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190 Resigna- tions CATV Historic Districts SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 3, 1972 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday evening, January 3, 1972, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Cataldo, Messrs. Kenney, Bailey and Busa, and Mrs. Riffin; Mr. Legro, Town Counsel; Mr. O'Connell, Town Manager; Mr. McSweeney, Town Engineer and Acting Superintendent of Public Works; Mrs. McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present. Mr. O'Connell informed the Board that he has received the resig- nation of Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, Assistant Dog Officer. He has also received the resignation of Patrolman George B. Wilson, Jr. who has resigned to join the: Massachusetts State Police force. Chairman Cataldo read a letter from the Charles River Cable Tele- vision Inc. of Waltham requesting consideration of its application to build and operate a CATV system in Lexington. Mr. Legro: You may want to wait until the state agency.prepares its rules and regulations; as far as I know, they haven't prepared any forms. Upon motion duly made and. seconded, it was voted to inform the Charles River Cable Television' Inc. that the Board is not considering any applications at this time but will consider them at some later date after Town Meeting. Chairman Cataldo read a letter from the Planning Board regarding a proposal received from My. Lyon, Realtor, to expand the Historic Districts to include all of Massachusetts Avenue, Bedford Street, Waltham Street and Marrett Road in order to reduce the increasing impact of visual pollution and to preserve the natural beauty of our main streets. The letter states that, in the Planning Board's opinion, the proper approach to the control of future commercial bulldtrrs. ings is by requiring issuance of special permits by the Board of Appeals. This mechanism is a central feature in our Zoning By -Laws for the control of industrial and office districts and is already required for a number of particular uses in commercial districts. The Planning Board has always believed that such an approach is desirable and, as a matter of fact, it intends to submit for presentation to the next Town Meeting a zoning amendment article along these lines for greater control of restaurants and other places for serving food. No legal mechanism can assure high architectural quality, but his approach fixes responsi- bility for consideration of such factors and for final action thereon, while at the same time it assures reasonably broad representation of Town opinion in the decision making process. Chairman Cataldo: When we received Mr. Lyon's letter, we wrote to the Planning Board and the Historic Districts Commission for com- ments. We have not heard from Historic Districts. I would rather see 'a more positive approach for more definite controls.