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s f SELECTMEN'S MEETING November 1, 1982 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town office Building, on Monday, November 1, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Buss., Mrs Battin, Mr. :Crain, Mr.' Politi, Mr. Sacco..;. Mr .- , Hutchinson, 'fawn Ma pager - -M s Ad 1 ,.:Assistant to :the .Town Manager ; Mr Cohen, Town :Coun -� sel , and , iMrs . ,.' Snow, 1.Pr incip.al Z lerk,: , were present, Chairman Busa convened the meeting at 7:30 P.M. Mr. Zehner, Town Treasurer, introduced Mrs. Ilda Forbush who, in res- Ilda Forbush ponse to Mr.. Zehner S request for early payment of property tax, was the taxpayer first Lexington citizen . to do so. Mr. Zehner explained that such. payment in advance of the due date would help avoid the need for Town borrowing of funds in anticipation of tax revenues. Mrs. Forbush was thanked by the chairman for her cooperation and good citizenship in this matter. It was noted that Mr. Zehner was second and that Mrs. Doris Barclay, also present was third to pay the first installment of the FY83 Real Estate Tax. Mr. Busa and other Board members stated their intentions to follow suit. Mr. Nyles Barnert, Chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee, was Capital Exp . present to request a future work session meeting with the Selectmen, Town Committee Manager, Appropriations Committee, Town Treasurer and the Director of Pub - lic works and Engineering to consider priorities for D.P.W. programs, now that the Towns sewer installation program is nearing completion. Among the project s listed for consideration by Mr. Barnert were water system - improve- ment, maintenance /reconstruction of existing. streets, drainage improvement, acceptance of new streets and sidewalk /curbing installation. The Board concurred. with Mr. Barnert' s suggestion that the aforementioned meeting- be scheduled Within a month . The Board reviewed recommendations of the Traffic Safety Committee in Winter/Bed- its memo dated 10/14/82, on the request of Henry C. Howley, 107 Fifer Lane, ford Sts. regarding hazardous traffic conditions at the intersection of Winter and Howley Bedford. Streets due to poor sight distance and speed of cars on Bedford St. He requested that traffic approaching from Bedford be alerted to the upcom- ing intersections by moving the intersection warning sign nearer the Bedford Town line, which he felt would alleviate problems with exiting from Winter to Bedf ord Street. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept: the recommen- dation of the Traffic Safety Committee that the intersection symbol sign at Winter and Bedford Streets be relocated 200 f eet toward the Lexington /Bedf ord Town line. Regarding an additional concern of Mr. Howley's, it was reported that the "No. Right Turn" sign at the Bedf ord Street jughandle will be replaced in the near future by the Mass. D.P.W. Mr . Busa read the recommendations of the Traf f is Saf ety Committee in its East St . memo dated 10/14/82, on the petition from residents of East Street request- Stennes ing exclusion of trucks on the portion of East Street from Lowell Street to the Woburn line.