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PLANT?T'\G BOARD NEETTNG
August 25, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the office of the Board, Town
Office BuildinJ, on Monday, August 25, 1958 at 7:30
p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott,
Burnell, and Jaquith, and1r. Boyle of the Staff.
Town Counsel Stevens was present from 8:10 to 9:00
P. -q.
Messrs. Albert L. Ampolo and Nathan Ribock
were present to discuss their proposal for extend-
inM the Longfellow Estates development as shown on
their preliminary subdivision plan. (See minutes
of November 26, 1956 Planning Board meetin ) Mr.
Ampolo asked if the Board would approve a second
section of said development which would include the
extensi-on of 7,1hittier Road to Longfellow Road as a
regularly constructed subdivision street but the ex-
tens..'on only as a temporary gravel street Longfellow
Road frog; Hawthorne to 'A),ittier Roads. Pyr. Ampolo
stated that he proposed to construct Longfellow Road
as a finished street in a third phase of the develop-
ment eaten dint into rear land. He said that such an
arranement would allow him to recover costs in-
curred in removing the large amount of ledge en-
countered i.n constructing the Longfellow Estates
Section One subdivision. The matter was taken under
advisement, w[j ereupon ' 14essrs. Ampolo and Ribock left
the m eeti.nm at 7:50 p.m.
Hr. Alfred P. Troneano, attorney for Vine
Drool,: P.ealt-,r Trust j, fl -led wit" the Board an incom-
plete set of prints of a definitive subdivision plan
to be Pnorn as Vine Brook Headows. It was decided
to take the plan unCer consideration and to refer
said plan to the Plannin-. Director.
Mr. Stevens came to the meeting- at 8:10 p.m.
to discuss various amendments to the Zoning By-law
proposed for consic.eration at the forthcoming; special
token meet in-,. He advised the Board to cancel the
scheduled September 9, 195"- heari= relative to the
Vine Brook Realt-< Trust proposal for an A 1 district
as advertised in the Lcxin - on PIT nute=man, advertise
said cancellation) -and readvert se earinrr for
September 11, 1958. He suggested combining said
hearing yr tr those relative to the Cataldo proposal
(see minutes of Aug„ust 18 1 58 Planning Board meet-
ing) and the pro --:oral to amend paragraph (g) A 1
LONGFELLOW
ESTATES
RIBOCK
VINE BROOK
14EADO WS
VINI: BROOK
REALTY
TRUST
REZONING
PROPOSALS
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Districts, Garden apartment and hotel districts.-
of
istricts,of Section 5, Pcrmitted buildings and uses, of the
Zoning By-law. He presented a rough draft of a
proposed legal notice pointing out that in incorpora-
ting all zoning by=law amendments in one hearing
there was a voided a definite time assignment for each
proposal. After makinn arrangements for hearings on
September 4 and 11, 19581 Mr. Stevens left the meeting.
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At 9:00 p.m. Mr. John H. Devine came to the
DEVINE
meeting with two plans, one indicating how he wished
to subdivide his property numbered 19 Slocum Road,
Lexington. He requested the Board's informal opinion
relative to the problems involved. After a discus-
sion of these matters, the -Board took the plans under
advisement. Thereupon, Mr. Devine left the meeting
at 9:25 p.m.
The Board approved the following bills which
BILLS
had been presented for payment: L.M.Foster,Inc., office
supplies --X4.09; Minute -man Publications,Ine., adver-
tising -417.50; Allen Stationery Co., office chairs --
--54.25;
36.64; Graphic Fteproductions,Inc., white prints
Louise M. Baker, secretarial service -445.00; Terrence
J. Boyle, professional services, August 18 through 22,
10/58--X100.00.
Considered next by the Board were notices of
BOARD OF
petitions to be heard by the Board of Appeals on
APPEALS
September 9, 1958: It was decided to take no action
on said petitions.
Mr. Jaquith reported that he had received a
ROBINSON
telephone call from Mrs. Barbara Anderson of Woodberry
HILL
Road, so-called, concerning a driveway she uses as an
SEC.2 & 3
access to her property from Childs Road in the Robin-
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son Hill development. It was decided that Messrs.
ANDERSON
Grindle and Jaquith would view the situation at the
site and discuss the problem further with the Boa1+d.
Read to the Board was Mr. Paul "J. McCormack's
August 1958 letter requesting a meeting with the
Planning Board to discuss his proposed professional
office building in East Lexington. (See minutes of
June 16, 1958 Planning Board meeting.) It was de-
cided to i,Trite to Mr. McCormack that the Board would
consider the matter after the September town meeting
the Board having a very busy schedule prior to said
meeting. _
The Planning Board meeting adjourned at 10:20
n.m.
Thomas S. Grndle,Chairman
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