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402 <br /> SELEE TMEN'S MEETING <br /> March 22, 1961 <br /> A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held <br /> in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on <br /> Wednesday, March 22, 1961, at 8:00 P.M. Chairman <br /> Morey, Messrs. Richards and Cole were present . Mr. <br /> Stevens, Town Counsel, and the Executive Clerk were <br /> also present. <br /> Mr . Hurd and Mr . Fitzpatrick, representing MIT, <br /> met with the Board. <br /> Mr. Hurd stated that the information he now has <br /> on hand necessitated getting it to the Board as quickly <br /> as he could . He said, looking back on what le is al- <br /> leged to have said, and he didn' t argue with the press, <br /> it inferred that when he was at the public hearings <br /> before the Selectmen, Planning Board, and Town Meet- <br /> ing, what they intended then and what they knew, the <br /> fact was the building they were going to build on the <br /> Maguire property would be taxable . His information <br /> now is, because of the change in plans, it will not <br /> Zoning be taxable . That being the case, what he told the <br /> Board then was not the case, but he believed it at <br /> the time to be so. He said the Board may want to re- <br /> consider the action taken in rezoning the M 1 property <br /> into a 3 C zone . He stated that the Air Force has <br /> changed plans and now intends to build the building <br /> itself. He said MIT would build the building but the <br /> funds will be Air Ferce money and the title will be <br /> Air Force and they will lease the land . He said they <br /> have not purchased the land yet . It is an entirely <br /> different story than what he lead the Town to believe <br /> at every hearing. He stated that Mr. Fitzpatrick <br /> has been in communication and conference with the <br /> powers that be and has insisted, because of the promise <br /> made to the Town, that if they are mot going to be in a <br /> position to pay taxes, something should be done if the <br /> Town is going to let them go ahead, and pay something <br /> in lieu of taxes. He said it would be in the heighbor- <br /> hood of $12,500.00. <br /> Mr. Fitzpatrick said this is as high as he has <br /> been able to get the Air Force to go. <br /> Mr. Hurd said it hoped that it will be a ten <br /> year lease of the land. <br /> Mr. Fitzpatrick said they are asking for a thirLty <br /> year lease from MIT who will buy the land . He said <br /> he was trying, whatever the terms of the lease be , <br />