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3a3 ■• SELECTMEN'S MEETING September 11 1959 p a A regular meeting of the Board of Sel ectmen was held on Monday, September 11, 1989, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room t - Town office Building, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Smith, Mr. Marshall , Mr. Eddi son, Mr. Dailey, Mr. McSweeney; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Ms. Radway, Asst, to the Town Manager; Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. NASHOBA CABLE SERVICES Mrs. Smith opened a Public Hearing on the petition of Nashoba Communications of Belmont Limited Partnership for permission to attach fiber optic cable to certain utility poles and to otherwise construct cable television lines upon , along, across or under certain public ways in Lexington, as shown on plans on file i n the office of the Board of Selectmen. Duane Howes representing Nashoba Cable Services, explained the request of Nashoba for the right of way to install cable lines al ong streets in Lexington from the Lincoln l i n e to the Belmont line, i n order to provide cable service to the Town of Belmont. He reported that all installations would be aerial on existing utility poles except for 720 feet on Concord Avenue near the Belmont l i n e and 720 feet along state owned land near the Lincoln line on Lincoln Street, which would be underground. Mr. Howes referred to the Selectmen's July 24th approval of Nashoba' s request to overt ash its cable onto existing Adams-Russell cable, and the subsequent refusal of the New England Telephone Company to allow this procedure. Without the Telephone Company's permission to overlash, the cable servicing Belmont must be attached to the poles independently. With reference to a written statement from Nashoba Cable Services about the rearrangement or replacement of poles, Mr. Howes explained that there is a possibility that in order to accommodate the new cable to the satisfaction of the Telephone Company, replacement of poles might be necessary and that the new poles would be located as close to the o r i g i n a l pole location as possible. Any relocation of poles would be the subject of a hearing before the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Dailey said that in the interest of appearance, he would prefer the overt as hi ng of the additional cable and suggested that if the request is approved, it be conditional upon Nashoba's commitment to try to gain permission from the Telephone Company for the overt as hi ng . Mrs. Smith and Mr. Eddison agreed with the suggestion. Mr. Marshall felt that approval of the request should be withheld pending Telephone Company approval of the overl ashi ng ' procedure . Mr. McSweeney said that he would support Mr. Marshall's position. He asked Mr. Howes about procedures for trimming of trees to accommodate work on the poles and who would be monitoring the tree work.. Mr. Howes said little or no trimming is expected to be needed but that his crew has expertise in such matters. Mrs. Smith requested that any plans for tree trimming be coordinated with Tree Warden Dale oaas 1 and . Residents asked questions about alternate routes from Lincoln to Belmont and why the Lexington route was to be preferred.