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~4- TRAFFIC ITEM Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the response from Peter J. Donohue, Mass. DPW, relative to the request of Aram Johnson, 203 Marrett Rd., to the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee for review and recommendations. COMMITMENTS Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Commitment of Street opening Fees in the amount of $550.00 ONE DAY LIQUOR L ICENSES. ELKS Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the application of the Benevolent & Protective order of Elks, Lodge #2204, 959 Waltham Street, for one Day Liquor Licenses, as follows: Thursday, July 5, 1990 Thursday, July 12, 1990 Friday, July 13, 1990 Saturday, July 14, 1990 Thursday, July 19, 1990 Saturday, July 21, 1990 Thursday, July 26, 1990 Saturday, July 28, 1990 PINE MEADOW MEAGHERVILLE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL Mr. Marshall, who had been Chairman of the Pine Meadows /Meagherville Site Plan Development Committee, referred to his Committee's report dated April 24, 1990, which had been distributed to Town Meeting Members. He recapped the five recommendations supported by a majority of the Committee on construction of affordable housing at the PM /M site, as presented in the report. The recommendations proposed 40 units of housing with a through road connecting Garfield and Cedar Streets; sale of up to 11 lots for private development; use of $500,000 from LexHAB to reduce the number of lots to be sold; and the awarding of the development contract to Community Builders, Inc. of Boston, to work with LexHAB on construction and management. Mr. Marshall noted the negative positions taken by Planning Board and Conservation Commission members on the April 24th proposal. The Board of Selectmen had agreed, in view of this opposition, that Town Meeting should be asked a three -point question on the matter to determine its view on development of the land. The questions (relative to the number of units, the through road and the sale of lots) were voted against the Neighborhood Plan, presented under Article 56 was also rejected. The Committee had met in July and had concluded that the developer should be designated, there should be 40 units, with a through road and that work be started to explore alternate financing of the construction. The majority of the Committee favored asking the Selectmen to designate Community Builders, Inc. of Boston, as the Developer. Community Builders and Woodhaven Realty were scheduled to present their development plans that evening. Mr. McSweeney questioned why the Planning Board and Conservation Commission had not submitted comments on the two plans and Mr. Marshall pointed out that, as in other affordable housing projects, it had not been the logo intent to solicit comments from Town Boards at that point. He noted that both Boards had been represented on his Committee and that the Planning Director had been involved when his expertise had been called for.