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�, J -4 - Mrs. ors illo , 5 Sunny Knoll Avenue, said she recalled the street being paved 35 years ago and that the paving had disintegrated and had disappeared. She questioned payment of betterments by former residents and whether they must be paid again. Mr. Fields said there was no record of Town construc- tion of Sunny Knoll, nor any previous assessment of betterments, Jeff Bentley, 45 Reed Street, brought up concerns about safety hazards created and advocated no left turn from Sunny Knoll onto Bedford Street. He felt that exiting at Reed Street at the drugstore would be safer. No one else speaking in favor or in opposition, Mr. Poli ti declared the hearing on Sunny Knoll Avenue closed* Tower Road The Chairman opened the hearing on Tower Road and read the Planning Board's recommendation as follows: "Tower Road is a worthwhile candidate for acceptance. It may direct more neighborhood traffic to Locust Avenue which intersects with Mass. Avenue at a signalized intersection. That may result in less traffic using Independence Avenue". Mr. Poli ti noted receipt of eight letters from residents opposed to the project. Mr. Fields showed slides of Tower Road and reported that it would be con- structed from Locust Street to Independence Avenue, a distance of 575 fee t with a 40' layout and pavement of 24' width. Sidewalk would be installed on the westerly side, with land takings for roundings only. He noted that of the 13 abu ttors , 4 had signed the the petition. Of questionnaires returned, four were in favor and. eight opposed(. Construction costs totalled $100, with a betterment return of $21,639-63. Previous petitions for Tower Road acceptance have been made in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1982. Arthur Miller, 27 Independence Avenue, questioned why Tower Road was being considered by the Board in the face of opposition of the majority of neighbors.. Mrs. Nichols suggested the other section of Tower Road, which is in poorer condition, would be a more appropriate candidate for acceptance. Mr. Tonas tuck said that it would be included and classified on the forthcoming unaccepted street priority list. Jayne Lees, 29 Tower Road, noted the wishes of the. majority of residents to keep the street as it is with no increased traffic. He noted the projected costs for construction and said that the neighbors could maintain the street for less than the betterments which would be assessed. He asked for deletion of Tower Road from the list of streets submitted for acceptance.. No one else speaking in favor or in opposition, the Chairman declared the hearing on Tower Road closed. Blossom -- The Chairman opened the hearings on the four subdivision streets proposed crest Cir. . for acceptance: B1os somcres t Circle, Crest Circle, Ingleside Road and Kitson Crest Cir. . Park Drive, and read the Planning Board's report and recommendations, in favor Kitson Pk. of laying out the four subidivision streets. Drive There being no one else speaking in favor or in opposition, the Chairman Ingleside declared the hearings on Bloss omcres t . Circle, Crest Circle, Ingleside Road and Road Kitson Park Drive closed, Dr. Fitzgerald, Superintendent -- Director of the Minuteman Regional Vocation - VoTech al Technical School, Mr. Jackson, Minuteman VoTech School Committee, Mr. Hotel/ Crafts, Food.Services Director, and Judith Uhrig, Lexington Planning Board Conf . Ctr, and Lexington repreaeat.ative - . VoTech Advisory Committee, were present for discussion and review of the School's exploration of the concept of a Hotel/