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SELECTMEN'S MEETING February 12, 1962 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, February 12, 1962, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Morey, Messrs . Adams, Ferguson, Cole and Richards were present. Mr. Stevens , Town Counsel, Mr. Staples, E$ecutive Assistant, Mr. John J. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present . Mr . Stevens reported his conversation with Mr. Hannah of Raytheon relative to the F .A.A. remote communi- cations towers . He explained tip t other sites are being considered and that no action needed to be taken by the F.A .A. Board at the present time . The Chairman read a letter from Arthur U. Hooper, attorney, representing Mrs . Mary E. Kuhn of Maryland, relative to lots 28 and 29, block 61, on Hickory Street which are being taken for a refuse site . Mr. Hooper Land taking requested that the Board make an offer in settlement. Mr. Staples and Mr. Carroll were instructed to check into the subject and report back to the Board. Further consideration was given to Mr. Dow H. Darden' s claim for damages resulting from the taking for a town way in connection with the alteration and Claim relocation of Burlington Street, for which the Board had made an offer of $250 in full settlement . Mr . Stevens reported that Mr . Darden' s claim is the only one on the street that has not been settled and it is in litigation . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to settle the claim on the basis of $250, plus abate- ment of the sidewalk betterment in the amount of $144.92 . Mr. Carroll reported that he and Mr. Staples attended a meeting of the Metropolitan Water Users Association at which the water rate bill was discussed. He stated that the Commission has a bill formulated which will establish the rate for 1962. The president of t1-2 Water rate Association, William Pratt, of Newton, spoke against bill allowing or giving the MDC a free hand in establishing the rate each year feeling thatthe members of the associ- ation should be in favor of the rate of $120 m.g. as tops .