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SELECTMEN'S MEETING �E October 29, 1984 a v� A regular meeting of the Board of - Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room., Town Office'Building, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Battin, Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr, Marshall, Mr. Eddison; Mr. Hutchinson, Town Manager; . Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Ms. Adler, Assistant to. the Town Manager; Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes Minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting of October 15, 1984, as corrected. 10/15/84 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it, was voted to make the following Fair Hous- appointments to'the Fair Housing Committee:. ing Comm. Hillary H. Harris 8 Bryant Road appts. William T. Spencer 32 Hancock Street Length of terms will be determined following appointment to f ill the last remaining vacancy on the Committee. Mrs. Battin reviewed information gathered as to the intere -sts and accom- Charles E. plishments of Charles E. Ferguson, in whose.memory a bequest of $5,000 has Ferguson been made to the Town.. Regarding uses for the funds, the Town Manager sug- Fund gested that purchase of audio - and view -graph equipment for use at Town Meet- ing might be appropriate,' in connection with Mr. Ferguson's service as Town Moderator. He also suggested some degree of f i.nancial support for a Student Mock Town Meeting with the - remainder in a trust fund for purchase of athletic equipment for schools .from the income. Mr. Sacco, Selectman Liaison to the Youth Commission, expressed some reluctance to committing funds for -a Mock Town Meeting before ascertaining the Commission's willingness : to participate. He noted that the Commission had, for the past few years, chosen to conduct a Student Government Day because of the heavy demands of a Mock Town Meeting. He suggested - funding of a room in the Senior Center to be called the Charles -E. Ferguson room, as well as the purchase of athletic equipment. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to establish the Charles E. Ferguson Trust Fund, income of which is to be used for purchase of athletic equipment and in ways to encourage the participation of youth in Town govern- ment. Messrs. Saudek, Hard..ing,.Connolly and Price, Hill Street residents, were Poor Farm present to inform the Board of their views on the Housing Authority's pro-- L.H.A. posal to construct Special Needs duplex housing on a portion of the Poor Housing Farm land on Hill Street. Mr. Saudek stated that their concern is not with the use proposed but with the density and the size and type of housing on the small lot. He noted that a petition to that effect had been signed by 27 neighbors. He added that they - saw no.problem with the one - family structure originally proposed and concurred that there is need for housing for the retarded, but' would want assurance that the two - family house would be built in conformance with the. Zoning By --Law. He asked, that this requirement be included in the text of the Warrant Artiele.