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-6 <br />Mr. Sacco expressed appreciation that Dr. Fitzgerald' s <br />presentation of the evening had supplied a factor which had not <br />previously been dealt with in depth; that of an explanation of <br />the educational and other benefits to students. <br />Mrs. Battin noted Dr. Fitzgerald' s request f or sharing of <br />traffic data generated by the Town and the School. The Town <br />Manager stated that arrangements to do so have been � made . <br />Dr. Fitzgerald spoke briefly about Chapter 196 of the Acts <br />of 1984, legislation initiated by the Minuteman School District, <br />and compared features of the legislation with the situation ex- <br />isting before its passage. He saw it as no struggle over zoning <br />authority. <br />Regarding local control, he noted that under the provisions <br />of this law, majority vote of the Town Meeting is now required <br />of such a commercial /educational use, on residential land, for <br />approval. He again mentioned taxes to be paid as being of bene- <br />fit to the Town; and finally that statutory guidelines are now <br />provided for School Industry cooperatives involving construction, <br />where none had existed before. <br />He added that the intent had been to offer a fair set of <br />guidelines and stressed that the School District will not be re- <br />alizing prof its from this enterprise. He hoped that citizens <br />will see the positive context in which the proj ect is of f ered . <br />Regarding a Traffic Study, Dr. Fitzgerald said a professional <br />consultant will present data to be shared with the host towns. <br />Dr. Fitzgerald was thanked for his presentation and the in- <br />f ormat ion provided and he retired f rom the meeting. <br />H. A. Regarding award of an EoCD grant to the Housing Authority <br />EoCD for maintenance and improvement of dwelling units at Vynebrook <br />Grant Village and Greeley Village, the Members agreed with Mr. Sacco' s <br />suggestion that a letter of congratulations to the Authority would <br />be appropriate. <br />Exec. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5 -0 roll call <br />Session vote, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Marshall, Mr. <br />Eddison, to go into Executive Session for discussion of matters <br />of litigation with no intent to resume open session. <br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn <br />at 10:00 p.m. <br />A true record, Attest: <br />rion H. Sn6w <br />�' Executive Clerk <br />