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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-11-24PLANNING BOARD MEETING November 24, 1971 ' The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chairman, Mrs. Brown with members Lund, Clarke, Costello and Graham, planning director Zaleski and secretary Mrs. Snow present. The proposed meeting of the Lexington and Lincoln planning boards will M.M. Reg.Tech. i be postponed pending discussion by each board, separately, of a proposed Hi. Sch. Lincoln/Lexington site for the Minute Man Regional Vocational Technical School. Mrs. Brown has agreed to contact Mr. Eric Mollo-Christensen re- garding the location of an alternate Lexington site for this school. The letter to the Board of Selectmen from the Planning Board regarding the STREET list of subdivision streets to be proposed for acceptance at the Town ACCEPTANCE Meeting was noted and approved to be sent. The letter from the Planning Board to the Town Counsel requesting guidelinesT/COUNSEL on old subdivision streets was noted. OLD SUBD. STS Drafts of a letter by Mr. Zaleski and Mr. LUnd to Mr. William Hamilton HAMILTON/ re. proposal of a high rise apartment building on Waltham St. were read HI.RISE APT. and discussed. Revisions will be made as suggested by members and it was voted that the letter be sent as revised. ' A list, prepared by Mrs. Brown, of items to be considered by the Board for WARRANT ART. Warrant Articles for the Annual Town Meeting was reviewed by the members. ITEM LIST It was decided that three of these be prepared as Articles at this time as follows: 1. An Article proposing that land in the Concord Ave. area be acquired by CONCORD AVE. the Town for recreation purposes will be presented. Mr. Lund agreed to PLAYGROUND contact Mr. Corrazini, owner of a large tract on Concord Ave., relative to sale of his land. Mr. Corrazini is to be invited to a Planning Board meeting for further discussion of the matter. 2. An Article proposing that the Town Meeting authorize the Board of T. TITLE LOTS Selectmen to sell tax title lots, sites unspecified, for use for SCATTERED scattered site subsidized housing may be drafted. The Planning Board will SITE HSING decide on this Article after the Dec. 13 joint meeting of the LCSR scattered site housing subcommittee, Interfaith Corp. and the Planning Board. 3. An Article requesting an appropriation, amount as yet unspecified, for SOIL STUDIES FUNDS TO BE USED FOR SOIL STUDIES IN PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITES. Mr. Zal- APPROPRIATION eski will send inquiries to three consulting firms including environment- alists, soil specialists and civil engineers, to obtain estimates of the scope and cost of such studies for three sites averaging 20 acres each annually to aid in establishing the amount to be requested in the Article. Representatives of the one or more firms may be invited to a future Planning Board meeting for further discussion upon the receipt of their replies. ' Mr. Michelman's concept of "increased density bonus" for developers pro- INCREASED viding a certain percentage of subsidized housing in their subdivisions DENSITY BONUS was mentioned and it was agreed that this may be presented as an Article in a Special Town Meeting later in 1972, but that the time is probably too short to have the Article ready for inclusion in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant. 1 1 2 An Article on Planned Residential Development will be postponed pending ART. PRD passage of state enabling PUD legislation. It was agreed to inform Mr. Michelman of this decision. The need for an Article authorizing the establishment of a Bicentennial ART./BICENT. Commission and appropriating funds for its studies (possibly on a sub- COMMISSION regional basis) was discussed, but it was agreed that the Selectmen should be contacted regarding the initiation of this Article. The proposed amendment to the Building By -Law regarding requirement of BLDG.BY-LAW sill elevation figures on plot plans was discussed briefly and the AMENDMENT Building Inspector's objections to this amendment referred to. Decision on whether to present an Article on this matter was deferred until after the Dec. 6 meeting of the Planning Board and the Board of Health. After discussion of the Planning Board concept of extending the CB district WALTHAM ST. on Waltham St., it was voted by the members not to present an Article for REZONING rezoning this area at this time. Mention was made of Mrs. Marilyn Harrison's request for a possible vari- #72 WALTHAM ance by the Board of Appeals to use the building at 72 Waltham St. as a ST.HARRISON fabric store. Mr. Graham agreed to be the Planning Board's spokesman at the December 1, TMMA MTG. 1971, TMMA-sponsored meeting on recreation. RECREATION A discussion of general policy of the Planning Board regarding street design standards will scheduled for agenda in the near future. The possibility of additional planning staff was considered and the need for a planning research assistant discussed. It was decided to request a planning intern for the summer months of 1972. After further discussion by the Board of personnel -related matters the meeting adjourned at 11:10 p.m. Donald M. Graham Clerk ST. DESIGN STANDARDS PLANNING STAFF