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359 if not ready to proceed with the entire program , it will at least vote to construct the trunk section from Vine Brook Road to the outlet below Sheridan Street , leaving the remaining South Branch section and the North Branch section to b e proceeded with at an early date . Respectfully submitted , Frederick L. D ery r Chairman . Mr . Emery then stated that in order that the voters might get the proper prospective he would explain the proposition of the Vine Brook Drainage . Mr . Sydney R . Wrightington then offered a motion to approve in general the recommendation of the Planning Board . The Moderator ruled Mr . ti'drightington ' s motion out of order and Mr . Wrightington withdrew his motion . Mr . Frederick L . Emery then proceeded to request permitsiof of the meeting to admit Mr . Raymond, of the firm of Metcalf & Eddy , to the meeting , which permission was granted . Mr . Emery then proceeded to explain , with the sled of slides on the screen , the proposition of Vine Brook Drainage , and gave a very lengthy description of what wns intended to be accomplished in the future , draining three hundred acres of the Town which are located within one half mile of Massachusetts Avenue . Dr . J . Odin Tilton offered a motion that a vote of thanks be extended to Mr . Emery for his able and lengthy description of the work involved in his report . This motion was secondedandpassed by vote of the meeting . Dr . Tilton then offered the motion that in view of the fact that it was impossible to vote intelligently upon such a re nor t that it be printed and distributed to the voters , or at least to the Town Meeting Members . Rem arks were made by Mr . Patrick Flynn and Mr . Eugene T . Buckley of possible damages as a result of the drainage . Mr . Edwin B . Worthen called attention to the fact that the Town , May 12 , 1926 , voted to accept Chapter 221 of the Acts of 1926 regarding Sewer Assessment , and Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926 regarding Drainage Assessment , and he felt that the work of the drainage of Vine 1: rook should be done by assessing betterments . • Mr . Arthur Hutchinson felt that the land should be raised instead of drained and he offered a motion to indefinitely post- pone the whole project . Mr . William H . Ballard stated that he hoped the motion to indefinitely post -pone wouldnot prevail and sug ' ested a committee of three members of each precinct , one member of the Planning Board and one member of the Doard of Selectmen be appointed to study the project .