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. 2- The basic tenet of the plan developed is that concentration of '_' development is economically and environmentally more practical than the current mode of scattered development and would encourage transit, ridesharing and pedestrian traffic thereby reducing auto travel, traffic congestion, air pollution and fuel consumption. This concept would also reduce the pressure to develop open land and environmentally sensitive lands. Mr. Pillsbury showed a series of slides illustrating the MAPC sub- regions; overall trends in population and employment; the growing affordability gap in housing; traffic growth; and level of service on major roads. Also displayed were charts showing annual water and sewer expenditures for the last 20 and the next 20 years, and the percentages of infrastructure expenditures from 1970 to 2,010 by federal, state and local governments. Myla Kabat -Zinn, Lexington's MAPC representative, requested comments from Selectmen and Planning Board members to aid her in voting at the annual meeting. Mrs. Smith thanked Mr. Pillsbury and Mss Herrigel for their presentation, noting that good progress has been made using the technical skills of MAPC and input from communities. She urged those wishing to make comments on the plan to get in touch with Mrs. Kabat -Zinn as soon as possible. CATV COMMITTEE 1989 COMPLIANCE REVIEW Mr. McSweeney, Selectman Liaison to the Cable Television & Communlcati(Tr Advisory Committee, commended that Committee for its hard work and thanked them for their dedication on behalf of the Town. He turned the discussion over to Frank DiGiammarino, Chairman of the Cable Committee for a report c 's activities and review of its 1989 Cable TV Compliance Revie NEW Committ e e Dr. DiGiammarino referred to the Selectmen's Charge which requires th &_ the Committee must monitor the Cable company's compliance with its contract with the Town. A process for fulfilling this requirement is now in place and consists of an annual performance review in two parts: completion by the vendor of a written questionnaire and an annual Public Hearing and Forum. Information on the company's performance received this year had been evaluated and presented in the Committee's report. It had been determined that the following items require attention: • Customer dissatisfaction with service, signal quality and office practice} • Cablevision's and the Committee's disagreement about which documents define the License, which provisions are in force and how these provisions are interpreted; • Cablevision's policies regarding maintenance and replacement of access, system and institutional Trunk equipment. Based on the Committee's analysis of the 1989 Cable Compliance Review, the Committee had recommended that the Selectmen issue a ''ormal notice of default in accordance with Section 33(g) of the License, "for repeated violations of obligations contained within the License tt a In addition, the Committee recommended that representatives of the Selectmen and the Cable Television and Communications Advisory Committee be appointed and authorized to negotiate a satisfactory resolution of issues contained in the compliance review with officials from Cablevision, Inc.