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SOI kg SrLECTY 0W' SETIWWO January 2, 1962 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, January 2, 1962, at 7: 30 P.M. Chairman Morey, Messrs . Adams and Richards were present . Mr . Stevens, Town Counsel, Mr . Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works , Mr. Staples, Executive Assistant, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present . Mr . Cole arrived at 10 :00 P.P . Mr . Stevens referred to the suit thet was pending against the Town for damages for taking a sewer ease- ment on two parcels of land owned by James Carrig and reported that he had received a release from Carrig . Upon motion duly made and seconded , it was voted to sign an abatement of .L252.97 sewer betterment as- sessment levied against Lot 39 Cambridge-Concord High- way and abatement of 426 .71 sewer betterment assessment levied against an unnumbered lot, as referred to in Abatem_nts plans entitled "Plan of Sewer Easement Off Cambridge- Concord Highway to Lawrence Lane and Webster Road, Lex- ington, Mass. " , and "Plan of Sewer Easement Off Pleasant Street, Lexington, Mass ." Mr. Stevens stated that he did not have time to check the court list to find out where the Justin Shea case is . He said that lir. Reenstierna ' s opinion on the damages of the taking of the sewer easement was •x800 and explained the t away back in the beginning, the Planning Board recommended that the Town acquire the Shea ' s land -3.nd also additional land for the Adams School . He claim said he has not had any discussion with Mr. Shea ' s attorney. He stated that Mr . Reenstierna figures the loss in value is L ,000, and if the Town takes the addi- tional parcel, it will be 21200 more; his decision being based on the fact that Mr. Shea will be losing two lots . He explained that if the Board decides to offer :, 200 and it is not acceptable , there will have to be an article in the warrant because The Board would have no authority to acquire that p-rcel. He said if Mr . Shea will not settle , he should be advised that there are two separate items . He has never asked anything for the sewer easement because from the very beginning, the Town wanted to see if it could buy the land and additional land because this is where Emerson Road was going. He said he has been waiting all this time. for a plan and