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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-02-16 PLANNING BOARD MEETING February 16, 1959 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Planning Board office, Town Office Building, on Monday, February 16, 1959, at 7:30 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. The Board approved the minutes of its meeting held on February 9, 1959 and the public hearing held MINUTES on February 13, 1959. Approved by the Board also were the following bills which had been presented for payment: Louise BILLS M. Baker, secretarial services for January 19 and February 13, 1959 hearings-45.00; Marion M. Bliss, drafting services, February 3 through 11, 1959-456.00 Considered next were the following Form A applications for determination of Planning Board FORMS A jurisdiction: #59-11, submitted February 12, 1959 by Alvin Levin; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lex- ington and Lincoln, Mass.", scale: 1 in = 80 ft. , dated Jan. 22, 1959, Fred A. Joyce, Sur- veyor. #59-12, submitted February 16, 1959 by R. L. Higgins for the Town of Lexington; plan en- titled "Plan of Drain Easement of ,Allen Street Lexington, Mass.", Scale: 1" = 40', dated Feb. 11, 1959, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines that the plans accompanying Form A applications #59-11 and #59-12 do not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, and that said plans be so endorsed. At 8:00 p.m. the Board held a public hearing relative to the application of Antonio Busa for approval GREEN VALLEY of the definitive subdivision plan entitled "Green S . 4 Valley Section Four Lexi-gton, Mass.", dated Jan. 16, 1959. Mr. Busa was the only person who attended the BUSA hearing. 2-16-59 -2- The Chairman read the notice of said hearing as it had been sent to all abuttors of the proposed subdivision and as it had been published in the January 29, 1959 issue of the Lexington Minute-man. He then explained the procedure to be followed in conducting the hearing and called upon Mr. Busa to present his plan. Using the print of the plan, Mr. Buss pointed out that the proposed subdivision consisted of three lots fronting on a section of Lillian Road beginning at Lowell Street and extending in a southwesterly direction for about 6?9 feet, and at a later date would be extended even further to connect with other sections of Lillian Road as now laid out. Mr. Snow also noted that a portion of said road as shown on the Section Four plan extended over part of a Boston Edison easement to a substation, that a representative of said company had viewed the plan and had had no objection to it. There being no questions in regard to the plan or any further comments, the plan was taken under ad- visement and the hearing declared closed at 8:10 p.m. BURNHAM Mr. Snow reported that there had been received ' FARMS from Mark Moore, Jr , president of Todd Realty, Inc . , SEC. 3 a grant to the Town of water and drain easements shown on the Burnham Farms, Sec. 3 subdivision plan, said TODD REALTY grant being dated February 10, 1959. All other matters INC. appearing to be in order members of the Board endorsed the definitive plan. From 8:20 to 8:45 p.m. To Counsel Stevens BURNHAM attended the meeting, calling to the Board' s attention FARMS his letter of February 10, 1959 addressed to the Plan- SEC. 2 ning Director in regard to the proposed release of the restrictions as to lots in Burnham Farms, Sec. 2 sub- MOORE division (see Planning Board minutes of August 18, REALTY 1958) , the Burnham Farms, Sed. 3 definitive plan pro- TRUST vi ding for the extension of Thoreau Road to Lowell Street as set forth in a restrictive agreement with the Town, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: to release the land in the subdivision entitled "Burnham Farms Section Two Lexington-Mass", from the restrictions as to the number of lots that might be sold and the number of lots on which buildings might be erected that were im- posed upon it by a restrictive agreement, dated August 11, 1958, and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9230, Page 153. 2-16-59 -3- ' Thereupon, all members of the Board endorsed said instrument which was notarized by Mr. Stevens. He was given both the instrument and the endorsed Burnham Farms, Sec . 