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-3- Selectmen's Meeting bo September 10, 1984 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to renew a License , Beano License to Conduct Beano Games f or the ensuing year for the . Lexington Lodge of Elks, Elks "'"■ #2204, 959 Waltham Street. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the f allow- Betterment ing Betterment Assessments: Assessments Water Betterment Hazel Road Sidewalk Betterment Adams Street Sewe Betterments Allen Street Clematis Road Fair oaks Terrace Grant Place Grove Street Harbell Street James Street Jean Road Lauren Goldfarb of Adams /Rus.sell Cab levision-Lexingt on, Inc. -net with Adams /Russell Board in conjunction with Adams/Russell' s request for permission ' to tele- Selectmen's . the vise Selectmen's Meeting's on a local channel. The meetings would be filmed Mtgs . /TV live and recablecast once again. during the week. Ms. Goldfarb indicated that there , had been much public interest in the filming of the meetings. She des- cribed the equipment . t o be used as a single camera, two small lights and four table microphones to be shared by those at the meeting table. Ms. Goldfarb offered to provide a demonstration of the set-up, prior to the Selectmen's vote on the request. Members were in general agreement that they saw merit in concept of cablecasting the meetings, and would be willing to try it on an experimental basis, but expressed concern with the lighting, sharing of microphones, and Ms. Goldf arh' s suggested change. in seating. arrangement. Mr. Sacco stated tba.t. he would vote negatively on the request at this Playboy Ch. time if there is no move to table the issue, since concerns he had discussed with the Town Manager, the audio airing of the Playboy channel, had ' involving not been resolved. He felt that. steps should be taken by Adams /Russell to ensure that the sound track of these programs, which he described as offensive, is not broadcast indiscriminately into the homes of cable customers, to the possible detriment of children. The Town Manager was supportive of . the experiment to offer public infor- mation access, ma intaining , the same ' s eating arrangement at the meeting table* In response to Mr. Hayward, Ms. Goldfarb said additional microphones could provided for comments from the audience. Mr. Hutchinson, referring to Mr. Sacco' s concerns regarding programming offered, suggested that current offerings appeared to be inconsistent with Adams /Russ ell' s original agreement with the Selectmen, and agreed that the sound track should be scrambled for those who do not want it . He will confer with Mr . Pollack of Adams /Russell on means to resolve the issue and will report to the Board.