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March 31, 2008 <br />4. Land Acquisition. <br /> The Community Preservation Committee anticipates <br />presenting a land acquisition request to Town Meeting. The CPC will hold a <br />public hearing on April 29 in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room. <br /> <br />5. Center Business District Sidewalks. <br />Article 15 (Appropriate for Municipal <br />Capital Projects and Equipment) includes a request for $370,000 for the third <br />phase of five for the Center Business District sidewalk project. Phase 4 & 5 will <br />be for sidewalks on Waltham St and Mass Ave from Muzzey St to the Library. <br />The Center Committee and Tourism Committee support this article. The CEC <br />disapproves of this project. A community review meeting of phase one was <br />attended by Eric Michelson and Susan McLeish. The feedback from that meeting <br />has the Selectmen seeking additional information about maintenance (brick <br />surface and trees), about accessibility testing, and from the City of Cambridge, <br />who have a similar sidewalk program. The Committee has questions: is it <br />necessary to incur the additional costs attributable to the use of structural soil? <br />The structural soil is necessary for street trees to thrive in a congested urban <br />setting, and will prevent roots from heaving the sidewalks. Is it necessary to <br />install brick on Muzzey St? Brick is requested as a method of tying the business <br />district together via “connectivity” as recommended by the Dixon report. Also <br />mentioned was that the HDC has already approved brick sidewalks, and may not <br />approve another surface. The CEC and the Center Committee will have a meeting <br /> <br />on Wednesday at 9 AM. <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned shortly after 7:24 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Eric Michelson <br /> <br /> <br />Approved June 25, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - 2 - <br />