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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-05-20PLAA77TNG BOARD MF.ETTn•G Mar 20, 1963 The Lexinrrton planning Board. held a regular meeting^ in its office in the Town Office Building on Monda--, Mav 20, 1053 at 7:45 n,.m. Present were Chairman "Mabee, members Greeley and Meyer, and Mr. Snow, nlanni-np Director. A group of residents from the Spring; Street area met with the Board to discuss the present ROITTE traffic situation on Srring Street and to make in- quiries in regard to the future traffic with the SPRPTG ST. relationship of the nronosed Route 2 -Sprints Street RFSTDENTS interchanGe. These matters were discussed inform all=.r. It was su-Tested to the noun, however, teat theg return at a later date when representatives of the Five ri.elds residential area and other -persons in the vicinity of tl'is i.nterchanme could be - res-ent to discuss the nrob lens involved. Considered next were the notices of petitions to be heard by the Board of Anpeals on June L. Of these r_?r. Snow was asked to investigate further the petitions of 'Paolo Puma and ',Tilliam A. Myers. From notes dictated b-, the Board 'fr. Snow was asked to draft a letter for the planning^ Board's considera- tion at its next meetinre settin? forth the Board's strenuous objection to the grantinm of the Jacob "ice netiti.on. hi-stri.buted to the Board were conies of "Tr. Farvey '1, `?ew.'ent's letter of May 4 to ',Tr. Gray, Executive Assistant, -board of Selectmen, seekinG nn exnressi.on of oninion of the Board of Selectmen con- cerni_nm the -possible rprantinc of an easement for water, sewer, and driveway across the land of the Diamond Junior Hifrb School to the rear of the Chiesa nronerty for the purpose of erecting thereon a church. There was exhibited a sltetch which accomnani_ed Mr. 'Tewg;ent's letter. Mr. Snow stated that the Board of Selectmen at its meeting on May 13 voted to refer the matter to the Planning* Board for an opinion. From notes dictated bg the Board Mr. Snow was asked to draft a letter for the "lanning Board's consideration at its next meeting* settinr, forth the various reasons for the Board's onnosition to such a rronosal. ' PTr. Snow ?ave a report of the conference which he and the Town Counsel, Building Inspector,uperi.n- tendent of public !°!orks and 79ecutive Assistant of the NARVT7 W. "ITENG-P77 CHDRCH SITE 5-2n-61 -2- Selectmen held on May 17 in regard to the issuance of , BTTILDTNG building hermits on unaccented_ streets in Lexington. PERMTTS Mr. Snow reported that at the end of the conference it was agreed that the Building ?nsnector would be sup- olled by the Sunt. of T'ublic T�Torks three 11_sts of streets: those accented as town ways, those private ways known as Board of Survey streets, and those In - eluding all other rrivate *.gays. Mr. Snow said that he understood that as a matter of rollc7 the Builds n� Tnsrector would ques- tion the issuance of a buildin7 permit on any rrivate way. Tn the case of Board_ of Survey streets he would determine whether or not the street has actually been constructed under the Board of Survey_. He said he further understood that if there was any question in regard to any rrivate way fulfilling the definition of a street as set Forth in the zoning by-law that he would probably* not issue a buileling permit but would refer the anrlication to the Board of Appeals. Considered also was a memorandum, dated May lh, C 1 ZONE from the Executive Assistant to the Planning Board statin; that the Board of Selectmen would like to know specificall7 if the proposed "revamping" of the C 1 use will be ready for presentation to a town meeting in , September. The Board then considered the draft of a repl7T to this memorandum. The draft was a_rrroved by the Board. (See addendum.) Upon motion duly made and seconded It was voted E17CTTTIVE to go into Fxecutive Session for the rurnose of dis- SESSION cussin7, deliberating., or voting on a matter which, if made public, might adversely affect the public security*, the fi_nanci.al interest of the Town, or the reputation of any Terson. After due consideration of an application for the position of Senior planner, the Board voted. to resume its open meeting. From 9:30 to 10:00 r.m. Messrs. James A. Carrig, MTNITTE