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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
December 16, 1963
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was
held on December 12, 1963 at 7:30 P.M. in its office in the
Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Mabee, members
Bryson, Greeley and Meyer.
From 7:30 until 10:30 p.m. an executive session was
held with Mr. Henry W. Hardy to discuss zoning by-law changes.
Following the executive session the Board approved the
minutes of its meeting of December 9, 1963.
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Approved also was a letter to Mr. Raymond L. White, Town
Accountant, requesting that he carry over the unexpended balance TOWN ACCOUNTANT
of the 1963 Planning Board options account into 1964.
The board voted to request Mr. Campbell, as clerk, to pre-
pare a first draft of the annual report for 1963 for the Planning ANNUAL REPORT
Board.
The following bills which had been presented were approved:
Samuel P. Snow, professional services for period December 3 BILLS
through December 13, 1963--$200.00; Minute -man Publications, ad-
vertising --$1.88.
Considered next were the following Form A applications
for a determination of Planning Board jurisdiction:
#63-76, submitted December 16, 1963 by Robert Higgins
for Town of Lexington; plan entitled "Plan of Water Ease-
ment in Emerald St. Lexington, Mass.", Scale: 111 = 401,
dated Aug. 14, 1963, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer.
#63-77, submitted December lt, 1963, by Robert Higgins
for Town of Lexington; plan entitled 11Plan of Drain
Easement off Patterson Road and Route 128 Lexington,
Mass.??, Scale: 1" = 201, dated Aug. 27, 1963, John J.
Carroll, Town Engineer.
Upon motions duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines that the
plans accompanying Form A applications #63-76 and #63-77
do not require approval under the subdivision control
law, and that said plans be so endorsed.
Taken under consideration was the request of Antonio Busa
that his bond securing the performance of work to be done in
Green Valley, Section 8 be reduced from $18,000 to $15500. A
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letter having been received from John J. Carroll, Town Engineer,
GREEN VALLEY dated December 6, 1963, stating that the work had progressed to '
SEC. 8 the point where the amount of $1,500 would be sufficient to com-
- plete all of the work in the above subdivision, upon motion duly
BUSA made and seconded, it was unanimously
VOTED: the Lexington Planning Board determines that $1,500.00 is
a sufficient amount of security to hold for performance of
the remaining work required to be done in the subdivision
entitled "Green Valley Section Eight Lexington,,Mass.91,
and shown on the definitive subdivision plan of the same
name, dated January 7, 1963, and therefore reduces from
$18,000 to $1,500 the amount of the bond held as security.
Also considered was the request of Todd Realty Trust that
BURNHAM FARMS their bond be reduced from $11,250 to $4,500. A letter having
BEC. 6 been received from John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, dated December
- 6, 1963 stating that $4,500 was a sufficient amount to secure the
TODD REALTY performance of the agreement executed on May 8, 1963, upon motion
TRUST duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
VOTED: the Lexington Planning Board determines that $4,500 is a
sufficient amount of security to hold for performance of
the remaining work required to be done in the subdivision
entitled "Burnham Farms Section Six Lexington, Mass.", and
shown on the definitive subdivision plan of the same name,
dated January 28, 1963; and therefore reduces further from '
$11,250 to $4,500 the amount of the bond held as security.
Mr. Meyer reported on a request he had received from a man
in Acton for the Board to consider a frontage problem on Page and
Sanderson Roads.
The Board went into executive session at 11:15 to further
EXECUTIVE SESSION consider the employment of a Planning Director, after which the
meeting was adjourned at 11:45 p.m.
Arthur E. Bryson, Vice President
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