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1988-Annual Report
1988 Annual Report Town of Lexington, Massachusetts TOWN OF LEXINGTON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION VOTERS AT ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION E I L BOARD OF Housing Authority* Town Moderator A P P O I N SELECTMEN Conservation MEETING Executive Appropriation Town Counsel Director Capital Expenditures Set Appropriate Cary Lectures Legislate Board of Appeals Committees Policy Planning Board Representative to Permanent Building Engineering Director Regional Vocational Voters Recreation Committee School Committee i ,with approval of Selectmen E C School Committee T I S Superintendent Staff TOWN School Volunteers MANAGER T Planning Comptroller TOWN Board Town Clerk I Planning Director Fence Viewers Conservation MEETING Revenue Officer -- --- -' - - -- Historic Districts Town Counsel MEMBERS Local Building Code Health Director Appropriate i Legislate Board of Appeals 'with approval of Housing Assistance Planning Board Historical Commission Permanent Building Engineering Director Board of Appeals Comptroller Board of Health Data Processing Town Clerk I Planning Director Fence Viewers Conservation Advisory Task ForcE Revenue Officer -- --- -' - - -- Historic Districts Town Counsel Commission Local Building Code Health Director Commission Council on Aging Board of Appeals Public Works/ Housing Assistance Registrars of Historical Commission Permanent Building Engineering Director Board Voters Recreation Committee Committee Chief of Police Town Celebrations Youth Commission Westview Cemetery Fire Chief Committee Executive Clerk Development Building Commissioner Trustees of Committee Town Assessor Public Trusts MAPC Representative Board of Assessors Director of Conservation Guides Administrator Advisory and Recreation Director ad hoc COA Director committees all other officers and employees *four elected, one State EOCD- appointed. a Unpaid volunteers = Employees /paid © Erna S. Greene 1987 1988 Annual Report Town of Lexington, Massachusetts 1988 Lexington Overview What a year for "firsts!" First time the town voted to pry off the spending lid imposed by Prop. 2 1/2; first town in the state to impose mandatory recycling of bottles /paper; fast time the town agreed to pay an employee $100,000 a year; and the first major recreation structure to be dreamed up, financed and built by volunteers. The spending lid was blown to pay for buying Pine Meadows Golf Course for $11,500,000 plus $4,211,250 in interest and the vote was close. While the subject of affordable housing was not on the ballot, it was on the minds of many who voted on the controversial acquisition. Therecycling program was an instant success; the $100,000 (salary plus perks) went to new School Superintendent Dr. Philip Geiger. The tot play structure showed what community action can do - all told, some 1500 citizens took part, raising $45,000 to pay for design and materials and finally pounding the whole fanciful structure together on a June weekend. There's more coming from these folks - a kind of exercise trail across the street from the tot structure. 1988 marked the departure of two old friends. Conservation Administrator Charlie Wyman and Assistant to the Town Manager Susan Adler headed for other pastures by midyear. The spots were ably Reed S Ward Street D filled by Kevin Mendik in conservation and Deborah Radway as assis- tant to the manager. However, there were plenty who stayed on the job. On the annual fall Employee Recognition Day, Cemetery Superinten- dent Warren Monsignore picked up his 25 -year pen, and 12 more got their 20-year pens: Marguerite B ateson, library; Robert Breslin, David Carpenter, James Donovan, John Quinlan, Richard Rycroft, Robert Walter, Jr., and Melville Webb, Jr. of the Fire Department; John Day of the Police Department; Paul Byrne and John MacKenzie, DPW and Betty Cadario, town manager's office. It should also be noted that throughout the structure of town government there was an increase in interdepartmental cooperation, along with the usual extensive contributions from scores of volunteer boards and committees. 100 years ago, of course, it was a simpler scene. The 1888 Town Report noted..." the frequency of the breaking of the glass in the street- lights is not only expensive but very annoying." The School Committee reported... "Corporal punishment is only rarely resorted to." And also, "in the Hancock Schoolhouse, there are 56 little children in one room; we have employed an extra teacher in that room with advantage." 7 The front cover of this year's Town Report shows the 9th hole of the Pine Meadows Golf Course, top, lust as the town voted to keep it, and below, the group of some 100 neighbors who gathered to deliver a message to Town Meeting members when they arrived to tour the links prior to Town Meeting deliberations on the property. Fred Wischhusen took the top photo, Larry Croes of the Minute -man, the bottom. The back covershows the new center play area built with sweat equity by townspeople in June. Joey Vogel tests the bouncy bridge while other youngsters swarm the intricate structure. Photo: Hillary Levin, Minute -man. The map to the left shows Pine Meadows and its immediate surroundings, which include Route 128; a swamp and the once proposed school site known as Meagherville. Map courtesy of the Pine Meadows Advisory Committee. The emergency phone numbers which used to be on the back cover are now on the inside back cover. Table of Contents Overview 2 Finances at a Glance 4 Board of Selectmen 5 Town Manager 10 TMMA 12 Town Meeting 13 Moderator 16 Elections 17 Lexington Schools 24 Minuteman Tech 37 Cary 38 Fire 42 Police 44 Traffic Safety 44 Police Manual 45 DPW /Engineering 48 Board of Health 54 Biosafety Committee 55 Planning Board 58 Building /Inspection 59 Permanent Building Comm. 60 Conservation Commission 60 Board of Appeals 63 Recreation Department 67 Lexington Housing Authority 70 LexHAB 71 Council on Aging 71 Town Clerk 74 Registrar of Voters 74 Town Counsel 75 Appropriations Committee 82 Capital Expenditures Comm. 83 Revenue Officer 85 Board of Assessors 86 Trustees of Public Trusts 90 Board of Retirement 95 Comptroller 97 Board and Committees Waste Management Task Force 116 Lexington Center Committee 116 Transportation Advisory Comm. 117 Council for the Arts 118 Human Services Committee 119 Design Advisory Committee 120 Historic Districts Commission 120 Enablement Committee 121 North Lexington Committee 121 Joint Regional Trans. Comm. 121 Town Report Committee 121 MAPC 122 Lexington Historical Commission 122 Cable TV Committee 123 Personnel Advisory Board 123 Sister Cities 123 Battlegreen Guides 124 Veterans' Services 124 Cary Lecture Committee 124 Fair Housing Committee 124 Youth Commission 124 Town Celebrations Committee 125 Town Meeting Members 126 Town Officers and Committees 129 Voters Information 136 Finances at a Glance Operating Costs FY 88 All Othek6%) Library 2 Debt 5% Schools 53% Fire 5% Police 6% Pensions 6 insuranc Dept Public Works 13% Relative costs of running all major departments Not Including capital expenses Millions 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1967 1988 1989 Valuation 4 Revenue Sources FY 88 RE 8 Per Pr,n TRYRC 688 Available S . 4% State 12% Tax Rate $ (per fiscal year) 35 30 25 20 15 10 6 0 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Ml Res'I /Open Space ® Commercial /Industr'I Available Funds 3% ;al Receipts 12% Board of Selectmen "Doing more with less" continued to be the selectmen's overall goal in 1988. We found additional creative economies through the provision of services, such as recycling; we asked the manager to maximize revenues by recommending changes to our fee schedule, and we examined Town government's organization structure with the goal being to provide the high quality services citizens expect more economically. What became evident is that FY1990 budget may be the last "maintenance budget" selectmen can propose without seriously diminishing the quality of services and programs provided by the Town. Starting in 1988 the debate revolved around how to maintain the budgetary discipline of Proposition 2 1/2 while simultaneously accommodating inflationary costs, new programs, adequate compensation for public employees and necessary maintenance of a multi - million dollar town investment in infrastructure and buildings. The board was pleased to welcome back William Dailey to a second term as Selectman. His re- election ensured continuity of policy and cooperation on the board as well as depth of fiscal policy understanding as the board expends its energies to find new solutions to the age old problem of funding municipal government. 1988 was the first full year of Town Manager Richard White's administration. It was a year in which the board was pleased to support the continued fine managerial tradition the Town had come to expect under Robert Hutchinson. We were also pleased to support innovations proposed by Mr. White including a new program budget and an entirely new capital budget process; a standardized purchasing program; training programs for town staff, and staff reorganizations. In June, Susan Adler resigned her position as Assistant to the Manager to assume the duties of Assistant Director of Pension Reform for the state Department of Personnel Administration. Susan's exemplary service to the town during her six and a half years in this position was much appreciated by the board and we wish her well in her new position. After a lengthy search, Ms. Deborah Radway, formerly Administrative Assistant for the Towns of Erving, Northfield, Warwick, and Wendell, Mass., was appointed to fill this position in October. Also in June the board reviewed the previous year's goals to assess our progress on major priorities and to set the coming year's agenda. Again, the emphasis was on refinement of existing goals rather than breaking new ground and again the understanding was that this might be the last year we could just "hold the line ". Human service needs for both the elderly and our youth, handicapped recreation, employee compensation and training, and a capital budget designed to maintain infrastructure and facilities will surely demand new programs in the coming years. Board of Selectmen. William Dailey, Paul Marshall, Chairman Jacquelyn Smith, Executive Secretary Marion Snow, Jack Eddison, Leo Mc- Sweeney. Standing: Town Council Norman Cohen, Town Manager Richard White. Photo: Stephen Wade 5 Board of Selectmen MAJOR GOALS FOR 1988 - 1989 1. Inter -Board Relationships. a. School Committee: Continue efforts to work cooperatively on issues of common concern such as maintenance and administrative systems study, collective bargaining and drug and alcohol abuse. School /Town relationships, one of the board's highest priorities, should be manifested by close working relationships between the Superintendent and the Town Manager. b. Town Meeting: To support the Appropriations Committee as it attempts to reassume its more traditional role as "fiscal watch dog". Work more closely with TMMA Executive Board and the Moderator to anticipate the changing values and priorities of Town Meeting. c. Selectmen and Town Manager appointed Committees: Request all committees to evaluate their charges, change and /or reaffirm. Revitalize talent bank in order to attract more participation providing balance for all committees. d. Legislators: Schedule a meeting in the late Fall. e. Continue Chairmen meetings. 2. Fiscal Planning. a. Proposition 2 1/2: Develop FY90 budget within existing limitation without proposition 2 1/2 override if possible. b. Pine Meadows: Inform Town Meeting of the financial impact of purchase including but not limited to future budget projections, cost of debt service, budget impact of development, occupancy patterns of single family and cluster developments. c. Operating Budget: Develop a program budget format utilizing existing budget system when appropriate, organized by major service areas. d. Capital Budget: Develop separate capital budget document and schedule. e. Compensation, Benefits and Training: Maintain a salary, benefit and training program that encourages talented, high quality, staff to continue service to the Town. f. Develop centralized purchasing system for all Town purchases. 3. Housing. a. Develop short, medium, and long -term goals and strategy for developing affordable housing. N 4. Environment. a. Water: Develop water conservation information program; include replacement of fixed assets in the enterprise accounting budgets. b. Recycling: Implement curbside collection program for recyclable items, develop "Town Hall- office paper" recycling program. c. Center Parking: Reexamine center parking accounting for new commercial building and constructed bikeway. d. Center Design Guidelines: Develop RFP, select consultant, begin to develop design guidelines working in close cooperation with the Planning Board. 5. Public Safety. a. Drug and alcohol awareness: With cooperation of Schools, implement program to increase drug and alcohol awareness. Encourage Replace to develop stronger ties with Town in terms of accountability and coordination of effort. 6. Technology Issues. a. Computers: Develop training program for employees. Initiatives Two major initiatives of the board in 1988 were the purchase of Pine Meadows Golf Course and the development of a mandatory curbside recycling program. Prior to Town Meeting, the selectmen and the Planning Board had worked with Moore Homes, Inc., the owner of the Pine Meadows property, to develop a plan for the site that would contain market rate housing and a golf course, as well as affordable housing to be developed by the owner at town expense. When this plan was presented to Town Meeting, it was felt that the development was too dense and the article was defeated. The alternatives to this proposal were for the developer to build standard subdivision housing on the entire site - eliminating the golf course -- or for the Town to purchase the property, protect the golf course and make use of the other land as it saw fit. Town Meeting made it clear that they wanted to pursue the option of purchase. The selectmen called a Special Town Meeting for July. They appointed a citizen committee to identify several development options for the site that would provide some of the capital needed to purchase, since the Town has always looked at the entire site as having some housing development potential as well as its worth as recreation /open space. Board of Selectmen The Committee, chaired by Margaret Rawls, did its work well. A proposal was prepared for the Special Town Meeting in July. The plan called for 54 wets of market rate housing, 16 of affordable housing for an approximate sale price of $5M to offset the estimated purchase price for the golf course of $11.5M. In addition to the development proposal, the selectmen and manager prepared a detailed cost analysis of what the purchase would mean in terms of additional taxes as well as a demographic and impact analysis of development in the Pine Meadows area. Town Meeting voted to acquire Pine Meadows subject to a favorable vote of the citizens to exclude this debt from the limits of Proposition 2 1/2. On August 17, 1988, the Town voted 5643 to 5007 to purchase Pine Meadows. Then followed six weeks of very intensive negotiations with the developer to arrive at a purchase price. This was necessary because the town was not acquiring the land by eminent domain, but rather under a clause in M.G.L. Chapter 61B which allows the town to acquire land currently held under a recreation restriction through a negotiated purchase. On September 16, 1988, the Town acquired the Pine Meadows Golf Course for $11.5 million. The previous owner, Moore Homes, Inc., has leased the course for 16 months which will allow the town time to study the options of managing the course itself or leasing it to a golf - course management firm. This vote was a milestone for Lexington. We acquired a very significant piece of recreation and open space for the Town as well as some developable land for affordable housing. It was also the first vote to exclude a debt from the provisions of 2 1/2. Another "first" voted by the 1988 Annual Town Meeting was the creation of a mandatory curbside recycling program - the first in the state. This program was proposed by the selectmen's Waste Management Task Force as an initiative whose time has come both environmentally and fiscally. Cost projections showed that even including startup costs, the Town would break even the first year and could save between $80,000 and $100,000 in future years just from recycling paper and glass. In September, Mass CRINC was selected as the recycling vendor. By mid - October the bright yellow recycling bins could be seen all over town on waste collection day as the citizens of the town enthusiastically embraced the program. The selectmen and Task Force members agreed that for the first year the program should be treated as voluntary rather than mandatory, to enable citizens to get used to the program, and the Town to work to make the process as easy as possible for everyone. We are pleased to report that at least 71% of the households in town are participating voluntarily. Lexington is leading the state in curbside recycling as it 7 has with its hazardous waste collection days. The selectmen remain dedicated to a waste management program that takes full advantage of recycling