HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-12-22 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
December 22, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Planning Board office, Town
Office Building on December 22, 1458 at 7 45 p.m.
present were Chairman Grindle, Members Burnell and
Soule, and Planning Director Snow.
The Board approved the minutes of its July MiNUTES
28, September 29 and December 15, 1958 meetings.
Approved also by the Board were the follow-
ing bills which had been presented for pavTment : BILLS
Minute-man Publications, Inc , adverti_sing-43.75,
Spaulding-Moss Co . , drafting supplies--$5. 60
Considered next by the Board was the fol-
lowing application for determination of Planning FORM A
Board�iurisdiction
58-79, submitted December 19, 195P by
Milton Carmen ; plan entitled "A Subdivi-
sion of Land Court Case No. 22262 in Lex-
ington, Mass .", Scale * 1" = 40 ' , dated Dec .
16, 19>R, Miller F• Nylander, C F. ' s £- Sur-
veyors.
Unon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED That the Board determines that the plan
accompanyring Form A annlication #5°-79 does
not require approval under the Subdivision
r'ontrol Law and that said plan be so en-
dorsed .
Mr. Snow reported that Mr. Trank V. Wright,
Jr. , of the firm of -iright and Pierce, had re- TOWN MAP
quested an annointment to meet with him and Mr.
O 'Donnell in the nlanninr- Board office on January
6, 1059 at 1 00 n.m. to discuss their work on the
Tr-wn man. Mr Snow requested all members of the
board who could to attend the meeting.
Considered next br the Board was a letter, BOARD nF
dated December 22, 1058, from Benjamin TT. White, APPEALS
President, Board of Trustees, Peacock Farms Asso-
ciation, Lexin7ton in regard to said Association' s PEACOCK
petition for permission to build a swimming pool FARMS
on common land heldb,r the trustees of the Asso-
-2-
elation and with regard to the Dlanning Board' s December
T'MERSON 16, 1Q8 letter to the Board in regard to said case.
ROAD (See minutes of Planning Board' s December 150 1958 meet-
ing) . it was decided that the Chairman would inform Mr.
White that a study elan for the possible locations of
Emerson road in relation to the Peacock Farms develop-
ment was now being nrenared, and that as soon as the
Board made a recommendation to the Selectmen in regard
to the location of Emerson Road, the Peacock Farms Asso-
ciation would be so informed
The Board held a general discussion on the cur-
rent matters before the Board, particularly the prepara-
tion and presentation of a Preliminary report on the
long range development plan for the Town.
At 9 00 o m the Board met with Messrs . George
LOWELL J. and John S. DeVries, and their attorney, Eugene L.
ESTATES Tougis, said parties representing the Lexington Devel-
- opment Co , a partnership formed by the above named
DeVPIFS DeVries brothers Mr. "ougis filed with the Board a
letter, dated Iecember 22, 1058, and requested that
the Chairman sign duplicate copies of a Form C appli-
cation for approval of definitive plan as duly sub-
mitted Said plan was entitled "Lowell Estates Lex-
ington, Mass ", dated Dec 1, 1058, Fred A. Joyce, 11
Surveyor, Belmont, Mass .
The Chairman did not sin the application as
deemed to have been submitted for the reason that said
application was not accompanied by a letter of written
acceptances and apnrovals by the Superintendent of Pub-
lic ''orks as required under Paragraph B of Section ITT
of Lexington ' s subdivision rules and regulations, and
that said elan had not been submitted to the Board of
Health in accordance with the amendment to the Subdi-
vision Control Law under Chapter 377 of the Acts of
1058. After some discussion on these points, it was
agreed to accept the application as having been sub-
mitted when the above two matters were complied with
and all other matters appeared to be in order. A
tentative date for a hearing on said application was
set for January 19, 1058 Thereupon, the gentlemen
left the meeting at 9 30 p.m. at which time the meet-
ing was adjourned..
R chard L Soule
Clerk '