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Art. 24 Mrs. Battin noted that the Planning Board has .now taken a position in Hayden Ave. support of Article 24, citizens proposal for rezoning of land at Hayden to CD Avenue from RC to CD Zone. She asked f f the Board wished to take a position on Article 24 at this time. Mr. Edd ison voiced his favorable position and moved that the Board support the proposal. The motion was seconded for purposes of debate, Mr. Sacco and kr: McLaughlin indicated that they wished to hear more discussion of the matter before discussion. Mrs. Battin expressed her support. Mr. Marshall stated that he opposed Article 24. The motion did not carry. Sen.Kraus Senator Kraus was in attendance for further discussion of his proposed Prop Two tax ref orm proposal, which will be acted upon by the Senate as Bill 1709, in the near future. He requested Town Meeting adoption of a Resolution in Support of Proposition Two, which he said would be important in terms of what happens on the f loor on the Senate, Chairman Smith of 'the Planning Board, Chairman Hamburger and Margaret Rawls of the TMMA, Chairman McCabe and Jacquelyn Ward of the Capital Expenditures Committee and Chairman Dailey and Michael O'Sullivan of the Appropriations Committee were present for the discussion. Following discussion of procedures under Prop. 2 1/2, a question and answer period concerning implications of annual reassessment of property and other aspects of the Senator's proposal Mrs. Battin asked whether the Board felt in a position to decide on support of the resolution and presentation to Town Meeting under Article 2. Mr. McLaughlin said he would prefer not to act on the resolution at this point. He had requested information from the Manager regarding what the present projections are for conditions at the end of this fiscal year and when we might be reaching 2%. He also wanted to research the rate of increases from year to year prior to Prop 2 1/2 and felt. that kind of information should be looked at before making a decision. Mr. Marshall, who will not be present on-May 9, said he was ready to support the Resolution and the bill and would like to see Town Meeting debate the issue. Mr. Sacco saw no need to override Proposition 2 1/2 at this time, since he felt it was doing its job in Lexington. He would not support the resolution. Mr. Eddison said he was in support of the proposal, and hoped that as many of the Selectmen as possible would also support. On that basis, he said he was willing to wait for the provision of information mentioned by Mr. McLaughlin to enable him to come to a decision. Mrs. Battin said she was in support of the proposal. Mr. McLaughlin said he was willing to support the concept of bringing the resolution to the Town Meeting floor, even though he was not willing to endorse , it at this time, with an indication that the Board wishes to have further discussion on the issue at a subsequent Selectmen's meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to provide inf or-- mati.on to Town Meeting on Senator Kraus' :s proposal at the-May 9th session, with an indication that the Board's intent is to have the matter brought up for Town Meeting debate, following the Selectmen's decision on its position. woo wow