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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-02-15 PLANNING BO .RD MEETING February 15, 1960 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Boord's office, Town Office Building, on Monday, February 15, 1960 at 7:40 p.m. Present were Vice Chairman Grindle, Members Burnell, Mabee and Soule, and Planning Director Snow The Board approved the minutes of its February MINUTES 1 and 8, 1960 minutes. Also approved for payment were the following bills: David R Cooper, professional services, Feb. BILLS 1 through Feb . 11, 1960, $95.00 and reimbursement for car mileage, $2. 60--$97.60; Minute-man Publica- tions, Inc. , advertising-- 8.57; Graphic Reproduc- tions, Inc. , white prints--$1.80. The Board's attention was called to an in- strument which had been executed by Mark Moore, Jr. , KENRICK Trustee of Moore Realty Trust, on February 15, 1960 LAND FOR wherein said Trust, which had entered into a binding STREET AND purchase and sale agreement to acquire the land of RECREATIONAL Oscar B. Kenrick estate, g ranted to the Town an op- PURPOSES tion to purchase for public recreational and street - purposes a parcel of said estate land. It was MOORE pointed out that one of the provisions set forth in REALTY said instrument was that the Town would nay* $3500 TRUST for the parcel to be acquired with the proviso that OPTION if within two years from the date of the delivery of the deed of said parcel to the Town it shall estab- lish as a Town way an extension of E<uerson Road to East Street across said narcel substantially as shown on the plan accompanying the option and shall physically construct said extension and install a water main therein, all without the assessment of any betterments on account of such street and such water line upon the land abutting thereon to be ac- quired by said Trust from the estate of Oscar B. Kenrick, then the price to be paid by the Town for said narcel would be $1.00. Considered next by the Board was Mr. Antonio Busa' s February 15, 1960 letter requesting a fur- GREEN VALLEY ther extension of time within which the Board must SEC . 5 take final action on this application for approval - of the Green Valley, Sec. 5pdefinitive subdivision plan There being no objection to said request, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unani- BUSA mously 2-15-60 -�- VOTED: that pursuant to the written request from the applicant the time of approval of the definitive subdivision plan entitled "Green Valley Section Five Lexington, Mass.", and dated August 6, 1959 be and hereby is fur- ther extended to and including March 7, 1960. Read to the Board and considered by it was a letter dated February 12, 1960 from Norman T. May, GARDEN Attorney for Mr. Carmine Nardone of Waltham, asking APARTMENT the Board's informal opinion in regard to the possi- DISTRICT bility of rezoning lot D 5 on Land Court Plan No. PROPOSAL 2802L, sheet 2, from a single family residential use to a garden apartment and hotel district. Mr. NARDONE Snow pointed out that the proposed relocation of Waltham Street and the construction of an interchange at Waltham Street and Rte. 2 as proposed by the State Department of Public Works would occupy most, if not all of Lot D 5 and some adjacent parcels as shown on said Land Court plan. In consideration thereof, Mr. Snow was asked to write Mr. May informing him of said proposal and suggesting that in view of the same that Mr. Nardone probably would not wish to consider further the possibility of constructing apartment dwellings on Lot D 5. (See addendum. ) Mr. Mabee reported that at the request of LOT STUDY the Planning Board he had discussed with Mr. Farwell 0 of the Town Meeting Members Association the possi- T.M M.A bility of a number of members of said Association serving as a committee to assist the Board in a study of lot shapes. (See Planning Board minutes of Feb. 8, 1960.) Mr. Mabee said that the officers of the Association were very much in favor of hav- ing a committee composed of T.M.M.A. members render such assistance. He then reviewed with the Board a list of people willing to serve on said committee. It was decided to ask Messrs. John M. Fernberger of 50 Spring Street, Robert H. Gray of 509 Woburn Street and James W. Lambie of 56 Shade Street to serve as a committee to assist the Board and to ask Mr. Norman T. May, attorney, of 285 Bedford Street to serve as the advisor to said committee. Mr. Mabee said that he would request said persons to serve on said committee and inform the Board at its next meeting if they were willing to do so. C 1 DISTRICT At 8:30 p.m. Mr. Charles Miller of Lexington REZONING came to the Planning Board to discuss his prelimi- PROPOSAL nary plans for a store and office building to be located in that portion of the local business dis- MILLER trict described it Section 4 (c) , paragraph12, of ✓ the Zoning By-law. He requested that the Board 2-15-6o -3- consider revising the description of that portion of said local business district to conform with the boundaries of Lot 5 A as shown on plan 899 of l918, recorded in Book 7310, page 250 in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds. Mr. Miller was informed by the Board that it would take the matter under consideration. The Board then discussed with him the procedure to be followed in requesting form- ally a change in the description of this particular section of the local business district. Thereupon Mr. Miller left the meeting, the time being 8:50 p.m. After holding a general discussion of matters currently before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. r ".� /. hard H. Sut le, Clerk ADDENDUM February Norman T. May 18, 1960 1776 Massachusetts Avenue Lexinrrton 73, Mass. Dear Norman: I am returning herewith the photostatic copy of the L.C. plan No. 28026, sheet 2, which accompanied your letter of February 12, 1960 to the Planning Board. At its meeting on February 25th the Board read your letter and asked me to inform you of the Board's in- formal discussion in regard to Mr. Nardone ' s rezonirg proposal. Particularly discussed were the proposed plans of the State Department of Public Works for the relocation of State Route 2, the so-called Concord Turnpike, as well as the relocation of Waltham Street . It is the Board' s understanding that the preliminary study plans viewed during the summer of 1958 indicated that the highway proposals are more extensive than Mr. Nardone realizes, that Waltham Street will be relocated approximately 200 feet west of the present Waltham Street underpass, and that the southwesterly section of the proposed interchange at this point will occupy most, if not all, of lot D 5 and some adjacent prop- erties as shown on the plan referred to above. In view 2-15-6o -4- of this situation it was the Board' s opinion that at I this time it would not be In the public interest to recommend the rezoning of said lot D 5 from its present use to that suitable for garden apartment purposes. Sincerely yours, LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD /s/ Samuel P. Snow Planning Lirector I