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Selectmen's Meeting - 7 - December 5, 1982 removal. Ms. Bernice Baldwin, owner of the property at 251 East St. who is handicapped , ' also was in favor of removal as they are in front of her property and block her view when she pulls out of her driveway* The Director 'of Public works and the Tree warden recommended that the trees not be removed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the recommendations of the Director of Public Works and the Tree warden not to remove the-two trees ( one 30" white Oak and one 24" Red Oak) in front of the house at 251 East Street. The Manager reported that John McWeeney had - submitted his resig- Resignation nation from the Board of Assessors. Bd. Assessors Mr. Politi reported to the Board relative to the Committee that Lex. Housing he and the Manager have been serving on regarding implementation of the will of Town Meeting with - respect to the purchase of low and moderate income units at Morrow Crossing and Potter Pond.' He and the Manager have had formal discussions and correspondence with the State EOCD, Moore, developer of Morrow Crossing, Mr. Boyd and Mr. Smith, developers of Potter Pond, Town Counsel, Housing Author - it Y staff and the Lexington School administration regarding the problem resulting f rom lack of Federal and State f unding f or the Housing Author - ity. There also was. correspondence from Mr. Pressman regarding the availability of vacant school sites for potential use for housing pur- poses . Since the initial inquiry by the Housing Authority, the State has changed its policy with respect to funding of condominium units and now has a policy to fund such units. However, the Housing Authority has been notified that funds for this prupose are not available at this time for Lexington. Mr. Moore has suggested an alternative in that he has recently purchased a single family house on Bedford Street as part of his acquisi- tion of the Rowe property - and proposed to renovate it into a two family swelling that will provide equal floor space as the units at Morrow Crossing. This could be a financial loss to him but would provide the Town with two units centrally located. This will also enable the Town to seek funding from HUD because these units would not be condominiums. If this suggestion is pursued it would require a new vote of Town Meet- ing. Mr. Smith and Mr. Boyd have expressed a willingness.to discuss alternative proposals such as Mr. Moore' s after the completion of their development at Pott -er Pond. Mr. Politi stated that they had received a letter from the School Administration indicating -that the vacant school sites had been evaluated and they see no future use for the properties and expressed a willingness to turn them over to the Town. Mr. Busa informed the Board that he had received a letter today from the School Committee stating that they had voted to adopt the recom-