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{ a ' SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 30, 1984 A regular meetif - g of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select - men'.s Meeting Room, Town Office Building on Monday, January 30, 1984, at 8 :00 p.m. Chairman Politi, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin; Mr. Hutchinson, Town .Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Mrs. Snow, Acting Executive Clerk, were present. Residents of Forest Street were present to hear D.P.W. Director Tonas- Forest St. zuck's report to the Board on the effectiveness of parking prohibition on Forest Street (west side) from Muzzey to Waltham Streets, . in discouraging long term parking in front of residences. The regulation had been imple- mented in November , ' 1983 , in response to complaints by residents of ob- struction of the street. Mr. Tonaszuck, reported that the experiment had worked fairly will in decreasing.-the number of parked cars and that packers were respecting the 2 --hour limit regulation. He noted that there was still a problem with park- ing close to drives and with impeding exiting from driveways, by parking opposite them. He recommended continuing the interim parking regulation to ban parking from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.,, with 2-hour parking from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. He noted that the experiment has been successful to this degree due to good police enforcement . Mr. Bussgang , 2 Forest Street, said residents are grateful that the situation has improved a great deal and he approved of Mr. Tonaszuck's recommendation to continue. He noted the expected impact of tourist park- ing during the summer season. Mr. Kilbr idge , 4 Forest Street, again mentioned the problems caused by cars parking across from driveways and suggested a ban on parking on the West side from the corner of Waltham Street to beyond his driveway to resolve the problem. Mr. Cavator ta, a Forest Street resident, also saw improvement over pre- vious conditions but noted difficulties in passage encountered because of school busses which are routed through Forest Street. He asked if large vehicles could be excluded. Mr. Tonaszuck was requested to explore the rerouting of school busses and possible regulation to eliminate heavy trucking on Forest Street in res- ponse to Mr. Kilbridge's comments. He will report on these items shortly and on the experimental parking regulations after May 30th. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recom- mendations of the Director of Public Works/Engineering to extend the interim parking regulation on the west side of Forest Street, 'from Muzzey to Waltham Street, to May 30, 1984 . The Chairman noted a , let ter sent to the Traffic Safety Advisory Com- Lex . C tr . mittee by Lois S. Brubeck suggesting alternate routes for diversion of Traffic traffic in Lexington Center as a means to relieve congestion. Peter Brubeck Chalpin, Chairman of the Traffic Safety Committee, suggested that the matter be referred back to his Committee, as well as to the Center Revit- alization Committee, for review and recommendations. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the sugges- tions of Lois C. Brubeck for traffic diversion in Lexington Center to the