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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-11-06PL_V`TTT,^+ BOARD TT,'? ETITT.G November 6, 1061 On Yondaz-, T,Tovember 6, 1961s at 7:15 n.m. the Lexi_nrton Planning Board held a re7ular meeting in its office in the Town Office Building, present were Chairman joule, members Bryson, Grindle and Mabee, and Planning; nirector snow. The Board considered and annroved drafts of renorts to be nresented at the snecial town meeting TOWN to be held later in the evening, these reports hav- MEETT7G ing to do with Articles 6, 7, A, 9, 11 and 12 on the Town ..7arrant for said meeting. (See addenda.) T'istributed to the Board were preliminary drafts, dated TTovember 1, 1961, entitled "Hartwell Avenue Area ?oninp� Study Cost and Revenue Analysis" and rrepared by W. Seymour Archibald, Jr. of Charles M. rva.ns Fc Associates, Consultants in Pub- lic Administration and Finance, Boston. Mr. Snow asked that each member of the Board review the draft to see if there were any points which it was thoum_ht should be clarified or any noi.nts and/or data which should be added before a final draft was nren^red. 1 The Board adjourned its meeting at 7:45 p.m. WORTHEN ROAD ECOYOMTC STUDY FOR PROPOSED M 1 DISTRICT There was presented for the Board's consider- ation a draft of a letter, dated T'ovember 6, 1961 and addressed to the Chief Engineer of the State De- nartment of Public '!oars, said letter having been nrepared by Lexington's Sunerintend.ent of Public 'orks with reference to a nronosed connection of ',.'ort? -en Road to the Cambridge -Concord Highway ' (State Route 2). (See minutes of planning Board meeting: of October IO, JQ61.) The Board anproved -submit- the draft which it was understood was to be ted to the Board of Selectmen for consideration and, if annroved, far the signature of the chairman of the latter Board. (Se,e, addendum.) Mr. Snow stated that it was his understanding that if the Crief Fnmi.n.eer a -reed with the statements set forth in t}^e letter further conferences were to be held to determine the exact location of 'Worthen Road from i`arrett Poad to the nronosed '�Tortben Poad-Route 2 interchange and From said interchange to Waltham St. at the Le.rinTton`town line. T'istributed to the Board were preliminary drafts, dated TTovember 1, 1961, entitled "Hartwell Avenue Area ?oninp� Study Cost and Revenue Analysis" and rrepared by W. Seymour Archibald, Jr. of Charles M. rva.ns Fc Associates, Consultants in Pub- lic Administration and Finance, Boston. Mr. Snow asked that each member of the Board review the draft to see if there were any points which it was thoum_ht should be clarified or any noi.nts and/or data which should be added before a final draft was nren^red. 1 The Board adjourned its meeting at 7:45 p.m. WORTHEN ROAD ECOYOMTC STUDY FOR PROPOSED M 1 DISTRICT -2- to attend the special town meeting* to be held at 8:00 n.m. and F. oule -� Chairman ADDENDUM RrPORT fVF PLANI%TING BOARD, UNDER ARTTCLFS 6 to 9 of the WARRA'.VT FOR TuE NOVTTIBER 6, 1961 SPECIAL TOWN TIET7 TNG November 6, 1961 The nrorosed laying out as town ways of the ways enumerated in Articles 6 to 9, inclusive, were referred to ane anrroved by the Planning Board and the Planninm Poard recommends acceptance thereof by the Town. LEXINGTON PLAMTTITGT BOARD Richard FT. Soule, Chairman Thomas S. grind -le, 'rice Chairman Arthur r. Bryson Irving N, r-Iabee Robert r. Meyer, Clerk PLANT?TNG F.OARD RT'PORT ON THF AM7MMENT TO TITF ZONTNG BY- LAW PROPOSAL By ARTICLE 11 OF THF SPFCTnL TOWN MFETING OF 70IF TR 6, 1961 On November 2, 1961 at 7:30 n.m. the rlanning Board held a public hearing on the -)ronosal to amend the Lexington Zoning By-law set forth in Article 11 of the warrant for the Sneci-al Town '.'fleeting on November 6, 1961. Apnroximately 28 members attended the hearing which was duly advertised according* to law. The nronosal involves the rezoning of abort 43 acres of land from a single family residential (R 1) dis- trict to a Special Commercial (C 3) district. The land area bronosed to be rezoned is under the ownership of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Co. and is located on the southwesterly side of Marrett Road and the northwest- erly side of the 7orthern Circumferential Fighwa7 (Rt.128) The LexinTton Planning Board recommends that the Zoni_nf^ '37T -law be amended. as set forth in Article 11 of the "arrant. 7.1_6_61 -3- The reasons for tris recommendation are as follows: 1. Tbis section of land anneers from its location and tono7ranhv to be best suited for ni.lrnoses set forth in the nronosed amendment. It does not encroach anon the adjacent residential area and follows the general scheme of the 7)lanni.ng ?hoard to provide sites on the westerly side of 'route 12 for non-residential uses. 2. That it is desirable in the interest of the general welfare of the town as a whole to increase the sources of local tax revenue from non-residential nronerty. L?XITTGTON PLAYNTT?G BOARD Richard TT. Soule, Chairman Thomas S. Gri_ndle, Vice Chairman Arthur E. T�r,,son Irving T -TT.. Mabee Robert E. "?ever, Clerk At the hearing it was stated th^t some citizens would not be able for various reasons to build a fall -out shelter on their lots other than within the front, side and rear yards where at present no structures are nermtted to be con- structed and that town officials would not want to be in a nosi_tion to deny citizens the r'mht to protect themselves be- cause of these circumstances. A comment was made that under the nronosed amendment to the Zoni.nf BTT -law a person could build a fall -out shelter ani,where he pleased even though he mi>Mht have room to build it within the rresent restrictions of t.' -)e bylaw. 