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- 8 - Mr. Bu sa did not favor a change irz the s,chedb le . ing until March since - � °�' the 'special tarn ,r�.eet� a the schedule as outlined is flexible. I posals have been received and the commi feels the f sufficient pro - proposals can be acted upon, he felt the January 27 date should sta nd. nd. He said the timetable, as ro _ posed by the Town Manager, .is not bein P it if circumstances warrant g vo t ed upon and It was possible to expand . �P � Mrs. Bat tin said she was in favor of ap e as Pp g the recommendation and charge presented, but for the sake of flexibility, with a c date for submission of recommendation change in the ns on the use of the facility by December 13, in preparation fora special town meeting ' g In January. She would not, how - ever, make such a motion if there was a split in the positions of the members present or without the concurrence of the two absent members, Mr. Hutchinson said that Mr. Crain and Mr. Sacco had agreed that the ques - Lions concerning the Senior Center should be addressed by the Board from the standpoint of 100 king at proposals received. He said, however, that there had been no specific discussion of a separate article but both felt that it was an issue that could' not be avoided in an ultimate decision. ision. George Harris, Chairman of the Council on Aging, no ed t four years of activi- ties geared toward a Senior Center and availability f • y information gathered re1a -- tive to a Senior Center. He was concerned with progress and was not in favor of appointment of another committee. He felt the charge should Lions to developers g not give such a broad choice o housing options elopers and that it precludes innovative proposals for a Senior Center in conjunction with affordable turbed with the r�erence in the He was dis- e charge that the housing issue take precedence over a Senior Center at Muzzey. Mrs. Battin noted in response to Mr. Harris the Tow Town Policy Plan in 1979 in ' n Meeting vote on a which it did give precedence first to family hous in and then to elderly housing. If a Senior Center is the driving use of Muzzey, elderly housing, ng force behind the y g , and not a mix a s set forth in the charge, would be the result, Mrs. Bat tin noted that Muzzey s no goo y longer suitable far a Senior Center complex to include other support services for the elderly ecause T eliminated all support services that d y own Meeting o not serve Lexington residents exclusively. Most services for the elderly are regional. She mentioned the future availa- bility and suitability of the Barnes property for such a complex. • p She said the option for a Senior Center is included in the Muzzey charge, however, ' f g � i the op- tion is not exercised, there needs to be a mechanism for a vote from Town Meeting to keep the Senior Center issue alive i.e, separate article Mr. Politi expressed agreement with Mr. Harris in his disappointment with the text of the charge on the Senior Center PP issue. He noted that all reports relating to the Senior Center are public and available and all discussions ons open to Town. Meeting members. He felt that if the Selectmen believe strongly in a Senior Center, they should take more of a leaders role in the matte y r and have a responsibility to convince Town Meeting members of the need. In response to Mr. Politi' s question to her on deferring action Mrs. Bat tin said that Mr. Hutchinson's conversations with the two absent members seemed to indicate that they are in support of what was recommended. If not or if a members present are in favor of deleting an portion of t any y P h e draft charge, she would move to defer action until the full board is present. Mr. Busa felt that the recommendation could be approved to a oint and if difference of opinion developed regarding the P P g g e separate article, that portion could be further considered in the future when a full board is resent. Mr Po liti noted ' that often Selectmen's P • tmen s reports on articles are not con- veyed to Town Meeting members until December or later preceding Town Meetin He said that although Town Meeting had g given precedence for family housing over elderly, it had not decided on priorities of housing over a Senior Center as the draft charge would seem to reflect. He felt that the char with re s-- C7 pec t . to .the Senior Center, did not provide much guidance to developers as to