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257 Meeting of the Appropriation Committee held on Monday, May 19, 1969, at 7:30 P.M., in the Comptroller' s Office, Town Office Building. Members present : R. Gary, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; L. Burnell; E . Furash; J. Mitchell; H. B. Moore; R. Perry, Comptroller; D. White; L. Zenner; E. Flynn Planning Board - Meeting was held at 7:30 P.M. with Donald Graham of the Planning Board and John McSweeney, Town Engineer. With reference to Article 7, sponsored by the Planning Board, D. Graham presented a history of the federal program known as Topics . Topics provides fede- ral funds on a fiscal basis ( to start about 1970) for the improvement of existing streets in a city or town that has entered into an agree- ment with their State under Topics . D. Graham proposes that with an appropriation of $7,000. , requested in Article 7, Lexington could re- tain a consultant to begin assembling data to present to the State and 10 be among the first to avail themselves of these funds . Once an agree- ment was entered into, street improvements and traffic safety deviees would be under State control. At the annual Town Meeting Topics was Vnot presented in connection with an Article requesting an appropriation for a traffic study, but it will be presented at the special Town Mee- ting. The meeting was closed at 8:30 P.M. After discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED to recommend unfavorable action on Article 7. Commission on Suburban Responsibility - Meeting was held at 8:35 P.M. Members of the Commission present: Arthur Bernier, Chairman of the Job Task Force, Jerome Weinstein, Jean Christiansen and Robert Earsy, J. Weinstein and A. Bernier presented the background for Article 4 . Ques- tions were asked as to the legality of appropriating the requested 510,000. in public funds for this project . J. Neinstein stated that Article 9 passage would provide in By-Law the enabling legislative statute to eliminate legal problems that might occur during the imple- mentation of Article 4 . The meeting was closed at 9:30 P.M. After discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, five members having VOTED in the negative and four members in the affirmative, the motion was passed by majority vote to recommend unfavorable action on Article 4 . One member expressed his wish to change his vote, thereby the final vote was five affirmative and four negative and the Committee' s recommendation will be for favorable action. Executive Session - was held at 9:35 P.M. with Arthur Douglass with reference to Article 6, sponsored by the Selectmen and requesting 1155,000. Mr. Douglass stated that a divergent range of appraisals of the land and its best use, plus the question of R-1 land involved, had made agreement on a purchase price impossible. He feels that his price of $5. per square foot (075,000. ) is fair. Following are the appraisals: For Douglass : Berglund $ 55,000.-R-1 zoning considered Lyons 75,000.-Parking area Reenstierna 125,000.-Business For Town: Lund (R.M. Bradley) 40,000.-Public purposes Mr. Douglass said that he did not wish to go to eminent domain pro- ceedings, but if an agreement could not be reached, he would be willing