HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-10-19PLANNING BOARD MEETING
IOctober 19, 1964
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was
held in its office on October 19, 1964. The meeting was called
to order by Chairman Meyer at 8:00 p.m. with members Campbell,
Greeley and Riffin, and planning director Zaleski present.
At 8:00 p.m. a duly advertised public hearing was held
on Estabrook Gardens, Section One (Hadley Rd.) subdivision. HADLEY RD.
The purposes of subdivision control were explained by Mr. Meyer. -
Chairman Meyer also explained that Hadley Rd. may be extended WILSON
in the future, but that there is now no intention of making it
an extension of Emerson Rd. or of changing the zoning in the
area. Letter from John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, was read and
made a part of the record. The following persons attended the
hearing: Harold C. and Mary C. Wilson, Walter T. and Dorothy
Gavan; Vee Chang and Sin Hwa Tsien. John J. Carroll attended
the latter part of the hearing. The hearing closed at 8:25.
Mr. Carroll then discussed with the Board the question of
Emerson Rd. location in Pleasant St. -Mason St. area. Mr.
EMERSON ROAD
Zaleski reported that he was going to meet with representatives
of Peacock Farms Aeso. on October 20, 1964 at 8:00 p.m. and sug-
PLEASANT ST.
gested that no final decision on Emerson Rd. location be made
until after that meeting. A protracted discussion regarding the
over-all idea and location of Emerson Rd. followed. It was de-
cided to follow scheme 3 location as designed by town engineer
unless a new approach is made advisable by subsequent studies.
Minutes of October 13, 1964 meeting were approved.
MINUTES
Plans submitted with Forms A #64-53 and #64-54 as
listed in Minutes of October 13, 1964 were reviewed by the
FORMS A
Board and upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was unani-
mously
VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines that plans
accompanying Form A applications #64-53 and #64-54 do
not require approval under the subdivision control law
and that said plans be so endorsed.
The Board then endorsed the plans.
The request for Planning Board opinion on Itek's re-
quest for finding and determination by the Board of Appeals was
ITEK - BOARD
discussed next and it was decided that the plans of the pro-
OF APPEALS
posed addition were acceptable and that the Board of Appeals
should be so advised.
A letter from Capital Expenditures Committee on 1965-
CAPITAL
1969 Capital budget was taken up and it was decided that
EXPENDITURES
$75,000 should be appropriated yearly for general land acqui-
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sition and that no other requests are to be made this year.
EMERSON RD. - Mr. Lidberg's letter about his land on Adams St. was
LIDBERG discussed next. The Board expressed itself in favor of
acquiring the land.ior Emerson Road.
Upon request of Mr. Legro, Town Counsel, the Board
TOWN MEETING decided to switch the dates of public hearings for warehous-
ARTICLES ing in CM 1 and for special uses in R 1 districts to November
12 and Housing Authority and Curtin's request for rezoning to
November 5, 1964 to enable Mr. Legro to make minor corrections
in the wording of articles.
The planning director reported that he is to meet with
the planning director of Arlington to view and discuss Great
Meadows and its future use.
Copies of proposed "Subdivision Regulations" draft
were distributed by Mr. Zaleski to Board members and to Town
Engineer.
The meeting adjourned at 11;00 p.m.
Roland B. Greeley
Clerk