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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-05-02 PLANNING BOARD MELTING May 2, 1960 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday, May 2, 1460 at 7:35 p.m. in the Planning Board' s office, Town Office Build- ing. Present were Chairman Burnell, Members Grindle, Mabee and Meyer, and Planning Director Snow. From 8:30 to 4.15 n.r . Town Counsel Stevens met with the Board to discuss various matters it had under consideration The Board apnroved the minutes of its April MINUTES 11, 18, and 20, 1060 meetings. Apnroved also were the following bills which had been presented for navment : Louise M. Baker BILLS extra secretarial service--*5.00 The Dunton Corp. , 4-drawer letter file 484 00 Fxchange Bibliogra- nhies, subscription--4!8.00 Considered next was the following Form A application for determination of Planning Board FORM A jurisdiction. #60-24, submitted May 2, 1960 by William H. Hamilton; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass . ", scale 1" = 30' , dated April 13, 1960, Miller & Nylander, C E. ' s & Surveyors. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously TOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines that the plan accompanying Form A application #60-29 does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, and that said plan be so endorsed. 'lith reference to the Board of Appeals letter of Anril 29, 1460 (see minutes of April 29, 1960 MAPT.R ST. Planning Board meeting) , apnroved was the draft of GARDEN a letter to the Board of Appeals acknowledging the APARTMENT withdrawal of the Inpolito and Longo petition with DISTRICT reference to the Ma.nle Street garden apartment dis- trict site and building nlans and returning said plans. ( See addendum. ) The attention of the Board was called to a cony of the Town Counsel's letter of Anril 29, 1960 to the Town Clerk in regard to the covenant of in- -2- Aemnity of the trustees of the Wavmint Realty GLEN Trust with reference to the Glen ''states subdivi- ESTATES sion, said instrument, dated Anril 27, 1960, ob- ligating said trustees to indemnify and save the AVADANIAN Town harmless from damages et cetera for taking easements for town wars in the rounded corners of WAYMINT Marshall and Rolfe Roads where they intersect REALTY Woburn Street . It was especially noted that the TRUST indemnity obligations were conditioned upon the Town establishing Marshall and Rolfe Roads as town ways within two years after the completion of all of the work required to be completed by the sub- divider in said subdivision. (See addendum. ) Considered next were the petitions to be BOARD OF heard by the Board of Appeals on May 24, 1960. It APPEALS was decided to take no action on said petitions with the exception of those of C . Henry Jackson and Messrs. Ippolito and Longo Mr. Snow was asked to obtain further information in regard to the two petitions named for consideration by the Board The attention of the Board was also called WALTHAM ST. to a letter from the Board of Anneals, said letter GAPDEN being dated April 29, 1960 and accompanying a APART NT photostat of a sketch site plan for the Waltham DISTRICT Street garden apartment district. After discussing the letter and plan with the Town Counsel, Mr . Snow VINE BROOK was asked to return the letter and elan to the REALTY Board of Anneals and to inquire w"at the petitioner TRUST was asking and if the plan was an additional one to those previously submitted (see minutes of April 29, 1960 Planning Board Mee+ing) , or was being submitted in lieu of others There was distributed to each member of the NATIONAL Board a cony of an excerpt from the minutes of the GUARD Board of Selectmen meeting of April 26, 1960 said AT?MORY excerpt pertaining to the proposal representatives PROPOSAL of the Massachusetts 'dational Guard presented to locate an armory in Lexington. The Planninr Board then gave consideration to the 3electments request for a recommendation in regard to said proposal. It was cecided to give an oral r eport in regard to the matter and to include in the report the follow- ing points the Planning Board was not in favor of locating an armory in Lexington, belioved there was no Particular advantage to the Town in locating an armory therein, knew of no tract of Town-owned land of sufficient size and within one-half mile distance of Route 128,and did not believe the Town should appropriate funds and acquire land for an armory in a residential district -2-60 - There being no further business to trans- act, the meeting adjourned at 10 .10 n.m. Later in the evening Mr. Snow met with the Selectmen and discussed with them the Planning Boards views in regard to the National Guard armory IrvingryII. Mabee, Clerk ADDE'DUM May 2, 1 060 Foard of Anneals Town Office Building Lexington 73, Mass Gentlemen The Planning Board acknowledges your letter of Anr'l 20, 1060 accomnani.ed by a cony of the letter from Messrs . Tnnolito Find Longo withdrawing their netition, dated March 31, 1060, with reference to the Manle Street Garden Anartment District site and building plans. Returned herewith is a set of nrints of said nlans. Sincerely yours, Li XTNGTON PLANP'ING BOA"D /s/ Levi G. Burnell, Chairman Fnc April 28, 1960 James J. Carroll, Town Clerk if /rn office Build ng Lexinton 73, N ssachusetts Re: Glen Estates Dear Jim' I encl, se for our records covenant of indemnity of the trustees of WaYmint ^ealt- Trust with the Town in refer- ence to the Glen ''states subdivision. This instrument is dated Anril 27, 1060 and obligates the trustees to in- demnify and sa^e the Town harmless from damages et cetera for taking easements for Town ways in the rounded corners of Marshall Road and "olfe Road where the intersect Woburn Street I am sending a con- of this letter and a cony of the cove- nant to the. 'uperintendent of Public �•'orks and to the Planning Boardandrequest that they have in mind that the indennitir obligations are conditioned unon the Town establishing Marshall Road and Rolfe Road as Town ways within two years after the comnletion of all of the work required to be comnleted by the subdivider in this sub- division. In addition, there are other conditions re- lating to the handling of claims for damages if they arise. Sincerely yours, /s/ Harold F Stevens Enc , cc Superintendent of Public Ts'orks Planning Board