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Selectmen s Meeting; 5- Oc tober 14, 1984 Executive Session for purposes of discussion of matters of potential liti -- Exec. Session gation, with the intent to resume open session. Open session was resumed at 9:20 p.m. Mrs. Battin referred to correspondence from John Ritsher, Chairman of Winter Street the Lincoln Board of Selectmen, informing the . Board of a Petition filed by closing at Lincoln to close Winter Street at the Waltham./Lincoln. line, because of traf - Lincoln./ f is impact on Lincoln of commercial development in Waltham. Mrs. Battin Waltham asked if the Board wished to take a position. on the matter from a regional Line perspective. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to take no action re- garding the petition of the Town of Lincoln to the Middlesex County Commis- sioners, with respect to the closing of Winter Street. Mr. Sacco distributed notices of a. Wine and_ Cheese party to be held by C o A Wine/ the Council on Aging on November lb at 2 p.m. , in acknowledgement of the Cheese Party assistance given by volunteer workers. Board members are invited to attend. The Board considered the recommendations of the Center Revitalization CRC recs. Committee on proposals for traf f is improvement in. Lexington Center by Lexington Selectman McLaughlin, Traffic Captain Lima and Traffic Consultant Norman Ctr. Traffic Abend. Upon motions duly made and seconded, the Board voted as follows on the issues under consideration: Mr, McLau hl in' s recommendations Voted: to support the recommendation of the CRC that a left turn arrow be added to signals at Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street for westbound Massachusetts - Avenue traffic. Voted: to postpone action on removal of the f irst four parking spaces on the easterly side of Waltham Street, as recommended by the CRC, and to request DPW to develop a proposal for a 30 -day test of the effectiveness of that measure, for review of the Board, The Board. took no action on the suggestion for creating two spaces in front of the "Grand Strand" on the west side of Waltham Street . . C,�ptoin Lima's - recommendations Voted: to authorize an engineering study of the closing of Harrington Road between Bedford Street and Hancock Street with restricted turn signage. Voted: to support the recommendations of the CRC for using Worthen Road as a Center. by-pass signing at Bedford Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Waltham Street Voted: to support the recommendations of the majority of the CRC for removal of one parking space (rather than two as proposed) on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue just behind Waltham Street, on a six -month trial basis.