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yinutes of Planning Board Meeting
January 11, 1982
The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, Town Offices,
was called to order at 7:34 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Sandy, with members
Nichols, Smith, Sorensen, Wheaton and Planning Director Bowyer present.
S. Approval of Minutes
On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Wheaton, the minutes of the
meeting of January 4, 1982, were approved unanimously as written.
POLICIES, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
l®V 9. North Lexington Traffic Improvements: Mrs. Wheaton reported on a meeting of
Q the Selectmen's Advisory Committee on the North Lexington Traffic Improvements
(n held on Friday, January 8, 1982. She had a list of about 30 concerns that
Q needed to be addressed.
Several members commented on the submittal to the State DPW which the Town is
scheduled to make on January 20. It was not clear what the effect of that sub-
mittal would be and whether the Town will be able to make changes after the plan
is submitted.
After considerable discussion, on a motion by Mr. Sandy, seconded by Mrs.
' 4±neaton, it was voted 3-0, to send a letter to the -Board of Selectmen stating
that:
The Planning Board recommends that the Selectmen not submit the revised
North Lexington Traffic Improvement plan to the State until the following
issues are satisfactorily resolved:
1. access to Bedford Street from Eldred Street
2. access to Bedford Street from the frontage road on the north side
of Bedford Street
3. access to the Drummer Boy development from Bedford Street.
4. pedestrian traffic across Bedford Street
5. bicycle traffic on Bedford Street and Hartwell Avenue
6. adequate storage of cars on the mini -jughandle
7. access to the commercial property on the south side of Bedford
Street particularly Tektronix
The Planning Board is also concerned about the effect of traffic patterns
on Winter Street and Grove Street and the possible need for improvements on
those streets.
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Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Smith abstained. Mrs. Smith requested that the record
show that she supported addressing the issues identified but could not vote for
the motion because she did not know the implications of submitting a'proposal on
January 20 and was not interested in having the project killed. She thought the
effect of the motion was to turn down the project unless all issues were
satisfied.
SUBDIVISION OF LAND
10. Bicentennial Farms: Discussion of Request for Release of Surety:
Mr. Sandy identified four problems with the Bicentennial Farms Subdivision and
requested that members think about them so that they may vote on the release of
surety at the next meeting.
REPORTS
11. Annual Report: Mrs. Wheaton read a proposed addition to the report dealing
with the policy on the provision of low and moderate income housing. On the
motion of Mr. Sandy, seconded by Mr. Sorensen, it was voted unanimously to add
that section to the Annual Report. On the motion of Mrs. Smith, seconded by
Mrs. Nichols, it was voted to adopt the entire Annual Report as set forth in the
revised draft distributed to the members and as amended by the section on
housing.
Tile meeting was adjourned at 9:57 p.m.
Karsten Sorens�lerk