in its many forms. Enterprise Funding The cost of providing water and sewer services has become a major issue for selectmen. Historically these costs have been borne primarily by the tax levy. With the creation of the MWRA and the projected cost of cleaning up Boston Harbor and rehabilitating most of the region's water and sewer delivery systems now estimated in the billions of dollars, the state had mandated that enterprise accounts be set up to reflect the actual costs for these services to the town. These costs are to be removed as much as possible from the tax levy and paid for as fees by the citizens. The selectmen agree with the concept that we should know what these service costs are, and to the extent practicable, that these costs should be charged as fees. However, without some relief from the State or Federal governments, estimated MWRA charges in the future will create water and sewer bills equal to real property tax bills. The selectmen are working with the MWRA Advisory Board, our legislative representatives and with the Massachusetts Municipal Association to increase state funding of this enormous capital program. We feel that it is unfair to leave this tremendous burden to the rate payers alone. The selectmen are committed to a stable rate structure that within a few years will cover all costs. We are also committed to water conservation both through a rate structure that rewards conservation and our programs of water pipe relining, and inflow /infiltration repair projects. As with waste recycling, water conservation is both fiscally and environmentally important, and Lexington is taking a leadership position. Housing For many years selectmen's goals have included initiatives to provide affordable housing in the town. This fall we decided to review what we have accomplished through the years, reassess the need for such housing and set new goals for the coming five year period. Since the Planning Board plays such a major role in housing, we decided to have a joint goal setting effort with them. In October, the boards drew up their housing goals, which were to encourage the development of at least 150 units of affordable housing, either public or private. These units would include more accessory apartments, more multi -family rental housing, and additions to our scattered site family housing program. With no more schools to convert, we turned our attention to town held land, deciding to look first at the Pine Meadows /Meagherville School site since these contiguous pieces constitute the largest plot of land in town ownership. Board of Selectmen Our hope is to bring a development proposal to the 1989 Annual Town Meeting. We have asked LexHAB, the Planning Board and the Housing Authority to join us in this effort which will include active participation from citizens as well. Neighborhood Groups Each year selectmen meet with concerned neighborhood groups as issues develop in their areas of town. This year a new group was formed in response to the Minuteman National Park's Draft Master Plan report - the Hayward Pond Neighborhood Association. The Draft Master Plan proposed to incorporate most of this neighborhood into the Park and to acquire and close Old Mass. Ave. which is the neighborhood's second means of access to their streets. The selectmen worked closely with Hayward Pond residents and with the National Park representatives to get agreement that purchase of these properties would not be necessary since there was adequate room for a buffer strip of landscaping between the Park and the neighborhood to maintain the historic appearance of the Park on the one side and to leave a very viable, pleasant neighborhood on the other side. The question of the disposition of Old Mass. Ave. was deferred until a future time when the National Park begins to implement its master plan. School Committee To further our goal of working more closely with the School Committee primarily on budget matters but also on programs where appropriate, the selectmen have worked with the Committee, the police and the Human Services Committee to create a formal procedure for addressing substance abuse in the schools. We have also encouraged both the manager and the Superintendent to identify areas where by working together we can effect economies or produce a better product. The development of a capital budget for the town is a first effort in this cooperative approach. Selectmen's Committees As in former years, the quality of the decision making by the board on the number of issues before us has been highly dependent on the quality of advice we have gotten from our very hard working committees. Their work is described in detail throughout the Town report except for those discussed here. We do want to extend our thanks to these committees and call the reader's attention to their reports which cover a broad range of concerns within the Town. Minuteman Bikeway The board continued its active involvement in the design and development of the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway. Selectman Jack Eddison represented the interests of the town in the frequent meetings of the state level Bikeway Advisory Committee. Also, as Chairman of Lexington's Bikeway Implementation Committee, he arranged for periodic reviews of plans and designs by town officials and interested citizens. The lengthy design process included the introduction of artistic elements into the Bikeway plans and the sampling of citizen opinion on the types of designs for milestones, gates, signs, bollard and missile barriers felt to be most appropriate to Lexington. In response to abutter concerns over questions of privacy and security along the right of way, Selectman Eddison arranged for a design team to visit each concerned abutter on site to work out possible solutions. In early March, the design consultant presented the results of a review which showed that the estimated cost of constructing the Bikeway had risen to $3.8 million, well above the $1.5 million originally earmarked for the project. When that figure was revised upward again in October by an additional half million dollars, Selectman Eddison joined with Arlington's representative in protesting the increase and in showing how it could be avoided. At the year's end, the 100 percent design plans had been submitted to the Mass. D.P.W. and all permits had been received, but it was unclear when funding for construction would be made available. Design Guidelines The selectmen gave strong support to the Design Advisory Committee (DAC) and to the Lexington Center Committee (LCC) in their efforts to enhance both the visual attractiveness and the economic vitality of Lexington's commercial areas. As liaison to the DAC, Selectman Eddison worked closely with both committees to draft a selectmen's article for the 1988 Town Warrant to finance consulting services for the preparation of design guidelines for Lexington Center. When it became apparent that there was public support for extending the guidelines to other commercial areas of the town, the article was broadened and its funding increased to accomplish this purpose. Following passages of the article by Town Meeting, the board supported the work of the two committees and the Town Manager in sending out requests for proposals and in recruiting a highly qualified consulting firm to prepare the guidelines. The board ventured into a somewhat controversial aesthetic issue when it agreed, after review with the concerned committees, to changing the exterior color and decoration of the historic Buckman Tavern so as to replicate the appearance it is believed to have had on the morning of April 19, 1775. The board also drew on the recommendation of the DAC and the LCC in deciding on the location of the new "U.S.S. Lexington" memorial placed beside the Visitor's Center behind the Buckman Tavern. HATS II. The board played a leading role in the 1988 reorganized Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS II), Board of Selectmen the sub - regional organization of the four towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington and Lincoln. With Jack Eddison its chairman for the year, HATS II championed the towns' interests in discussions and negotiation with Massport, the U.S. Air Force, the National Parks Service, the Middlesex County Commissioners and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, (MAPC). In January, HATS II met with representatives of Massport to review their plans for development of 10 possible sites at Hanscom Field. Massport was urged to limit development of those sites to aviation related activities only, and was persuaded to withdraw its bid for the mile long railroad spur linking Hanscom Field to Maguire Road and the projected Minute Man Commuter Bikeway. This withdrawal left the spur open to being purchased by Lexington and Bedford for conservation and recreational purposes. The most significant activity of HATS II during the year was its negotiation with the Air Force over the latter's plans to add about one million square feet of office and R and D space at Hanscom Air Force Base. This would include the addition of approximately one half million square feet of new construction for Lincoln Labaoratories and of one quarter million square feet each for the Mitre Corporation and the Air Force itself. During the summer, HATS II drew up a series of requests to the Air Force seeking more information on the magnitude of the proposed development and its probable impact on traffic, town services and the environment of the area. These requests were presented to the Hanscom Base Commander in late September. The latter responded on December 15 with a detailed presentation to HATS II of the so- called "35 percent drawings" of the Comprehensive Plan for the Base. He also promised to provide HATS with studies of the traffic impacts of the proposed new construction. When Minute Man National Park announced an expansion and im- provement plan, residents in the area, fearing loss of privacy and property, rose up in protest. Selectmen, HATS II and legislators got the Park to back down and talk things over before acting. Touring the scene: Laura Percily, Selectmen Jack Eddison and Leo Mc- Sweeney, and neighbors. Photo: Kyle Bajakian, Minute -man 0 The HATS II leadership also played an active role in coordinating the responses of the four HATS towns to the proposals contained in May 1988 draft Master Plan of the Minute Man National Historic Park. By agareement among the concerned towns, HATS II was given primary responsibility for addressing traffic issues resulting from any changes in 2A while the towns elected to deal directly with the Park on land acquisition questions. Through its membership in HATS II, the Board actively supported the town of Lincoln in the latter's effort to prevent excessive development along Old County Road in the watershed of the Hobbs Brook Reservoir. The Board joined other HATS II towns and the City of Cambridge in urging the Middlesex County Commissioners not to agree to a major widening of Old County Road. The Board's position was based on its wish to protect the water supply of the metropolitan region and to slow the rate of exp[ansion of traffic in the Route 2 /Route 128 area. In the fall, Selectman Eddison and the Town Manager worked out with MAPC a proposed arrangement under which MAPC would provide to HATS II professional assistance in addressing growth and development issues in the Hanscom Field area. This assistance would be financed for FY1989 from MAPC's budget. Concurrently, the four towns were asked to include in their respective FY1990 budgets a line item of $10,000 for professional consulting services to HATS II. These services either from MAPC or from private firms, would be called on as needed to enable HATS II to do its job effectively. As the year ended, the proposal was being submitted to the selectmen of each of the HATS II towns for approval. Regional Perspectives Each year sees a greater and greater need for the board to be cognizant of and involved in regional decision making. As described elsewhere we have been very active this year in the Hanscom area development issues through Mr. Eddison's leadership of HATSII and with road issues in the 128 /Waltham/ Lexington area. Selectman McSweeney serves on the Middlesex County Advisory Board which has approval powers over the County budget; Selectman Smith on the MWRA Advisory Board; and Selectman Dailey on the MBTA Advisory Board. Throughout the year the board has had an active part in the MAPC effort to develop sub - regional groups within its 101 town district. The town continues to be well represented in the work of the Mass. Municipal Association which has developed into a highly effective lobbying organization for municipal concerns. Ms. Smith serves on the MMA Public Works Committee and Selectman Marshall is Vice Chair of the MMA Fiscal Policy group as well as serving as a member of the Board of Directors and of the Governor's Local Government Advisory Committee. Town Manager The Town Manager serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Town, administers the policies and procedures of the Board of Selectmen, enforces by -laws and actions passed by Town meeting, prepares the budget and supervises the daily operations of all departments. The town maintains a payroll of approximately $8.7 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, (FY89), covering 284 full-time and 169 part -time employees. The total appropriated Town budget for Fiscal Year 1989 is $54,200,739. Deborah Radway, the town's new Assistant to the Manager, took of- fice in October. 1988 was a year of many challenges, opportunities, and initiatives. The purchase of Pine Meadows Golf Course, program based operating budgeting, capital budgeting, central purchasing, new training programs for staff, a reorganization of the finance operations, mandatory recycling and enterprise accounting for water and sewer services are just a sampling of the initiatives implemented during 1988. Finances Balancing fiscal priorities and funding municipal services remains the predominant issue. Lexington has managed well during the nine years since the passage of Proposition 10 2 1/2. Additional revenues secured through user fees, a hotel /motel tax, state aid and additional real estate taxes from development, combined with management efficiencies and cutbacks in staffing have allowed for increases in the level of services offered and while continuing compliance with Proposition 2 1/2. Lexington may not be as fortunate in future years. In anticipation that there will be fewer fiscal resources, considerable effort has been made to describe and justify the various services supported by the taxpayer. A program based operating budget has been developed to provide a conceptual view of all services funded. A comprehensive capital budget and five -year capital improvements program was created to complement and expand upon the program format of the operating budget. These two budgets describe in detail the various programs or services provided. For the first time, the budgets focus attention on the programs or services to be provided rather than simply being documents that list proposed expenditures. These two formats encourage a study of the policy implications of budgeting. They in fact are the beginning of a process in which conflict between competing demands are resolved. These budgets articulate the future goals of the Town and provide detailed accounting as to how much it will cost to implement them. In addition, a reorganization and consolidation of the financial departments has allowed the Town to expand financial services and reduce staffing levels. The revenue, assessing and comptroller functions are now considered and managed as one financial operation. Staff report to the Comptroller as Chief Financial Officer. A purchasing division has been created. Centralized purchasing has been effective in that it has saved over $150,000 for the Town in its first year of operation. The broad goal of centralized purchasing is to obtain the maximum value of all goods and services acquired by the Town in order to efficiently use departmental funds. The purchasing division has encouraged the use of cooperative and competitive bidding and bulk purchase agreements in order to ensure that the Town obtains the maximum value for every dollar spent. Environment Rising costs for the disposal of solid waste have stabilized primarily because of the creation of a mandatory curbside recycling program. This is the first mandatory recycling program in the State of Massachusetts. The recycling program was proposed by the Waste Management Task Force. The Task Force deserves considerable praise for their hard work and perseverance. For the first time in recent memory, refuse collection and disposal costs have stabilized primarily because of savings resulting from the recycling program. Over 70% of the households in Lexington are currently participating in the recycling program. Those bright yellow recycling bins should be a constant reminder of the tax savings resulting from the Town's mandatory recycling program. Town Manager Enterprise Funding Water and sewer costs continue to increase primarily because of dramatic increases in Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) charges. Enterprise accounting funds were created in order to fund water and sewer services as a utility. Accounting for these services includes all costs that can be reasonably identified either