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Planning Board Minutes
Meeting of May 10, 1982
The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was
called to 'order at 7:06 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Sandy, with members Nichols,
Smith, Sorensen and Uhrig, and Planning Director Bowyer present.
67. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
On separate motions by Mrs. Nichols, each seconded by Mr. Sorensen, the minutes of
the meetings of April 28, May 3, and May 5 were unanimously approved as written.
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N 68. ARTICLES FOR 1982 TOWN MEETING
v Article 15, North Lexington Traffic Improvements: Mr. Sandy commented that •the
Q current plans for the improvement of Bedford Street benefit the industries in the
m area and residents who front on Bedford Street, due to the proposed service road,
but are detrimental to other residents of the area. Her thought that turns in and
out of"Eldred Street would be difficult, because of high speed traffic, without
traffic signal control. Mrs. Smith observed that a number of improvements in the
plan had been made since it was first presented in December and by continued work
on refinements, additional improvements might be achieved. She said that to do
nothing was irresponsible.
On the motion of Mrs. Smith, seconded by Mrs. Uhrig, the Board voted 4-0, with
Yr. Sandy abstaining, to support the reconsideration of the amendment previously
adopted under Article 15: ---On the motion of Mrs. Smith, seconded by Mrs. Nichols,
the Board voted 4-1, with Mr. Sandy opposed, to express its support for continuing
with the design of the North Lexington Traffic Improvements.
Article 61, Hartwell Avenue and Wood Street: The Board met with members of the
Conservation Commission (Mrs. Frick and Mssrs. Eddison, Oberteuffer, Riffin, Smith
and Williams) and Conservation Administrator Prentiss, to discuss conservation
issues in the most recent proposal for the development of the Cosgrove property.
Julian Bussgang and Assistant Planner Arslan were also present.
Mr. Williams stated four concerns of the Conservation Commission: l) the location
of the proposed retention pond at a low elevation in a wetland; 2) controls to
insure no development would take place on Lot C; 3) increase in traffic in the
area; and 4) the location of the proposed access road across a wetland. Mr. Riffin
commented on the potential need for storage area for the widening of Hartwell
Avenue. Mrs. Frick commented that the access road may act as a dike of water near
the area labeled "future retention pond."
Mr. Sandy inquired as to whether the Conservation Commission saw fatal flaws,
either from the proposed drainage plan or the fact that rights in Lot C are not
being conveyed to the Town. Mr. Prentiss indicated that he did not see any major
problems that could not be resolved in the detailed design stage. Mr. Sandy
inquired whether the Conservation Commission thought the proposal was unworkable.
The Commission responded that it did not appear to be unworkable but what. Town
Meeting sees now may not prove to be hydrologically feasible upon more detailed
examination -- as part of a Wetland Protection Act hearing.
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REPORTS
69. Planning Director
Met State Hospital: Mr. Bowyer commented about articles in the. Boston
Globe about the development of the Metropolitan State Hospital land as a
high technology research center. He reported that he had attended a
briefing on a proposal by a private sector-institutional group proposing
to develop a research park, affiliated with 8-10 Boston area educational
institutions, on the Met State land. The proposal was for a major devel-
opment with a separate access road directly to the Route 2 interchange at
(V Watertown Street-Appleton Street; there would not be any access to local
® streets such as Concord Avenue. Clifford Prentiss and he made some tech-
Q nical observations on the proposal, but he has not heard anything'about
m the development since then.
Q The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
Karsten Sorensen, Clerk
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