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LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
January 9, 1967
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board
was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday,
January 9, 1967. The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Campbell at 7:30 p.m. with members Fowle,
Greeley, Riffin and Worrell, and Planning Director Zaleski
present.
Mr. Campbell submitted his resignation as chairman
of the Planning Board. Upon a motion duly made and
seconded, the following new slate of officers was elected
by a unanimous vote:
Chairman - Roland B. Greeley
Vice-chairman - Natalie H. Riffin
Clerk - Evert N. Fowle
The Board expressed a vote of thanks to Mr. Campbell for
the patience and perseverance with which he discharged his
duties.
The minutes of the meeting of January 2, 1967 were
approved.
The Board voted to pay $50 membership dues to the
Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board
unanimously
VOTED: to authorize the Town Counsel to prepare a re-
lease of lots 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Bridle Path
subdivision from the restrictions as to building
and sale contained in the Covenant dated November
15, 1966, given by Louis and Catherine F. Stoico,
as requested by Mr. Stoico.
These lots have the required frontage on existing public
ways (Follen Rd. and Marrett Rd.) The Board refused to
release Lot 1 for the reason that it does not have ade-
quate frontage on Follen Rd.
ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
MINUTES
BILL
BRIDLE PATH
ESTATES
STOICO
Mr. Nicolai brought the corrected subdivision plans
of Heritage Drive subdivision and requetted the Board's HERITAGE DR.
approval without an easement for sewer to lots 6 and 7, -
Land Court Plan 15791, which had been recommended by the NICOLAI
Town Engineer. The Board took the matter under advisement.
Mr. Robert Whitman and the Capital Expenditures
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Committee met with the Board to discuss the progress of
CAPITAL EXPENDI- the lopg range planning study being done by Metcalf and '
TURES COMMITTEE Eddy. It was decided to stress the review of preliminary
memoranda, possibly by the Steering Committee with other
interested groups; such as Planning Board, Capital Expen-
ditures Committee, and citizens' study committees
participating. Metcalf and Eddy could be given a joint
recommendation which would presumably carry more weight
than several individual comments.
Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Bushnell met with the Board
PROPOSED SUB- to ask for the Board's comments on the proposed subdivi-
DIVISION sion plan of land at the northwesterly corner of Waltham
- St, and Worthen Rd. The Board had no objection to the
BUSHNELL layout provided the grades and the utilities meet the re-
quirements of the Board and of the Town Engineer.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board
CARRIAGE DR, unanimously
CAMMARANO
VOTED: to reduce from $8,000 to $1,000 the penal sum of
the bond dated September 6, 1962, furnished by
Aetna Life and Casualty Co. to guarantee the con-
struction of street and the installation of muni-
cipal services in certain portions of the Carriage
Grove subdivision, and to extend the time within
which this construction and installation must be '
completed to June 15, 1967. This reduction has
been requested by the developer and recommended
by the Town Engineer.
Plans of the proposed Instrumentation Laboratory
INSTRUMENTA-
building at Hartwell Ave. referred to the Planning Board
TION LAB
by the Board of Appeals were reviewed and a recommenda-
tion to make several changes drafted.
BOARD OF
APPEALS
A letter from the chairman of the Board of Appeals
relative to the processing of plans requiring Finding and
Determination was read next. The chairman offered to
discuss the situation with Mr. Nickerson.
The Board then adjourned to the office of the
EMERSON RD. Selectmen to discuss the 1967 Town Meeting articles, par-
ticularly the laying out by the Selectmen of Emerson Rd.
at Adams St. versus the purchase of land for a future
street in that location. The Planning Board urged the
Selectmen to lay out this section of Emerson Rd. rather
than just propose the acquisition of land.
ZONING Resuming the meeting in its office, the Board read
VIOLATION and placed on file copies of complaints relative to com-
mercial vehicles at #4 Wheeler Rd.
A copy of a plan of land submitted to the Registry
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of Deeds without Planning Board endorsement, as provided
' for in the amended Section 81-X of the Subdivision Control
Law, was viewed by the Board.
Notices of Board of Appeals hearings to be held
on January 24, 1967 were read and noted, as follows:
J. Cannalonga Mystic Valley Mental Health
B. Liebman Ralph Hall
T. Ross J. Kalb
R. Currier
Notices of Board of Appeals decisions of hearings
of December 20, 1966 were read and placed on file, as
follows:
Mark Moore, Jr. James McCann
LeRoy Johnston Muriel York
Wm. Sullivan J. Catalano
Portions of the Minutes of the Board of Selectmen
dealing with Great Meadows Study meetings of December 12,
1966 were read and noted.
Schedule for Planning Board work until the Town
Meeting was discussed next. Mr. Worrell suggested that
' connection from Bedford St. at Hartwell Ave, to Rte. 3
across Grove St. should be looked into. A brief discus-
sion followed and it was decided to schedule a review of
Drummer Boy land and streets for January 30, 1967.
The Board voted to discuss Bedford St. and CS
Districts on January 23, 1967.
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BOARD OF
APPEALS
Hearings
Decisions
SCHEDULE OF
WORK
The Board agreed to ask the Selectmen to keep the
article for laying out Emerson Rd. with construction being EMERSON RD.
deferred and leave out the Emerson Rd. land acquisition
articles, this being the intention of the Board.
Underground wiring requirement for subdivisions was UNDERGROUND
discussed next. Mr. Fowle recommended that the minimum WIRING
number of lots be reduced from 10 to 4.
The meeting adjourned at 11:15 p.m.
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Evert N. Fowle
Clerk