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N O co W a PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 21, 1983 213 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was called to order at 7:36 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Smith, with members Nichols, Sorensen, Uhrig and Planning Director Bowyer present. Mrs. Flemings was absent. 53. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the meeting of March 14 were corrected, and on a motion by Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Nichols, were approved unanimously as corrected. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Nichols, the minutes of the Execu- tive Session of March 14, 1983, were approved unanimously as written. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 54. 1983 Report on Housing Policy Resolution: Robert Pressman was present to offer comments, under Public Participation, on a newspaper account of the Plan- ning Board's 1983 report on the housing policy resolution. Mr. Pressman noted that there had not been much progress on implementing the housing policy resolu- tion during the last year. He took issue with the statement in the report that concentrating on affordable housing was a pragmatic approach to a lack of funding. He pointed out that funding did exist and the Housing Authority had turned back over one million dollars to HUD and more than $500,000 to the State. He argued that other uses could have been found for that money. He commented that Greater Boston Community Development Corporation was not selected as the developer for Muzzey even though they offered more low and moderate income housing. He thought the "pragmatic problem" is that other boards and agencies do not have the will or desire to implement the policy. Mrs. Smith responded that he had given the Board much to think about and that time would be scheduled at the next Planning Board meeting for further discussion of the points he had made. EXECUTIVE SESSION After a poll of the Board, it was voted unanimously to go into Executive Session to discuss a matter of current litigation involving the Town. It was stated that the Board would return to its open session after the Executive Session to take up other items on the agenda. At 7:56 p.m., the Board went into Executive Session. The Board returned to open session at 9:27 p.m. At 10:35 p.m., after a motion by Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Nichols, and a poll of the Board, it was voted unanimously to go back into Executive Session to continue consideration of the litigation. At that time, it was indicated that the Board would return to its open session only for the purposes of adjournment. Following that part of the Executive Session, the Board returned to open session at 10:43 p.m. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 55. Meriam Street Parking Lot: Eugene Vogt, 18 Grant Place, was present to call attention to the opposition of abutters to the proposed expansion of the Meriam Street parking lot. He commented particularly on the effect of the expansion on the environmental quality and the loss of residential seclusion. Even though an opaque fence will be constructed, some of the houses on Grant Place are at a