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Home My WebLink About1958-03-10 PLA N\\TNG BOARD MEETING ' March 10, 1958 A regular meeting of the Lexington Plan- ning Board was held on Monday, March 10, 1958 at 7 :40 p.m. in the Town Engineer' s Room, Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott, T-urnell, Jaquith, and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was present from 8:25 to 9:30 p.m. Approved by the Board were the minutes of MINUTES June 25, 1956. Approved also by the Board were the fol- lowing bills which had been presented for pay- ment ; Minute-man Publications, Inc , , advertising-- BILLS A3.68, Samuel P. Snow, February car allowance, 20 .00, and miscellaneous office expenses, 15.80-- $ 25 80. Considered next were the following Form A FORMS A A applications for determination of Planning Board jurisdiction : #58-15, submitted March 10, 1958 by Moore Realty Trust, plan entitled "A Compiled Plan of Land in Lexington , Mass. ", Scale: 1" = 40 ' , dated Feb. 26, 1458, Miller and Nylander, r' .F. ' s and Surveyors. #58-16, submitted March 10, 1958 by Moore Realty Trust; plan entitled ''Subdivision of Land Court Case No. 18361 Lexington- Mass . ", Scale: 1" = 40 ' , dated Feb. 26, 1958, Miller & Nylander, C .F. ' s & Surveyors Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED- Th9t the Board determines th9t the plans accompanying Form A applications #58-15 and #58-16 do not require approval and that said plans be signed bearing the en- dorsement "Lexington Planning Borr d approval under Subdivision Control Law not required. " Read to the Board and discussed by it, was Mr. Perry L. Norton' s March 4, 1058 letter in which REGIONAL he stated that he was commissioned by the Department SHOPPING of Urban Studies of the University of Pennsylvania CENTER to prepare, for teaching purposes, a case study of PROPOSAL the current regional shopping center proposal in CASE Lexington. Mr. Norton further stated that he would STUDY like to meet with the Board or some members of it, to discuss briefly the kinds of reactions and re- sponses which it had seen emerge as the proposal progressed. It was decided not to hold a discussion of this nature until after the conclusion of the Annual Town Meeting. Mr Stevens came to the meeting at 8:25 p.m. VETERANS He discussed with the Board a certificate LOT 11 which he had prepared for the signature of the CEDAR Clerk of the Planning Board with reference to the STREET February 19, 1957 request of Miss Spencer of the law firm of Bicknell and Smith for such a certifi- cate. (See aedendum. ) It was noted that the Selectmen had conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. Sanseverino a certain parcel of land situated on Cedar Street, and known as Veterans Lot 11, and had imposed cer- tain restrictions on the land, a certificate of the Planning Board clerk being sufficient evidence of compliance with one of the restrictions. Upon sign- ing and notarizing the certificate, it was given to Mr. Snow for mailing to Miss Spencer. BLACKSTOCK The Board discussed next with Mr. Stevens the status of the matter in regard to obtaining ease- SUN ments shown on the definitive subdivision plan VALLEY entitled "Section Eight of Sun Valley Lexington, SSC . 8 Mass . ' , dated June 23, 195 and approved by the Board on September 6, 1055. It was pointed out that on October 22, 1957 Mr. Stevens had sent to Er. George J. DeVries, President of the DeVries Construction Co. , Inc . a memorandum enclosing three instruments to be executed for the purpose of granting from the owners of Lots 150 and 151 (L.C . Lots 19 and 20, respectively) an easement across said lots for all purposes for which town ways are commonly used. It was reported that Mr. Blackstock, owner of Lot 151, not wishing to grant an easement for public travel, had conferred with Mr. Stevens and inquired whether or not the Town waq insisting on said easement. In order that the matter could be discussed in detail with Mr. Blackstock, Mr. Stevens had arranged for Mr Blackstock to meet with the Board at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Blackstock came to the meeting and stated that he and many residents in the Sun Valley develop- 3-1n-58 ment were opposed to the construction of a road across lots lr0 and l~1 believing people would use such a route as part of a short cut between Lowell and Woburn Streets He requested that the Board eliminate the easement across his lot, and also a cross Lot 150 owned by William E.Barnea During the discussion which followed it was pointed out to Mr Blackstock that the approval of the Sun Valley Section Eight and Oak Knoll Section One definitive plans conformed to subdivision studies the Board had made a number of years ago, that these studies showed Appletree Lane extending through to Tyler Road, that said definitive plans which were approved by the Board made provision for this extension on the location recommended by the Board, and that the Outhet 'fealty Trust had constructed Appletree Lane to the rear boundary line of Lot 151. Mr Blackstock was shown how the extension of Appletree Lane was de- signed so that Lots 150 and 151 would be subdivided creating an additional lot fronting on Appletree Lane, the remainder of Lots 150 and 151 still having the minimum area and frontage requirements of the zoning by-law. Mr Blackstock said he ' wasntt interested in such a subdivision. He left the meeting at 9:30 p.m. In discussing the matter further the Board decided that it still wished to obtain easements across lots 150 and 151 for water, sewer, drain, and public travel, and requested 1r. Stevens to so notify Mr. Blackstock The Board next took under consideration OAK KNOLL the applications for approval of the Oak Knoll SEC . 2 Section Two and Loring Hill Estates Section Two definitive plans, performance guarantees i- the LORING form of bonds having been filed with the Board. HILL In examining said bonds, Mr Stevens found that ESTATES they were not in proper form and recommended that S . 2 the Board withhold action in regard to said applications. Mr Stevens was asked to take the bonds with him and prepare them in proper form by March 12, 1958 so that the Board might take action on the applications, the 45-day period for such action expiring on said date. Mr. Stevens left the meeting at 9:30 p.m. The Board devoted the remainder of its WILLARD meeting to the consideration and editing of a PROPERTY draft of an article for publication in the March 20 issue of the Lexington Minute-man. Mr. Snow was asked to prepare a map to accompany the news- paper article. The meeting adjourned at 10 :00 p .m. Levi G. 014 r Clerk ADDENDUM February 19, 1957 Clerk of the Planning Board Town Hall Lexin-ton 73 :lass Dear Sir: On August 20 , 1951, the Town of Lexington, acting through its Board of Selectmen, conveyed property at 81 Cedar Street, shown as Lot 11 on a nlan dated June 30, 1347, made by John T. Cosgrove, Town Tngineer, recorded with Middlesex South Dis- trict Deeds in Book 7339, Page 34, to Anthony J. and Helen I . Sanseverino and in connection therewith im- posed certain restrictions on said lot, one of which is as follows : The building or buildings to be built origi- nally on each lot must be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Lexington Planning Board, and shall be completed on said lot within 2 years from the date of this conveyance. A certifi- cate of the Clerk of said Planning Board shall be sufficient evidence of compliance with this restriction. In examination of the -records at the Registry of Deeds it appears that such a certificate of the Clerk of the Planning Board has not been recorded. gill you be kind enough to furnish us with stch a certificate to clear the record. Very truly yours, BTCKNELL & SMITH 3y Ida M. Spencer