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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-09-22PLANNING BOARD MEETING September 22, 1969 The regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in its office on Monday, September 22, 1969. Chairman Lund opened the meeting with members Clarke, Worrell and planning director Zaleski present. The Board reviewed a schedule of subdivision fees charged by other SUBDIVISION towns. Mr. Lund suggested the Board ask Town Counsel's opinion on FEE the basis of computing these charges. The planning director will contact a few towns and discuss their present charges. It was the consensus of the Board that there should be a hearing held on this schedule of fees. A letter in response to the Board of Selectmen's request for recom- BUILDING AT mendations on the building located at 1620 Massachusetts Ave. was 1620 MASS. AVE. reviewed and approved. The next item considered was a letter to the Board of Selectmen BEDFORD ST. regarding a petition of Bedford St. residents who are concerned about RESIDENTS' the location of the Friendly Ice Cream building at Bedford St. and PETITION RE. Worthen Rd. This letter was also approved. The Board discussed the FRIENDLY ICE possibility of preparing an article for Town Meeting concerning the CREAM BUILDING parking space in the business districts. At 7:45 p.m. Mrs. August Schumacher met with the Board to discuss the MRS. SCHUMACHER purchase of tax title lots on Colonial Ave. and Wood St. to be added TAX TITLE LTS. to lots adjacent which are now owned by her. The Board decided to give this matter more consideration and notify Mrs. Schumacher of their decision. At 8:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Nussdorfer and Mr. Kenneth Rogers met MR.T.NUSSDORFER with the Board to discuss the possibility of locating a Kampgrounds CAMPING of America, Inc. camping facility in Lexington adjacent or near the FACILITIES Minute Man National Park. After discussion of possible locations and the facilities which would be provided, the Board suggested Mr. Nuss- dorfer get information on the zoning of other localities where such facilities are now located and meet again with a more complete proposal. Dr. Howard Smith met with the Board at 8:15 p.m. to discuss the Town DR. H. SMITH Engineer's letter concerning the requirements for construction of the WOODBERRY RD. street to the proposed subdivision on Woodberry Rd. After discussion of the width permitted and the expense of a standard 24' wide street, the Board decided to give this matter more consideration by discussing it in greater detail with the planning director before giving Dr. Smith their opinion. Four residents of Hadley Rd. and Eldred St. met with the Board at HADLEY ST. 8:30 p.m, to discuss a petition presented to the Planning Board, RESIDENTS' requesting that Hadley Rd. be made a dead end street permanently. PETITION Mr. Graydon Wheaton, 5 Hadley Rd., stated some of the residents' reasons for not extending the streets as follows: 1. would become a through -way 2. unsafe for children 3. residents at time of purchasing did not know of plan to extend the street. P/B Meeting, September 22, 1969 -2 ' Mr. Worrell suggested that the Town acquire land at the end of Hadley HADLEY RD. Rd. for conservation purposes. The residents were given a layout RESIDENTS' plan of the Drummer Boy subdivision to study prior to the hearing to be PETITION held in Estabrook Hall on September 29, 1969. 1 h The Board resumed discussion of the proposed Woodberry Rd. sub- division with the Town Engineer regarding the construction costs of the street. The planning director was asked to advise Dr. Smith that the pavement should be 24 ft. wide from Massachusetts Ave. to Stratham Rd. and 18 ft. wide from there to the end of Dr. Smith's land. A letter from the president of Leeland Construction Company authorizing work in Woodberry Rd, was submitted by Dr. Smith. After discussion of the Town Engineer's recommendation for reduction of bond from $15,000 to $1,000 for Nickerson Rd., a motion was duly made and seconded and the members of the Board VOTED: To reduce the obligations of the developer, Trustees of Wood- bridge Realty Trust, under the terms of the Agreement of October 16, 1967 and the penal sum of the bond dated October 13, 1967, given by said Trustees as principal and by New Hampshire Insurance Company as surety to guarantee the performance of construction work specified in said Agreement from $15,000.00 to $1,000.00, the construction of ways and the installation of municipal services as shown on the definitive subdivision plan of Woodbridge Estates, dated June 17, 1966, by A. A. Miller and W. C. Nylander and as specified in said agreement having been partially, but not fully completed by the developer. A letter from the Town Engineer advising the Board that all work in Oak Park I subdivision had been completed to his satisfaction was read next. