HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-05-28PLANNING BOARD MEETING
May 28s 1958
A special meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town
Office Building on May 28s 1958 at 7:30 p.m.
Present were Chairman Grindles Members Abbott and
Burnell* and Planning Director Snow.
Approved by the Board were the following BILLS
bills presented for payment: Graphic Reproduc-
tions, Inc.* white prints --$2.04 and 41.86; Frank
DeFelices return of deposit securing bond --4700.
The Board took under consideration the fol- FORMS A
lowing Form A applications for determination of
Planning Board jurisdiction:
#58-32s submitted May 27s 1958 by John
Carroll for Town of Lexington; plan en-
titled "Plan Showing Slope Easements on
Lots 130-131 and 90-91 Concord Avenues
Lexingtons Mass.", Scale: 1" = 40', dated
'
May 1958* Richard J. Gayer, Town Engineer.
#58-33s submitted May 27s 1958 by John
Carroll for Town of Lexington; plan entitled
"Plan of Sewer Easement from Curve St. to
Right of Way at 905 Mass. Ave., Lexington -
Mass.": Scale: 1" = 40's dated May 19s 1958s
Richard J. Gayers Town Engineer.
#58-34: submitted May 27s 1958 bq Mrs.
Joseph J. Napoli; plan entitled Plan of
Land in Lexington -Mass.", Scale: 1" = 40's
dated April 15s 1958s Miller & Nylanders-
C.E.'s & Surveyors.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines
that the plans accompanyin Form A applica-
tions #58-32s #58-33, and 158-34 do not re-
quire approval and that said plans be signed
bearing the endorsement *Lexington Planning
Board approval under the Subdivision Control
Law not required. "
Read to the Board was the Town Counsel's
May 23s 1958 letter enclosing conformed copies of
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ADAMS easements in the Adams Estates Section One subdivi-
ESTATES sion. In said letter it was pointed out that at the
SEC. 1 1956 annual town meeting the Town accepted Mill Brook
Road and at the 1958 annual town meeting accepted
Westwood Road and thereafter took all easements there-
in for town ways. Since it appeared that no further
easements needed to be'°obtained in said subdivision
and that all other matters appeared to be in orders it
was moved, seconded, and unanimously
VOTED: to release the performance bonds dated August
121 1953s filed by Universal Development Corp.s
as Principal, and New Amsterdam Casualty Co...
as Surety, in the sum of twenty-five thousand
and no/100 dollars--($25s000.00)--to secure the
performance by the subdivider of the obliga-
tions under the agreements dated August 12s
1953, in reference to the subdivision entitled
"Plan of Lots in Lexington -Mass. owned by
Universal Development Corps 30 Pine St.s_Bed-
fords" dated May 20s 1953.
OAK HILL
Mr. Snow reported his discussion with repre-
ESTATES
sentatives of Wynwood Associates of the necessity
SEC. 1
of filing a bond before the Planning Board would
approve the Oak Hill Estates Section One subdivi-
sion plan and of said representatives misunderstand-
ing;.of the matter and inability to file a bond before
the .coming week. Mr. Snow stated that he informed
the representatives that the Board would have to
disapprove
the plan for failure to file a bond since
the
U -day period within which to file the bond had
expired. He also stated that he had informed the
parties involved that with the filing of a proper bond
within a short period of time the Board could vote to
rescind its previous vote of disapproval and then vote
to•approve the definitive plan.
PHEASANT
Mr. Snow likewise reported a similar discussion
GARDENS
with Mr. Blacks developer of the Pheasant Gardens sub-
division. Thereupons upon motion duly made and seconded
it was unanimously
VOTED: that the definitive subdivision plan entitled
"Qak Hill Estates Section One Lexington, Mass."s
dated April is 1958, which was submitted to the
Board by Sandy Brook Corp. on April lbs 1958,
accompanied by an application for approval of
definitive plans Form Cs dated April 2s 1958,
be and hereby is disapproved for the reason that
the applicant has not submitted a bond in accord-
ance with the Lexington subdivision rules and
regulations.
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VOTED: That the definitive subdivision plan entitled
"Pheasant Gardens Lexington, Mass.", dated
Feb. 17, 195$j which was submitted to the
Board by Walter G. and Minola M. Black on
April 16, 1958s be and hereby is disapproved
for the reason that the applicants have not
submitted a bond in accordance with the Lex-
ington subdivision rules and regulations.
The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
All members of the Board and Mr. Snow then
met in the Selectmen's Room with the Selectmen,
Messrs. Blakely, Spaulding and reeler of Cabot,
Cabot, and Forbes, and Messrs. Foster and Johnson
of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce to discuss the
possibilities of re -zoning the Hayden, Swenson and
Richards properties as a C 3 Special Commercial
district, and restrictions for governing the use of
land in said district.
Mr. Gerald W. Blakeley, Jr., President of
C.C.& F., presented the proposal stating that Messrs.
Foster and Johnson had approached representatives of
' his organization to determine if it were willing to
acquire from Filene's options to purchase the Swen-
son and related properties at Spring Street and
State Route 2. He said C.C.& F. had made arrange-
ments to acquire the options. He now was interested
in having this land, including the former Richards
property,re-zoned restrictively for a so-called
office and research building park.
In order to make the proposal feasible, Mr.
Blakeley pointed out that it would be necessary to
amend the town's by-law to provide for office build-
ings in a C 3 district. He said that C.C.& F.
would want very strict control of the type of build-
ings and the use of the land in such a district. He
noted that his organization had these restrictions
in written form and would present them for consider-
ation if the proposal were found to be acceptable.
Mr. Blakeley stated that C.C.& F. had no
committments with any concern to locate in the pro-
posed park with the exception of the Raytheon Manu-
facturing Company. He explained that the company was
very much interested in locating here but already had
options in other towns to purchase property to con-
struct an executive office building costing about
$2,000,000. It was understood that Raytheon planned
to occupy such a building in 1960 so that it was
C3
DISTRICT
PROPOSAL
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necessary to have a town decision on the re -zoning
proposal as soon as possible.
With reference to taxes, Mr. Blakeley said
that office buildings had the highest per square foot
cost in contrast to regional shopping centers. He
stated that buildings of the type C.C.& F. wou-Idpro-
pose had a potential cost of $10 to $18 per square
foot.
Mr. Blakeley displayed a proposed site plan
for the area of approximately 200 acres, said plan
being dated May 23, 1958. He described the area as
being located in such a way that it offered a pro-
tective environment for buildings and direct access
to Route 2 and Spring Street. He indicated how the
road system was planned so that when Route 2 became
a limited access highway, direct access to the area
would be obtained from Spring Street. Mr. Blakeley
stated that he thought Spring Street was adequate to
accommodate the traffic generated by 3000 to !}000
employees, the number he estimated would work in the
proposed district.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. ,
Ar
to
Thomas S. Grindle
Chairman
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