directly or indirectly within the municipal budgeting framework. A depreciation allowance has been included to meet future capital needs of the Town's water and sewer operations. Use of a depreciation allowance required the Town to account for its fixed assets. Fixed asset accounting, a standard practice in private industry, is not common in government. Lexington is one of the handful of communities in the nation that accounts for its fixed assets. Infrastructure The Town continued to maintain its infrastructure. Over $1.75 million was appropriated in FY89 for the repaving of roads, cleaning and relining of water mains, replacing roofs, rehabilitation of the library, replacement of drainage and purchase of equipment. Revenues, Property Tax Real estate assessments and values changed little in 1988. The tax rate per $1,000 assessed valuation has been set at $10.89 for residential and $18.10 for commercial property. The taxables list is $2.975 billion, up from $2.929 billion. New residential and commercial property development has not increased as dramatically as in previous years. Zoning changes voted at the Annual Town Meeting of 1987 limited property tax growth in 1988. A revaluation of real and personal property will begin in 1989. The growth in value of residential properties in comparison to commercial /industrial property values has created some concern for the 1990 residential tax rate. A dramatic shift in property values could result in a lower tax rate for FY89 EXPENSES Town Services (39.1 %) Water S Sewer Enterprise (6.6 %) $21,218,881 ;3,600,621 ebt Service (4.8 %) ;2,433,364 t. i Cty. Charges (3.7 %) ;2,001,390 Overlay (0.9 %) ;808,000 ,cation (48.1 %) ;24,444,683 11 commercial property owners and a higher rate for residential property owners. Real estate classification may help to abate this potential shift. The Assessors are working closely with the property valuation firm as they perform the revaluation task. Personnel The Town experienced an overall work force turnover of approximately 7% in 1988, a decrease over the 18% turnover rate in 1987. Deborah Radway was appointed in October as the new Assistant to the Town Manager and Kevin Mendik was appointed as the new Conservation Administrator in August. Deborah and Kevin replaced Susan Adler and Charlie Wyman respectively. Susan and Charlie will be missed. They provided exemplary service to the Town during their tenure and are wished success in their new endeavors. Collective Bargaining The Fire contract is settled through the end of Fiscal Year 1990 and the Public Works contract expires at the end of Fiscal 1990. Negotiations with the Police Union are still ongoing. Non -union employees received an average increase of six percent for Fiscal Year 1989. The Town rates all employees' performance and does not provide automatic steps or increments for its non -union work force. Inquiries and comments regarding the administrative operation of Town Government are encouraged. Special thanks are extended to all citizen volunteers. Citizen participation has fostered excellence in the delivery of municipal services. Equally impressive is the dedication and excellence of the Town's work force. Payroll $173,314 $165,038 Expenses 13,954 10,579 Personnel Full Time 4 5 FY89 REVENUE SOURCES Property Tax (67.4 %) $36,553,90 Local Receipts (7.0 %) ;3,803,840 Avail. Funds (7.1 %) ;3,867,018 Enterprise Rev. (8.1 %) ;2,773,378 Exempt Debt (1.3 %) ;711,000 F Sheet (12.0 %) ;6,491,907 Town Meeting Members Association The Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) is primarily responsible for providing information to the Town Meeting members to promote efficient and enlightened Town Meetings. The principal manner in accomplishing these goals is through information meetings held before Town Meeting, a bus tour and a printed information booklet on warrant articles to be presented at Town Meeting. The TMMA membership encompasses all Town Meeting members who elect precinct representatives to the organization's executive committee. The executive committee meets throughout the year to keep abreast of town events and issues in order to help plan better town meetings. This year's Special Town Meeting to purchase the Pine Meadows Golf Course was called mainly on behalf of TMMA's request that Town Meeting have a say in whtrther or not to purchase. Highlights of 1988 1. Interviews with key town officials and committee representatives kept the TMMA leadership abreast of key town issues. Selectmen, Town Manager, School Superintendent and Board Chairman, and housing committee representatives shared information and ideas. 2. Following the town's purchase of Pine Meadows Golf Course, TMMA has been discussing how to best provide affordable housing at Pine Meadows and other town owned properties. 3. TMMA continued its annual discussion with the Moderator on how to improve procedures at Town Meeting. Better sound, visual projection, and printed information distribution have been realized, as well as better visual presentation quality. The goal of shortening Town Meeting has still not been accomplished. 4. TMMA continues to look for a permanent archive for the video tapes of Town Meetings. It also reminded the cable TV contractor of its obligation to broadcast Town Meetings, including Special Town Meetings, and requested that the meetings of other major boards and committees be broadcast, and their agendas listed in advance. 1988 -89 Executive Committee Precinct Chairman Clerk Alternate One Nancy Gordon Ruth Walton William McAlduff, Jr. Chairman: Fred Rosenberg g Two William Welch, Jr. Lenora Feeney Marita Hartshorn Three Jacqueline Davison Vicky Schwartz Marilyn Mairson Vice Chairman: Iris Wheaton Four Patricia McLaughlin Nancy Cannalonga Julian Bussgang Five Stephen Miller Marjorie Daggett Ephraim Weiss Clerk /Secretary:Margaret Schwartz Six Edmund Grant Elizabeth Haines Morton Kahan Seven Martin Hagerty Iris Wheaton Jennie Oberholtzer Treasurer: Esther Arlan Eight Margaret Schwartz Donald Bailey Sheldon Spector Nine Alice Adler Margaret Coppe Stella Liu Town Meeting Members Association. Back row: Dan Lucos, Jennie Oberholtzer, Don Bailey, Edmond Grant, Julian Bussgang, Ephraim Weiss, Marilyn Mairson. Middle row: Marge Daggart, Patrica McLaughlin, Ruth Walton, Nancy Gordon, Alice Adler, Marge Coppe, Stella_ Lui, Lenora Feeney. Front raw: Bill Welch, Iris Wheaton, Marita Hartshorn, Chairman Fred Rosenberg, Peg Schwartz, Jackie Davison. Photo: Stephen wade 12 1988 Town Meeting The 1988 Annual Town Meeting is summarized in three sections. Summary by Session gives the bold outline of each evening's events and ceremonies, i.e., the opening, closing, and non - business insertions, as well as a list of articles brought up for any reason. Index to Articles provides cross - reference to annual and special town meeting articles by topic or jurisdiction. Article Action Summary reports the disposition of each article in sequence. These reports are designed for self - contained quick reference, as well as insight into some of the mechanics of town meeting. They are derived from the Town Clerk's official minutes, available at the Town Clerk's office, to which the reader is referred for specific wording or additional details. SUMMARY BY SESSION All sessions were called to order by the Town Moderator, Margery M. Battin, at 8:00 p.m. in Cary Memorial Hall. First Session, March 28. The invocation was offered by David W. Chobar, Pastor of the Reor- ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. There were 178 members present. The Moderator expressed appreciation to long -time former Town Meeting Members who had chosen not to run for reelec- tion: Frederick Frick, Clarice Gordon, John McWeeney, Richard Souza, and Patricia Swanson. She announced the proposed schedule for sub- sequent sessions and set forth procedures. Article 3 and 4 were con- sidered. Adjourned 10:49 .Second Session, March 30. The invocation was offered by Rev. Helen Cohen, First Parish Church ,Unitarian /Universalist. There were 178 members present. Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 were considered. Adjourned 10:51. Third Session, April 4. The invocation was offered by Msgr. John P. Keilty, Pastor of St. Brigid's Church. Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30 and 32 were considered. Adjourned 10:37. Fourth Session, April 6. The invocation was offered by Rev. Brian Dixon, First Baptist Church. There were 180 members present. The Varsity Boys Basketball Team was presented by Paul Newman, School Committee. Articles 28, 29, 47, 37, 38 and 50 were considered. Ad- joumed 10:58. Fifth Session, April 11. The invocation was offered by Rev. Peter Meek, Hancock United Church of Christ. There were 184 members present. A moment of silence was observed in memory of Frank Parrish, who served with the Trustees of Public Trusts, Board of Retirement, and Appropriation Committee. Jeff Leonard and award - winning jazz musicians were introduced by Albert Zabin, School Committee. Articles 22, 31 and 38 Section A20 were considered. Adjourned 10:45. Sixth Session, April 13. The invocation was offered by Rev. Thomas Clough, Hancock United Church of Christ. There were 167 members present. Lexington National Merit Scholars were introduced by Senator Richard Kraus. Articles 33, 34 and 42 were considered. Adjourned 10:53. Seventh Session, April 25. The invocation was offered by Alden B. Flanders, Rector, Church of Our Redeemer. There were 177 members present.A moment of silence was observed in memory of Richard Souza, former Town Meeting Member. The High School Debate Team was introduced by Florence Koplow, School Committee. This year's Outstanding Youths were introduced by Leo McSweeney, Board of Selectmen. Article 35 was considered; Article 22 was reconsidered. Adjourned 10:27. 13 Eighth Session, April 27. The invocation was offered by Rabbi Cary Yales, Temple Isaiah. There were 171 members present. Diamond Middle School Math Team was introduced by Judith Leader, School Committee. Teachers of the Year were introduced by Paul Newman, School Committee. Article 39 and Article 40 Part A were considered. Adjourned 10:48. Ninth Session, May 2. The invocation was offered by Rev. Mr. William Wildes, St. Brigid's Church. There were 177 members present. Hayden Precision Teams were introduced by Leo McSweeney, Selectman. Article 40 Part B and Articles 41, 43, 44, 45 and 46 were considered. Adjourned 10:43. Tenth Session, May 4. The invocation was offered by Rev. Arthur Kolsti, Pastor Pilgrim Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. There were 178 members present. Margery Howard was honored for exemplary services at Cary Memorial Library. Article 36 was con- sidered; Article 39 Section D was reconsidered; Article 4 line item of the Regional Technical High School was considered; Articles 48,49, 51 and 52 were considered; Article 53 was considered and postponed; Article 54 was considered; Article 55 was considered and postponed. Adjourned 10:42. Eleventh Session, May 9. The invocation was offered by Rabbi Bernard Eisenman, Temple Emunah. There were 178 members present. William Dailey, Selectman, announced receipt of Notice of Intent to Convert Pine Meadows; Margaret Rawls, Chairman of the Pine Meadows Committee, stated that the committee had met and was working with the two consultants; Mr. Dailey noted that the Selectmen planned to meet with the committee to discuss options. Articles 56 and 55 were considered. Adjourned 10:48. Twelfth Session, May 11. The invocation was offered by Rev. Polly Laughlin Guild, Follen Community Church, Unitarian/Univer- salist. There were 161 members present. Articles 57, 58, 53 and 59 were considered. Meeting dissolved at 9:15. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING July 13, 1988. The meeting was called to order by the Town Moderator, Margery M. Battin, at 8:00 PM in Cary Memorial Hall. The invocation was offered by Rev. Brian S. Dixon, First Baptist Church. There were 180 members. The Moderator gave basic rules of the meeting and reminded the meeting that Articles 2 and 3 would require two - thirds votes to pass. Articles 1 through 4 were considered and acted upon. The meeting was dissolved at 11:32 p.m. 1988 Annual Town Meeting - Index Numbers refer to articles on the warrant. S refers to Special Town Meeting Abatement filing, FY87 tax levy 47 Accessory apartments 41 Affordable housing 55,56 Appropriations (voted) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 30, 31 32, 34, 35, 59 Baskin Road easement release 44 Borrowing, tax anticipation 12 Brooks 17 Budget 4 By -Law Dogs 53 1988 Town Meeting Non - criminal disposition 52 Pine Meadows Golf Course 36,S2 Refuse separation 51 Precinct lines 46 Smoking in public places 50 Property value update 29 Capital improvement projects 10 Public Works Cary lectures 3 Drains, Brooks 17 Cary Memorial Liabrary 30 Equipment 20 Cemetery 24 Exhaust system 25 Center Sewers 7,19 Design plan 34 Sidewalks 18 Parking 33 Streets 21,22 Central America Sister City Committee 2 Water 6,16 Collective bargaining 5 Recyclable materials 51 Conservation Fund 14 Reduction of tax rate 59 Conservation purchase - lower Vine Br000k 37 Recreation - tennis courts 28 Disability insurance 48 Refuse separation 51 Dissolving committees 58 Release of easement, Baskin Road 44 Dogs 53 Reserve Fund 11 Drains 17 Residential improvement exemption 45 Easement release, Baskin Road 44 Revaluation 29 Education - reaffirmation of quality 57 Salary adjustments 5 Elderly, exemption for residential improvement 45 School site transfer, Munroe 54 Exemption for residential improvement 45 Sewers 7,19 Exhaust system, public works building 25 Sidewalks 18 Energy Committee 2 Sister City 2 Fines, non - criminal violations 52 Smoking in public places 50 Fire station 26 Stabilization Fund 15 Fire truck 27 Streets 21,22 Golf course 36,S2 Supplementary appropriations 8,10 Hazardous Substances System Review Committee 58 Tax anticipation borrowing 12 Hazardous waste 32 Tax rate reduction 59 Historic district adjustments 49 Tennis courts 28 Home rule petitions Town Meeting Act 46 Abatement filing 47 Traffic signals, Waltham St./Brookside Ave. 35 Historic district adjustments 49 Unemployment compensation 13 Limited Town Meeting Act 46 Unpaid bills 9 Long term disability insurance 48 Violations of By -Law, non - criminal 52 Residential improvement exemption 45 Waste Insurance, long term disability 48 Hazardous 32 Lexpress 31 Recycling 51 Library 30 Refuse separation 51 Limited Town Meeting Act 46 Water Lowell Street re- zoning 43 Mains 16 Lower Vine Brook conservation purchase 37 Operations 6 Munroe School Zoning By -Law Conversion study 56 Accessory apartments 41 Transfer of site 54 Adjustments, various sections 39 Non - criminal dispositions 52 Minimum developable site 42 Operating budget 4 Non - conforming situations 40 Parking lots 23 Technical corrections 38 Parking study 33 Zoning change, Lowell Street 43 Philip Road construction 22 14 1988 Town Meeting 1988 Town Meeting Article Action Summary Article 1. ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION. Reported under that heading. Article 2. REPORTS. Reports were presented, accepted and placed on file from: Selectmen, Town Manager, School Committee, Ap- propriation Committee, Capital Expenditures Committee, Planning Board, Town Report Committee, Cary Lectures Committee, Recreation Committee, Conservation Commission, Central America Sister City Committee and Board of Health. Article S2. PINE MEADOWS GOLF COURSE. ADOPTED: APPROPRIATION TO ACQUIRE PINE MEADOWS GOLF COURSE AND ADJACENT PARCEL, with intent to keep both un- developed. July 13. Article 3. CARY LECTURE SERIES. ADOPTED: Moderator to appoint a committee of three to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary. March 28. Article 4. OPERATING BUDGET. ADOPTED, except for Regional Technical High School item, which was tabled. March 30. RTHS item amended and ADOPTED. May 4. Article 5. SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SETTLEMENTS. ADOPTED: $480,000 appropriated for these purposes, $50,000 from Art. 5 of 1987 ATM, $430,000 from tax levy. March 30. Article 6. WATER OPERATIONS. ADOPTED: $1,841,292 ap- propriated, for operation of Water Division of Public Works Dept., $1,618,578 from Water Enterprise Fund and $222,714 from tax levy. March 30. Article 7, SEWER OPERATIONS. ADOPTED; $1,759,229 ap- propriated, $1,154,797 from Sewer Enterprise Fund and $604,432 from tax levy. March 30. Article 8. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS. ADOPTED: $348,000 appropriated to Public School Education line item of FY 1988 budget, from Unreserved Fund Balance. April 4. Article 9. PRIOR YEARS' UNPAID BILLS. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. APRIL 4. Article 10. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR CAPI- TAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. ADOPTED: $50,000 ap- propriated to remove infiltration and inflow storm water from sewer system. $37,160 from Art. 40 of 1985 ATM and $12,840 from tax levy. April 4. Article 11. RESERVE FUND. $250,000 appropriated from Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus. April 4. Article 12. TAX ANTICIPATION BORROWING. ADOPTED: Town Treasurer authorized to borrow in anticipation of revenue. April 4. Article 13. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND. ADOPTED: $50,000 appropriated from tax levy. April 4. Article 14. CONSERVATION FUND. ADOPTED: $65,000 ap- propriated from tax levy. April 4. Article 15. STABILIZATION FUND. