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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-04-25 PLA'\"TING BOARD TfETING April 25, 1060 . A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday, Anril 25, 1060 at 7 30 p.m. in the Planning Board' s office, Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Burnell, members Grindle, Mabee, Mes*er and Soule, and planning Director Snow. The Board approved the following bills which had been presented for 'payment Samuel P. Snow, car BILLS allowance for April-- 20 00, George Smith, drafting supplies-47.16; Graphic peproductions, white prints -- 3.86, Colonial Paper Co. , onionskin-47.50, Min- ute Man Typewriter Service, cleaning office type- writer--ir3 .50; Fegional Plan Assn , Inc . , book- 50 Likewise approved by the Board was a bill from Chester A. Little, maps for existing land use, said maps to be Included in Planning Board' s report and to be paid for from unexpended 1950 funds-- t282.00. '.ff th reference to the application for approv- al of the Loring Hill Estates, Section 3 definitive LORTNG HTLL subdivision Plan, all matters appearing to be in ESTATES order, upon motion duly* made and seconded, it was SEC . 3 unanimously — OUTHET VOTED that the definitive subdivision plan entitled RE^.LTY TRUST "Loring Hill Estates Section Three, Lexing- ton, Mass. ", dated Oct 10, 1050, which was submitted to the Board by Kenneth E. Blodgett and Ernest r Outhet on February 8, 1060, accompanied by an anpli.cation for approval of definitive elan , Form C, dated February 5, 1960, be and hereby is approved. From 7 45 to 8 15 p.m. all members of the Board and the Planning rirector met with the Board NATIONAL of Selectmen to hear representatives of the Mass. GUARD National Guard present a proposal for an armory ARMOPY they would like to hove located in Lexington . (For The details in regard to said proposal see the min- utes of the Selectmen ' s meeting of April 25, 1960. ) 'lith reference to the presentation for a pro- posal for an armory, the planning Board when it re- turned to its meeting decided to make a study of the matter and to present to the Board of Selectmen a report in regard to the Proposal and the possibili- ties for a site for said armorer. 4_Z _60 -2- From 8 15 to 9 55 p.m. Mr. Mabee left the meet- ing to hold a conference with Mr. J. Harper Blaisdell, Chairman of the Apnropriation Committee, in regard to reorganization of the staff work of the Planning Board and the necessity for employing additional help. The Board considered the request of Mr Antonio GREEN Busa for an informal opinion in regard to extending VALLEY Lillian Road as a proposed subdivision to be named SEC . 6 Green Valley, Sec . 6. (See minutes of March 7, 1960 Planning Board meeting. ) In connection with said re- BUSA quest Mr . Snow presented and discussed with the Board his studies of the area involved including the future location of Emerson Road. From notes dictated by the Board, Mr . Snow was asked to prepare for the Board' s further consideration a draft of a letter together with accompanying material, setting forth the deci- sions reached in regard to Mr.Busa 's request. From 9:20 to 9:50 n .m. Tnwn Counsel Stevens LAND FOR met with the Board to discuss various matters cur- RECRFATTON rentiv being considered. He called attention to an ontion he had obtained at the Board ' s request ( see HOLTON R0!!D minutes of July 27, 1959 Planning Board meeting) and to the draft of a letter which he had prepared for consideration, said draft stating that said ontion has been acquired and requesting the Selectmen to exercise the option and acquire the land. The draft was approved by the Board and signed bt* the Chairman. (See addendum ) Mr. Stevens also discussed with the Board the GLEN ESTATES Glen Estates definitive subdivision plan, which had been approved and endorsed and which had been given AVADANIAN to him to record, it having been brought to his atten- tion that the subdivider did not own, as shown on said plan, the land included within the rounded cor- ners of lots fronting on Woburn Street and bounded bir Marshall and Rolfe Roads . Mr Stevens returned the plan to the Board which decided not to deliver it to the subdivider but to consider taking action to re- scind its annroval of said plan. Tt was also decided that before considering such action further, Mr. Stevens was to see if a Darty it was understood had entered Into a purchase and sale agreement to pur- chase the land included within the aforesaid subdivi- sion was willing to enter into an agreement obligat- ing said party to indemnify and save Lexington Harm- less from damages when the Town established Marshall and Rolfe Roads as tom ways . After Mr. Stevens had left the meeting, the Chairman gave a report of the conference he and Mr. Snow had held the nrevious Friday with Mr Cole, 4-2r-60 -3- architect for the proposed Maple Street garden apart- ment cietrict, rrd tlrt es a result of the confer- MAPLE ST. ence Mr Cole was going to recommend to the developers GARDEN of the said district that they withdraw their applica- APARTMENT tion for approval of the site and building plans for DISTRICT the district until such time as the location for Emer- son Road was definitely established and Mr. Snow, and Mr. Cole could develop together a satisfactory; site elan for the district. The Board then discussed in detail the site and building plans which had been submitted by the WALTHAM ST. Vine Brook Realty Trust for approval . It was decided GARDEN to consider the plans further and to prepare the APARTMENT draft of a report thereon at a special study session DISTRICT to be held on Thursdarr, April 28, 1060 at 7:30 p.m. and also to hold on Friday, April 20 at 3 00 p.m. a VINE BROOK special meting to consider the final draft of said REALTY TRUST report and to take action thereon There being no further business to transact at the time, the Board adjourned its meeting at 10:30 p.m 1 Irving H. Mabee, Clerk ADDENDUM April 25, 1060 Board of Selectmen Town (\ffice Building Lexincton 73, Mass Dear Sirs : The Planning Board has obtained and encloses an in- strument from Lexington Construction Co. ,Inc. , dated April 20, 1060, granting to the Town an option to ac- quire a certain parcel of land situated on Holton Road in Lexington, being lot 11 as shown on plan en- titled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass . owned by Lex- ington Construction Co. , Inc . , " dated April 12, 1952, Albert ° . Miller, Wilbur C . Nylander, C F. 's & Survey- ors, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan ,'o. 1402 of 1052, Book 7948, nage 168. The nrice of the land under the option is $112.20 . The Planning Board recommends that this land be ac- 4-z5-60 quired for playground and recreational purposes and requests the Selectmen to exercise the option and acquire the land. Very truly yours, LEXTNGTON PLANNING BOARD /s/ Levi G. Burnell, Chairman I I