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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-10-18PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' October 18, 1971 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board in its office in Room G-1, Town Office Building, was called to order by the chairman, Mrs. Brown, at 7:30 p.m., 18 October 1971, with members Costello and Graham and planning director Zaleski present. Also present were T. Curran of the Lexington Minute Man and severalinterested citizens. Upon a motion duly made and seconded the Board voted unanimously to N.E. LAW INST. authorize the planning director to attend a seminar an municipal law SEMINAR,11/6/71 sponsored by the New England Law Institute on November 6, 1971. Mr. Lund joined the meeting at this time. No action was taken on the requests for bond release for the Birch Hill BOND RELEASE/ Estates and the bond reduction for the Village Cir. and Oak Park II sub- REDUCTION divisions in the absence of comments from the town engineer. BIRCH HILL VILLAGE CIR. OAK PARK II The Board discussed briefly the Ingleside subdivision bonds preparatory to a meeting with Mr. Spagnuola later in the evening. INGLESIDE Minutes of Oct. 4, 1971, were taken up next and the discussion re -opened on the Board's position on the use of tax -title lots for scattered site MINUTES 10/4/71 housing. It was VOTED upon a motion duly made and seconded to amend ' the minutes by substituting in para. 2 the wording of the vote to read: "The Planning Board supports the LCSR scattered sites housing commit- SCATTERED SITE tee in its efforts to have Section 235 housing built on tax -title lots." HOUSING,TAX- TITLE LOTS The minutes of Oct. 4, 1971, were then approved as amended. The minutes of the meeting of October 6, 1971, were approved as amended. MINUTES 10/6/71 The question of use of tax title lots for subsidized housing was dis- TAX TITLE LOTS cussed next. Mr. Graham stated that in his opinion there was no need to study all tax title lots until the LCSR committee determines which ones would be appropriate for housing. Mr. Costello requested that the Board obtain information about tax title lots as requested by him. After some discussion it was agreed that Mr. Costello will convey to the Board (after consultation with the LCSR committee and looking into information avail- able in the office of the Board) what specific additional information should be obtained at this time. Mr. T. Scanlon of the Lexington Housing Authority submitted a plan of 4.4 HOUSING,ELDERLY acres to be acquired by the Authority from the Town for housing for the elderly. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board VOTED: To endorse as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law FORM A71-22 the plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated June 23, ENDORSED 1971, by Miller & Nylander, showing land off Waltham St. and Vine Brook ' submitted with form A application 71-22. Copies of the plan will be made and furnished the Board by Mr. Nylander. 2 ' Next discussed was the extension of the cluster concept to RS districts. CLUSTER CONCEF Specific questions included maximum density, minimum tract area and the RS districts elimination of required minimum yards. The planning director was requested to prepare a draft of cluster development article which would permit attached or row houses. Mr. Cataldo, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, came into the meeting to RTE.128/HART- inform the Planning Board that according to a statement by Bruce Camp- WELL AVE. CONN bell, new Mass. DPW commissioner, design drawings for Rte. 128 connector from Hartwell Ave. will be prepared in 2-3 months. The question of financing and of access roads will be determined after the design is worked out. Mr. Campanelli will be notified by the Planning Board of this development. Mr. Emilio Spagnuola, developer of the Ingleside subdivision, met with the INGLESIDE Board by invitation at 9:15 p.m. Mr. Spagnuola was advised by the chairmanSPAGNUOLA of the Board's intention to arrange for completion of as much as possible of Carnegie P1. and Ingleside subdivision and for an extension of time for the remaining portions of these subdivisions. The chairman outlined proposals basically as contained in planning director's memorandum of 10/14/71 re. Ingleside and Carnegie P1. subdivisions. It was agreed that the Board would convey its proposals to Mr. Spagnuola in writing as soon as practicable. Mr. Spagnuola displayed a plan of Lisbeth and Clelland roads which are LISBETH & ' steep, join at a right angle and are substandard in other respects. The CLELLAND RDS. remainder of the Clelland Rd. is a "paper" street along which Mr. Spag- SPAGNUOLA nuola wishes to build some houses. The planning director stated that according to an earlier determination by the Planning Board Lisbeth Rd. and the first 100-150 ft. of Clelland Rd. are legal "ways" and therefore only the remaining part of Clelland Rd. would be subject to subdivision control requirements. Mr. Spagnuola stated that he would study the matter further before coming to see the Board again. Messrs. Wayne Barber, Creative Environments, developers, Bedford, Russell FLINTLOCK Parmiter Assoc., Architects, Roger Kallstrom, KLC Landscape Architects W. BARBER and Charles Downe, planning consultant met with the Board by appointment. Mr. 6 Mrs. Cosgrove were also present. Mr. Barber outlined a parcel of land (owned by Cosgrove) on which he has an option at the junction of Wood St. and Hartwell Ave. containing 42.14 acres, 193 ft. frontage on Wood St. and 830+ ft. on Hartwell Ave. Predominant surrounding uses are RO residences and CM industrial facilities related to the Hanscom Airfield. Mr. Barber would like to develop the land for residences for people who are neither wealthy nor eligible for government subsidized housing. Mr. Kallstrom described the parcel in greater detail. 13± acres out of 42 are restricted by easements or because the land is low and wet. The south- west portion of land has best soils. Grade differential between N.E. and S.W. boundaries of the tract is 95'. Growth on the tract obstructs views and acts as a sound buffer. 30 conventional lots are possible. Russell Palmiter outlined the development proposal involving a PUD consist- PUD ing of 200 two story townhouses 24' wide in clusters of 4 to 14 units of 1, 2 and 3 BR. He presented plans for parking spaces, recreation spaces and 3 a community building which will be provided and showed a concept layout and typical building layout. Mr. Charles Downe presented a cost -revenue and impact study for the stan- dard R0, cluster and townhouse development. Mr. Barber stated that net density would be 6.9 d.u./acre (gross density Is 4.7 d.u./acre). General discussion by the Board followed, Board members asking questions. the proposed development would require rezoning, either to RM or, prefer- ably, to a new "true" PUD concept. Mr. Barber distributed information sheets about his proposal to Board members and left a set of maps. The Board requested Mr. Barber to outline his time schedule and various legal steps to be taken. Mr. Barber was invited to meet with the Board again on November 8. Mr. Barber and his associates withdrew. The Board decided to schedule a discussion of possible revisions to RM RM ZONING zoning in the near future. The planning director will ask the developer REVISIONS to explore the possibilities of bWA financing. The next meeting of the Planning Board will be on Monday, October 25, 1971, and the meeting scheduled for October 27 will be cancelled. The meeting adjourned at 11 p.m. 1 1 "'.4 i/R Donald M. Graham Clerk