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Home My WebLink About1962-06-181 PLANI''TNr Br)ARD MEETING June 18, 1962 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday.. June 18, 1962 at 7:40 p.m. in the planning Board's office, Town Office Build- ing. Prdsent were Chairman Grindle, members Camp- bell, Mabee and Meyer, and Planning Director Snow. The Board approved for pa ent the following bills which had been bresented: Zpaulding-Moss Co., drafting supplies --$5.77; Boston Blue Print Co.,Inc. 14 vapos-- 4.78; Wesley J. Ewell, drafting services, $66.50. car mileage, $$1.00, through June 15, 1962-- $67.50; H. B. McArdle, office supplies --13.00; The United Sales Co., drafting supplies --X4.37. BILLS The following Form A applications for deter- mination of Planning Board jurisdiction were taken FORMS A under consideration: #62-40, submitted June 18, 1962 by William N. Hamilton; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated June 15, 1962, Scale: 1" = 40', Miller & Nylander,C.E.'s & Surveyors. 462-412 submitted June 18, 1962 by A &. D Realty Trust, Alfred 5. Busa,Trustee; plan entitled "Plan of Land Showing Proposed Drain Fasement Lexington, Mass.", kale: 1" = 40', dated,June 14, 1952s Miller &. Nylander, C.F.'s & Survevors. #62-42, submitted June 18, 1962 by Richard D. Thompson, Agent for Daniel A. Rosmarin; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington -Mass,", dated Nov. 1, 1961, Scale: 1 in. = 40 ft., Everett M. Brooks Co., Civil Eng'rs. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines that the plans accompanying Form A applica- tions #62-401 #62-41 and ;#62-42 do not re- quire approval under the Subdivision Control Law and that said plans be so endorsed. ' In regard to the lot shown on the plan accom- panying Form A application #62-40, Mr.Snow stated 6-18-62 that he understood Mr. Hamilton was acquiring said PROPOSED lot from Mrs. Freeman. Mr. Snow called the Board's ' PARK LAND attention to the fact that he had included in the _ long-range development plan for Lexington recommend - HAMILTON ation that the lot shown on said plan together with adjacent low-lying land of the Borngessers and the Cookes be acquired as an addition to the Hastings Park area for the purpose of retaining said land in its natural condition. The Board agreed with the recommendation and requested Mr. Snows as the first step in acquiring the said low-lying land, to dis- cuss with Mr. Hamilton the probability of obtaining from him an option to purchase said lot. Town Counsel Stevens met briefly with the Board to see if there were any current problems whieb the Board wished to discuss with him. There were none. He was given the endorsed elan accom- panying Form A application 062-42 for recording with an instrument granting a relocated sewer easement as shown on said plan. The Board considered next and approved a draft of a letter to the Board of Appeals with ref- erence to a pending application and petition of the Itek Corporation for a proposed shop and office ' building on Maguire Road in Lexington's CM 1 dis- trict. Mr. Snow said that the Town Counsel had suggested that the Board of Appeals accept the application but not schedule a hearing on it or for- ward it formally to the Planning Board for action until such time as the zoning amendments acted upon by the 1962 Annual Town Meeting were approved by the Attorney Cenerai. Mr. Snow stated that he under- stood that Mr. Stevens expected to receive later in the week some information from the Attorney General's office as to the disposition of the amendment. It was agreed to hold the letter to the Board of Appeals pending receipt of a formal letter of said Board in regard to the case. Continuing their discussions with the Plan- ning Board at its regular meeting.the previous week, EMERSO EMERSON ROADS Messrs. Carr and LaRosa met with the Board from WORTHE8:15 until 9:45 p.m. Summarizing their discussion, it was their opinion that Fnerson Road as they pro- posed on Scheme I (see minutes of meeting of Plan - ping Board on June 11, 1962) would take care of future traffic volumes between Massachusetts Avenue and the proposed interchange at the present inter- section of '4atertown Street and State Route 2. It ' was also their opinion that their proposal on said scheme to terminate Worthen Road at Pleasant Street was substantiated by their studies during_ the previous week. 6-18-62 ' Mr. Carr stated that in his opinion after Worthen Road was constructed from Massachusetts Avenue to Waltham Street and the nronosed Waltham Street -Route 2 interchange was also constructed, a through traffic pattern would develop and become established, automobile drivers realizing that the easiest and best way from the center of Lexington to Route 2 would be by Waltham Street. He said that in his opinion the portion of Worthen Road from Waltham Street to Pleasant Street, particularly the section from Marrett Road to Idaltham Street, would not sarve in the future as more than a collector street. Mr. Carr said that on this basis the road pattern as shown on Scheme I was adequate to meet any future volume of traffic from the residential area between Marrett Road and Pleasant Street to the proposed interchange at the intersection of lfatertown Street and Route 2. Mr. LaRosa said that in approximately two weeks he believed he would have ready for submission to the Planning Board a final report on the studies which Abbott Engineering was making for the Board. Chester A. Lidberg of 92 Adams Street met ' with the Board from 10:00 to 10:20 p.m. with refer- ence to the Board's letter to him about the pro - Dosed location of Emerson Road across his land. (See minutes of Planning Board meeting of May 14, 1962.) Mr. Lidberg said he would not be able to purchase additional land from the owners of lots on the northerly and northeasterly sides of his land in order to resubdivide nroperties as suggested on the plan furnished to him. He also said he was un- able to pay the cost of constructing '"merson Road across his land because of the existence of ledge In the proposed location of said road and because he would not be able to obtain enough lots fronting on the road for the expenditure of funds necessary for its construction. He asked that the Town take the land within Lot B as shown on the plan furnished him. The Board took the matter under consideration and informed Mr. Lidberg that they would notify him of their decision in regard to the matter. After Mr. Lidberg left the meeting the Board decided that there ought to be an appraisal made of said lot in order to have some idea of what it would cost the town to acquire an easement for street pur- poses in said lot. Mr. Snow was authorized to em- ploy for the Board an appraiser to determine the fair market value of Lot B. .3 - EMERSON ROAD LIDBERG 6-18-62 —11— Considered next was the application of Antonio ' GREEN VALLEY Busa for tentative approval of his Green Valley, Sec. SEC, 8 8 preliminary subdivision plan. The Board's atten- - tion was called to the Town Engineer's letter of June BUSA 8 to the planning Board with reference to said pre- liminary plan. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: that the preliminary subdivision plan en- titled "plan Showing Proposed Lotting Green Valley Section Eight Lexington, Mass.", dated August 18,, 1961s which was submitted to the Board by Antonio Busa on May 29, 1962s accompanied by an application for tentative approval, Form B, dated May 9, 1962, be and hereby is approved. The Board's attention was called to a contract between the Board of Selectmen and the firm of Charles M. Evans Associates for the purpose of making a job classification study of employees under the general jurisdiction of the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Snow asked if the Board as an independent agency of the town wished to have its staff nrepare job classifica- tion forms and participate in the iob classification studies which were being undertaken. 2t was decided ' that it might be of advantage to do so, narticular14 in the case of classifying the position of the Plan- ning Board secretary. After a general discussion of other problems and work being undertaken the Planning Board adjourned its meeting at 11:15 p.m. r � Thomas S. �GrIndle, Chairman 1