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Home My WebLink About1959-10-26 ' PLANNING BOARD =TING October 26, 1959 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Planning Board's office, Town Office Building on Monday, October 26, 1959 at 7:35 p.m. Present were Chairman Abbott, Members Burnell, Grindle, Mabee, and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was also pre- sent from 8:50 to Q 30 p.m. Approved by the Board were the minutes of MINUTES its October 13 and 19, 1Q59 minutes . The Board approved also the following bills which had been presented for payment Graphic Re- BILLS productions, Inc . , white prints-43.84; Daley Office Supply, Copy Sets-49.59• Samuel P. Snow, car allow- ance for October, 1959--20.00 David Cooper, pro- fessional services October 13 through October 22, 1959-441.25, car allowance, $3.60, total-444.85. Considered next by the Board were the fol- lowing Form A applications for determination of FORMS A Planning Board jurisdiction : #59-65 (See minutes of October 19, 1959. ) #59-69 (See minutes of October 19, 1059 ) #59-70, filed October 26, 1959 by Winches- ter Development Corp. ; plan entitled "Re- vised Plan of Part of Section 4 Winchester Estates Winchester, Mass.", dated August 18, 1959, scale- 1 in. = 40 ft. , Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor #59-71, submitted Oct. 26, 1Q59 by Antonio Busa; plan entitled "A Subdivision of Land Court Case No. 5322 in Lexington, Mass.", scale. 1" = 40 ' , dated July 28, 195Q, Miller & Nylander, C .E. ' s & Surveyors. #59-72, submitted October 26, 1959 by Warren F. Breslin by Alfred P. Tropeano, Atty. ; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lex- ington-LC No.22003A", dated Aug. 22, 1949- Mav 7, 1959, Miller & Nylander, C .E. ' s & Surveyors, scale: 40 ' to an inch. 10-2 -59 -2- #59-73, submitted October 26, 1959 by Oscar W. Carlson; plan entitled "A Com- piled Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass."; Scale 1" = 100' , dated Oct. 23, 1959, Miller & Nylander, C .E. ' s & Surveyors. It was decided to withhold until the following meeting action on application #59-70 in the expectation that necessary evidence would be submitted to show that the plan accompanying said application did not require approval. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: That the Lexington Planning Board determines that the plan accompanying application #59-69 requires approval under the Subdivision Control Law for the reason that Lot 187, located in a single family residential district, is divided into two lots, 187A and 187B, each of which has less than the minimum width of 20 feet required under Chap. 41, Sec . 81-L of said law. VOTED: That the Board determines that the plans accom- panying applications #59-65, #59-71, #59-72, and #59-73 do not require approval under the Subdivi- sion Control Law, and that said plans be so endorsed. Mr. Snow discussed a plan he had prepared for the EMERSON Board, said plan being entitled "Suggested Location of ROAD Emerson Road between Adams Street and Hawthorne Road," and dated October 26, 195q. With reference to the Board 's appointment later during the meeting with Mr. Spagnuola of Esco Builders, Inc., the Board studied particularly the proposed location of Emerson Road through lands of said corporation and noted also was the proposed location of said road to the parcel of Esco land it was thought de- sirable to purchase as an addition to the Willard Woods recreation area. After further consideration of said elan, the Board voted to adopt the same . At 8:30 p.m. Mr.Emilio V. Spagnuola of Fsco ESCO Builders, Inc. met with the Board to discuss his plan BUILDERS for a proposed second section of the Hawthorne Acres LAND FOR residential development and to inquire about plans he RECREATION had understood from Mr. Snow the Board would have for a PURPOSES town road througgh said proposed section. In reviewing the Emerson Road study plan, as noted above, it was HAWTHORNE pointed out to Mr. Spagnuola that said road was sub- ACRTS stantially in the same location as the road shown on his plan and would allow for the development of the same number of lots between Emerson Road and the present Haw- lO-26-59 -3- thorne Acres development . Also pointed out was the area which the Board thought would be a desirable addition to the Willard Woods, said area being be- tween the proposed location of Emerson Road and said woods. In the discussion which followed Mr. Spag- nuola indicated he Taas willing to sell Esco land to the town. He was asked to give the Board at its next meeting prices for land under the following proposals, taking into consideration in the last two instances that the town would pav its proportionate share of the construction of Frierson Road (1) all the remaining land which