7t was as'ed at the rearing if there were an�7 reason why t? -_e construction of a shelter could not be taken care of P?�AN'TTT_TG 70A7D RrPORT OT? AITTCLE 12 5P7TTAL To"Y r"P777TG TO, ;j -777-T 6, 1°61 ' 'he Lexington Planning; Bo^rd held a public hearing on ?November 2, 1°bl at (i:) -I0 n.m, at the request of the Board of 'electmen to consider a nronosal to amend the Lex- ington Zoning 37 -law in such a manner as to nrovi.de for the construction of underground fall -out or blast shelters with- in the required hard areas as set forth in Article 12 of the ''arrant for the Sneci.al Town Meeting to be held on November 63 10'1. Tn addition to the Planning Board and its staff, 27 persons attended the hearing. At said hearing no nrono- nents anneared to sneak for the nronosal; no one spoke in onnositi.on to it. At the hearing it was stated th^t some citizens would not be able for various reasons to build a fall -out shelter on their lots other than within the front, side and rear yards where at present no structures are nermtted to be con- structed and that town officials would not want to be in a nosi_tion to deny citizens the r'mht to protect themselves be- cause of these circumstances. A comment was made that under the nronosed amendment to the Zoni.nf BTT -law a person could build a fall -out shelter ani,where he pleased even though he mi>Mht have room to build it within the rresent restrictions of t.' -)e bylaw. 7t was as'ed at the rearing if there were an�7 reason why t? -_e construction of a shelter could not be taken care of 1 by a variance bang 7ranted when deemed arpropriate by the Board of Appeals Tt was pointed out that there might be hundreds of neonle who would want to build shelters where they could not meet tY,e Zoning '37T -law requirements and the auestIon is whether this nroblem should be controlled by the Board of ^pneals or talen care of by a change in the Zoning B7 -law. It was noted that to date there had been only one _petition before the Board of Appeals for a variance to build a fall -out shelter which would not meet present yard regulations but that the hoard world be very burdened in its work if there were large numbers of petitions for variances of this nature and a consequent delay in hearing said petitions. The Planning Board recommends the adoption of Article 12. LES`TzT",TO" PT 4�,?"?TtTr B09 D Richard LT. Soule, Cha rman Thomas S. rrr.i_ndle, `./ice Chairman ^."thug E. BrzTSon Trving H. Mabee "obert F. c,7-er, Clerk ' November 6,1961 -r. ". J. McCartfly, Chief Fn neer Mass. Department of Public 'storks 100 Nashua Street Boston, Massachusetts Dear Mr. McCarthy: Deference is made to the meeting held on Tuesday.. October 31, 1961 at vour office concerning the connection of Worthen Road to polite 23 which was attended by the following; per- sons: F.J.HoCarthy, Mr. Cox, Mr. Hue, Mr. Olson, Mrs. Morey, Mr. aoule, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Snow and I --Tr. Staples. At this meeting; the following items were discussed: 1.) It was generally agreed by all present that the loca- tion of the 'r.terchange proposed by the State Tepartment of Public 'Torks as shown on the plan accompanying; the letter from Geor-e C. Toumnouras dated September ll�, 1061 was the most acceptable solution to the problem. 2.) The State officials amreed that the entire cost of this -5- .nterchanre would be borne by the Commonwealth of lass. 3.) The State officials agreed that the connecting road from the south side of the interchan?e to 11altbam Street near the ':Tait' am 1, ne would be handled in the following manner: A.) The State Denartment of Pubiic '-forks would do all of the engineering to make the lavout and the State would construct the road, with all costs of construction borne T the Commonwealth of t,7ass. B.) The Town would be responsible for making the land tapings for this road and would assume the entire cost of any land lama nes . 4.) The State officials stated that the Town would have to be entirely responsible for the layout, land acquisition and construction of 'Torti-en Road from Marrett Road to the northerly end of the nronosed interchange. 5.) The State officials stated that if the 74orthen Road interchnnce was constructed as pronosed, it would mean that a new overpass would be constructed at Waltham Street. The cost of this bridge would be entirely borne by the Commonwealth of ".`ass. There would be no connection be- tween '?.ou.te 2 and '%Taltram Street. 6.) Tt was stated by the State officials that if the Town of Lexinr^ton accented the location of the Worthen Road interchange as shown on the elan referred to above that the State Department of Public ':Torks would grant access at this location for the construction of liortren Poad even if, in the interim, Poute 2 has been made limited access, the understandi_nr beinf- that when Route 2 is actually con- structed the interchanme will be built with a connection to '°Torthen Road. 7.) It was sugmested by Town officials that Worthen Road from Bedford Street to Poute 2 be designated by the Bureau of Public Roads as a Pederal aid secondary highwa-%r. The State officials agreed thr.t this could be done. However, they said that i_f it were done that the ores-nt Route 4 and 225, and Waltham Street, since they run apnroximately parallel to 'Torthen road, would then probabl7T be eliminated from the secondary Federal Road system and would be made neligible for Federal aid. Trey also stated that since the requests for this type of Federal aid far exceeded the funds available that the chances were Noor that the Worthen ' Road -,reject would be apnr.oved as eligible in the near future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .