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Board of After several months of continuing con- tized," as a basis for the committee's
<br /> Selectmen versations, the Selectmen and the School subsequent report to the selectmen.
<br /> Committee agreed upon a budget calling
<br /> (continued) for an override of $1.5, a proposal sup- The committee met 30 times and visited
<br /> ported by both groups. The Board of every town-owned building at least once
<br /> A Business Development Committee was Selectmen decided unanimously to make to evaluate the Archetype rep oris and see
<br /> appointed and charged to make recom- the override unbundled,and all four parts how well each buildingworks to fulfill
<br /> mendations which would enhance the
<br /> passed in a special election in June. its present and potential uses.
<br /> commercial and industrial sectors.
<br /> Finally, the full Board met with the We were most gratified to receive the The ave attention to building rotec-
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<br /> School Committee in early September to annual Americanism Award from the tion and an urged adequately funded
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<br /> begin the process of looking together at Lexington Lodge of Elks at their annual annual maintenance program to lessen the
<br /> the fiscal situation for 1997. Fla Da ceremony on the P g •
<br /> Flag y y Green 1n June. need for later costly capital expenditures.
<br /> Their plaque, hanging in the Selectmen's
<br /> Other Highlights office,is greatly appreciated. Although the Archetype reports tagged
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<br /> $60,000,000 worth of improvements the
<br /> Chairman William J. Dailey, Jr., after In this abbreviated format, we can cover committee recommended $20,000,000 in
<br /> two years of wise and sensitive leader- only a few of the many matters we have expenditures over the next four to ten
<br /> ship, stepped aside in May, to be suc- discussed and decided during 1995. We ears to satisif the community's build-
<br /> ceeded by Leo P. McSweeney, serving invite citizens to reviewY Y Y "
<br /> the minutes filed ing needs well into the next century,
<br /> his fourth term as a member of the Board. in the Selectmen's Office for a more
<br /> detailed look at the year's activities. The committee also suggested the use of
<br /> Other top positions that changed in 1995; commercial resources for maintenance
<br /> Fire Chief, Assessor, plus DPW, Health, Finally, we want to pay tribute to our and improvements for such facilities as
<br /> Library,and Recreation Directors. Executive Clerk, Phyllis Smith, and to the library and school playgrounds. They
<br /> Lynne Pease, who took on a work load further suggested the town divest itself of
<br /> After many years of discussion and con- that expanded as we launched new pro- the former Munroe School, and consider
<br /> troversy, a mediation process involving jects; and to the citizens of this town more unified building maintenance.
<br /> the Board of Selectmen,the Conservation whose'ideas, hard work, and dedication
<br /> Commission, Mass Highway, the Town's to Lexington,expressed in a wide variety Five committee members were appointed
<br /> consultant, the Minuteman National of ways, make this community such a by the selectmen and two by the School
<br /> Historic Park, the State Department of good place in which to live. Committee. The were: Chairman Peter
<br /> Environmental Quality, and Senator Y
<br /> Kelley, David Eagle, Gilbert Garber,
<br /> Robert Havern, produced a new design Daniel P.Busa Donald Jenkins, William Kennedy, Mark
<br /> for the section of Marrett Road between William J.Dailey,Jr. Moore and Walter Pierce.
<br /> Route 128 and the Lincoln line, a stretch Elizabeth B.Eddison
<br /> called "the most dangerous road in Dan H.Fenn,Jr. Staff support came from Town Engineer
<br /> Lexington" by Police Chief Chris Casey. Leu P.McSweeney,Chairman Francis X. Fields Buildingand
<br /> Construction is expected to begin in the
<br /> Maintenance Superintendent Fred Sweet
<br /> spring or summer of 1996.
<br /> Building Finance and Director of School Building
<br /> Three new memorials were established, _.Commiftee
<br /> Operations John Moynihan.
<br /> one for police killed in the line of duty;
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<br /> another honoring veterans of World War In December 1994, the ad hoc Building
<br /> 11;and a third remembering State Trooper Finance Committee was charged with
<br /> Davison Whiting. developing"a fiscally responsible plan to After a relative calm in HATS--Massport
<br /> provide the town with modest and serv- relations over the situation at Hanscom, a
<br /> The Town Celebrations Committee sur- iceable public buildings that reasonably period of successive crises ensued.
<br /> passed even their own records of achieve- meet the demands of the community."
<br /> ment with a program culminating several HATS, made up of representatives from
<br /> years of paying tribute to World War II Among the resources provided for the Bedford, Concord, Lexington and
<br /> veterans. committee's work were reports prepared Lincoln, under the leadership of Lora
<br /> in 1993 by Archetype Architecture, Inc., Goldenberg, representing Bedford select-
<br /> Thanks to the hard work of the Cable for the Permanent Building Committee. men, engaged in continuing discussions
<br /> Advisory Committee and its negotiating with Massport over three major issues:
<br /> team,the town moved forward in the dif- These reports inventoried all school and
<br /> ficult process of working out a new town buildings, and needed, the select- The Generic Environmental Impact
<br /> contract with Cablevision. men charged, "to be analyzed and priori- Report(GEIR) update;
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