1983-03-07-TE-Warrant-and-1983-04-04-ATM-Warrant

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ARTICLE 48 ELDERLY/HANDICAPPED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to fund a local transporta- tion system for handicapped and elderly persons; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: $50,000 DESCRIPTION: This article provides for a transportation program for the elderly and handicapped as an alternate to a full Lexpress service. ARTICLE 49 CMARC To see if the Town will appropriate $5,000 to be expended by the Board of Health under G.L. c.40 sec. 40C for services to be provided to the Town by the Central Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (CMARC) , pursuant to G.L. c.19, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by Irwin Alterson and nine or more registered voters) FUNDS REQUESTED: $5,000 DESCRIPTION: This article requests funds to be used to offset the cost of providing services (sheltered workshop, day activity program) for the handicapped and retarded population from Lexington. These are people identified as citizens from the community as opposed to those coming from state institutions. ARTICLE 50 HANSCOM FIELD SUBREGION TRAFFIC FLOW STUDY To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the Town's share of a preliminary study for improving the traffic flow in the Hanscom Field subregion; determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Hanscom Area Traffic Study (HATS) Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED: $2,500 DESCRIPTION: The HATS Committee seeks an engineering analysis of alternatives to improve traffic flow in the Hanscom subregion. While it appears that the State and Massport funds will cover the cost, this article would provide for a Lexington contribution if required.