3 plan for recording in the Regis- try of Deeds. The attention of the Board and Mr. Stevens was called to a letter, dated February 16, 1959, from LOWELL Eugene L. Tougas, attorney for the Lexington Develop- ESTATES ment Company, enclosing a signed covenant in regard to the Lowell Estates definitive subdivision plan. Mr. Stevens stated that the instrument was unsatisfactory and that he would draft another to replace it. With reference to its scheduled conference with Messrs. George S. and John S. DeVries and their LEXINGTON attorney on February 17, 1959, the Board then dis- DEVELOPMENT cussed with Mr. Stevens a sketch which Mr. Snow had COMPANY prepared, said sketch being a copy of a part of the study plan entitled "Suggested Subdivision of DeVries and Adjacent Lands in Lexington, Massachusetts" and adopted by the Planning Board at its meeting held on June 30, 1958. It was decided to use this sketch as a basis for said conference relative to the Lowell Estates definitive subdivision plan . It was decided also to hold a special meeting on Thursday, February 19, 1959 at 7:30 p.m. in the Planning Board office to act upon said definitive plan. From 8:►a5 to 8:55 p m. Mr. Robert E. Bessetts of Arlex Realty Trust and Mr. Fred A. Joyce, surveyor, ARLEX met with the Board to present and discuss three REALTY schemes for developing the land formerly owned by TRUST Silk, said land being bounded in part by Vine Brook and the rear property lines of lots fronting on East Street BESSETTE and Burnham and Emerson Roads. Messrs. Bessette and Joyce were akked to meet with Mr. Snow, Planning Direc- tor, during regular office hours and discuss the schemes in more detail. Messrs. Gennaro and Frank Capaldi of the Col- onial Development Corp. met with the Board from 9:00 COLONIAL to 9:30 p.m. in regard to the Colonial Acres Section ACRES Three definitive subdivision plan which they had pre- SEC. 3 pared in accordance with the -Board's study plan en- titled "Proposed Location of Worthen Road across lands COLONIAL of Vine Brook Realty Trust and Colonial Development DEVELOPMENT Corporation," dated November 28, 1958 (see minutes of CORP. December 15, 1958 Planning Board meeting) . They re- ported that in presenting the definitive subdivision plan to Lexington 's Superintendent of Public Works for acceptances and approvals under the Town's Subdivision Rules and Regulations he had indicated that he under- stood a relocation of Worthen Road, other than that 2-16-59 -4- previously adopted by the Planning Board, was being considered by said Board and by the Board of Select- men. The Messrs. Capaldi wished to know where they stood in regard to obtaining approval of their sub- division plan. They were informed by members of the Board that it was to meet with the Selectmen later that evening to discuss the Worthen Road matter fur- ther. Mr. Jaquith said that as early as possible later in the week he would inform Mr. Gennaro Capaldi of whatever decision the Planning Board made in regard to the location of Worthen Road. Messrs. Alfred P. Tropeano, Wilbur C. Nylander WORTHEN ROAD and John J. Carroll then met with the Board for the purpose of discussing further the Vine Brook Realty VINE BROOK Trust 's pronosal for the future location of Worthen REALTY TRUST Road across the Vine Brook Realty Trust land zoned for an A 1 garden apartment district. (See minutes WALTHAM ST of February 9, 1959 Planning Board meeting. ) There A 1 DISTRICT was considerable discussion concerning the location and alignment of said road as proposed by the Trust. At the conclusion of said discussion it was agreed that the Board later in the evening would attend the Selectmen's meeting with Messrs. Tropeano, Nylander and Carroll for the purpose of obtaining the Select- men' s opinion in regard to the Trust 's proposal. Later in private session when the Planning Board indicated it would accept the Trust 's proposal for the location Of Worthen Road, Mr. Snow asked to express his opinion in regard to said location. He said he believed the Planning Board was obligated to follow the road location he had proposed and that the !hoard had approved previously in order that the Col- onial Development Corporation would not have to re- draw its definitive subdivision plan for Colonial Acres, Section Three, said plan having been prepared from the one which the Planning Board had approved in connection with locating Worthen Road. Mr. Snow re- commended that no change in the Planning Board' s pre- vious decision be made in regard to the location of Worthen Road until such time as the Planning Board had approved a Waltham Street A 1 district site plan which might possibly justify a road relocation. He further stated that there was no need of moving the locatiob of the road at all for the reason that any relocation the northeastward would not allow any additional buildings to be built on the Trust ' s land upon which there were no restrictions. The Board indicated that they would take Mr. Snow's views into consideration when the proposed Worthen Road plan was discussed with the Selectmen. 2-16-59 -5- From 10:30 to 11:00 p.m. the Planning Board met with the Selectmen to discuss the Vine Brook Realty Trust' s proposed location for Worthen Road after which the Planning Board' s meeting was ad- journed. (See the minutes of the February 16, 1q60 Board of Selectmen meeting for a record of the dis- cussion and action in regard to Worthen Road. ) I � / . 'ichard H. Soule Clerk 1