TITAN James A. Carrig, Jr., Robert T -T. Carrig, and Wilbur C. HTGH-LAYDS Nylander met with the Tioard to discuss the v"inute Man SEC. h High -Lands, Section h, definitive subdivision elan. - T?eviewed with the Carri.gs was the Town Counsel's letter GTRRAC of May 17 to the Planning Director with reference to RF�ALTY TP, said subdivision. (See addendum.) The Carrigs agreed - to have said definitive subdivision plan changed as sug- CARrTG Bested by the Town Counsel in his letter. , Also reviewed was a letter, dated May 20, from 5-20-63 .3 - ^fter 10:00 p.m. the Town Counsel and Sunt. of public 'forks met wit' the Board to discuss further the Tinut e Man High -Lands subdivision elan and the best way in the interest of the town to take action on the elan. It was agreed that the nlan should be modified as drawn, then an -)roved as modified. It was decided not to modiftr the 8" sewer shown on the nlan for the reason that an easement for a 2LL" trunk sewer within '^?orthen Foad as drawn had been taken on April 22, 1963,that bids would be received on June 3, and construction started on the sewer by the first of July. It was further decided that i.f the =irrac Realtv Trust still wished to construct an 8" sewer in 'Uortren Road it could do so but would have to cors truct it to one side and narallel to the 24" sewer. The Board discussed *with. the Town Counsel the netition, dated May Lt., 10 3., r.equestin� that an article be placed in the warrant to ee If the town would accept as mart o" the Lexi.nnton Zonin-r Bzr-law, Section 8 nf Chanter 40° of the -' eneral Laws. The '''own Counsel staged thrt this -petition had been called to his atten- tion b-- the Board of Selectmen and. that he had »laced CHAPTER 40A SEC. 8 the Lexington Supt, of Public `°forks to the DTnnning 'hoard. The Carrigs would not agree to make the changes indicated under items 1, 5, 6, and 7 but would agree to chance items 2, 3, and ti set forth in said letter. (See addendum.) in order to allow time for these changes Nor. Robert W. Carrig typea a letter, dated Mav 20, agreeing to a fu"ther extension of time within which the Plannin" Board must act on the said definitive sub- divi.sion Plan. (See addendum.) Thereunon, it was moved, seconded, and unanimously VOTID• that pursuant to the written request of the anplicant, the time within which the Planning 7oard must take final action regardinrr the plan entitled "Minute Tian u'gh-Lands Section Lexinr-tor., Mass.", dated February 27, lc 3, be and -hereby is further extended to and i^cluding Mav 28, 1063. After discussing the plan further it was agreed to furnish the Carri-s with conies of the two letters mentioned above to .facilitate making the necessary* changes on the elan. Mr. ''ol-ert '?, Carrig stated that if the board annroved the nlans as corrected he would return the definitive plan of Sect'on I} whish was annroved by the Board on May 16, 1062. ^fter 10:00 p.m. the Town Counsel and Sunt. of public 'forks met wit' the Board to discuss further the Tinut e Man High -Lands subdivision elan and the best way in the interest of the town to take action on the elan. It was agreed that the nlan should be modified as drawn, then an -)roved as modified. It was decided not to modiftr the 8" sewer shown on the nlan for the reason that an easement for a 2LL" trunk sewer within '^?orthen Foad as drawn had been taken on April 22, 1963,that bids would be received on June 3, and construction started on the sewer by the first of July. It was further decided that i.f the =irrac Realtv Trust still wished to construct an 8" sewer in 'Uortren Road it could do so but would have to cors truct it to one side and narallel to the 24" sewer. The Board discussed *with. the Town Counsel the netition, dated May Lt., 10 3., r.equestin� that an article be placed in the warrant to ee If the town would accept as mart o" the Lexi.nnton Zonin-r Bzr-law, Section 8 nf Chanter 40° of the -' eneral Laws. The '''own Counsel staged thrt this -petition had been called to his atten- tion b-- the Board of Selectmen and. that he had »laced CHAPTER 40A SEC. 8 -20-63 -4- it in hi.s file for revision before insertion in the warrant for a coming town meeti.np;. He informed the 3onrd that no action on the part of the Planni.n€* Board was required with reference