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. April 4. Article 16. WATER MAINS. ADOPTED; $220,000 from tax levy. April 4. Article 17. INSTALL DRAINS, DEEPEN OR ALTER BROOKS. FAILED. April 4. 15 Article 18. CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. April 4. Article 19. SANITARY SEWERS. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. April 4. Article 20. PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT. ADOPTED; $270,000 appropriated from tax levy. April 4. Article 21. STREET IMPROVEMENTS. ADOPTED: $500,000 appropriated and Treasurer authorized to issue Highway Reimburse- ment Notes in anticipation of Chapter 90 reimbursement. April 4. Article 22. STREET ACCEPTANCE AND CONSTRUCTION. ADOPTED as amended (see official minutes p. 219): $80,000 ap- propriated to construct Philip Road, April 11. Further amended and ADOPTED under reconsideration (see official minutes p. 228), April 25. Article 23. PARKING LOT OPERATION AND MAIN- TENANCE. ADOPTED: $80,000 appropriated from Parking Funds. April 4. Article 24. WESTVIEW CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT. ADOPTED; $60,000 appropriated from Sale of Lots Fund. April 4. Article 25. EXHAUST SYSTEM. ADOPTED: $50,000 ap- propriated from tax levy. April 4. Article 26. FIRE STATION REROOFING. ADOPTED: $60,000 Appropriated from tax levy. April 4. Article 27. FIRE TRUCK REHABILITATION. ADOPTED: $35,000 appropriated from tax levy. April 4. Article 28. TENNIS COURT RESURFACING. ADOPTED: $90,000 appropriated from tax levy. April 6. Article 29. PROPERTY VALUE UPDATE. ADOPTED: $92,000 appropriated from Unreserved Fund Balance. April 6. Article 30. CARY LIBRARY RENOVATIONS. ADOPTED: $125,000 appropriated, $59,000 from Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus and $66,000 from tax levy. April 4. Article 31. LEXPRESS MINI BUS. ADOPTED: $237,000 ap- propri ated from tax levy and Selectmen authorized to seek government funds and to contract for transportation services. April 11. Article 32. HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION. ADOPTED: $30,000 appropriated from tax levy and Selectmen authorized to select contractor and set user fees. April 4. Article 33. PARKING STUDY LEXINGTON CENTER. FAILED. April 13. Article 34. DESIGN PLAN LEXINGTON CENTER. ADOPTED as AMENDED (official minutes p. 224): $25,000 appropriated from tax levy. April 13. Article 35. TRAFFIC SIGNALS. ADOPTED: $75,000 ap- propriated from tax levy. April 25. Article 36. PINE MEADOWS GOLF COURSE. Resolution ADOPTED. May 4. Article 37. CONSERVATION PURCHASE LOWER VINE BROOK. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. April 6. Article 38. ZONING BY -LAW, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. ADOPTED: Sections A1-A19 as amended (official minutes p. 210), April 6. ADOPTED: Section A20, APRIL 11. Article 39. ZONING BY -LAW, ADJUSTMENTS, VARIOUS SECTIONS. Parts A and B ADOPTED; Part C FAILED; Part D as amended (official minutes p. 235) ADOPTED, APRIL 27. Part D reconsidered and INDEFINITELY POSTPONED, May 4. 1988 Town Meeting Article 40. ZONING BY -LAW, NONCONFORMING SITUA- TIONS. Part A ADOPTED as mended (official minutes pp. 239, 247, 248 ff). April 27. Part B FAILED. May 2. Article 41. ZONING BY -LAW, ACCESSORY APARTMENTS. Part A ADOPTED as amended (official minutes p. 261); Part B ADOPTED as amended (official minutes pp. 262 -263); Part C ADOPTED. May 2. Article 42. ZONING BY -LAW, MINIMUM DEVELOPABLE SITE AREA. ADOPTED. April 13. Article 43. LOWELL STREET, RO to CD. ADOPTED. MAY 2. Article 44. RELEASE OF EASEMENT. ADOPTED. May 2. Article 45. RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENT EXEMPTION. IN- DEFINITELY POSTPONED. May 2. Article 46. HOME RULE PETITION, LIMITED TOWN MEET- ING ACT. ADOPTED. May 2. Article 47. HOME RULE PETITION, ABATEMENT FILING EXTENSION. ADOPTED. April 6. Article 48. HOME RULE PETITION, LONG TERM DIS- ABILITY INSURANCE. ADOPTED. May 4. Article 49. HOME RULE PETITION, HISTORIC DISTRICT.. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. May 4. Moderator Complicated zoning issues, emotion laden citizen articles and Pine Meadows special town meeting contributed to protracted debate in 1988. People cared deeply about schools, affordable housing and open land acquisition. Everyone wanted to be heard; Town Meeting members wanted to go on record, even if they were redundant. Despite strong feelings, intense concerns and a lengthy Town Meeting session, boards, committees, Town Meeting members, neighborhood groups and citizen activists worked together to make the process work smoothly. A post meeting critique of the Annual Meeting led to recommen- dations which helped focus discussion and expedite the special town meeting. Suggestions which surfaced will be tried in 1989. They include limiting presentations to 20 minutes, addressing articles in order (except in extraordinary circumstances), submitting questions in writing to boards and committees well in advance of Town Meeting debate, limiting speakers to 5 minutes at a time, and curtailing the time allotted to honoring students and citizens. Physical improvements made this year were enthusiastically received. Official seating was rearranged. The visual aid system was enhanced so that transparencies showing data could be seen on the screen while the floor lights remained on.We continued a practice initiated last year -a special pre- meeting planning session with the Article 50. GENERAL BY -LAW, SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. ADOPTED AS AMENDED (official minutes p. 214). April 6. Article 51. GENERAL BY -LAW, REFUSE SEPARATION. ADOPTED. May 4. Article 52. GENERAL BY -LAW, NON - CRIMINAL DISPOSI- TION. ADOPTED. May 4. Article 53. GENERAL BY -LAW, DOGS. FAILED. May 11. Article 54. TRANSFER OF SCHOOL SITE. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. May 4. Article 55. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ADOPTED. May 9. Article 56. STUDY, MUNROE SCHOOL CONVERSION. FAILED. May 9. Article 57. REAFFIRMATION, QUALITY EDUCATION. ADOPTED. May 11. Article 58. DISSOLVING COMMITTEE. ADOPTED: Dissolu- tion of Hazardous Substance System Review Committee and Energy Committee. May 11. Article 59. USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE TAX RATE. ADOPTED: $2,425,471 appropriated for FY 89, from Unreserved Fund Balance. Compiled by Elizabeth L. Clarke Moderator, article sponsors, finance committee chairmen, Town Manager and Town Counsel. We (1) discussed who would make the motions and presentations, (2) reviewed timing and procedural matters, and (3) anticipated scheduling difficulties, audio visual requirements, probable amendments and potential areas of disagreement. A new addition to the Town Meeting preparation process was a very successful two hour workshop for new Town Meeting members held by the Moderator, Town Counsel, Appropriation, Capital Expen- ditures and TMMA chairmen. Questions were answered, financial terms and concepts clarified, legal issues and parliamentary procedures ex- plained. The Moderator continued to work in the Massachusetts Moderator's Association to improve the conduct of Massachusetts Town Meetings. She served on an Association subcommittee with the Moderators of Wellesley and Concord to prepare a Manual for New Moderators which has been distributed throughout the Commonwealth. The Moderator delights in the enthusiasm, dedication and intel- ligence of the interesting diverse group of citizens who serve as town meeting members. Working with and for them is a joy. Margery M. Battin, Moderator 16 Annual Town Election March 7, 1988 17 Totals PRI PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 PR9 Vote count: 6479 670 703 698 793 710 780 812 751 562 QUESTION I NUCLEAR BAN YES 2368 166 354 259 437 209 283 241 277 142 NO 252 38 80 51 91 45 80 58 76 33 - Blanks 3559 466 269 388 265 456 417 513 398 387 SELECTMAN William J. Dailey, Jr. 4314 452 453 470 527 479 501 518 526 388 Joseph Campell 1 1 - Blanks 2164 218 250 228 266 231 278 294 225 174 MODERATOR Margery M. Battin 4484 433 479 469 545 470 574 579 528 407 Alfred E. Newman 1 1 Lincoln P. Cole I 1 - Blanks 1993 237 224 228 248 240 205 233 223 155 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Lynda A. Wik 1624 130 252 191 197 177 217 178 173 109 Esther S. Arlan 1947 205 193 253 243 177 212 247 214 203 Polly Hodgson Woodworth 3366 290 315 328 410 384 422 456 454 307 Albert P. Zabin 3888 460 417 390 493 428 483 499 376 342 - Blanks 2133 255 229 234 243 254 226 244 285 163 PLANNING BOARD /5 years Martha C. Wood 3816 360 371 372 494 391 503 562 446 317 Ronald A. Laing 1229 140 151 170 121 135 135 114 133 130 Spiro T. Agnew 1 I - Blanks 1433 170 181 155 178 184 142 136 172 115 PLANNING BOARD /1 year David G. Williams 3999 401 415 426 504 442 494 490 465 362 - Blanks 2480 269 288 272 289 268 286 322 286 200 PR -1 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PR -4 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PR -7 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Joel A. Adler 399 Gerald L. Abegg 362 George A. Burnell 353 James E. Barry 316 Katherine G. Fricker 390 Marvin H. Greenberg 309 Frederick H. Hagedorn 275 Peter C.J. Kelley 322 Marthur H. Kalil 314 Ruth Joyce Nablo 312 Patricia W. McLaughlin 355 John E. Taylor 438 Sam V. Nablo 279 Barry E. Sampson Richard F. Perry 309 Iris G. Wheaton 448 244 James S. Wilson 239 Dennis A. Brown 266 Robert V. Whitman 378 Judith L. Zabin Peter David Enrich 315 Marsha E. Baker 354 425 James A. Nicoloro 134 Audrey J. Friend 348 Linda Horowitz 317 Ronald Christopher Russo 209 Robin E. Glabe Carol B. Hartman 273 Jennie S. Oberholtzer 482 Ruth J. Walton 334 Mason T. Peltz 410 245 Jeanette P. Webb 372 2194 Karsten Sorensen 412 1919 PR -2 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 2337 PR -8 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Elizabeth H. Clarke 439 PR -5 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Donald L. Bailey 376 Marita B. Hartshorn 450 Cynthia L. Blumsack 362 Richard H. Battin Benjamin H. Golini 441 Michael J. O'Sullivan 411 Guy W. Doran 356 Gerald A. Heggie 348 298 Edna M. Welch 396 William S. Widnall 311 Leona W. Martin 285 Gordon R. Osgood 347 Alan B. Wilson 350 Eric Jay Michelson 291 Sheldon A. Spector 421 Donald D. Wilson 356 Sam Silverman Florence A. Baturin 322 304 John Adams Taylor 293 Richard D. Briggs, Jr. 314 Marjorie M. Daggett 361 Carolyn H. Tiffany Christopher B. Williams 400 252 J. Dana Busa 210 Beatrice E. Busa 235 Samuel L. Powers 273 Donna J. W. Griffiths 314 Ronald A. Laing 239 Melinda D. Vinton Mary Kathryn Wolf 307 355 3269 2616 JoAnn B. Wortman 365 PR -9 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Laura Z. London PR -3 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS 2808 Jane P. Buckley 331 Jacqueline B. Davison 419 PR -6 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Richard L. Canale Paul E. Maze rall 274 309 Dan H. Fenn, Jr. 377 Donna M. Hooper 329 Marshall J. Derby 394 Janet Perry 287 Paul V. Riffin 308 Edmund C. Grant 408 Fred D. Rosenberg 309 Vicky L. Schwartz 309 Joyce A. Miller 416 Shang -Chao Liu Simon Prensky 318 254 Katherine M. Whyte 281 H. Bigelow Moore 384 Robert N. Cohen 258 Edith Sandy 455 1852 Bruce Collier 317 Frank Sandy 436 Peter A. D'Arrigo, Jr. 164 Peter Diamond 325 Christopher A. Kenney 384 Marcia M. Stille 401 Paul A. LaPointe 288 Jacquelin D. Weinstock 399 2150 David Chanoux 20 Warren Roberts 3 Philip Steele 2 Howard Levingston 3 Francesca Steele Gallucio 2 Marc L. Passamonti I Ralph Zelinski I Frank Wilkins I Albert Sikes 1 3368 17 Presidential Primary Election March 8, 1988 DEMOCRATIC TALLY Totals PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 PR9 Vote count: 6383 66G 800 666 708 720 721 765 703 634 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - >Michael S. Dukakis 3869 385 493 401 441 430 444 478 411 386 Jesse L. Jackson 1156 99 152 113 135 104 140 143 143 127 Richard E. Gephardt 469 78 62 45 46 54 33 53 50 48 Albert Gore, Jr. 321 39 36 35 30 40 41 31 47 22 Paul Sloan 301 2B 34 39 24 47 35 38 30 26 No Preference 93 12 9 7 14 15 10 9 B 9 Bruce Babbitt 60 6 7 10 9 6 10 3 5 4 Gary Hart 39 6 1 6 2 11 3 5 3 2 Mario Cuomo 11 257 1 3 396 1 1 294 2 3 Lyndon H. La Rouche, Jr. 8 1 1 2 3 271 332 386 1 248 Florenzo Di Donato 5 1 322 1 342 1 299 1 258 1 Willias Bradley 4 229 307 278 381 251 2 281 300 2 Joseph Olden 2 2 294 247 323 274 275 275 269 241 Andrew Young 1 1 301 268 371 243 289 259 290 238 Ted Kennedy 1 223 1 25G 319 240 278 256 279 250 STATE COMMITTEE MAN - >Michael T. Cunningham 1916 190 221 200 197 234 215 220 252 187 Dennis M. Kelleher 1859 235 267 200 198 193 180 212 187 167 STATE COMMITTEE WOMAN - >Patricia M. Deal 2111 248 284 235 234 233 224 244 197 212 Virginia E. Mooney 1576 156 177 159 157 189 174 186 216 162 TOWN COMMITTEE - >Stephen W. Doran 4081 417 501 414 483 426 485 510 45G 389 - >Dan H. Penn, Jr. 2785 257 336 338 396 271 334 294 293 266 - >Martha C. Wood 2700 256 312 262 344 271 332 386 289 248 - >Jacqueline B. Davison 2605 237 322 350 342 243 299 283 258 271 - >Mary C. Abegg 2589 229 307 278 381 251 301 281 300 261 - >Nancy M. Adler 2518 320 294 247 323 274 275 275 269 241 - >Gerald B. Abegg 2476 217 301 268 371 243 289 259 290 238 - >John C. Eddison 2394 223 293 25G 319 240 278 256 279 250 - >Edith Sandy 2388 227 274 237 314 237 348 281 255 215 - >Marion T. Coletta 2310 231 27G 255 312 216 262 267 271 220 - >Sheila Cleeon -Karp 2293 274 272 223 312 248 267 249 231 217 - >Elizabeth B. Eddison 2259 210 287 245 307 221 260 243 251 235 - >Elizabeth C. Haines 2258 214 271 231 294 236 326 249 228 209 - >Harriet G. Kaufman 2254 211 271 213 286 235 318 270 241 209 -> Richard J. Shaw 2250 29G 269 225 301 239 242 234 230 214 - >Alice M. Pierce 2232 210 264 230 309 216 254 307 229 213 - >George E. Foote 2231 220 2BG 219 297 233 289 252 226 209 - >Sophia Ho 2213 212 268 227 293 211 304 256 241 201 - >Myron L. Miller 2204 209 248 210 299 234 278 318 219 189 - >Carol J. Grodzins 2201 20G 26G 269 299 215 256 250 238 202 ->Paul H. Clough 2176 212 262 214 292 223 295 244 239 195 - >Margaret Schwartz 2148 20G 259 231 291 232 247 233 250 199 -> Marie Goldstein 2127 215 299 203 285 218 250 239 218 200 - >David L. Kaufman 2112 200 256 205 279 216 294 235 230 197 - >Richard I. Miller 2108 205 271 212 287 209 255 232 221 216 - >Marie E. Roberts 2103 207 249 277 296 205 242 224 208 195 - >James M. Shaw 2086 251 258 213 285 219 229 222 216 193 - >David Reiner 2083 195 252 208 274 201 261 293 209 190 - >Ione D. Garing 2080 193 246 202 290 206 253 228 272 190 - >Lois J. Barry 2049 265 272 211 271 201 227 213 207 182 - >Susan Schleigh Foote 2041 204 253 208 280 201 258 230 208 199 - >Gordon E. Barnes, Jr. 2000 198 232 189 276 19G 224 214 225 246 - >John Murphy 1977 220 247 205 280 214 217 210 207 177 - >Eleanor Bustin Mattes 1865 190 239 190 269 188 219 201 199 170 - >James R. Gomes 1821 185 246 193 255 181 216 182 190 173 Warren Roberts I I 18 Presidential Primary Election March 8, 1988 REPUBLICAN TALLY Totals PRI PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 PR9 Vote count: 2360 22G 222 207 279 259 324 249 310 284 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE -> George Bush 1310 128 122 114 125 142 186 146 181 166 Bob Dole 708 G3 67 63 115 84 90 73 77 76 Jack Kemp 146 17 14 14 9 17 20 17 21 17 Marion G. (Pat) Robertson 80 8 7 5 13 3 13 5 15 11 Pierre S. duPont, IV 38 5 2 3 5 4 5 2 8 4 No Preference 31 3 4 4 4 3 1 3 5 4 Alexander M. Haig, Jr. 16 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 Jesse Jackson 4 1 1 1 1 Elliot Richardson 2 1 1 Schroder 1 John B. Andersen 1 1 1 Lee Iacocca I 1 STATE COMMITTEE MAN - >Thomas Mason 1234 109 117 90 153 138 181 129 159 158 Frederick J. Sennott, Jr. 235 19 30 32 23 32 27 20 20 32 STATE COMMITTEE WOMAN - >Connie Foster 1442 128 143 112 180 162 220 144 175 178 TOWN COMMITTEE - >Connie Foster 1131 98 127 74 172 115 179 114 125 127 - >David Radlo 1050 116 101 84 153 112 152 95 126 111 - >Donald B. White 1033 86 101 69 162 105 176 106 121 107 - >Elizabeth M. Flynn 1014 88 115 92 156 104 141 99 108 111 -> Marion E. Hunt 1010 80 108 66 154 109 169 99 113 112 - >Ellen H. White 997 82 99 66 152 103 172 105 112 106 - >Lisbeth M. White 991 81 102 67 146 104 169 102 116 104 - >Thomas Mason 962 82 109 64 151 99 145 94 107 111 - >William B. Simmons 953 77 100 60 144 104 156 95 110 107 - >William A. Barnstead 938 81 98 80 142 94 140 97 107 99 - >Priscilla M. McGrath 935 82 96 63 151 96 141 101 101 104 - >Neil Gray 931 76 92 66 147 96 141 95 103 115 - >Louise C. Dallas - >Doris C. Olive 923 76 98 62 141 95 148 91 112 100 - >Sally J. Burgess 913 909 79 77 97 58 153 100 136 87 97 106 103 61 149 91 129 91 95 113 - >Willia■ W. Welch, Jr. 909 78 101 65 144 93 132 94 101 101 - >Russell W. Olive 896 76 98 57 149 99 131 90 95 101 - >Richard F. Crawford 884 90 97 57 141 95 128 86 95 95 - >Harold G. Schmickley, Jr. 882 73 94 55 151 BG 141 92 97 93 - >Frances P. Mallett 880 7G 9G 60 145 89 133 90 95 9G - >Ruth R. Lafley 878 7G 110 GI 142 88 128 82 91 100 - >Mary M. Cushman 860 72 100 61 144 93 125 82 89 94 - >Luanna E. Devenis 848 74 Be 54 137 85 134 81 98 97 - >William H. Levison 842 71 90 56 141 82 125 79 90 108 - >Harvey E. Dines 837 69 89 60 137 83 124 82 92 101 - >Gwen S. Lafley 831 68 105 56 139 81 119 85 83 95 - >Kenneth I. Goodman 830 74 89 54 137 86 126 83 89 92 - >Matthew Goldman 805 68 87 55 135 82 120 83 80 95 - >Lauren L. Lussior 802 71 86 59 136 80 121 76 80 93 - >Mark B. Vafiades 799 61 86 58 135 77 122 85 84 91 - >David B. Vafiades 797 63 89 56 132 76 120 80 85 96 - >John G. Kostriza 793 67 88 59 133 82 121 74 81 Be - >John L. Dowrick 785 66 87 53 134 78 115 78 80 94 - >Albert Polgar 777 64 86 52 134 81 117 72 84 87 - >Michael Kozacmak 776 67 84 51 132 77 115 77 83 90 19 Special Town Election August 17, 1988 Vote Count Totals Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8 Pr 9 Machine Votes YES 4877 389 482 409 556 484 572 599 901 485 NO 4612 553 479 471 519 607 536 509 457 481 BLANKS 60 13 8 6 7 6 20 Absentee Ballots YES 766 35 94 66 105 61 117 96 129 63 NO 395 46 50 27 49 56 37 47 38 45 BLANKS 2 2 Total yes - 5643 Total blanks - 62 59.19% of the eligible registered voters Total No - 5007 Total votes cast - 10,702 cast their vote. QUESTION 1 Shall the town of Lexington be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one -half, so- called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds to be issued in order to purchase (i) the land shown as Lot 63 on Assessors' Property Map 66 and (ii) the land shown as Lot 64 on Assessors' Property Map 66, which bonds were authorized by a vote passed at the July 13, 1988 special town meeting? 