HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-02-24' PLANNING BOARD MEETING
February 24, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Plan-
ning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room,
Town Office Building, on Monday, February 28,
1958 at 8:00 n.m. Present were Chairman Grindle,
Members Burnell, Jaquith, and Soule, and Planning
Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was present
from 8:55 to 9:30 p.m.
Considered first were notices of public BOARD OF
hearings to be held by the Board of Appeals on APPEALS
February 25, 1958. It was decided to take no
action on the zietitions to be heard.
The Board considered next Mr. Alfred P. VINE
Tropeano's letter of February 18,1958. (See BROOK
addendum.) Mr. Torsten H. Reenstierna, trustee REALTY
of the W ne Brook Realty Trust, came to the TRUST
meeting, conferred briefly with Mr. Snow in re-
gard to said letter, and left with the Board a
print of the plan referred to in the letter.
After reviewing the plan again, a reply to Mr.
Tropeano's letter was drafted setting forth the
Board's decisions in regard to said plan. (See
addendum.)
No one having appeared for the public GREEN
hearing scheduled for d:00 plm., the Board held, VALLEY
at 8:30 p.m., said hearing relative to the SEC. 3
application for approval of a subdivision to be
known as "Green Valley Section Three." Read was
the notice of the hearing as it was published in
the February 6, 1G58 issue of the Lexington
Minute -man and as it was sent to all persons
deemed by the Board to be affected. Members of
the Board having at the time no questions in re-
gard to the plan, it was taken under advisement
and the hearing declared closed at 8:32 p.m.
The Board next reviewed and edited the REGIONAL
draft of its report on the proposed regional SHOPPING
shopping center project, said report to be pub- CENTER
lished in the February 27, 1958 issue of the
Lexington Minute -man.
Mr. Stevens came to the meeting at 8:55
p.m.
FORMS A Taken under consideration were the following
Form A applications for determination of Planning
Board jurisdiction:
#58-132 submitted on February 18, 1958 by
Samuel E. Seegel, attorney for Robert J. and
Eileen M. Cuddyer; plan entitled "Plan of
Land in Lexinmton-Mass.", Scale: 1" = 101,
dated February 15, 1958s Miller & Nylander,
C.E.'s and Surveyors, Lexington, Mass.
#58-141 submitted on February 20, 1958 by E.
A. Gula for Boston Edison Company; plan en-
titled "A -341 -Lexington", Scale: 1" = 40',
dated Dec. 2, 1957, Boston Edison Company,
Engineer-ing and Construction Department, F.
M. Staszesky, Supt.
After motion duly made, and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED: That the Bo, --Td determines that thedans
accompanying Form A applications #5t-13 and
#58-14 do not require approval and that said
plans be signed bearing the endorsement "Lex-
ington Planning Board approval under Sub-
division
ub division Control Law not required."
The Board discussed with Mr. Stevens his Feb-
ruary 21,1958 letter to Mr.Snow in regard to the
Middle Ridge Section One subdivision plan. All
matters appearing to be in order, it was moved by
Mr. Burnell, seconded by Mr. Soule, and unanimously
VOTED: To release the performance bond, dated August
22, 1955, filed by Techbuilt, Inc., as Principal,
and New Amsterdam Casualty Company, as Surety,
in the sum of Thirty-eight Thousand and no/100
dollars - (038,000) - to secure the perform-
ance by the subdivider of its agreement in the
form of an application for approval of a
definitive plan, Form C, dated June 20, 1955•
to complete the work to be performed by the
subdivider in the subdivision entitled "Plan
of Lots in Middle Ridge Lexington Mass.", dated
June 10, 1955.
Mr. Stevens left the meeting at 9:30 p.m.
After a general discussion of various matters '
currently before the Board, the meeting adjourned at
9:50 p.m.
Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
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ADDENDUM
February 18, 1958
Lexin^ton Planning Board
Town Office Building
Lexington, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
Re: Vine Brook Realty Trust
I was given to understand by Mr. Snow and by your
Chairman, Mr. Grindle, that I would receive a letter re-
garding the proposed lotting in the latest plan filed
with your Boar d, said Milan being dated February 6, 1958.
I understand your Board desires to change the
F'asterly radius of the proposed road at the intersection
of Winthrop Road. We are agreeable to doing so although
I question the advisability of so doing since it will
lend itself to improper and illegal left turns for ve-
hicles travelling in a --fJesterly direction on to the pro-
posed road.
Pending the question of the Waltham Street widen-
ing, the Trustee of the Vine Brook Realty Trust would
appreciate an approval of lots numbered 1, 2, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 17s 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, '-4, and 25. If for
any reason these cannot be approved forthwith, will you
please let me know.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Alfred P. Tropeano
February 271 1958
Mr. Alfred P. Tropeano
114 Waltham Street
Lexington 73, Mass. Re: Vine Brook Realty Trust
Dear Mr. Tropeano:
Reference is made to your letter of February 181
1958.
The plan to which ,you refer was studied by the
Board and discussed with Mr. Nylander and the Town Engi-
neering Department. The one print left with the Board
' was given to the Engineering Department with the request
that it recommend a location for the proposed extension
of Worthen Road southeasterly of Waltham Street and also
discuss with the County Engineer the re -location of the
southeasterly side line of Waltham Street across which I Worthen Road will extend.
Mr. Reenstierna came to the Planning Board meeting
on February 24 to discuss the Feb. 6, 1058 plan and
kindly left a copy with the Board. It was decided that
(1) the proposed subdivision road between Winthrop Road
and the pro-osed extension of Worthen Road be a uniform
width of 50 feet, (2) there should be a minimum radius of
30 feet where the easterly side line of the subdivision
road intersects the southerly side line of Winthrop Road,
and (3) the terminus of said subdivision road be set, at
this time, at the southeasterly side line of Lot 10. This
will enable the trust to lay out lots 1, 2, 10, 18, 19, 20,
and 21, while plans are being prepared for the location of
Worthen Road and the relocation of a portion of Waltham
Street.
Very truly yours,
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
/s/ Thomas S. Grindle, Chairman
cc: Richard J. Gayer
Supt, of Public Works
T.H.Reenstierna
853 Mass.Ave.,
Arlington 744 Mass.
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