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board VOTED: WOODBERRY RD. CONSTRUCTION COSTS WOODBRIDGE EST. NICKERSON RD. BOND REDUCTION OAK PARK SECTION I COMPLETION All construction of ways and installation of utilities required under the terms of the approval by the Lexington Planning Board of the Oak Park Section I definitive subdivision plan, dated November 23, 1964, by Joseph W. Moore, Inc., having been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board, the Town Counsel is OBTAIN GRANTS hereby authorized and requested to obtain grants of streets and OF STREETS & utilities in the subdivision and, upon a satisfactory execution UTILITIES by the Oak Park Corporation of said grants, to return to the developer all security in the form of Waverley Coop. Bank shares now held by the Town to guarantee said construction and installation. This will terminate the developer's obligations with respect to the Agreement and bond dated January 26, 1967, and amended on December 14, 1967. The Board voted to go into Executive Session to discuss matters which, EXECUTIVE if disclosed, could adversely affect the financial interest of the SESSION RE. Town. The Town Engineer met with the Board and after discussion of BIRCH HILL the Birch Hill subdivision drainage, the Board resumed regular session. The petition of John Millican of Lexington Gardens, Inc., scheduled B/A PETITION for a Board of Appeals hearing on September 30, was discussed next. LEX. GARDENS INC It was the consensus of the Board that a copy of the Planning Board's P/B Meeting, September 22, 1969 -3 article on nurseries be transmitted to the chairman of the Board of B/A PETITION ' Appeals with a recommendation of screening the proposed paved LEX.GARDENS INC. parking area with a fence and a condition that the addition be used for growing plants and not for the display of other merchandise for sale. The Board of Appeals petition of Pleasant Brook Pool Corporation on B/A PETITION Mason St. was discussed briefly. It was the consensus of the Board that there is no objection to this petition and that the Board of Appeals PLEASANT BROOK should be so advised. POOL CORP. The Joachim Sinek petition to maintain a two family dwelling at 7 B/A PETITION Dunham St. in a RO one -family district was discussed briefly. J. SINEK The next item considered by the Board was underground wiring and UNDERGROUND Chapter 884 of General Laws. After a brief discussion, it was WIRING decided to put this item on a future agenda. The Board then discussed briefly the tentative agenda for the meeting OCTOBER 6 on October 6, 1969, which will be dedicated to housing and residential AGENDA zoning. It was agreed to include the following items, subject to a review next week: 1. Joint meeting with Housing Authority and Dept. of Community Affairs representative on housing programs. 2. Report on subsidized housing. 3. Town meeting articles (preliminary selection) a. Conveyance of land for housing b. Rezoning for subsidized housing c. Apartment zoning changes d. Apartment sites e. Cluster zoning modifications and extension to RS The meeting adjourned at 10:45 p.m. r,r,G„ T Francis T. Worrell Clerk 1 EXECUTIVE SESSION ' September 22, 1969 The Town Engineer met with the Planning Board to discuss the Birch Hill drainage problem and the effect if the Town says we will pay part or assume part of the responsibility. There was discussion of a moral obligation to these people. The suggestion was made to ask Joseph Busa, the developer, to participate in this. It was stated that Mr. Busa could not be made to change the drain. Some members felt the Town should fix the drainage problem. Mr. Zaleski suggested that if Mr. Busa had filled the lots high enough perhaps the drain would not be dammed. He suggested the Town should not accept the responsibility. The Town's main function is to inspect the work as approved. On reviewing the plans, it was noted the lots had been graded other than the way they were shown on the plans. It was suggested the Board ask the developer and his attorney to meet with the Board and at that time, the Board ask the developer to rectify the drain situation. It was decided the pipe serves the purpose it was designed for and the filling'of the land is the problem. If they should not be willing to rectify the situation, the Planning Board could then notify the residents of the situation. It was suggested the planning director contact Atty. Frederick Conroy and discuss this matter. 1 1