HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-11-10 Board of Survey Minutes 115
NOVEMBER 10, 1969
' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SURVEY OPENED AT 8:30
P.M. IN ROOM 16, MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN FLORENCE, SECRETARY WHITE,
BOARD MEMBERS HODGKINS AND WATT AND SUPERINTENDENT LOUANIS.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING READ AND APPROVED.
THE BOARD REVIEWED PLAN OF HANSCON AVENUE EXTEN-
SION. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, MR. BABCOCK EX-
PERIENCED DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING SLOPE EASEMENTS TO
CONSTRUCT THE EXTENSION OF HANSCOM AVENUE BASED ON A DESIGN
THAT WOULD MEET THE BOARD OF SURVEY REQUIREMENTS. IF MR.
' BABCOCK COULD BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE GRADE BY DROPPING IT
TO A LEVEL THAT WOULD CLOSELY APPROXIMATE THE ABUTTING
PROPERTY GRADES, HE FEELS THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN
THE NECESSARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD
RESULT IN A STEEPER GRADE THAN IS ALLOWED BY THE BOARD OF
SURVEY RULES AND REGULATIONS. MR. BABCOCK HAS SUGGESTED
THAT IF THE BOARD WOULD GRANT THIS VARIANCE IN THE BOARD OF
SURVEY RULES, HE WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSTRUCT A SECOND
ACCESS TO HANSCOM AVENUE EXTENSION OVER THE TOWN OF READING
LAND IN BIRCH MEADOW, PROVIDING THIS CONSTRUCTION COULD BE
MODIFIED TO A POINT WHERE THE COST WOULD NOT BE PROHIBITIVE.
' IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT MR. BABCOCK RESUBMIT A PLAN FOR
HANSCOM AVENUE EXTENSION.
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THE BOARD REVIEWED PLAN OF BRETON CIRCLE. THE
LAND HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY ANTONIO PALLOTTA WHO WISHES
TO ERECT THREE HOUSES. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I'IR.PALLOTTA
RESUBMIT THE PLAN WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
I'IEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:55 P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
SECRETARY
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