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408 <br />Parking <br />Facilities <br />Direction <br />Sign At. <br />Clarke St. <br />Mass. Ave. <br />SELECTMEN'S MEETING <br />February 4, 1946. <br />A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held <br />in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday <br />evening, February 4, 1946, at 7:50 P.M. Chairman Locke, <br />Messrs. Potter, Sheldon and Sarano were presen#. The Clerk <br />was also present. <br />At 7:40 P.M. the following groups appeared before the <br />Board: Messrs. Hoyt, Hynes, Raymond Brown, J. Milton Brown, <br />Jenny, Newhall, Hopkins, Winlock and White of the Appropria- <br />tion Committee; Messrs. Cromwell,-Houdlette, Nickerson, <br />Ferguson and Gordon Richards of the Planning Board; Messrs. <br />Johnson, Spencer and Worthen of the Committee on Parking <br />Facilities; and Mr. DeFoe, Superintendent of Public Works, <br />Alan Adams, George Smith, and Alfred Tropeano. <br />The Chairman explained that the purpose of the meeting <br />was to give the Planning Board and the Appropriation Committee <br />an opportunity to hear a report from the Committee on Parking <br />Facilities. He stated that Mr. Worthen would act for Mr. <br />Ballard, Chairman of the Committee on Parking Facilities, <br />who was unable to be present. <br />Mr. Worthen said that he assumed most of the individuals <br />present had read the report, but for the benefit of those <br />who were not familiar with it, he ga1*e the basic plans, the <br />location of the proposed street, and explained at length. <br />the parking project. <br />The Chairman said that one question which had been dis- <br />cussed by the Board of Selectmen was pertaining to the area <br />in the rear of the Seligman Block, and the railroad right- <br />of-way. <br />Mr. Worthen informed the group that the Committee felt <br />that the advantages of the proposed area outweighed any ad- <br />vantages that the location at the rear of the Seligman <br />property might have. Mr. Worthen answered numerous questions <br />pertaining to the proposed area, and the group retired at <br />8:07 P.M. <br />Mr..DeFoe said that he had received a call from the <br />Bedford Airport requesting the installation of a direction <br />sign at the junction of Clarke Street and Massachusetts <br />Avenue. Mr. DeFoe informed the Board that there is already <br />a State sign on this location and he knew of no reason why <br />the request should not be granted. <br />The Board had no objection to a conventional sign being <br />erected at this location. <br />1 <br />1 <br />