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SELECTMEN'S MEETING -a' July 16, 198 4 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, July lb, 1984 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Battin, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Eddison; ,Ms. Adler, Acting Town Manager and Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. Walter Tonaszuck, Director of Public Works and Engineering, review- Bedford and ed technical information which has . been developed relative to the re- Burlington quests for additional water of Bedf ord and Burlington. WaterRequestc- He pointed out, a s illustrated on a Town map, various .water lines and their capacities, which would be involved in the granting of the requests. He concluded, of ter giving data on Lexington consumption of water, that the request of Bedford for - up to 2.1 million gallons could be handled, noting the specific and relatively short term basis on which it will be needed. He reported that Bedford is taking definite steps for correction of its problems, which should be resolved by mid -1987 by completion of a wellf field. He noted that supply to Bedford would automatically be cur- tailed if an emergency situation arose in Lexington. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted t -o approve the request of the Town of Bedford- for increase in its maximum allowable purchase from the Lexington Water System from the present 1.0 mg.d limit to 2.1 mgd. with the understanding that this revised limit would be in' effect until Bedford's Putnam Road Wellf field is completed in mid-1987. The vote is subject to the understanding that the Town of Bedford rec- ognizes and assumes the following responsibilities: 1. To obtain MDC approval for the increased use. 2. To obtain the approval of any other entity who controls the water mains to which the Town of Bedford would connect. 3. To construct any needed water mains, metering, valves and other appurtenances and t a pay the cost of same 4. To pay the Town of Lexington for the water used* Bedford's progress toward correction of its water problems will be re- viewed by the Selectmen in the summer of 1985. Regarding the Burlington request,. Mr. Tonaszuck reported that without substantial additional construction, the maximum which could be supplied would be 600,000 gallons per day, rather than the 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 gallons /day requested. He noted that transmission would be almost entirely through one Lexington water main, the size of which would restrict flow and that the Burlington pipe which would receive the water is equally inadequate for such volume. He said -that Burlington has received neither MDC nor DEQE approval and that there are a number of questions which must be answered before a proper assessment of the limit of help from Lexington can be made. He added, however, that if a crisis situation arose in Burlington, Lexington would respond. s