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Home My WebLink About1967-02-06PLANNING BOARD MEETING I February 6, 1967 The Lexington Planning Board held a regular meeting in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, February 6, 1967. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Greeley wtth members Campbell, Fowle, Riffin and Worrell, and Planning Director Zaleski present. Messrs. Swift and Jorguson of Honeywell Radiation Center submitted plans for a proposed building at Forbes Rd. and answered questions by members of the Board. Following a brief review, the Board voted to recommend a favorable Finding and Determination by the Board of Appeals. The Board next considered a request by Hartwell -West- view Trust (Weston-Rotek) for a Board of Appeals variance permitting parking 15 ft. from the property line instead of the required 25 ft. It was the opinion of the Board that the problem of the parking can be resolved in a way other than a variance, such as by a relocation of the parking area to the southwest. The Board therefore voted to be recorded in opposition to the variance. HONEYWELL, INC. HARTWELL-WESTVIEW TRUST (WESTON-ROTEK) The Board next met with Mr. Frank L. Stevens, Jr. to discuss the possible rezoning and land uses for the former STEVENS REZONING C. J. Maney land at Bedford St. No decision was reached MANEY PROPERTY since Mr. Stevens expressed himself as being opposed to any rezoning except to C 2. Messrs. J. Busa, J. Moore and Atty. F. Conroy came to the Board and presented a sketch showing a subdivision of BUSA LAND OFF Busa land off Lincoln St. ending in a cul-de-sac 830'x' feet LINCOLN ST. long, or connected to Elena Rd. Mr. Conroy and Mr. Moore stated that any other layout, even if possible, would not be attractive or desirable. Mrs. Riffin suggested the possi- bility of the town buying some of the land in back for neigh- borhood playground. Mr. Conroy felt that the financial loss to Mr. Busa would make the cost of such land prohibitive. An- other alternative discussed was making two cul-de-sacs, one from Elena Rd. and one from Lincoln St., each less than 650 ft. long. Mr. Zaleski suggested that the developer should explore the possibility of cutting down the length of the dead-end street and making the last few lots oversize, so that the length will be substantially less than 830 feet, even though still somewhat in excess of 650 feet. As requested by the developer and recommended by the Town Engineer, the Board VOTED: to authorize the reduction of $65,000 surety on Mason MASON ST. ' St. to $60,000. 2-6-67 -2- OAK PARK CIR. The Board executed a release of all lots in the Oak - BUSA Park Circle, additional surety in the amount of one hundred Ford Motor Co. shares having been furnished by the developer. ' Mr. Moore and Mr. Reenstierna met with the Board to DRUMMER BOY discuss the alternatives for the development of the so - LAND called "Drummer Boy" land northeast of Bedford St. opposite Hartwell Ave. and extending to Grove St., one using the "cluster" principle and the other being a conventional lay- out. The Board took the matter under advisement. The Board then adjourned to the office of the Select- men to discuss in executive session the layout prepared by State D.P.W. of Worthen Rd. connection to Rte. 2. Resuming the meeting in its office the Board unani- HERITAGE ACRES mously NICOLAI VOTED: to approve the definitive subdivision plan entitled "Heritage Acres", dated Oct. 18, 1966 by Everett Brooks Co. subject to the terms and conditions of a Covenant given by Guyton Nicolai Jr. and Elvia Nicolai and dat ed January 25, 1967. The Board reviewed the streets proposed for laying out and acceptance at the 1967 annual town meeting and STREET VOTED: to recommend the laying out and acceptance of the I ACCEPTANCE following streets: Previously constructed to Town specifications: Hadley Rd. - from Eldred St. 792± feet northerly Longfellow Rd. - from Hawthorne Rd. to Whittier Rd. Whittier Rd. - from Longfellow Rd. 758± feet northerly Tricorne Rd. - from Marrett Rd. 557± feet northerly Tyler Rd. - from Winchester Dr. 1215.49 ft. northerly and easterly Phinney Rd. - from Fairbanks Rd. 750± feet easterly. To be constructed under betterments: Crescent Rd. - from Watertown St. to Green Lane Ewell Ave. - from Eastern Ave. to Deering Ave. Emerson Rd. - from Adams St. 410± feet westerly Kendall Rd. - from Marrett Rd. 320± feet northerly Laconia St. - from Lowell St. to Ridge Rd. Lake St. - from Mass. Ave. to Columbus St. Payson St. - from Bridge St. to Grassland St. Valleyfield St. - from Bridge St. 1240±ffeet southerly Blossomcrest Rd. - from Worthen Rd. to Meadow Brook Ave. Philip Rd. - from Follen Hill Est. to Minute Man Hglds. To be reconstructed: ' Blossomcrest Rd. - from Allen St. 723± feet westerly 2-6-67 -3- A letter to the Selectmen relative to underground UNDERGROUND wiring was approved and signed by the Chairman. WIRING ' A letter to the Conservation Commission relative to the acquisition of land for conservation was reviewed and CONSERVATION it was decided to rewrite it, making the recommendation for the acquisition of Ashley land less urgent. It was agreed to express dismay at Selectmen's fail- ure to notify the Board of the Selectmen's decision not to insert in the 1967 Warrant articles for the extension of Out- look Dr. to Marrett Rd., traffic study of Pleasant St. and relocation of Pelham Rd. The Board approved the change in the article on the T 1 to R 1 rezoning of T 1 to R 1. It was decided to have the chairman outline the pur- poses of the zoning recodification at the February 8, 1967 INFORMATION public information meeting, followed by Messrs. Herr and MEETING Zaleski talking on details. A letter to the Selectmen withdrawing the zoning re - codification article from the 1967 Annual Town Meeting war- RECODIFICATION rant was approved. Notices of Board of Appeals hearings on the petitions ' of the following were read and noted: BOARD OF APPEALS N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co. Honeywell, Inc. Hearings Hartwell -Westview Tr. N. Cannalonga The following decisions of the Board of Appeals were noted: Mystic Valley - granted B. Liebeman - granted Jonah Kalb - granted R. Currier - granted Decisions T. Rosse - granted N. Cannalonga - granted Notice of Historic Districts Commission hearing on Feb. 15, 1967 was read and noted. Selectmen's minutes of January 16 and 23 were noted and placed on file. The discussion of proposed 1967 legislation of in- terest to the Planning Board was postponed until next week. Letter from Town Engineer about the status of Ingle- side subdivision was read and it was decided to invite Mr. INGLESIDE - Spagnuola and his attorney to discuss the failure to com- SPAGNUOLA plete Ingleside Rd. and Carnegie Place with the Planning ' Director. The question of rezoning Great Meadows to some type 2-6-67 i conservancy district was discussed next and it was decided to GREAT MEADOWS ask the Planning Director to prepare promptly a proposed zon- ing article for such rezoning. Minutes of a meeting of the owners of Central Block with Selectman Cataldo were read and placed on file. The discussion of study reports on housing and cost of services was postponed. The letter from the Selectmen about the non-enforce- AUGUSTUS RD. ment of bond for the completion of Augustus Rd. was read. It was decided to urge the Selectmen to make sure that Augustus Rd. is completed as soon as weather conditions permit. The meeting adjourned at 11:50 p.m. �.,2 //44 Evert N. Fowle Clerk C 7