HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-04-20 PLANTING BOARD MEETING
April 20, 1960
A special meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held on Wednesday, April 20, 1960, at
8 20 a.m. in the Planning Board ' s office, Town Office
Building . Present were Chairman Burnell, Members
Mabee and Soule, and Planning Director Snow.
The Board endorsed the Glen Estates defini- GLEN ESTATES
tive subdivision plan, dated November 4, 1059. (See
minutes of the April 18, 1060 Planning Board Meet- AVADANIAN
ing. SHAFFER
Considered next by the Board was a draft of
a letter to Mr. Donald M. Sleeper, Jr. with refer- HAWTHORNE
ence to the Board ' s previous discussions in regard ACRES LAND
to acquiring Esco Builders land in the Hawthorne FOR RFCREA-
Acres development . The Board approved the draft of TION
sold letter which was signed by the Chairman . (See -
addendum and minutes of the Anril 11, 1060 vlanning ESCO BLDRS.
Board mEeting )
There being no further business to transact
the Board adjourned its meeting at Q 05 p m . At
the conclusion of said meeting the Planning Board
held an informal nlanning session until 11 .00 n.m. ,
the planning session beim for the purpose of pre-
paring a list of current and future work projects
for the Board and its staff
Irving H. Mabee, Clerk
ADDENDUM
April 21, 1060
Mr. Donald N. Sleeper, Jr.
S56 Boston Avenue
Medford Hillside Mass .
Tear Mr Sleeper •
Thank You for Your letter of April 6, 1060. Not
111 having heard from TIT,. Emilio Snar'nuola since January
8, 1060, this Boord is pleased to know that Esco
Builders Cornorotion is interested in discussing fur-
ther the acquisition by Lexington of the remainder
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of said cornoration ' s land referred to in your letter.
As you no doubt know, Esco Builders was given apnroval
of its Hawthorne Acres subdivision plan on Jul— 30, l957
with the stinulation that the required improvements with-
in the subdivision be comnleted within two Years. Upon
completion of the required work, except for a small de-
tail, Mr. Spagnuola met with this Board in October 26,
1050 to discuss for the first time the acquisition of the
remaining land described. above. He was asked for a price
for the land and discussed the same with the Board on Novem-
ber 2nd and 23rd . The Board had the land appraised by two
professional annraisers . On the basis of the information
received from them the Board decided to make Mr. Spagnuola
an offer and asked Mr. Snow, the Board ' s Planning Director,
to discuss this offer and the Town ' s general n Tans with
Mr . Snsc*nuola. It Is understood that they held a confer-
ence at which time Mr. cpagnuola said he would take the
Board ' s offer under consideration.
Not havincr heard from Mr. Spagnuola, the Board would be
nlrased to discuss the matter with You and suggests that
you meet with the Board for this purpose at its meeting
on May 9, 1060 at 8:00 p.m. at the Town Office Building
here in Lexington . If this time is not convenient with
you, please call the Planning Board office during the
morning, Monday through Friday, end arrange for an appoint-
ment which would be more convenient.
Sincerely yours,
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
/s/ Levi G. Burnell, Chairman
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