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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
June 94 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held on Monday, June 9, 1958 at 7:40
p.m. in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office
Building. Present were Chairman Grindles Members
Burnell and Soule, and Planning Director Snow.
The Board approved the following bills which
had been presented for payment; Samuel P. Snow,
May car allowance- 20.00; Graphic Microfilms
rojection slides-- 5.00; Wardtss file pockets --
9.90; American Society of Planning Officials,
information reports -410.15.
Taken under consideration next was the fol-
lowing Form A application for determination of
Planning Board Jurisdiction:
#58-38, submitted May 9s 1958 by M.E.
Bushnell; plan entitled "Plan of Land
' Lexington -Masa.", scale 1" = 401s dated
June 5, 1958s Miller & Nylanders C.E.ts
and Surveyors.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board deter-
mines that the plan accompanying Form A
application #58-38 does not require
approval and that said plan be signed
bearing the endorsement "Lexington
Planning Board approval under the Subdivi-
sion Control Law not required."
In response to a previous request by Perry L.
Norton, lannin consultant, (see minutes of March
10 and 2&, 1958 the Board met with him to discuss
Filene's regional shopping center proposal concern-
ing which Mr. Norton was making a case study. Par-
ticularly discussed were the kinds of reactions and
responses which the Board had seen emerge as the
proposal developed. Mr. Norton was present from
8:00 to 8:40 p.m.
BILLS
FORM A
NORTON
REGIONAL
SHOPPING
CENTER
PROPOSAL
CASE STUDY
' Representatives of Wynwood Associates, Inc. OAK HILL
came to the meeting to file a properly executed ESTATES
bond and an instrument wherein said corporation SEC. 1
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assumed the obligations of the subdividers Sandy
Brook Corporation, in the event the Planning Board
rescinded its previous disapproval ofs and then
approved, the Oak Hill Estates, Section One subdi-
vision plan. Thereupon, all matters appearing to
be in orders it was moved, seconded, and unanimously
VOTED :that the May 28s 1958 vote of the Planning
Board disapproving the definitive subdivision
plan entitled "Oak Hill Estates Section One
Lexingtons Mass."s dated April is 1958, be and
hereby is rescinded.
VOTED: that the definitive subdivision plan entitled
"Oak Hill Estates Section One Lexingtons Mass.
dated April 1, 1958* which was submitted to the
Board by Sandy Brook Corp. on April 16, 1958*
accompanied by an application for approval of
definitive plans Form Cs dated April 2* 1958+
which was disapproved by the Board rn May 28* 1958
for failure of the applicant to file the required
bonds said disapproval having been rescinded by
the Board on June 9s 1958s and subsequently thereto
Wynwood Associates, Inc. having acquired title to
all lands within the subdivision by two deeds from
said Sandy Brook Corporation dated respectively
April 81, 1958 and May 23s 1958s and said Corpora- '
tion having assumed all the obligations of the
applicant on June 9s 19581, be and hereby is
approved subject to the following condition: that
a bituminous concrete sidewalk 5' wide be con-
structed along the entire length on the northerly
side of Fulton Road.
There was next held a general discussion of
problems currently before the Boards after which the
meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
" R chard H. Soule -
Clerk
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