20 State Primary Election September 15, 19888 DEMOCRATIC TALLY TOTALS P R 1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 PQ9 VOTE COLNT: 1443 163 162 153 158 182 175 158 167 125 SENATOR IW CCNGRESS EDWARD M. KENNEDY 1185 125 134 123 133 138 154 132 139 104 OLIVER NORTH 1 1 — 6LANKS 257 34 29 30 25 44 21 26 28 21 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONE *ESS EDWARD J. MARKEY 1133 123 124 117 134 138 141 124 132 100 —BLANKS 31C 40 39 'c 24 44 34 34 35 25 CCUNCILLCR JOSEPH A. LANGCNEP III 534 54 61 67 63 62 64 54 62 47 ROBERT W. CCLLINS 5E2 74 62 47 64 84 68 63 69 51 —BLANKS 327 35 39 39 31 36 43 41 36 27 SENATOR IN GENERAL CCLRT RICHARD A. KRAUS 1105 130 119 109 121 131 14C 127 129 99 - BLANKS 33P 33 43 44 37 51 35 31 38 26 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENSPAL COURT STEPHEN W. DORAN 12C7 136 130 122 134 148 152 137 140 108 — BLANKS X30 27 32 31 24 34 23 21 27 17 CLERK OF COURTS EDWARD J. SULLIVAN 878 111 103 94 92 108 95 89 107 79 -BLANKS 565 52 59 59 66 74 8C 69 60 46 REGISTER OF DEEDS JOSEPH L. BRADLEY 217 1d 29 22 14 31 25 21 30 27 EUGENE C. ERUNE 3S4 39 39 39 55 44 68 44 36 30 JANET T. DEVER 537 67 54 64 63 77 49 56 65 42 THCMAS H. FALLCN 101 1d 17 6 10 10 8 11 11 10 —CLANKS 194 ?1 23 22 16 2U 25 26 25 16 CCUNTY COMMISSIOKEP THOMAS J. LARKIN '!9 83 79 78 99 99 94 97 97 63 MATTHEW DONAHUE 534 50 77 60 62 64 55 53 59 44 EDWARD J. KENNEDYPJR. 437 50 49 7 41 58 42 49 54 41 JOSEPH R. MACALUSO 3C4 45 25 29 30 47 37 32 35 24 —DLANKS 822 98 94 92 84 96 116 85 89 78 TREASURER JAMES E. FAHEY. JR. 888 110 103 89 90 116 96 93 109 82 —BLANKS 555 53 59 64 69 66 79 65 58 43 21 State Primary Election September 15, 1988 REPUBLICAN TALLY TOTALS PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR? PR8 PR9 VOTE COUNT: 458 41 41 53 39 52 60 45 79 48 SENATOR IN CONGRESS 387 38 31 JOSEPH D. MALONE 432 40 40 50 36 47 58 43 75 43 - BLANKS 26 1 1 3 3 5 2 2 4 5 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 3 1U 12 STEVEN D CCLE 1 7 1 EDWARD MARKEY 1 1 1 - BLANKS 456 41 41 53 39 51 6C 45 78 46 CCUNCILLCR VINCENT J. MANCANELLO 387 38 31 41 32 47 53 40 65 40 -BLANKS 71 3 1U 12 7 5 7 5 14 8 SENATCR IN GENERAL CCUPT 1 1 MARK B. VAFIADES 415 38 39 47 33 50 56 39 68 45 - dLANKS 43 3 2 6 6 2 4 6 11 3 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT 1 LINCOLN P. CCLE 1 1 S DCRAN - BLANKS 1 456 41 41 53 39 1 51 6C 45 78 48 CLERK OF COURTS 1 KAREN HALSTEAD 1 EDWARD SULLIVAN 1 1 REGISTER OF DEEDS 456 41 41 53 39 51 6C 45 78 48 - BLANKS REGISTER OF DEEDS GORDON OSGCCD 1 1 JANET DEVER 1 1 - ULANKS 456 41 41 53 39 51 6C 45 78 48 COUNTY COMMISSIONER LINCOLN P. COLE 1 1 DONNA CCLE 1 1 THOMAS LARKIN 1 1 JOSEPH MACALUSC - BLANKS 1 912 82 82 106 78 1 102 120 90 156 96 TREASURER 1 STEVEN D. CCLE 1 JAMES FAHEY JR. 1 1 -BLANKS 456 41 41 53 39 51 60 45 78 48 22 State Election November 8, 1988 23 Totals FR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 P16 P17 PR8 PR9 Vote count: 17967 1834 2079 1870 2073 3087 2018 1025 2041 1940 QUESTION 1, PAYRAISE Yes 4283 386 547 422 568 463 516 510 466 405 No 12462 1324 1394 1337 1332 1433 1380 1408 1431 1403 - Planks 1222 124 138 111 153 191 121 107 144 131 QUESTION 2, UNION MADE Yes 8815 805 922 948 1032 1065 1080 1031 970 962 No 7991 920 1031 832 885 873 601 687 937 825 - blanks 1161 109 126 90 156 149 137 107 134 153 QUESTION 3, FARM ANIMALS Yes 4017 415 463 439 478 526 408 450 425 413 No 12856 1285 1505 1327 1456 1445 1488 1463 1486 1397 - Blanks 1094 134 111 104 139 116 122 110 126 130 QUESTION 4, NUCLEAR POWER Yes 4819 481 572 506 571 564 539 536 564 485 No 12182 1238 1407 1276 1373 1399 1376 1398 1371 1344 - Blanks 966 115 100 88 128 124 103 91 106 111 PRES /V.PRES Bush and Quayle 7252 759 733 799 787 901 836 779 859 799 Dukakis and Bentsen 10252 1022 1292 1033 1243 1122 1134 1190 1126 1090 Fulani and Dattner 45 5 10 2 4 7 7 5 5 Paul and Marrou 200 19 26 19 18 23 17 33 25 20 Kenoyer and Ehrenreich 1 1 Dodge and Ormsby All others 22 2 1 2 4 8 5 - Blanks 195 29 16 1.3 20 31 20 17 11 26 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Edward M. Kennedy 11141 1160 1383 1132 1287 1287 1206 1291 1241 1154 Joseph D. Malone 6100 607 599 682 700 701 732 662 724 693 Mary Fridley 85 9 11 6 9 --.- 9••- 12•• »•6 •. 10 13 Freda Lee Nason 103 11 15 10 11 13 9 11 14 9 - Blanks 536 47 71 40 66 77 59- 55• 32 71 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Edward J. Markey 12798 1316 1521 1309 1483 1485 1415 1459 1456 1354 All others 7 4 1 1 1 - Blanks 5162 514 558 561 589 602 603 565 564 586 COUNCILLOR Joseph A. Langone, III 8159 910 1013 851 905 974 846 896 909 855 Vincent J. Manganello 4900 469 468 515 605 598 595 544 349 557 All others 1 1 -Blanks 4907 455 598 504 563 514 377 585 583 528 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT Richard A. Kraus 8429 869 1108 837 944 956 988 965 918 844 Mark V. Vatiades 5468 514 490 577 653 633 646 678 641 636 Helen T. Metros 1384 170 171 161 146 182 126 123 161 144 - Blanks 2686 281 310 295 330 316 236 259 321 31G REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Stephen 6. Doran 11570 1179 1383 1105 1285 1335 1345 1415 1326 1197 Joseph A. Campbell 4291 452 449 509 542 514 454 406 463 502 - Blanks 2106 203 247 256 246 238 219 204 252 241 CLERK OF COURTS Edward J. Sullivan 10505 1143 1254 1090 1187 1267 1116 1146 1168 1114 All others 1 1 - Blanks 7416 691 625 760 886 820 902 879 852 626 REGISTER OF DEEDS Eugene C. Brune 9840 1037 1180 1012 1119 1198 1070 1074 1099 1051 - Blanks 8127 797 899 858 954 689 946 951 942 889 COUNTY COMMISSIONER Thomas J. Larkin 8807 886 1038 900 1014 1016 1002 1004 1023 924 Edward J. Kennedy, Jr. 7534 876 679 771 874 948 747 780 859 800 All others 3 1 1 1 - Blanks 19590 1905 2241 2069 2256 2209 2287 2266 2199 2156 TREASURER James E. Fahey, Jr. 10037 1082 1109 1055 1143 1233 1076 1111 1142 1086 All others I I - Blanks 7929 752 970 815 930 854 942 914 898 654 23 Lexington Public Schools From the School Committee and Superintendent: 1988 brought with it salary increases for teaching staff averaging 8.1 percent per year, exclusive of 4 -5 percent salary increments for those not at maximum in the teachers' guide. In other contract negotiations the custodians received a 6.5 percent increase, the secretarial staff a 7 percent increase plus a merit pay incentive. In May, Town Meeting approved an 8.5 percent increase in the school budget for the 1988 -89 school year after a series of public public and the staff that the school system's first commitment would be to children. Four major goals and seventeen objectives were established by the Superintendent of Schools and the School Committee and after review during several public meetings, and modifications, these goals and objectives were approved by the School Committee for implementation in 1988 -89. Those goals, if accomplished, will move the school system far into the 21st century! In addition to the academic goals, there is a focus on the continuous development of a responsive, open and effective school environment. The School Committee, along with the new Superintendent, Dr. Philip E. Geiger, left, ana roily wooawortn, r turence napLuw, ,.... Newman, Judy Leader, Albert P. Zabin, Student Representative Clare O'Leary. Woodworth and Zabin were elected to the committee in 1988. Photo: Police Department information sessions, debates with various town organizations and discussions with selectmen and chairs of several town committees. In addition, a $150,0 00 supplementary appropriation for the 1987 -88 academic year was voted by Town Meeting to provide retirement incentives that would enable the school system to reduce future person- nel costs. Under the leadership of Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Isa Kaftal Zimmerman and School Committee Chairman Paul Newman, not only was the budget approved, but steps towards further collabora- tion between the town and the schools were taken so that future relations would be more positive and long lasting. In February, Dr. Philip E. Geiger, an educator and businessman from New Jersey, was appointed Superintendent of Schools effective July 1, 1988. Beginning late March, Geiger made monthly consultation visits and spoke to hundreds of townspeople and staff members about school issues, addressing the entire staff in May to outline his major goals. Geiger stressed the importance of students and the delivery of services to students of varied academic backgrounds. He assured the 24 Geiger stressed the need and value of improved professional develop- ment. As the improvements and physical modifications resulting from the 11.8 million dollar bond issue came to conclusion, schools began to focus more on the improvement of maintenance and custodial services. By September, five new maintenance personnel were employed and the permanent custodial staffs at several schools were substantially in- creased. The high school received a full complement of custodians and maintenance personnel working on a full -time basis. The system vowed to keep the renewed facilities in good repair and to upgrade the older facilities to the same high standard. Participating in the development of these new goals and objectives were two new School Committee members, Polly Woodworth, a former Lexington teacher and educational consultant, and Albert Zabin, a trial attorney, elected in March. The entire School Committee undertook numerous tasks this summer, including several improvements to create a more orderly and appropriate learning environment for students at Lexington High School. With the approval of the entire School Com- Lexington Public Schools mittee, the open campus rules, although in place, but not fully enforced, were reconfirmed. The smoking area on school grounds was abolished; students were again required to be accountable for their whereabouts; attendance in classes was consistently required. The participation of staff in the maintenance of these requirements has been crucial to the significantly improved quality of life at Lexington High School. Also during the summer, the police /school Memorandum of Agreement regarding drug and alcohol abuse was reviewed by a repre- sentative group of citizens, community organizations and the staff of the school system. This memo provides for students a clear under- standing of the role of the police, the school and parents in the prevention Estabrook parent volunteer Kate Marshall unpacks books in the newly renovated library as student Eja Stevenson looks on. Photo: Hilary Levin, Minute -man and enforcement of drug and alcohol laws. The full partnership of parents in promoting appropriate student behavior and responding to drug and alcohol problems is paramount. The completion of the teacher /administration evaluation system was a significant achievement for the school system. Starting in January 1988, a joint committee of staff appointed by the Lexington Education Association and the School Committee reached a tentative agreement on a new instrument, a new process, and how to implement a "two tier" system. With the two tier system, any teacher deemed to be deficient would be clearly identified, informed, provided with necessary support and supervision over a one to two -year period, and, if unable to satis- factorily improve performance, dismissed. With the input of the newly appointed Superintendent of Schools, certain revisions including the delineation of the principal as the primary evaluator, annual evaluations for all personnel, the proposal was accepted by both the Lexington Education Association and the School Committee in August 1988 and put into effect at the start of school. Training has been provided to the evaluators by both internal personnel and a consultant hired by the school system. While the school department improved the clarity of the data presented during the 1988 -89 school budget process, it was evident that a more intense scrutiny of the 1989 -90 budget would be required for town meeting in order to restore the credibility of the school department to the community. To that end, the administrative staff commenced its work on the zero -based budget system during the summer, provided zero -based budgeting for participation of faculty, parents, and com- munity in making recommendations for reductions, improvements, or modifications of programs. During the fall and until winter vacation members of the administration projected necessary improvements, potential reductions, and weighed the v alue of program against program, and considered alternatives and opportunities the school system could provide outside of the regular school day. The goals were to create a responsible and effective budget and benefit the children, while absorb- ing approximately 9.2 percent overall salary increases. Personnel rep- resents approximately 81 percent of the school budget. In what amounted to nearly two person -years of work, the forty-two part-time and full -time managers agreed to support a $26.4 million budget and an accompanying $1.85 million capital improvement budget. With the capital budget, the administration hopes to effect immediate improve- ments. The opportunity to finance creatively the acquisitions allows the school system to take important steps to bridge gaps that have been left by shortfalls in funding in previous years. Recognizing the need for clear policy statements, the School Committee embarked in October on a complete policy review and is eager to have a fully developed policy manual in place by the end of the 1988 -89 school year. The manual will give clear direction to the administration, faculty, staff and public about the procedures, rules and regulations which the school system follows. By creating this policy manual the School Committee will provide a more sensitive approach in the administration of the school department. Other improvements embarked upon include the principals' as- sumption of primary authority for the administration of their schools, and a much stronger relationship between the town and the school department. Town Manager Richard White and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Philip Geiger meet regularly and have found ways in which the School Committee and Town can save money and improve services by cooperation and simultaneous utilization of the expertise of various town departments, including the department of public works and the police department, to the benefit of the school children. Joint bidding, sharing of expertise, and joint economies, represent just the beginning of what the Manager and Superintendent expect to undertake. Simul- taneously the School Committee and the Selectmen have met and pledged themselves to complete cooperation. In recognition of the significant role the faculty plays in the delivery of services to young people, professional growth opportunities for the staff have been increased during the 1988 -89 school year. Ways to refine further the delivery of programs in an already sophisticated and effective environment are underway. Many of those recommendations are incorporated in the 1989 -90 school budget. The administration vowed that in the 1988 -89 school year, "every student would be a winner." The district continues to move toward that direction. Although growth does not occur without pain, the existing quality of the Lexington Schools attests to the fact that continuous growth is an imperative to future success. Results of systemwide testing, National Merit Scholarships, and the athletic and academic awards received by our young people further attest to the continued positive environment of Lexington Public Schools. The 1988 -89 school year will compare favorably to previous years in Lexington, and we continue to strive for each and every year to be just that much better. 