1970-01-22-Design Advisory Group-min

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ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE LEXINGTON DESIGN ADVISORY GROUP January 22, 1970 Meeting was called to order by Morse Payne, acting Chairman in the absence of Royston Daley. I. Attendance sheet was circulated together with a list of topical interests. 2. Summary memorandum of the year's activities was read and discussed by Morse Payne. 3. The By -Laws were read as amended by the D.A.C. Further amendments were proposed by the D.A.G. A vote was taken and the By -Laws were approved as amended. a. The annual meeting date be changed to April -- following Town Meeting. b. Whether as an amendment or simply as an operational practice that an alternate Committee member be elected by the D.A.G. (See the attached By -Laws as amended) 4. Elections were held to fill the D.A.C. position previously held by Morse Payne. Leonard S. Notkin was nominated by the D.A.C. and Thomas J. Holzbog was nominated from the floor as an alternate. Acceptance was moved by Mario Pfaff, seconded by Herb Eisenberg and passed by the D.A.G. 5. The evening's discussion included the following comments: a. The size of the D.A.C. was questioned and pointed out that in early years it had been a 7 -man committee. It was pointed out that under the new constitution of the D.A.C. as an advisory arm of the Planning Board, the 5 -man committee was established to conform to that of the Planning Board. b. It was reported by Herb Eisenberg that the contributions of the D.A.C. were greatly appreciated by the Planning Board. It was further noted that natural tensions between the various town administrative boards should be recognized by the D.A.C. as an inevitable reality of this kind of work. c. It was pointed out that desirably every meeting of the Planning Board, Recreation Committee, Board of Selectmen, Historic District Commission, etc., should be attended by someone from the D.A.G. Discussion related to the greater use of the D.A.G. foI lowed.