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-5- Selectmen's Meeting 519 March 12, 1984 He pointed out the benefits of improvement of the Lincoln Street recreation area for use by the school because of its proximity to the High School which would mean less bussing for athletic . events . He saw no decline in school related use of fields in the foreseeable future. James Shiman sky stated that he has not observed any ma int,enanc e work done on a regular basis for the past five years and asked for periodic inspection and correction of minor problems which he felt could be accomplished easily. Mr. Hutchinson refuted claims no maintenance work-is done to fields and upheld the performance 'of the Park Department. He acknow- ledged that design of Town fields is poor and that there is need for improvement which could occur if . monies were to be appropriated. He also referred. to over-utilization as - a deterrent to effective maintenance. , He added that the Department does an excellent job within the financial resources available. He will . work with the Soccer group regarding the problems raised in an effort to evolve a coordinated plan for its activities and will give recommendations to the Board on both long and short -term resolu- tions. Regarding the Selectmen /Town Manager Act Mrs Battin noted confusion Sel /T.Mgr. which had arisen regarding revisions to the budget timetable vis a vis Act Revision: the election and business timetable. She pointed out that the Board had concurred that this timetable more properly belongs in the Town By-Law. An excerpt from the unapproved minutes of the February 13 meeting was read, at which time decision had been made by the Board that the budget is to be finalized by January 15, and subsequent dates revised accord- ingly; and that there will be two warrant mailings: one for the Town election and one for the business sessions of Town Meeting to be mailed 3 weeks prior to the f irst session on the lst Monday in April. Mrs. Battin requested that the Town Manager and his staff work with Town Counsel to prepare, in by --law language, an amended report reflecting the proposed revisions to the schedule, to include proposed revision' of titles in Section 2, which will be submitted to the Capital Expenditure Committee for review. The amended report -is to be ready for filing with the Town Clerk and dissemination of Town Meeting members by March 29. The Town Manager noted correspondence from Kirk Noyes regarding tech- Muzzey - nical amendments of the Land . Disposition Agreement relating to f oreclosure L. D. A. of units in Muzzey School which are consistent with previous discussions Amendment with the developer and are a requirement of FNMA. He recommended that the correspondence be acknowledged and referred to Town Counsel and himself for review and report to the Board. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the above- mentioned matter to the Town Manager and Town Counsel for review and recommendations on March 19. Mr. Hutchinson noted that, in conformity with the Town's Affirmative Fair Housing Action Plan, reactivation and appointments to the Fair Housing Committee Committee should be implemented in the near future,