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f Y Mr. Sacco agreed with Mr. Marshall. and said that this was not the only instance in which Adams /Russell had gone beyond the limits of its agreement with the Town. He said he had considered moving to revoke Adams/Russell's license or to require going to homes of all who are non-subscribers to Channel 35 -B to install the proper converters. Mr. McLaughlin was concerned that this procedure would adversely impact all rate payers by raising charges. He recommended advising customers that converters are available upon. request. Mr. 'Sacco also questioned judgement used in the placement of the Play- - boy channel on 35 -B, in close proximity to the Disney channel. Mr. Marshall felt that all customers should be made aware of the avail- ability of converters and all citizens should , be made aware of the behavior of Adams/Russell. He noted that inconvenience caused to customers if arrange- ments for appoints to do the work were to be made, meaning they would have to stay at home to accomplish it. Motion was made by . Mr. Sacco, and seconded by Mr. McLaughlin for pur- poses of discussion., that Adams /Russell be required to go to homes of all cable customers who do not have complete converters and change them so as to eliminate the Playboy signals. The motion did not carry, with Mrs. Batt in , Mr. McLaughlin and Mr. Eddison voting in the negative. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to notify customers of the availability of complete converters 'if ,they are receiving undesirable Playboy signals, and to install those converters upon request, Mr. Page said that as a member of the Cable Committee, he had heard several different opinions on the issue of pornography, but that the Committee believes that it is ultimately the subscribers who should judge what material is appropriate. He requested guidance from the Board as to some mechanism which would enable the Committee to obtain a more in -depth understanding as to what Lexington is interested in. The Committee was asked by the Board to .r.r give thought to means for gathering input on public opinion and report to the Board on the matter. Housing Members of the Planning Board and its Advisory Committee on Housing Needs, Needs Rep t were present for review and discussion of the Advisory Committees report on that subject, compiled from .responses to questionnaire submitted to Town Meeting Members earlier this year. - Ms. Klauminzer briefly highlighted the Advisory Committees analysis of responses, noting a response rate of 46 %, which she felt would allow for some judgements in a general way as to which policies and procedures are probably viewed favorably by a majority of Town Meeting. It appeared that those who answered seemed to approve of existing housing programs in the Town. Respondents agreed that some intervention by the Town to provide affordable housing is necessary using Town land and building resources but without use of Town funds. Middle income housing was seen to be the most acceptable, achieved by use of school buildings and Town owned land. Multi- family apartments were seen to be least favored. Ms. Klauminzer noted the Committee recommendation that Franklin School be put to such use. Board members were asked for any comments or reactions to the report. Discussion followed as to what methods could be used to gain a more qualitative response to enable the Planning Board to more easily assess what would be acceptable to the Town.