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SELECTMEN'S MEETING
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<br />December 2, 1985
<br />A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Manday, Decem-
<br />ber 2, 1955, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town office Building, at
<br />7:00 p.m. Chairman. Marshall, Mrs. Battin, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Eddison,
<br />Mr. Dailey; Mr.. Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr, Cohen, Town Counsel; Ms. Adler,
<br />Assistant to the Town Manager; Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present.
<br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve minutes of Minutes
<br />the Selectmen's Meeting - on November 18, 1985. Mrs. Battin abstained from 11/18.85
<br />voting because of absence from that meeting.
<br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to. approve applications License
<br />for renewal of licenses for . the year 1986, as follows: Renewals
<br />Common Victualler Licenses
<br />Lexington House of Pizza, 399 Lowell Street
<br />BelCanto, 171.5 -1719 Massachusetts Avenue
<br />Common Carrier License
<br />Boston Tours, 89 Arcadia Street, Waltham
<br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request Ext.ofHourc-
<br />of Isaac Dray, Versailles Restaurant, 1777 Mass..Avenue, for extension of Versailles
<br />PON' hours under its Common`Victualler Liquor License to 1:00 a.m. on December 31, Rest.
<br />1985.
<br />Mr. Hutchinson summarized the background of the proposed ramp at Cary Handicapped
<br />Hall for the.handicapped, funded under Article 56 of 1984,. and the current ramp, Cary
<br />request under Article 5, for additional funding necessary for its construction.
<br />He noted that the Selectmen in 1984 had approved a design with the entrance
<br />via ramp at the front of the building. He pointed out restraints of the His -
<br />tonic District Commission: placed on the Town, as well as the complicated bid-
<br />ding requirements that must be met under Ch, 5798
<br />He noted the wide variance between the only two bids received on the pro-
<br />posal: $106,000 and $198,000, which he felt argued further for concerns about
<br />rebidding the project. He recommended proceeding with the design presented by
<br />Charles Hagenah, Architect, at a cost estimated by him to be $111,000,
<br />Mr. Hagenah was introduced and presented features of .a front-entrance,
<br />slip -proof granite. surfaced ramp. He felt that the front entrance, rather than
<br />sid-- entrance with a lift for use by hendicapped was preferable in many respects.
<br />He noted that the issues to be dealt with are State requirements which tend
<br />to make the project expensive, and the disinterest of constractors in such a
<br />public project. He felt the design proposed was a good one, and that it took
<br />into consideration H.D.C. requirements, trees, shrubs and compatibility with the
<br />existing building.
<br />Discussion continued on the viability and comparative expense of a side-
<br />entrance with a lift. In addition to construction costs for the lift ($70,000)
<br />Mr. Hagenah noted that by State Code, it must always be supervised when in use
<br />and would have to be opened and operated b an attendant. He again P y g stressed
<br />that a front entrance would be the most appropriate way to enter the building,
<br />which could be used by elderly and all handicapped, not only those in wheelchairs
<br />as with a lift.
<br />Mr. Michelson, Capital Expenditures Committee member, expressed concern
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