25 Lexington Public Schools Administration Enrollments. As of January 1, 1988, 92 percent of age - eligible Lexi- ngton children were attending the public schools. The October 1st enrollment of 4,370 represents a decline of .4 percent from the previous year, the smallest drop in the past ten years. This actual enrollment was 18 more students (or a.1 percent margin of error) than projected in the previous fall. The 1989 -90 projections indicate a further decline of 20 students with a total anticipated body of 4,350 next year. Enrollments: School 1988 -89 1989 -90 1:22.9 Actual Projected Bowman 447 474 Bridge 423 421 Estabrook 501 523 Fiske 307 317 Harrington 322 338 Total elementary 2,000 2,073 Clarke 498 525 Diamond 447 451 Total middle 945 976 Lexington High 1,425 1,301 Grand Total 4,370 4,350 Class Size. Average class size at all levels remained essentially un- changed in 1988 -89 from 1987 -88. At the elementary level the ratio given does not include special subject teachers. Teacher: Student Ratios High School 1:15.1 Grades 1 - 5 1:22.9 Middle School 1:14 Kindergarten 1:18 General Scholastic Achievement Graduating Class of 1988. Of the 440 graduating seniors, 88.8 percent went on to further education, representing a slight increase from 86 percent in the previous year. Plans of the class include: 4 -year college 75.2% 2 -year college 9.5% Other schooling 4.1% Total continuing education 88.8% Employment, military, other 11.2% Grand Total 100.0% College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) Test Scores: 1987- 88. While state average Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores remained virtually unchanged, Lexington scores decreased 18 points to 479 in the verbal test and decreased 15 points to 535 in the math test, reversing a two -year trend of gradual increases, but slightly above the 1985 mean scores of 476 in the verbal test and 523 in the math. In the Achievement Test Program, our students' participation decreased to 826 tests in nine different subject areas in English, foreign language, history, math and science, down from 999 tests in ten subject areas last year. 132 students also elected to take 208 tests in the Advanced Placement Program. 89 percent of the resulting tests scores qualify our students to be considered Popi Fukuda and Minori Ishikawa demonstrate the Japanese tea ceremony for Fiske Elementary School Students. The schools now provide English as a Second Language (ESL). Photo: Gary J. Cichowski, Minute -man for placement in advanced college courses. The decline in participation rate may be explained in part by the decrease in student population at the high school of 189 students from 1986 -87 to 1987 -88. Comparative SAT scores follow: 1988 Average Scores SAT Participation Verbal Math Lexington 90% (plus) 479 535 State 73 432 474 Difference +47 +61 National Merit Scholarship Program. Fourteen seniors were named semi - finalists, among the highest of any public high school in Mas- sachusetts. In addition, 43 seniors received letters of commendation. From the graduating class of 1988,18 students were named finalists last spring and seven were awarded scholarships. National Honor Society. In the class of 1989, 119 seniors were selected. These students have maintained a 3.4 (out of 4.0) average in their junior and first quarter of senior year and were recommended by four adults for their leadership and citizenship. In accepting the invita- tion to join NHS, these students have also pledged ten hours of service each quarter to the high school and the community. Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS). 1987 -88 CTBS scores indicate that Lexington students as a group are performing above average when compared with others in their norm group in the nation. Further, the data show that Lexington students in grades two, four and eight are performing in the well - above- average category. Sixth grade students performed in the slightly- above- average category. Massachusetts Test of Basic Skills (MTBS). The Massachusetts Department of Education introduced anew testing program designed to provide comparable data among communities in this state and, even- tually, elsewhere. Lexington students as a group scored high. As in the CTBS, all students were tested, including those with special needs and limited English proficiency, unless requested by parents to be excluded. 26 Lexington Public Schools Students Passing Massachusetts Test Of Basic Skills Subject Grade 3 6 9 Math 99% 98% 98% Reading 99 96 97 Writing 96 96 98 Followup plans include correlating CTBS scores from 1988 with SBA scores from 1989 to help confirm their validity. In addition, staff has identified those students not passing or not performing as well as expected on the CTBS. These students will receive special attention. Program managers in mathematics (K -12), reading (K -12), social studies (K -8), science (K -8) and lan- guage arts (K -8) completed assess- ment reports of their disciplines and began to develop action plans for the future. Student And Staff Achieve- ments By Program Athletics. Several high school teams were Middlesex League Champions for 1987 -88: boys' cross country, girls' indoor track, boys' basketball and boys' tennis. In addition, the girls' indoor track team won the Class A State Relays and the boys' basketball team won the Brockton Invitational Tournament and was a Division I North State Finalist. The boys' freshman soccer team was un- defeated and the Diamond Middle School girls' basketball team won the Middlesex Middle School Cham- pionship. Boston Globe All Scholastic awards went to junior Lloyd Mum - ford and senior Shawn Matthews in basketball, junior Tricia Alfred in indoor and outdoor track, senior Eric Crichlow in boys' indoor track, senior Mark Murphy in boys' lacrosse, senior Lubos Kocek in boys' tennis, senior Tony Davis and Lloyd Mumford in football and senior Matt Simon in boys' cross country. Robert Hartshorn was named Division I Soccer Coach. For the first time the Boston Herald distributed All - Scholastic awards and the following Lexington students were named: the girls' indoor track relay team of sophomore Jennifer Hartshorn and juniors Tricia Alfred, Michele Sheehy and Leslie Singer; Alfred for the indoor 50 -yard dash and outdoor 100 -yard dash; Eric Crichlow for the outdoor 300 -yard dash. In fall sports, the Herald named senior Tony Davis in football; senior Mathew Simon in cross country track; sophomore Melissa Mills in field hockey; and senior Andrew Ojamaa in soccer. Coach Robert Hartshorn was named for Division I soccer. Murphy was selected as a high school All- American in lacrosse, while Crichlow and senior Carol Saunders were named "Doc" Abell Award winners for the outstanding male and female athlete for 1987 -88. In the 1988 fall season, the boys' cross country team won the Middlesex League championship and the Eastern Massachusetts Cross Country Championships with an undefeated season. The girls' field hockey team advanced to the semifinals of the Division I North State championships and the boys' soccer team won the Division I North championship. The varsity football team shared the Middlesex League championship title withMelroseby defeating Burlington onThanksgiv- ing Day. Business Education. The high school department staff, assisted by the Lexington Advisory Council on Occupational Education, received a federal grant under P.L. 94 -524 for $8,577 to establish a four - station training lab for teaching skills in desktop publishing. Debate. The Lexington High debate team continued to maintain nation- al prominence. In 1987 -88, 68 Lexington debaters competed in 31 different inter- scholastic competitions. The varsity squad won the Sweepstakes award at the Grand National tournament of the National Catholic Forensic League. Other highlights included a tenth con- secutive state championship and the sixth New England championship in the past seven years. Varsity debaters reached late elimination rounds at tournaments at Emory University, the Bronx High School of Science, the University of Ken- tucky, Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Seniors Feodor Ung and Jenny Wil- son were invited to the New York City Round Robin, the nation's most exclusive tournament. Novice debate enjoyed its most successful year in history. Lexington novices won every major novice championship in the Northeast, including the University of Massachusetts, Yale, and the Northeastern Novice Open at season's end. Lincoln- Douglas debate made a comeback at Lexington, with students competing successfully in this format at a dozen tournaments throughout the nation.The team's impressive fundraising efforts also set records. Students raised $5500 in the annual Lexington Debatathon; car washes and other projects supplemented the budget. The Lexington Winter Tournament was the largest ever, as Lexington debaters played host to visiting teams from as far away as Florida and Wisconsin. Drama. The Learning through Drama program received $12,500 from the Boston Foundation and $5,000 from an anonymous donor to fund middle school programs as well as their outreach program to Somerville and Watertown school systems. These grants funded an Invitational Learning through Drama Conference for representatives from over ten communities. A Commonwealth Inservice Grant was awarded to elementary drama specialist Jill Delbanco to use drama as a teaching method and develop performance pieces. Drama staff performed original scenarios for two adult projects: introducing the new teacher evaluation instrument to all professional staff and, in cooperation with the Guidance Advisory Council, present- ing original scenes for a guidance forum on problems parents, teachers and students face. The High School Drama Club performedBroadway and the Drama and Music Departments presented Fiddler on the Roof. English. This year two seniors, Anne Duncan and Jeff Geltman, won National Council of Teachers of English writing awards; usually only Chorus girls prepare for Broadway, the High School Drama Club's '88 performance. Tijuana Riddick, Wendy Frank, Kalise Jacobs, Eve Stoddard, Sarah Cook, and Amy Rosenbaum. Photo: Bill Gallery 27 Lexington Public Schools one award is given per school. The annual spring Bound Book Project expanded to more than 500 student participants who produced in- dividually crafted, hard -cover books. For the first time, Diamond Mid- dle School students participated, by writing books for Fiske third graders. Six Lexington primary school teachers are piloting a new K -2 literature program this year using nursery rhymes and folk tales. Foreign Language. The department hosted the area administration of the national French and Spanish exams for the American Associations of French and Spanish Teachers and several students were recognized for their achievement regionally and nationally. In Latin, of the 41 students who participated in the American Classical League examinations, 24 received awards. Sophomore Chris- topher Wong received aperfect score.Over 100 secondary students were involved as overseas participants and /or hosts in five exchange programs with Spain, France and Mexico. As in recent years, the Rotary Club supported the hosting programs. The department's programs expanded to include the bilingual Chinese program for Chinese speaking elementary and middle school students and an expanded English as a Second Language (ESL) Pro- gram. Lexington Public Schools now serve over 100 students whose primary language is not English, representing over twenty different languages. Mary Alice Samii replaced Marla Perez as supervisor for ESL programs. High School Latin teacher Dr. Michael Fiveash received the Pomona College Centennial Award for Excellence in Teaching. An- thony Bent resumed his position as Department Coordinator in Septem- ber after serving as Acting Assistant Superintendent. Guidance. In September, Dr. Peter J. Burke, Jr., replaced Dr. Robert DeIulio as K -12 Coordinator of Guidance. In October, the high school counselors developed and ran Senior College Planning Night for stu- dents and parents. The parent Guidance Advisory Committee continues to play an active role in suggesting departmental initiatives from a parent and community perspective. A primary focus has been developing a Life Skills program to help address students' affective needs through a K -12 curriculum. A program model was developed for the high school which for budgetary reasons was not implemented in 1988 -89. Further plan- ning for the entire school system continues. Information Science. The school system received a Ch. 188 Education- al Technology Grants Program award of $21,450 to develop an intro- ductory telecommunications unit for science and to establish an intra - district computer network using LEXNET, the system designed to allow communications over the I Loop. The project will involve 360 students in grades 5, 6 and 9 and enable them to telecommunicate data between any classrooms in the system or to any compatible place outside. During initial stages of the project, students will share data on -line related to the quality of water in Lexington's ponds and streams. The grant is administered by Clarke Middle School math teacher Bruce Mallory. At the elementary school level Bridge teacher Jim Carleton's students maintain a books database; Bridge teacher Nancy Christensen's students compile logs of daily activities and Harrington teacher Joe Josiassen's students are piloting a weather unit for the National Kids Network. %: Several high school staff members from various departments had their equipment upgraded to Macintosh Pluses. These have replaced Apple He's which are being recycled into middle and elementary schools where the Apple Ile is still appropriate for instruction. The Macintosh writing lab at the high school was expanded from twenty to twenty-four stations and has a full -time aide to provide student and staff support. Systemwide all administrators now have improved com- munications through electronic mail. Library Media Services. Librarians at four schools planned for new library facilities scheduled for completion in January 1989 including entirely new libraries at Fiske and Diamond and extensive renovations Estelle Belliveau signs Lexington Remembers books for Monica Kung and Gayle Hott, Bowman students who interviewed life -long residents for the book. Photo: Hilary Levin, Minute -man at Estabrook and Harrington. In a series of workshops funded by a Commonwealth Inservice Grant, librarians have been studying strategies for helping students search electronic databases. High school librarians have been piloting a program that allows students to access databases from Dialog Information Services for social studies and science research. An Educational Technology Grant funded equipment for this pilot. The use of on -line access to Cary Library's card catalog, via the institutional loop of the town's cable system, continues to grow. A study was initiated on interactive video exchanges with other schools and for transmitting signals received by Minuteman Vocational School's satel- lite dish to our school libraries via the institutional cable loop. High school junior Mark Callahan won third place in the New England High School Video Competition. His production, "Calpumia's Dream from Julius Caesar," was selected from over 275 entires in the non - entertainment category. The department has greatly increased the instructional video tape collection through membership in the EdCo Video Consortium. Group purchasing agreements have allowed the schools to buy over two hundred tapes at an average cost of $16 per tape instead of $190 if purchased independently. Mathematics. High school seniors Jason Davis, Charles Lee, Geoffrey Pike; juniors Jonathan Brecher, Usha Tedrow, Yeh -Kai Tung, David Wei; and sophomore Catherine O'Neil were finalists in the 1987 -88 Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues Olympiad Ex- Lexington Public Schools amination. In the state finals, Pike finished third; Davis and Brecher finished sixteenth and seventeenth respectively. O'Neil received the Roy Lane award for outstanding performance by a sophomore. In the American High School Mathematics Examination fifteen students qualified for the prestigious American Invitational Mathematics Ex- amination, eaming Lexington High School second place among all schools in New England. These students included seniors Jeff Achter, Davis, Sara Krieger, Lee, Andrew Perry, Pike, Ron Zorea; juniors Daniel Berger, Alisha Bloom, Brecher, Jared Entin, Tung, Wei, James Yang and sophomore O'Neil. Pike was one of only eighty students in the country selected to participate in the U.S.A. Mathematical Olym- piad. The high school math team finished second in both the 1988 Large Schools Division State Championships of the Massachusetts Associa- tion of Mathematics Leagues and the New England Championship. High school mathematics teacher Benjamin Levy is faculty advisor to the math team. Senior Pike and juniors Brecher and Tung were selected as Mas- sachusetts All -Stars and represented Massachusetts in the American Region Mathematics League competition at Pennsylvania State Univer- sity in May. In 1988 students in grades 3 - 8 participated in nationwide mathe- matics contests. Estabrook School's third graders placed in the top ten schools nationwide in the Continental Mathematics League. Third grader Peter Litwack was a national winner with a perfect score. Bridge fifth grader Jonathan Weinstein was third in the U.S. Clarke's eighth graders were winners for the New England region in the Continental Math League; Clarke's high scorer was Jimmy Ko. Diamond and Clarke Middle Schools dominated the eighth grade New England Mathematics League contest by winning first and second place respectively. Diamond students Che -Wei Wang and Andrew Brecher along with Clarke student Laura Veldkamp earned perfect scores. In the sixth grade New England Mathematics League contest Clarke placed second in New England. The high scorer was Trevor Uhl. In MathCounts competitions, Diamond won first place at both the Chapter and State tournaments. High scorers Wang and Brecher