitled "Subdivision of Land
Lexington-Mass ", dated Nov. 8, 197, Herbert
H. Johnson, Surveyor.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously
JOTFD That the Lcxi.ncTton Planning Board determines
that the plans accompanying Form A applica-
tions #58-2, #58-3, and '5 -14 do not require
approval and that said plans be signed bear-
ing the endorsement "Lexington Planning
Board approval under the Subdivision Control
Law not required "
SCHOOL At 9 Or n .m. Mrs Morey and Messrs. Greeley and
STTT,3 & Steele of the School Sites Committee, Mrs. '•Ianless and
RECpFATTON Messrs. Allen, Ferguson, Kelley and ;fells of the Recrea-
C TTTEES tion Committee met in joint session with the Planning
Bol- d to discuss future school sites and land needed
for future recreation. Lr Greeley reviewed the pro-
gram of the School Sites Committee showing on a map the
location of existing and recommended sites for elementary
and junior high schools He pointed out that the committee 11
was working on the principle of providing on each school
site land adaptable for a play area Fe stated that the
size of each elementary school site was 10-12 acres with
about ';-8 acres available for recreation use and that the
si-e of each junior high school site was 25-30 acres w th
approximately 15-20 acres available for recreation pur-
poses.
It was decided that the Planning Board would meet
with the recreation Committee again to discuss the Board ' s
recommendations for additional recreational areas .
Thereunon, t-e members of the two committees left the
meeting at 10 15 - .m.
The meet ng aajourned at 10 30 p.m
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Levi :r Lurnell, Jr.
Clerk