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A.. 'a " ' 1 .. } f SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 1, 1982 A regular meeting of the Board of selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room; Town Office Building on Monday, March 1, 1982 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Busa, Mrs. Battin, Mrs, Miley, Mr. Crain and Mr. Politi; Mar. Hutch- inson, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present. Mr, Heal Cronin presented Mrs. Miley a gavel be had made from Elm tree limbs of trees from the Green. He stated that it was presented to her from her colleagues on the Board and citizens of the Town in apprecia- tion of her six gears on the Board of Selectmen. The Chairman presented her with an engraved pewter bowl and expressed appreciation of the Town for her services and a "Job well done". Mrs. Kiley thanked Mr. Cronin and the Chairman for their gifts and Mr. Cronin retired from the meeting. Mrs. Margaret Brooke, of the Garrity house Committee, met with the Board to update them on the result of the neighborhood meeting relative " to the Garrity Howse proposal by Mr. Robert Lind. r . Mrs. Brooke reported that there had been no opposition from the neighbors and recommended that the Board approve Mr. Find's proposal. Mir. Jaquith, of the Historic Districts Commission, asked the Chair- man if he foresaw any problems with the provision in the article for Town Meeting relative to the Selectmen being authorized to delegate adminis- trative supervision and preservation restrictions during the period of restoration. The Manager and the Chairman stated that they felt that they did not anticipate any problems. The Chairman informed Mr. Lind that the Board would support the article on Town Meeting floor. Mrs. Brooke and Mr. Lind retired from the meeting, The Board met with the Bike Path Committee and citizens to again discuss the paws and cons of the proposed Minuteman Commuter Bikeway. The Chairman reminded those in attendance that the Board had listened at the last meeting to those in attendance and requested that comments be limi- ted to new information or from those who were not at the meeting last week. He stated that all of the Board members had received numerous calls over the week -end and also had received a great deal of mil during the week, both pro and eon. Mr. Robert Cataldo of the Appropriation Committee informed the Board that the Committee requested the Board to defer its Grote pending further discussion with the Committee relative to the Town's flnanciall commitment to the proposal. Mr. Cataldo, speaking as an individual citl en, pointed out to the Mrs. Miley Gift Garrity House Bike Path