HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-04-01 Board of Survey Minutes 41,
' APRIL 1, 1968
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF .SURVEY OPENED AT 7:45
P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HODGKINS, BOARD MEMBERS
COCHRANE AND WHITE, ACTING .SUPERINTENDENT WATSON AND TOWN
ENGINEER E. R. LOUANIS.
FINAL HEARING WAS HELD AT 7:4.5 P.M. REGARDING
THE APPROVAL, MODIFICATION OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE LINES
AND GRADES OF HOLLY ROAD WHICH RUNS IN A NORTHERLY DI-
RECTION FROM WALNUT STREET, A DISTANCE OF 7559 FEET MORE
OR LESS TO VIRGINIA CIRCLE.
' NINETEEN PERSONS ATTENDED THE HEARING. MR.
GEORGE HAYES, REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER AND OWNER OF THE
PROPERTY, FIRST ESSEX CORPORATION, EXPLAINED THE PLAN TO
THE ABUTTORS. ACCORDING TO MR. HAYES THERE ARE ELEVEN LOTS
ON THE PLAN, TEN OF WHICH WILL BE BUILDING LOTS.
MR. WHITE QUESTIONED THE USE OF A 40-FOOT TRA-
VELLED WAY. PROPOSED HOLLY ROAD CONNECTS TO EXISTING 40-
FOOT LAYOUTS - WALNUT STREET AND VIRGINIA CIRCLE. SLOPED
CURBING IS PROPOSED FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE STREET
UPGRADING THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS. NO BITUMINOUS SIDE-
WALKS ARE REQUIRED.
' MR. DEIIELLE GAREY QUOTED FROM THE RULES AND REGU-
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LATIONS - BOARD OF SURVEY - WHICH STATED THAT NO STREET
SHALL BE LESS THAN 50 FEET IN WIDTH. IT WAS POINTED OUT
TO MR. GAREY THAT THE BOARD MAY VARY THE GENERAL REQUIRE-
MEN TS.
MR. GAREY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A PETITION
SIGNED BY SEVENTEEN PERSONS REPRESENTING TEN ABUTTING PRO-
PERTIES WHO WISHED TO GO ON RECORD AS OPPOSED TO THE PRO-
POSED SUBDIVISION OF HOLLY ROAD LOCATED OFF WALNUT STREET,
READING, MASSACHUSETTS, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE PROPOSED
40-FOOT ROAD AND THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS IS ILLEGAL ACCORD-
ING TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF SURVEY
FOR THE TOWN OF READING. '
A DISCUSSION ENSUED. THE ABUTTORS WERE POLLED
AS FOLLOWS: IN FAVOR - 1, OPPOSED - 9.
K.R. WALTER F. SORENSON, 44 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
WISHED TO GO ON RECORD AS STATING THAT THIS IS THE FIRST
NEW SUBDIVISION WITH A 40-FOOT STREET. THEY HAVE HEARD
THE WORDS "SQUEEZE " AND "PUSH" THE NUMBER OF LOTS WHICH
SHOULD NOT GO IN THAT AREA. NO SIDEWALKS. JUST STRIKES
HIM AS BEING A MINIMUM OPERATION - OPPOSED.
THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:35 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY