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16 <br /> APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE <br /> DATE: April 3, 1973 <br /> TIME: 7 : 30 P.M. <br /> PLACE: Town Office Building, Selectmen's Room <br /> PRESENT: Edward E . Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell , <br /> Vice Chairman, J. H. Blaisdell , H. Bigelow Moore , <br /> Richard M. Perry, Donald B . White <br /> I . MERIAM STREET PARKING LOT <br /> Present: Selectmen Kenney, Riffin, Bailey, Brown; Town <br /> Manager O'Connell ; Eric Clarke , Planning Board ; <br /> R . Kingston, L. Whitman, George Silverman, Capital <br /> Expenditures ; R . Michelson, Chamber of Commerce ; <br /> J. McSweeney, DPW ; N. Cohen, Town Counsel; J. Corr, <br /> Police Department <br /> It was stated by the Capital Expenditures Committee that they <br /> felt there was a definite need for extra parking spaces but <br /> the policy should be that parkers are the ones to pay not the <br /> taxpayers. Mr. Clarke felt that the main problem here was to <br /> get the cars of adjacent streets . Chief Corr said he felt <br /> the cars on the streets should be put into non-metered lots <br /> and leave short-term metered lots for patrons of center <br /> businesses. It was the opinion of Mr. White to expand in a <br /> very small way just spend $5,00 to $10,000 to enlarge and grade <br /> the lot as an experiment then make it a paying deal if this <br /> type of expansion works . Chairman Furash stated that he felt <br /> the merchants should solve this problem or raise their assess- <br /> ments to compensate . I also feel that maybe we should not do <br /> this project this year but wait until we find anyther method <br /> of paying for it, Chairman- Furash stated. Tt was the feeling <br /> of Messrs. Furash and Silverman that this whole matter be put <br /> before Town Meeting. Chairman Furash also felt that the two <br /> part Motion for Article 39 could be torn apart by Town Meeting. <br /> Selectman Kenney concluded the discussion by stating that they <br /> will consider expanding without metering with a minimum of <br /> extra parking spaces and using grading and gravel for the <br /> expansion. <br /> Meeting adjourned at 10: 30 P.M. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> yi z�b ® <br /> beth P11. Flynn/mo'b <br /> Secretary <br />