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-2- 1 TRAFFIC ON HARRINGTON ROAD Chairperson Battin asked Mr Tonaszuck to present the case of traffic flow in and around the Bedford Street/Harrington Road intersection He stated that diverting traffic by re-opening Cammelia Place could create strong objections from neighbors and that the project needs professional study and guidance to determine the overall effect Mr Bowyer agreed that extensive study is needed in that area Mr Sacco and Mr Wells stated the possibility of re-opening Han- cock Ave . to Worthen Rd. and to set the 'wheels in motion' to inform Mr Gschwend- tner of the C.R C 's efforts to alleviate the problems at Bedford St and Harring- ton Rd Chairperson Battin accepted Mr Tonaszuck's offer to do an in-house study for a traffic plan November, 1983, was decided upon as a target date for all. traffic input Chairperson Battin discussed briefly the Baptist Chruch Parking Driveway plan and stated it was not within the jurisdiction of the C R C She suggested that Mr Tonaszuck talk with the concerned parties in the Church Mr Sacco made a recommendation that a sub-committee, consisting of Mr Tonas- zuck, Mr Bowyer, Mrs Bateson and himself be formed to discuss the parking survey recently conducted by the Lexington Chamber of Commerce Chairperson Battin asked that we interrupt our regular agenda to allow the Putnam Pantry representative to present his peititon for our review She introduced Mr Cala P Emerson, Jr. , President of Putnam Pantry Candies Mr Emerson proceeded to give us a brief history and background of his com- pany and its.development to date He reviewed his progress in becoming a tenant of the Lexington Square complex Of special interest to the C R C was the construc- tion of a fence at the rear of the Lexington Square parking area, the proprosed closing time of Putnam Pantry and the inclusion of take-out windows (2) at the rear of his establishment. Mr. Emerson stated that based on their past experience re- garding numbers of cars in their parking lots , he sees no parking problem develop- ing There will be from 1 to 6 employees on duty at any time - workers usually do not drive to their jobs - most traffic in shop during evening hours (7 to 9 P .M ) He wants the take-out windows as a convenience to customers Questions were then asked by various board members Mr Sorensen expressed concern about foot traffic and parking in the rear of the Square if the windows are permitted. Mr Wells asked if the take-out windows would really make a dif- ference in people congregatLng outside the premises Chairperson Battin suggested the hours of the window he restricted Mr Sacco requested information on the hours of the other similar establishments in Lexington in order to offer Putnam Pantry the same opportunity for serving its customers After all the information was available to the Committee, a vote was taken by Chairperson Battin. Recommendations of the C R C are as follows 1 C .R.0 unanimously agreed to the inclusion of a fence at the rear of Lexington Square 2 Voted 5 - 3 to eliminate take out windows 3 Voted - 6 in favor of allowing Putnam to remain open until 11 P.M Voted - 2 in favor of allowing Putnam to remain open until 10 P M