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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-12-27n C u' PLANNING BOARD MEETING December 27, 1972 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by the chairman, Mrs. Brown with members Graham, Costello, Clarke and Lund, planning director Zaleski and secretary Mrs. Snow present. Also In attendance were Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Holland and Mr. Frank Visalli of the Minute Man Hlds. Assoc. The minutes of the Planning Board meeting of December 20, 1971, were approved as amended. MINUTES 12/20 A draft of a letter to the Board of Selectmen from the Planning Board re- garding Mr. Rob't Lyon's suggestion to expand the Historic District was HISTORIC DIST. approved as amended. EXPANSION,LYON The revised draft of the Planning Board explanatory letter to the Board BD. OF APPEALS of Appeals concerning the proposal of the Honeywell Radiation Center HONEYWELL was approved as amended. Discussion was resumed regarding the proposed playfield in the Concord CONCORD AVE. Ave. area. Two locations on the Corazzini property were considered. RECREATION Mr. Holland reported on his telephone conversations with Mr. Fred Coraz- zini and Mr. Charles Gallagher, Chairman of the Recreation Committee, regarding possible acquisition of a 2 acre (or less) site on Corazzini land for a neighborhood playground for informal play, and dependent upon willingness of the Corazzini brothers to sell, expressed Min.Man Hlds. Assoc. support of a Planning Board sponsored Article to acquire this land. Preliminary estimates of land cost, including rough grading, were given by the planning director. Further exploration as to the suitability and availability of an additional parcel of land owned by Macdonald, abuttor of Corazzini, will be made by Mr. Holland. The members gener- ally agreed that, following a meeting of the Planning Board to which Messrs. Corazzini would be invited for discussion, and after information regarding the Macdonald land is received by the Board, two separate Articles would be drafted to be sponsored by the Planning Board proposing acquisition of land for a junior neighborhood playground in the Concord Ave. area; one proposing a portion of Corazzini land and one, the rear portion of Macdonald land. The petition of Harrison to the Board of Appeals to be heard on Jan -4. 1972, for a variance to allow operation of a retail business at f72 Waltham St. in RS district was reviewed. Following a review of comments of the Board to Mr. & Mrs. Harrison at a previous Planning Board meeting regarding this proposal and a reference to Mr. Zaleski's memorandum of 12.20.71 on the subject, the contents of a letter to be written to the Board of Appeals from the Planning Board, with recommendations and ex- pressing general agreement of the majority of the Board was discussed. The letter will be drafted by the planning director for consideration at next week's meeting. Mr. Costello was recorded as opposed to the granting of the Harrison pd1tion. BD. OF APPEALS HARRISON A letter which was received from Spaulding & Slye Corp. and Moore Homes, Inc, outlining the proposals for housing for people of low and ' moderate income in the Lexington Green site was reviewed. Mr. Moore has informed members of his intention to present an Article to the Town Meeting in March for rezoning of the site. Mr. Zaleski will prepare a draft of a letter to both developers, requesting more infor- mation on the subsidy structure and inqufring about legal devices to insure continuance of availability of homes for moderate income buyers. A copy of this letter will be sent to the Lexington Housing Authority after approval by the Board. The Planning Board will confer with the Housing Authority after receipt of replies from the developers. The replies from the three companies contacted regarding soil and drainage studies were reviewed. Reference to Mr. Zaleski's memoran- dum of 12.23.71 about the information from Mr. O'Connell concerning the possibility of a consolidated fund for professional consultant services was made. After discussion of Planning Board need for recommendations as to action as well as for facts on soil conditions to be included in reports from consultants, it was decided that an Article would be prepared, requesting an appropriation of funds for such studies, amount to be specified at a later time, for inclusion in the Warrant. Page 2 LEXINGTON GREEN SPAULDING,SLYE, MOORE ESTIMATED COSTS SITE INVESTIG. REPLIES: M&E, J. CORTELL, HALEY&ALDRICH The chairman informed the Board that due to lack of response to the LAND ACQUISITION Selectmen's request for policy statements by two of the committees POLICY STATEMENT involved, the meeting of the Selectmen, Planning Board, Conservation Commission, Recreation, Appropriations and Capital Expenditures committees regarding alnd acquisition policies has been postponed. The draft of the Article regarding commercially sponsored recreation facilities was amended as per suggestion of the Town Manager, omitting skeet and trap shooting and polo from the list of permitted activities. COMM. RECR. ART. Planning Board action on the Mountain Rd. subdivision proposal was con -MOUNTAIN RD. sidered. Mrs. Brown and Mr. Zaleski gave resumes of their telephone SUBD./COLBOURNE conversations with Mr. Legro regarding his recommendations on pro- cedures of the Board in the absence of a reply from the Town Engr. to questions on construction specifications. Mr. Perley, engineer for Mr. Colbourne, will be asked to make several changes on plans before Jan. 3, 1972, and Francis Jenney, attorney, will be contacted con- cerning the possibility that he was given power of attorney by Mr. Colbourne. A discussion or meeting is to be scheduled with the Selectmen in the SELECTMEN, MTG. near future for a review of subdivision street standards. ST. STANDARDS A memorandum received from Thomas M. Wenham, Asst. Supt of the Public TOWN HALL KEYS Works, Dept., concerning procedures for obtaining a key to the Town Hall was noted. A letter from Kingston Howard, chairman of the Bicentennial Committee BICENTENNIAL- SUBREGIONAL MTG. Page 3 replying to the Planning Board letter of Dec. 21st and announcing a joint meeting of representatives of contiguouq towns on Jan. 19, 1972, regarding traffic and transportation problems, was read. The meeting adjourned at 11 p.m. Donald M. Graham Clerk 1 G