HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-06-23 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
June 23, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town
Office Building, on Monday, June 23, 1958 at 7:55
p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Jaquith
and Soule, and Planning Director Snow.
The Board approved the following bill which
had been submitted for payment: Mrs. G. Buttaro, BILL
paper and mimeographing--$50.75.
Taken under consideration was the following
Form A application for determination of Planning FORM A
Board jurisdiction:
#58-14, submitted on June 20, 1958 by Pat
J. Monsignore, attorney for Joseph and Mary
Monsignore; plan entitled "A Subdivision of
Land Court Case No. 12100 Land in Lexington-
Mass ", Scale: 1" = 40', dated June 10, 1958,
Miller & Nylander, C .E. 's & Surveyors.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED: that the Board determines that the plan
accompanying Form A application #58-44 does
not require approval under the Subdivision
Control Law and that said plan be so endorsed.
Taken under consideration also were notices
of petitions to be heard by the Board of Appeals on BOARD OF
June 24, 1958. It was decided to take no action in APPEALS
regard to the petitions to be heard on said date.
Shown of the Board was an undated plan drawn
by Fred A. Joyce, surveyor, said plan showing lot- POND
ting, roads, and utilities for a proposed subdivi- REALTY
sion of the former Magnuson property on Reed Street. TRUST
Mr. Snow reported that Mr. Joyce had left the plan
at the request of the Pond Realty Trust, 637 Massa-
chusetts Avenue, Arlington. It was understood that
the trust had acquired said Magnuson property and
now desired the Board informal opinion of the Joyce
plan. Mr. Snow was asked to study the plan in re-
lation to surrounding properties and to the recom-
mended extension of Worthen Road (see Major Street
Plan) with the view of making a recommendation to
the Planning Board in regard to developing said
Magnuson land.
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The Board next reviewed the application of
BOUDREAU Raymond F. Boudreau for approval of the definitive
subdivision plan entitled Sunnyknoll, Lexington,
SUNNYKNOLL Mass . " A public hearing relative to said applica-
tion was scheduled for July 24, 1958 at 8:00 p.m.
The Board also reviewed the petition filed
JOHNSON by Frederick K. Johnson to rezone from R 1 to C 2
REZONING use the house lot located southeasterly of and ad-
PETITION joining the A & P store on Bedford street. It was
noted that the petition was signed by more than
R 1 to C 1 100 registered Lexington voters as certified by
USE the Town Clerk. It was decided to defer action on
said petition until it could be discussed with the
Town Counsel.
With reference to the McCormack-Brun pre-
McCORMACK liminary subdivision plan, Mr. Snow reviewed with
AND the Board his June 20, 1958 memorandum relative to
BRUN his January 16 and June 19, 1958 conferences with
Recreation Director Samborski. Mr. Snow also dis-
cussed the sketch plan accompanying said memorandum,
the plan indicating a general arrangement of ele-
ments proposed for the area. He recommended that
the proposed site of approximately eight acres was
not large enough for all the facilities for inclu-
sion
on the site. Mr. Snow said he would discuss
the matter further with Mr. Samborski.
At 9:00 p.m. Mr. T. H. Reenstierna, trustee
R 1 to A 1 of the Vine Brook Realty Trust, and Mr. A. P.
REZONING Tropeano,attorney for Mr. Reenstierna, met with
PROPOSAL the Board to discuss the trust 's proposal for re-
- zoning a tract of land from R 1 to A 1 use, said
VINE BROOK tract being about eleven acres in area, having
REALTY about 850 feet of frontage on the easterly side of
TRUST Waltham Street, and situated diagonally opposite
the high school grounds. Mr. Tropeano said that
the tract was part of the former Ryder estate and
also was part of the same area the trustees of said
estate petitioned to have rezoned in 1955 for a
garden apartment and hotel district . He pointed out
that action on Article 54 of the warrant for the
1958 annual town meeting was indefinitely postponed
at the request of said trustees when it was found
there was a defect in the title to the Ryder property.
He stated that this defect was in the process of being
cleared in the Land Court. Mr. Tropeano noted, how-
ever, (1) that a portion of the tract which it was
desired to rezone was part of 54.46 parcel of former
Ryder land known as parcel 3, (2) that there were
restrictions on said parcel to the effect that no
buildings other than single family residences could
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be built thereon, (3) that said restrictions expired
in 1960, and (4) that it was not intended to con-
struct any buildings on that portion of parcel 3
which it was desired be rezoned for A 1 use.
With reference to the original Ryder peti-
tion, Mr. Reenstierna said it was now intended to
construct only about 10 apartment houses, these
containing a total of between 100 and 125 units.
He stated that it was planned that 45 percent of
these would be one bedroom units to rent for about
$125 per month, the remainder to be two and three
bedroom units to rent for $130-135 and $145 per
month respectively.
Questions were raised by Mr. Tropeano of the
proposed location of Worthen Road and the widening
of Waltham Street across land of the Vine Brook
Realty Trust . (See minutes of May 19, 1958 Planning
Board Meeting. ) Preliminary sketches of these pro-
posals were shown by Mr. Snow and discussed. It was
agreed that the Board would have these proposals pre-
pared in final form and discuss them with the Select-
men. To assist the preparation of final plans it was
understood that Mr. Tropeano would furnish the Board
a description of the land for which a petition would
be presented for rezoning to A 1 use and a copy of
the final plan issued by the Land Court.
Messrs. Reenstierna and Tropeano left the
meeting at 9:30 p.m. at which time Mr. Mark Moore Jr.
met with the Board.
It was stated that since his last meeting with
the Planning Board, Mr. Moore had discussed furthur BURNHAM
with some of its members his previous proposal in re- FARMS
gard to the proposed Burnham Farms, Sec . 2 subdivi- S . 2
sion plan. (See minutes of June 2, 1958 Planning
Board meeting. ) The purpose of meeting with the MOORE
entire Board was to discuss the possibilities of the REALTY
Board approving said subdivision plan which has only TRUST
one means of access and accepting a restrictive
agreement executed by Mr. Moore as trustee of Moore
Realty Trust in lieu of the Board insisting upon its
usual requirement that a subdivision have two means
of access . Upon tentative agreement of the terms of
such an instrument, Mr. Jaquith was asked to discuss
said terms with the Town Counsel and request that he
draft an instrument for further consideration.
Mr. Moore left the meeting at 10:00 p.m.
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Consideration was given next to the exten-
EMERSON sion of Emerson Road to East Street and the ob-
ROAD taining of an option to acquire from Mr. Oscar B.
STREEE Kenrick land for said extension. It was decided to
OPTION discuss the problems involved with the Selectmen
when the Planning Board next met with them. Messrs.
KENRICK Grindle and Jaquith agreeg to discuss the obtaining
of an option with Mr. Kenrick after the Board's
meeting with the Selectmen.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
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R hard H. Soule
Clerk
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