went to Washington, D.C. with their coach, Diamond math teacher Evagrio Mosca, to lead the Massachusetts MathCounts team to 5th place in the competition nationally and where they finished 12th and 16th in- dividually. Music.In September Dr. Kenneth Gartner from New York City became department coordinator. One of his first acts was to form a facul- ty/staff /citizen chorus which will make its debut in the spring, 1989. At the high school, music teacher Jeffrey Leonard and drama teacher Valarie Norwood produced Fiddler on the Roof. Music teacher Sandi Peaslee returned from her sabbatical and started amusic synthesis course. Brian O'Connell, who replaced Peaslee for the year as chorus director, directed many concerts, including one to honor the Bicenten- nial of the Constitution using music from the time of Thomas Jefferson. Music teacher Jonathan Brahms started a flute ensemble. The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Leonard, was a finalist at the Berklee College of Music Jazz Festival, finishing third out of 56 entrants. They received an honorable mention at the University of New Hampshire Jazz Festival, and a bronze medal at the Massachusetts Association of Jazz Educators Festival. The Advanced Jazz Combo finished second at the Berklee College of Music Jazz Festival, and were 4 second at the University of New Hampshire Jazz Festival, small group division and second at the National Association of Jazz Educators State Festival. For the second consecutive year, they were invited to par- ticipate in Music Fest USA, sponsored by Downbeat magazine, and finished fourth in the nation. In all of their festival performances junior Peter Adams, a j azz pianist, was singled out as an outstanding musician. Students from every school performed a variety of concerts in band, orchestra and chorus groups. In addition this year, students from grades 4 through 12 presented a string instrument gala. Clarke math teacher Bruce Nallory administers a Chap. 188 grant enabling secondary students to telecommunicate data between classrooms. Photo: Hillary Levin, Minute -man For the first time, all five elementary schools participated'in the Boston Symphony Orchestra Youth Concert program, directed by parent and consultant Barbara Berger. The Diamond Middle School Orchestra participated in the Mas- sachusetts School Orchestra Association Festival. The Clarke Middle School Chorus gave a performance to benefit OXFAM; and the Clarke band, orchestra and chorus gave a combined performance at Quincy Market, Boston. Science. Science Program Manager (K -8) Amy Wagner and Science Department Head (9 -12) Margaret Schwartz are coordinating the ex- amination and revision of the K -12 science program in accordance with a systemwide goal to evaluate and modify curriculum. Many pilot programs have been instituted, particularly at the elementary level and will be integrated into thenew science program in the fall, 1989. Several programs will use computer aided instruction techniques. High school juniors Jonathan Brecher and Yeh Kai Tung qualified for the National Olympiad in Chemistry after receiving honors in the Northeast Regional Avery Ashdown Exam Competition in Chemistry. These students had only one year of chemistry instruction, whereas most other competitors were seniors with two years of chemistry. State Science Fair award winners were: senior Ajeya Joshi, first prize and Globe Scholarship winner; sophomore Venktesh Ramnath, junior Usha Tedrow, and seniors Jeff Achter and Amy Marx. Social Studies. K -8 staff completed several curriculum development projects, including a geography sequence for grades 3 -8, a unit on diversity for special education students, and a revision of the colonial Lexington course. In cooperation with Bowman teacher Cathy Boyd and Bowman librarian Cathy Cote, the department published Lexington Lexington Public Schools Remembers, in which elementary students interviewed lifelong Lexi- ngton residents. Copies were placed in town libraries. Special Education. Under Chapter 766 regulations, the school system must seek the least restrictive program for children with special needs. Thus first priority for placements are within the public school regular classroom, then special classrooms, collaborative programs with neigh- boring districts and, if necessary, private schools. The schools must provide services to these children from age three to twenty-two. In 1988 -89 we are serving 654 students, up from 628 in 1987 -88, in regular or special programs within Lexington schools. The current special education students represent 14.9 percent of the total school population. Another 84 students as of November 1, are in various collaborative or private arrangements. Of preschool children, eight attend the early childhood collaborative, LABB (Lexington, Arlington, Burlington and Bedford) and nine attend special private nursery schools or receive therapy. Among school age students, thirty-eight attend LABB collabora- tives located at the high school with four at the Life Skills Program and twenty in the Vocational Training Program. Twelve others attend LABB sites in Arlington and Burlington. Two others attend special public school programs in Newton and Wayland. In addition, twenty -one students are in various private day programs and eight are served in residential programs. The Parent Advisory Committee continues to work with the special education coordinator and is developing plans for a newsletter and a parent support group. Visual Arts. Over one hundred students submitted work to two town projects: a competition sponsored by Lexpress for book covers and a competition for Crosswalk awareness posters sponsored by the Lexi- ngton Chamber of Commerce. Lexington teachers Norma Regillo and Jack Zichittella displayed their students' art work at the Clarke Street Medical Building. Regillo completed another historical/culture tour to London for over thirty high school students during April vacation. A senior art exhibit featuring over forty drawings, paintings, photographs, cartoons, airbrush work, computer graphics and ceramics was displayed at Cary Library, and a K -12 exhibition on winter holidays was displayed at the Lexington post office. The Arts and Crafts Society awarded $2,400 in college scholar- ships to students expecting to major in art. The Jack Powell Award was given to Steven Ford. Stephen Frolich and Christina King were awarded the Phillip A. Parsons and the Gore Art Scholar Awards respectively. The Helen Potter Award was given to James Lin. Lexington Arts and Crafts Scholarships were awarded to Andrew Femside, Ethan Gettman, Robert Johnson and Matthew Willey. The 1988 -89 student engagement calendar, supported by school budget and ZBR Publications, presented an eighteen -month calendar with over thirty-five pieces of student art work. The calendar theme was "Circus" to coincide with the K -12 exhibit scheduled for May 1989. The calendar was dedicated to the late Lexington resident and ZBR Publi- cations president Aaron Zohn. Special Programs METCO. 1988 -89 is the 22nd year of the METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity) voluntary integration program in Lexington. This year 272 Boston resident students attend Lexington schools, including four at Minuteman. METCO is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education, which pays Lexington for such items as staff salaries, transportation, special education and multicultural programs. Through the Host Family Program, Lexington families of elementary and middle school students volunteer to be partners with Boston families and encourage sharing of family, cultural and social activities. The Lexington METCO program sponsors several academic and social programs for students, staff and parents including study skills workshops, SAT prep classes, cultural and educational trips, cultural performances at all levels and a guest speaker series, including the METCO alumni, local black achievers, authors and poets. The 1988 Lexington High School graduating class included 24 Boston students; of these, 20 attend a college or university. Chapter I Summer Program. Supported by Federal Chapter I Funds and the school budget, the five -week summer language arts program served 110 students in grades K -5. Twenty-three teachers provided each child with individualized remedial instruction, library media services and daily physical education. Adult and Community Education. In 1987 -88 eighteen classes were added to the curriculum offerings while enrollment declined 9 percent from 2161 to 1897. The Thursday Afternoon School program ex- perienced a drop in the number of classes offered as a result of un- availability of classroom space. Summer computer camp offerings included Morning Computer Laboratory, grades 1 -3; Logo Camp, grades 4 -6; and Applications Camp, grades 6 -8. ACT -Arts Created Together. A volunteer committee of parents, teachers and students dedicated to enriching school programs through the arts, ACT is now celebrating its ninth year and is currently chaired by Mary Ann Armstrong. This past year ACT raised a total of $22,000 from Walks for the Arts and a townwide fundraiser during storyteller Jackie Torrence's visit, and $9,000 was allocated from the school budget for the Artist -in- Residence program. ACT supported the following residencies this year: visual artist Jorge Drosten at Bowman, poet Linda Portnay at Clarke, video artist Alia Arasoughly at Diamond, poet Elizabeth McKim and singer Vance Gilbert at Estabrook, potter Tina Forbes at Fiske, dancers Judith Starnes and Stan Strickland at both Fiske and Harrington and visual artist Karen Moss at Harrington. Funds from the townwide fundraiser and Walks for the Arts were used to support eighteen performances by guest singers, dancers, in- strumentalists, story tellers, drama groups, as well as drama specialists Diane Carp and Bethany Clay and a combined high school/elementary school production of "Really Rosie. "Project, L.E.A.P. (Lexington's Education Arts Program). During the 1987 -88 school year Project L.E.A.P. featured the following artists throughout the district: photog- rapher Jonathan Brown in residence at the high school; performances by the Poobley Greegy Puppet Theatre and the Jazz Trio in cooperation with Our Museum of National Heritage, as well as performances by the Bel Canto trio and folk singer performances by the historian Ben Tousely. Bridge Developmental Early Education Program (Project BDEEP). Three Bridge teachers, Nancy Christensen, Barbara Lockwood and Joanna Rotberg, received a third year of funding under a Ch. 188 Early Childhood grant to implement a developmental education program for 30 Lexington Public Schools K, K +, Grade 1 and special needs students in their classrooms. Program Coordinator Jo Hannah Katz is working with the preschool programs in Lexington to promote developmental education and increase com- munication between Lexington preschools and public schools. In addi- tion, Project BDEEP is collaborating with Special Education Out -of- District Liaison Debra Packard on a grant to provide profes- sional development and consultation for preschool staff to increase their knowledge and skills in early identification, assessment andpre - referral of special needs among preschool children. Exemplary Teacher Awards. Bowman grade 2/3 teacher Kay Dillmore and Lexington High School social studies teacher George McCormack were selected by their colleagues to receive the 1988 Exemplary Teacher Award given annually by the Order of the Demolay, Battle Green Chapter. Diamond Mastery in Learning Project. The Diamond staff has con- tinued to investigate and pilot promising teaching techniques as part of their National Education Association (NEA) sponsored three -year project on implementing new practices in individual school buildings. They have joined a national computer network with 49 other school and education research sites for sharing information. This NEA project is part of a national school reform movement and represents one of three major current reform efforts in the field. Assistant Principal Joanne Hennessey directs the project. Volunteers. In addition to the hundreds of parent volunteers who work in their children's schools, twenty-seven individuals were placed in Superintendent Search In the Spring of 1987, Dr. Geoffrey Pierson, Lexington Superintendent of Schools, announced his resignation to become the Superintendent of the American School in Vienna, Austria. The School Committee in- stituted a nationwide search for a new superintendent, hiring Plath, Nielson, Rodgers Associates, an educational consulting firm. Ninety- seven applications were received by the closing date in November 1987. The School Commit teerecommendedeightcandidates as semi - finalists. A Citizen- Staff - Student Advisory Committee was formed from volunteers to conduct, in conjunction with the School Committee, public interviews of the semi -final candidates. The Committee consisted of: Citizens: Jane Attanucci, Thomas Delbanco, Dan Fenn, David Kaloupek, Mary Neumeir, Phyllis Sonnenshein, Albert Wang. Staff: Dolores Donovan, Joe Kelley, Bruce MacDonald, Bruce Mallory, Debra Packard, Cheryl Prescott, Bruce Storm. Students: Janet Doherty, Ned Goodell. 31 classrooms by the Coordinator of Community Relations Georgia Glick. Volunteers assist teachers in reinforcing elementary children's basic skills, enriching their reading and writing programs, tutoring students needing English as a second language at all levels, assisting librarians, providing enrichment to music and science students and consulting with staff. Beginning in September 1988, the coordination of nonparent volunteers was reassigned to a team of citizen volunteers, Betty Taylor and Isabel Besecker. Glick was reassigned to other tasks. Curriculum Development. In 1988 -89 Associate Superintendent Isa Zimmerman is directing projects in four areas: Reading, Science, Social Studies and Life Skills, including drug and alcohol education. Formerly teachers were paid out of school budget funds to develop curriculum during the summer under the supervision of program managers. This year teachers will work on curriculum development activities on their own time during the school year. They will be compensated with state entitlement funds from the Horace Mann Grant Program under Ch. 188. Curriculum Evaluation. During 1988 -89 Coordinator of Evaluation Studies & Publications Georgia Glick is directing three research studies: the efficient and effective delivery of special education, assessment of the newly developed early elementary education (kindergarten and K +) and data regarding the effect of class size on student performance and teachers' instructional techniques. Reports will be forthcoming in late spring of 1989. Alternates: Peter Mackie, Betsy Leutz, Deborah Perry, Sylvia Schatz, Chip Giller. On January 9 and 10, 1988, public interviews of each candidate were held at Clarke Middle School. Karl Plath from PMR Associates thenmoderated apublic discussion of each candidate by the committeee. Based on this discussion and their own public interviews, the School Committee chose four final candidates. Site visits to current employment locales were conducted by the School Committee with participation by members of the interview committee. The candidates then came separately to Lexington for intensive visits and had the opportunity to meet numerous teachers and citizens. At the conclusion of each visit, the School Committee con- ducted a final public interview. On February 11, 1988, the School Committee unanimously elected Dr. Philip Geiger as the next Superintendent of the Lexington Public Schools, starting on July 1, 1988. Personal Services Administrative Offices Principals and Assistants Supervisors, Coordinators & Dept Classroom Teachers Special Needs Staff Tutors Nurses Instr. Matls. Specialists Guidance Counselors Psychologists Doctors Aides Special Needs Assistants Secretarial & Clerical Secretarial & Clerical (Extra Help) Computer Center Technical Computer Center Student Programmers Custodian & Maintenance Men Switchboard Custodian & Maintenance Men (Summer) Custodian & Maintenance Men (Other) Crossing Guards SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES 1987-1988 Equipment Purchase & Rental New Equipment Replacement of Equipment $303,820 748,526 Heads 962,977 10,538,508 1,286,361 131,125 148,195 334,780 701,757 92,575 3,166 384,736 155,161 802,192 29,013 31,035 10,068 1,059,074 19,370 22,181 70,561 50,401 Expenses Fuel Vehicle Parts, Gas, Oil Office Supplies Teaching Supplies Other Supplies Textbooks Library Books & Cataloging Periodicals & Newspapers Recruiting Materials Handbooks Professional Books & Subscriptions Professional Journals Student Publications Film Rental Media Purchase Computer Software Repair of Plant (Supplies) Repair of Grounds (Supplies) $17,885,582 $228,022 2,662 50,544 250,713 66,748 97,302 32,276 7,329 4,678 1,075 5,643 79 -6,733 6,499 14,870 21,487 50,831 421 $ 847,912 Contracted Services Consultant Services Special Testing Built In Items (Repair of Buildings) Electrical (Repairs) Plumbing (Repairs) Heating (Repairs) Roofing (Repairs) Glass (Repairs) Other Property Services (Repairs) Mop Rental Electricity Water Gas Bottled & Natural Telephone Insect Control Elevator Service & Repair Pupil Transp. Regular Pupil Transp. Special Needs In Lex. Pupil Transp. Special Needs Out Lex. Field Trips Other Transportation Travel Intrastate Meeting Expense Travel Within Lexington