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• April 13 , 1982 minutes of CBD Revitalization Committee Page 1 The CBD Revitalization Committee held a luncheon meeting at noon on April 13 , 1982 in the Selectmen' s meeting room of the Town Office Building. The following members of the committee were present: Margery Battin, Chairman (Mn) Robert Sacco (RS) Laura rE EcumEN Karsten1chols SorensenN(KS) inr Jacquelyn Smith (JS) I '1°- Joseph Trani (JT) Also present were Robert Bowyer (RB) , Planning Director, and Walter Tunaszuck (WT) , DPW Director. Observing were Don Olson (DO) and Angela Frick (AF) . The meeting began at noon with the members supplying their own lunch and the town supplying hot water for instant coffee and tea. Discussion of Article on Parking Improvements The opening discussion concerned the events at the session of the Town Meeting held on the previous evening. Of most concern was the fate of the parking lot improvement plan that the committee had presented in an article. Seemingly out of nowhere came a great deal of I neighborhood opposition to the expansion of the parking lot next to F the school administration building with the result that that is where F the parking lot proposal went-nowhere. RS said that the article was not totally supported by the business community and that a number of people had been called so they could be at Town Meeting for the article but that they did not attend. Future Proposals for Parking Improvements — E JS proposed that the committee should consider proposing an article for next year' s Town Meeting for parking requirements for new development in the Center. JS also suggested that the financial aspects of some kind of parking structure be investigated. RS and JT were appointed as a subcommittee to look into the financial aspects of such a parking structure in order to determine under what conditions it would be feasible. LN suggested that the town would benefit from having air rights over the old B&M RR right of way and that the area in the Meriam Street lot be considered as the location for a parking garage. Traffic Survey MB said that due to the budget crunch, the Board of Selectmen had decided to reduce the money available for a traffic survey of the Center from the original 515,000 to 53,000. MB, RB and JS felt uncomfortable with the $3,000 figure as it might not produce worthwhile results and it would be difficult to justify to Town Meeting. RB felt that the town would be getting a worthwhile service in the form of intuitive observations from a very experienced traffic engineer and that these observations might produce a number of I worthwhile suggestions that could be implemented at very little cost