he proposed to develop as an addition to Hawthorne Acres, (2) the parcel of Esco land between the former Willard property and the proposed location of Emerson Road, and (3) said parcel less two possible house lots located on the southeasterly end of said parcel. Mr. Spagnuola a?reed to do this, leaving the meeting at 8:50 p.m. Mr. Stevens came to the meeting to report that the MacKeen ' s asking price for their property OPTION at 572 Massachusetts Avenue was ,S4,100 for their lot and $11,200 for their house (see September 28, 1959LAND FOR Planning Board minutes) . After discussing their EMERSON offer with Mr. Reenstierna, who had appraised the ROAD land, I�.r. Stevens recommended that an attempt be made to obtain an option to purchase said property MacKEEN for street location purposes, the Town' s nurchase offer to be .13,500. The planning Board approved Mr. Stevens ' recommendation. Mr. Stevens also reported that he had dis- cussed with Mr. DeVries and John Carroll, Supt. of WINCHESTER Public Works, the Winchester Estates, Section 4 ESTATES subdivision plan (see October 19, 1050 Planning SEC . 4 Board minutes) . He said that he had not drafted for the Winchester Development Corporation an instrument WINCHESTER wherein said corporation would agree to construct DEVELOPMENT that section of Thornberry Road located in Lexing- CORP. ton and install the utilities therein for the reason that it hadnot been determined whether or not various boards in Winchester would accept the grant of utilities in the Lexington section of Thornberry Road, would supply water to houses fronting on said section, and would maintain said road. After a discussion of other current matters before the Board, Mr. Stevens left the meeting. 10-26-59 -4- At 9:30 p.m. Messrs. Kobrick and White, WAYMINT representing the Waymint Realty Trust, came to the REALTY TRUST meeting and reported that said Trust had reviewed LAND FOR the Planning Board' s offer of the previous week in RECREATIONAL regard to the Trust ' s land which the Board was PURPOSES recommending the Town acquire for recreational purposes . Mr. Kobrick stated that the Board' s offer was considered to be too low and therefore not acceptable to the Trust . After considerable dis- cussion as to land values and development costs, the Board offered $20,000 for the Trust 's land comprised of lot 6B fronting on Turn ng Mill Road and a parcel having an area of approximately 19 acres. Mr. Kobrick said that he would report this matter to the Trust and notify the Board of the Trust 's decision. There- upon, M,-ssrs. Kobrick and White left the meeting. From 10 :00 to 10 :05 p.m. Mr. George J. DeVries WINCHESTER met with. the Boardin regard to the Winchester Es- ESTATES tater, Section 4 subdivision plan which the Board SEC . I. had discussed with Mr. Stevens . Mr. DeVries in- formed the Board that he did not wish to wait for matters in regard to said plan to be resolved and in- tended to have said plan modified so that all the Lexin cton land within the said subdivision would be combined into one lot. Considered next by the Board was the Arlex GRANT Realty Trust 's application for approval of the Grant ESTATES Estates subdivision plan. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously ALEX REALTY TRUST VOTED: that the definitive subdivision plan entitled "Grant Estates Lexington, Mass. ", dated July BESSETTE 3, 1959, Which was submitted to the Board by Arlex Realty Trust, Inc. on August 27, 1959, accompanied by an application for approval of definitive plan Form C, dated August 3, 1959, be and hereby is approved subject to the condition that no building or structure shall be built or placed on Lot 3 without the prior consent of the Lexington Board of Health. With reference to Mr Maloney ' s September 15, BUDGET 1959 letter in regard to departmental budgets, the Board gave final approval to the following 1960 bud- get Mich it had considered informally on several other occasions . 10-2 ,-59 -5- Planning -oard Expenses for the Year 1960 Clerical Assistance $200.00 3 Supplies 250.00 Postage 50.00 Office Equipment 100.00 Travel Allowance 250.00 Master Plan 2000.00 Legal Advertising 150 00 Printing 300.00 Sundry Items 50.00 Maps & Blueprinting 150.00 M F.P.BJ eetings & Dues 50.00 Personal Services Planning Director 8710.00 Clerical 1679.00 Note placed on Personal Services Budget : (The salary of the Planning Director is X7915.00 for the present year. The Planning Board re- quests that this salary for 1960 be established at the annual rate of $8710.00, or an annual in- crease of ?795.00. The Board believes this in- crease is commensurate with the professional ser- vices which the Director provides the town. ) There being no further business the Board adjourned its meeting at 11:00 p.m. / /, J • � ' chard H. Soule Clerk 1