to said petition. The Board adjourned its meeting* at 11:19 n.m. Irvin m H. Mabee, Chairman ADDENDUM May 21, 1963 To: Executive Assistant Prom: Planning Board Subject: "Revamping of C-1 Zone" The Planning Board can give no specific reply to your inquiry at this time. It is, however, making ever,r effort to have a rezoning; pronosal read- for sometime in the fall. ' The reworking of the present Cl regulations Is a complex problem with many manifestations.it is something w hi_ch cannot be done without care and foresifrht. Tn the several work sessions the Board has held to d^te in regard to the matter, it i_s immediately evident that the regulations ire very in- volved and may also involve the creation of two other types of business districts. The Board plans to continue its work on this over-all -problem and will keep 70u informed of the progress it is making. Mav 17, 1963 SaMuel P. anow,'Planninr- Director Town Office Buildin7, Lexi_n,-ton 73, Massachusetts Dear Sam: Re: Minute Man u,},,-L^nds, pec. 1.1. I enclose a conv of a covenant with respect to the a:^ove sub- division prepared in accordance witr your request received ,Testerdav afternoon. Three conies -f the covenant have today been mailed to James A. Carrie with. the request that two copies be executed btT hoth trustees, the Harvard Trust Com- ' nantr as mortr^agee, and a major.itl, in interest of the bene- ficiaries of the trust and returned to me b7 Monday afternoon. r-2!'-63 -5- Tn the preparation of this covenant I have had to assume that the ownership an6 encumbrances are unchanged since the covenant of May l", 11�C,2-becnuse the ti_minl* of -roar reauest has not allowed time for examination of the records. TP th-ls assumption is wronv, T believe the matter can be corrected. in the anpenl neriod. 'rt seems to me that much less confusion will result if the wordin7 "T,°odifi-cr t*on of "LITan Aanroved May 1.61 1"�-2fe is re- moved from all sheets of the elan. T also note that on some sheets this tate arrears as May 16, 1063 which is in- correct. More imnortant, however, all sheets of the Dian should bear the comnlete date information: Februar=r 27, 1063, re- vised tiTav 1lj., 10(-t3. As nnrts of one plan, all sheets should be uniformly* dated. Also, each sheet of the plan sh.oule. lie numbered as a nart of a total number of sheets *•7hen the tctal has been determined. Si ncerel7, -yours, DL'L/b Is/ ronald E. Legro enclosure as above - - - - - - - - May 20, 1063 Planning 7oard "'own Office n•uildi_n! Lexi=ton 73, T`assachusetts Re: Minute Man Hi rrhlands, Section Four rTentlem.en : `Pference Is made to the subcii.vi.sion known as "P•tinute Man Hi,hlanes, Section Four.", dated February 27, 1063, revised Ma -,r lli., contsini-n�-. 13 sheets. Tl^ese plans are a modification of the subdivision elan annroved T?ate 16, 1062. T have the following, comments to mske regar(finF- this defini- tive nian: 1) On ".'orthen Road the nronosed 2h" sewer main to be installed btr the Town '-as not been shown. Instead an n" main is ah own . 2) On pleasant Street the existinr" 2!" trunk sewer is shown as a 12" sewer. 5-20-63 3) The existinm 12" water main and nronosed taprinr* sleeve , and c -ate on "leasant Street are not shown on the Flan. 4) ',!ater main gate valves are not shown on all branches at all intersections. ThetT must be incuded. 5) The upper end of the box culvert must be set at eleva- tion 195.50. The c-lvert must be enlarged to 13' .x 7'. 6) No sidewalks are shown on the plan. These must be in - eluded on at least one side of each street. 7) Tf Worthen Road is laid out as 50', the pavement width should be 301. In other words, it should be constructed to the standards of the Town of Tjexin�7ton Cross-section No. 3. Very truly v ours, /s/ John J. Carroll, Sunt, of 'Public Uorks &- tD wn rn !7in a er JJC/ccd May 20, 1063 ';exi.nr^ton P1ann, nr- Eoard Town Office Building Lexington 73,7"n�s. Gentlemen: T-1th rerard to the plan entitled "Modification of plan Annroved May 16, 10,2 r?,nute Man .1?i -Lands, Section Four" submitted to you T.Iarch 5, 1063 for ^oizr anrroval, it Is hereby agreed that the Lexington Planninfr 7card may defer taki.np ecti.on on this plan until MavT 28, 1 1-3. Sincerely*, /s/ pobert "T. Carrig Girrac Realty Trust 17 Dunster Street Cambridge, 1,1ass. 1