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/ 7 SELECTMEN'S MEETING n. -`' October 25, 1982 1 5 1 A regular meeting. of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room,�Town Office Building, on Monday, October 25, 1982 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Busa, Mrs. Battin, Mr, Politi, Mr. Sacco; 'Mr. Hutchin- son, Town Manager, Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present. Mrs. Jacquelyn Smith and Mrs. Angela Frick met with the Board re- Hanscom garding proposed commuter service from Hanscom Field. The f first request Field is from Trav'l'ers Aire, Inc. consisting of two arrivals and two depart - Adv. Comm. ures between Burlington,.N.J. and Hanscom in a Beechcraft B - at rush hour times. The - second is Atlantic Air, Inc. proposing five flights per weekday in Piper Chieftains. These requests bring the number of commu- ter airline requests to three this year, the first was Northern Airlines last February. Mrs. Smith pointed out that commuter lines at Hanscom have not been successful lasting only approximately eighteen months. She stated that "given the engine - types and size of the proposed equipment (on the high side for prop planes, but.far quieter than jet planes) and their light schedules, as Drell as the fact that there is no current proliferation of commercial lines.at she recommended that the Board approve. Mrs. Frick was. -in agreement with Mrs. Smith's recommendations. Upon motion duly made, and seconded, it was voted to approve the proposed commuter service from Hanscom Field of the Trav'lers Aire, Inc. and Atlantic Air, Inc. 'in 'that the Town has no objection to these services at their - current flight schedules and with their current equipment. How- ever, any changes - in these two areas should require a new ENF. The addi- tional traffic to our overloaded road system remains a priority concern of the Board of Selectmen will be monitored. The Chairman thanked Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Frick for their diligence in pursuing the changes at Hanscom Field and they retired from the meeting. Mrs. Tina Forbes and Mrs. Molly Nye, Co- chairmen of the Lexington Lex. Arts Arts Council met with the Board to give the Board an update on the Council's Council activities during the past two years. The formation of the committee was discussed and it was decided that a staggered term system of appointments would be more beneficial to the Council than the present method of appointments.. It was agreed that the present members would, continue as appointed and the staggered term system would be iniatiated in May. The Chairman and the Board congratulated the Council for its en- thusiasm and hard work particularly in its presentation on the Lexington Arts Festival on October 9. Mrs. Forbes and Mrs. Nye thanked the Board for meeting with them and they retired from the meeting.