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Page 3 he felt that some of these were on the list just for insurance and would not necessarily purchase permits when they became available K Sorensen suggested that the lot be made available for ticket parking on holidays and weekends when full-time employees generally did not need the space R Bowyer suggested that no more permits be issued and that the present permit area be slightly reduced He also suggested that permit holders be permitted to park in the rest of the lot for free He agreed that the permit area should be available to all ticket holders for parking on weekends, holidays and evenings J Oberteuffer suggested that attendants be hired to staff the parking lots They would park the cars and many more cars could then be parked in the same amount of area Perhaps the attendants could work only during the peak time of the day It would be a matter of hiring several workers and they could be paid out of fees for parking W Tonassuck pointed out that the Town was not a private business and that the money to be spent had to be appropriated by the Town Meeting and the receipts would go to the E & D Fund Such a scheme of attended parking lots was at least a year away It was also impractical because of budget restrictions and liability problems R Bowyer said that there was no time right now to work on attended parking , but that the Town should appropriate money to pay for Town staff for parking studies and administration M Battin pointed out that since the issue we all appeared to agree upon was better utilization of existing spaces, these recommendations merited further consideration and if an attendant might contribute to a solution, monies could be asked for at ' 84 Town Meeting to go into effect July ' 84 D Wells said that there was still the problem of dealing with the 28 empty spaces in the Meriam Street lot K Sorensen suggested that the permit be used as a pass and that no spaces be reserved for permit parking After discussion, the CRC decided to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that a six month experiment be tried where permits would allow parking without buying a ticket from the machine, but no spaces would be reserved for permit parking Permits would be valid on weekends k J Bateson suggested that a meter person be hired to enforce parking regulations because many people were parking without buying a ticket School Administration Lot At this point there was more discussion of the development of the school administration lot for permit parking See discussion above M Battin felt that , because of great opposition two years ago, it was unwise to bring the school administration lot proposal back to Town Meeting in ' 84 W Tonaszuck said that the lot had 21 spaces and 21 permits and was never fully utilized There is no waiting list for permits in the school administration lot Some of the permits are purchased by businesses that move and do not inform the Town Parking on Mass Ave from Winthrop Road to Slocum Road A letter was received from a resident on Hunt Road suggesting that the parking on the south side of Mass Ave from Winthrop Road to Hunt Road was a hazard because of reduced sight distances for cars coming from Hunt Road on to Mass Ave