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• HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednesday, September 27, 1978, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, Lexington. Present were Commissioners John R. Packard, Chairman; Georgia H. Williams, Secretary; John L. Davies; Roland B. Greeley; and S. Lawrence Whipple. A hearing was held at 8:10 P.M. on the application of Ellen Sklar and Shirley Hurwitz d~b~a Spectrum Music for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to the erection and display of a sign for the store at 55 Waltham Street. Mr. Packard read the legal notice and a letter withdraw- ing the application. The hearing was closed at 8si2 P.Dt. A hearing was held at 8:i5 P.M. on the application of the Cambridge- port Savings Bank for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to the installation of an automated teller machine in the front window of the Bank at 1751 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green Dis- trict. Mr, Packard read the legal notice and referred to the application. Representing the Bank were: George E. Wilson, Treasurer; John J. McCarthy, Branch Manager and Assistant Treasurer; John G. Serino, Attorney for the Bank; Paul Fermano of J. K. Mitchell & Associates, Inc, Architects for the Bank; Katherine T. McAvoy of National Cash Register, Manufacturer's of the Automated Teller; and Raymond Adams, President of the Bank. Also present were William Miles, Manager of BayBank Harvard Trust's Lexington branch, and George P, Wadsworth, Chairman of the Board of Appeals. Mr. Serino gave a brief background of the Cambridgeport Savings Bank and stated that the Lexington branch had been in operation for fifteen months and had been very successful. He said that the bank has an average of one hundred cus- tomers a day and that probably seven would use an automated teller machine, He stated that another bank similar in size has seven using their automated teller machine a day; he said that banks in Boston have more use. They plan to install this machine in the bay window that is recessed three feet in from the sidewalk. The unit is stainless steel and has a shield of stainless steel cover (or covers when not in use. Mr. Greeley asked if would need a sign to tell customers what to do and Mr. Serino said there would not be a sign as would send customers literature explaining how tQ use the automated teller machine. Mr. Packard said that you do not antici- pate extensive use and asked why the machine is needed. Mr. Serino said that people are looking for them and that they are for the convenience of the customer. Mr. Packard said that you have mentioned this is the "coming thing" and there are seven banks in Lexington Center alone. He added that he would not like to see seven of these automated tellers iri the Center and that the Commission has to consider this aspect. Mr. Packard asked fox the dimensions and Mr. Serino said that it would be three feet by three feet. A question was raised concerning the dimensions of the Bay}3ank Harvard Trust's night deposit and it was stated that this is two feet by two feet. Mr. Whipple said that the wood around the machine bothers him and asked why wood was selected and Mr. Fermano said that they chose wood to match the panel below. Mr. Whipple asked if we will be able to see the