HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-02-15PLANNING BOARD MEETING
' February 15, 1960
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Boc�rdls 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 apnroved 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.
1 through Feb. 11 1960, $95.00 and reimbursement
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for car mileage, 2.6o--$9.60; 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.,
Trustee of Moore Realty Trust, on February 15, 1960
wherein said Trust, which had entered into a binding
purchase and sale agreement to acquire the land of
Oscar B. Kenrick estate, granted to the Town an op-
tion to purchase for public recreational and street
purposes a parcel of said estate land. It was
pointed out that one of the provisions set forth in
said instrument was that the Town would pal WOO
for the parcel to be acquired with the proviso that
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 Emerson Road to
East Street across said parcel substantially as
shown on the plan accompanying the option and shall
phvsica'ly construct said extension and install a
water main therein, all without the assessment of
anv 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 parcel would be $1.00.
Considered next by the Board was Mr. Antonio
Busals February 15, 1960 letter requesting a fur-
ther extension of time within which the Board must
take final action on this a plication for approval
of the Green Valley, Sec. definitive subdivision
' plan. There being no objection to said request,
upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unani-
mously
BILLS
KENRICK
LAND FOR
STREET AND
RECREATIONAL
PURPOSES
MOORE
'REALTY
TRUST
OPTION
GREEN VALLEY
SEC. 5
BUSS.
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VOTED: that pursuant to the written request from
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 in Section 4 (c), paragraph12s of
the Zoning By-law. He requested that the Board
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the applicant the time of approval of the
definitive subdivision plan entitled "Green
Valley Section Five Lexington, Mass.", and
dated August b, 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 12s 1960 from Norman T. May,
GARDEN
Attorney for Mr. Carmine Nardone of Walthams 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
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use to a garden apartment and hotel district. Mr.
NARDONE
Snow pointed out that the proposed relocation of
I/Taltham 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
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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 sha es. (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 'doburn
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 in Section 4 (c), paragraph12s of
the Zoning By-law. He requested that the Board
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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 19481
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.
hard E, Sable,
Clark
ADDENDUM
' February 18, 1960
Mr. Norman T. May
1776 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington 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 121, 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 rezoning
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
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of this situation it was
this time it would not be
recommend the rezoning of
use to that suitable for
the Board's opinion that at
In the public interest to
said lot D 5 from its present
garden apartment purposes.
Sincerely yours,
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
/s/ Samuel P. Snow
Planning Director
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