Printing Newsletter Equipment Rental Equipment Service Maintenance Building Rental Tuition Special Needs Memberships Mailing Other General OUT OF STATE TRAVEL Travel & Conferences VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Out of District $156,451 98.218 $254,669 $277,123 19,954 59,309 21,118 12,812 9,097 875 4,549 19,787 4,261 413,087 13,742 4,199 104,610 2,988 440,089 103,641 201,782 10,620 102,528 4,429 12,295 9,333 6,103 5,959 2,086 146,730 17,160 956,182 21,388 34,952 14.740 $3,057,528 $8,690 $1,200 Grand Total All Items $22,055,581 stomps aiignd uoJtuixag LEXINGTON SCHOOLS BUDGET SUMMARY FISCAL YEARS 1986-76 AND 1987-88 RECEIPTS INCREASE or Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1986-87 % of TOTAL 1987-88 % of TOTAL (DECREASE) Chapter 70 School Aid $2,166,464 $1,783,823 ($382,641) Chapter 71 Transportation 248,432 876,420 627,988 Chapter 76 State Wards 143,244 ( 143,244) Metco 276,150 * 288,428 12,278 $2,834,290 (12.08) $2,948,671 (11.83) $114,381 Town of Lexington Receipts Athletic Gate Receipts 20,000 * 36,000 Misc. Receipts 4,871 3,402 Rentals 38,757 99,365 63,628 (.27) 138,767 Town of Lexington Appropriations Personal Services $16,742,707 17,692,453 Expenses 3,806,368 4,127,846 Out -of -State Travel 11,950 12,850 Vocational Education 3,500 3,500 $20,564,525 (87.65) 21,836,649 TOTAL RECEIPTS & APPROPRIATION $23,462,443 100% $24,924,087 EXPENDITURES ( .55) (87.62) 100% 16,000 (1,469) 60,608 75,139 949,746 321,478 900 1,272,124 $1,461,644 Personal Services $17,029,003 (81.93) $17,879,809 $850,806 Expenses 3,462,955 (16.66) 4,087,131 624,176 Out -of -State Travel 9,659 (.05) 8,690 (969) Athletics 281,858 (1.36) 305,324 23,466 Vocational Education - - 1,200 1,200 $20,783,475 100% $22,282,154 $1,498,679 *Portion which was Applied to Budget. Lexington Public Schools Balance June 30, 1987 Income: Sales Reimbursement (Federal) (State) Other State Tax Appropriation Expenditures: Food Labor Other OTHER BUDGETS AND FUNDS UNDER CONTROL OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOOD SERVICES SCHOOL EXPENSE CARRYOVER Balance July 1, 1987 Expenditures Balance to E & D $8,746 $543,938 62,311 19,498 9,889 1,855 50.000 687,491 $696,237 $260,872 358,865 31.963 PL -874 AID TO IMPACTED AREAS Balance June 30, 1987 Receipts Funds Applied Balance Available METCO Receipts Expenditures Transfer to 1988-1989 School Budget Expenditures (Direct Costs) Personnel Purchases Services Transportation Tuition School Budget Insurance Fringe Extra Payroll Bus Monitors Other Funds Transferred to 1988-89 Budget 651,700 $44,537 $159,093 158,438 $ 655 $15,092 10,275 (13,012) $12,355 $930,322 925,718 4,604 930,322 $258,455 4,341 338,347 7,253 242,157 9,856 29,821 18,120 17,368 METCO SPECIAL NEEDS Metco Receipts for Special Needs Students 925,718 4,604 $930,322 $ 76,718 ENERGY GRANTS June Article 44 80TM PL 94-35 Chapter I Language Arts Chapter II Block Grants PL 89-313 Project Mainstream PL 94-142 Transition Program Lex. Spec. Services Project Enhance Commonwealth In -Svc. Mastery In Learning Group Therapy Sex Education Using Creative Drama Chapter 188 Professional Develop. Horace Mann School Improvement Project Deep Balance 30, 1987 $5,715 Expenditures June 30, 1988 $85 $5,630 FEDERAL GRANTS Approved Expenditures $32,465 $31,341 $18,316 $18,167 $36,133 $36,121 $63,820 48,272 40,238 STATE GRANTS Approved $3,000 1,050 2,268 3,000 62,382 40,150 68,175 70,000 $63,109 46,966 39,925 Expenditures $3,000 725 1,120 3,000 62,382 40,150 65,750 68,583 Balance $1,124 $149 $12 $711 1,306 313 Balance $ - 325 1,148 2,425 1,417 Lexington Public Schools Baseball Basketball Basketball Cheerleaders Cross Country Cross Country Field Hockey Football Golf Ice Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Track Indoor Track Outdoor Wrestling Volleyball Doctors Equipment Manager Secretarial and Clerical Staff Travel Other Supplies Other Transportation Printing Equipment Maintenance Memberships Other General and Coordinators ATHLETICS Senior Senior Clarke Diamond Coed TownWide Girls Boys Middle Middle $12,748 3,280 2,650 9,282 9,149 8,924 10,229 5,051 2,721 7,274 5,642 8,574 $85,524 Receipts Football $9,015 Basketball 6,776 Hockey 5,283 Wrestling 847 Lost Equipment 4 Balance of Prior Year 15,398 Funds Applied To 87/88 (36,000) $1,323 $11,272 19,351 3,116 32,020 29,618 9,291 10,820 4,068 2,651 5,649 7,695 6,556 $2,939 3,015 2,746 $3,134 4,318 2,092 2,996 3,358 5,870 5,549 3,032 2,891 $1,650 7,720 5,400 5,439 525 525 847 3,202 1,001 242 547 1,705 1,350 $169,560 $21,123 $21,867 $1,650 Total Expended $305,324 5600 $5,600 Lexington Public Schools 1987-88 SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE FUNDING These funds enable the school system to provide services beyond the scope of the regular budget. Applications are filed for 1988-89 funds as soon as guidelines and due dates are known. The total below does not include PTA and other support group fundraising estimated annually at $250,000. GRANTS AREA FEDERAL PL 89-313 PL 94-142 PL 94-142 PL 94-142 PL 94-142 PL 97-35 PL 97-35 PL 98-377 PL 98-524 STATE Chapter 188 FEDERAL/STATE Commonwealth Inservice OTHER Special Education Special Education Special Education Special Education Early Childhood Disadvantaged Instruction Economic Security Occupational Education Early Childhood Horace Mann Professional Development School Improvement Council Institute Special Needs Special Needs Drama Boston University Teacher Training LEXINGTON USE AMOUNT Mainstreaming Project ENHANCE Adaptive Physical Education Transition Program Kindergarten Summer Language Arts Microcomputers Science In -Service Business Education Primary Teaching Resources Teacher Salary Building Needs Group Therapy Sex Education Elementary Creative Drama Building Needs Total Outside Funding 37,800 42,405 52,224 69,144 10,400 29,943 16,715 1,203 7,480 70,000 43,400 62,382 38,432 1,050 2,268 3,000 6,944 494,595 wows aggnd uo3tuixai Minuteman Tech Lexington Enrollment FY 87 FY 88 all grades 55 45 Cost to Lexington $377,024 $399,815 Revenues FY 87 Actual Assessments 4,530,717 Chapter 70 1,638,748 Transport. Ch. 71 -16C 646,355 Reg. Aid. Ch. 71 -16D 367,308 Chapter 645 107,817 Approp. from Surplus 267,855 Tuition 800,000 Total Revenues 8,358,800 Total Expenses 8,432,498 Excess of Revenues (73,698) Transfer from Enterprise 86,900 Excess Revenues 13,202 In 1988 the National Science Foundation selected Minuteman Tech teacher George Taliadouros as the top Science teacher in Massachusetts. He was presented with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching by President Reagan's Science Advisor. For the past 5 years, the Minuteman Tech science andmathematics teacher has been giving workshops to teachers and administrators throughout New England on the Principles of Technology curriculum (applied physics and mathematics) and the Statisical Process Control curriculum for vocational technical high school students. Taliadouros is the co- author of both curricula. He also helped design and write Minuteman Tech's Electro- Mechanical/Robotics curriculum which will be used in other schools throughout Massachusetts, and he is involved in other competency based vocational education (CB VE) development projects for the State of Massachusetts. In addition he served on the design team for the Applied Mathematics curriculum developed by the Center of Occupa- tional Research and Development in Waco, Texas. This curriculum will be used in the U. S., Canada and overseas.Minuteman Tech's Science and Technology Division in which Taliadouros is a staff member is involved in many innovative projects. The latest of these is the installation of a new learning laboratory called Technology Lab 2000 where students work at computerized stations which enable them to apply principals of science and technol- ogy to such areas as robotics, materials testing and fabrication, struc- tures, computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing. The lab utilizes computers to help students learn to work out technological problems and make choices and decisions while gaining insights into the social and environmental impacts of technology. Two Division students took one of the school's robots to Detroit, Michigan, in June and programmed it to win first place in two competi- tions at the Robotics and Machine Vision Contest, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Both students are enrolled in Minuteman's Prep Tech program which provides a rigorous college preparatory curriculum for academically talented, technically oriented students who plan to attend a competitive technical college or institute. During 1988 a number of other Minuteman Tech students also received awards for excellence in their career fields.A two - person team of Forestry students won top honors in the overall Forestry Division at the Massachusetts State Future Farmers of American competition in Chicopee. Competing against 40 professional landscaping companies, Minuteman Tech Horticulture students constructed an exhibit that won the silver second prize medal in the Hardy Garden Division at the New England Flower Show. The students' work also bested exhibits by four colleges and an agricultural school to win the Roger Dane Trophy "for students in horticulture whose exhibit shows outstanding dedication, creativity and knowledge." In the national Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) competition in Salt Lake City, a Minuteman Tech Retailing sophomore won third place for her Civic Consciousness Project. A Senior was one of 9 finalists from the 98 Massachusetts students in the national com- petition, and a Junior is serving as a state DECA officer for the second year. In the state Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) com- Ryan Di Baeeo of Lexington, a student in Minuteman Tech's Heat - inglAir Conditioning course, tests equipment. petition, MinutemanTech students won the gold medal in Culinary Arts; the silver medal in electrical wiring; and an electrical wiring junior was elected a state VICA officer. Two Lexington students also won medals. Post - graduate Christine Melone of Lexington won the gold medal in the Prepared Speech competition for the second year in a row, and junior Monica Parker of Lexington won the silver medal in Commercial Art. A Culinary Arts senior was named the Outstanding Vocational Technical student at Minuteman Tech and was honored by the state Department of Education at a banquet during National Vocational Education week. 37 Minuteman Tech A Drafting junior was selected to attend the American Legion Auxiliary's Girl State Program.The Minuteman Tech varsity Hockey Team made it to the state finals for the fifth year in a row. One team member became the first Minuteman wrestler to participate in the All State Tournament. There were other notable achievements by Minuteman Tech facul- ty and students during 1988. Drafting Department students and staff completed a drawing of Lexington Center in a scale of one inch = 50 feet. The ink on mylar drawing will be used by the Lexington Engineering Department. Minuteman's Drafting teachers provided computer aided drafting (CAD) training to employees from Polaroid, Honeywell, MIT Lincoln Lab, ITEK and Raytheon. Minuteman Athletic Director Walter Sargent became the first Massachusetts Athletic Director to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators. He also received the Award of Merit from the Massachusetts Athletic Directors. Minuteman Tech's partnership with Newton Wellesley Hospital was named a Notable Partnership of Industry and Education by the Massachusetts Department of Education's Office of Community Education. Carpentry, Cabinetmaking, Plumbing, Electrical, Painting and Wallpapering, Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning and Horticulture Cary Memorial Library students are completing construction of a superinsulated house on Minuteman property at 10 Mill Street in Lincoln. They participated in a similar project in Lexington in 1986. Cabinetmaking students finished constructing the large horse- shoe- shaped counter unit for the Stow Police Station. Carpentry students re -framed and re- shingled the roof of Lincoln's Sandy Pond Pumping Station and also put a small addition on the building. In the fall of 1988 Minuteman Tech established its FLEX Program to serve adult men and women (over 18). The program includes an Adult High School which enables adults to earn a high school diploma through group and individualized instruction, independent study and test -out options. It also provides daytime and evening job training as well as career counseling and career information to adults. Many FLEX services are free to residents of Minuteman Tech district towns. Minuteman Tech is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges which requires that all of its member schools be evaluated by a visiting team of educators every ten years in order to maintain their accreditation. During the fall of 1988, a team of 28 educators from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island observed the operation of Minuteman Tech and met with faculty, administration, parents and students to carry out this evaluation. Lexington's representative on the school's committee is Nyles N. B arnert. The Cary Library Trustees Executive Committee. Jacquelyn R. Smith, Rev. Peter H. Meek, Florence Koplow, William Daily, Jr., Brian S. Dixon, Director Robert C. Hilton. Photo: Police Department. 38 Cary Memorial Library The year Just ended was one of record use at Cary Memorial Library. Total circulation was 550,255 items, up by 40,270 or 8% over last year. On site use or attendance, counted onlyp at the Main Library, was 399,552 visits up by 21,863 or 6°!0 over last year. The 550,255 home circulation figure includes: 314,652 196,168 Main Adult Lib Main Children's Li rary 37,281 East Lexington Branch 2.154 Other (Interlibrary loan, etc.) 550,255 Total This figure consists of only books and other items removed for home use. Library staff estimates that at least as many items are consulted as references on site only. Thus a total of well over one million items were used in approximately 400,000 visits during the year. Main Library Building Renovation $125,000 from a special Article and $25,000 from the regular budget have been approved for projects to improve the plain Library. These include additional shelving, and improvements in office space, fire protection and access for the handicapped. Renovation of the original 1906 lobby heating, ventilation and air conditioning improvements, an � painting are also planned. The project has been turned over to the Permanent Building Committee which selected the architectural firm of Davies and Bibbins. The construction is now underway. An open house for the renovated Library is planned for 1 - 6 P.M. on Sunday April 16, 1989. New Technology The new integrated and computerized library system is the principal reason Cary Library is able to provide the increased services without an increase in staff. Several improvements were made to this system over the year, including full utilization of nine terminals for public access, and use of the "DATALINK" program, which allows Cary to determine what neighboring public libraries own, and whether or not an item is available for borrowing. Cary is also participatingg in a telefax project with other libraries under the sponsorship of the Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System at the Boston Public Library: This new program enables us to receive and transmit library documents such as magazine articles. Another new project sponsored by the Regional Library System is electronic mail. Any of the staff terminals can now be used to receive and transmit data among participating libraries in eastern Massachusetts. Cooperative efforts such as these are important, as no library can depend solely on its own purchases to meet the demands made on it. Longer range plans for patron access call for the installation of a "user - friendly" on-line catalog for the yublic, which would include the familiar "see" and "see also references. It would also give help in spelling names and determining subject headings, offer menu "help" screens, and give a much more thorough analysis of each item's contents. The estimated cost for the hardware, software, and wiring needed for this upgrade is $150,000. Gifts, Grants, and Thanks The Library has completed purchasing under two important grants this year. One is for a $25 000 competitive award from the Massachusetts Board of LKary Commissioners to improve the business and technology collections, and the other is a $12,500 award by the Library Commissioners from federal Library Service and Construction Act funds for materials in Chinese and on Chinese culture. Patrons are already enjoying these collections. Continuing grants of federal (LSCA) funds and state funds from the Commonwealth Literacy Corp, totaling $21,292 to date, are being used to support a Literacy Library and tutor training center at the East Lexington Library. Although 350 tutors are registered there is still a long list of non - English speaking people ana others waiting for tutors. Additional volunteers would be cordially welcomed at the Branch. A competitive grant of $10,877 for the ac uisition of two "CD ROM" (compact disc, read only memory services has been approved by the Library Commissioners, and it is expected to be funded soon. One service chosen will provide greatly improved computer access to materials in print and available for purchase. The second will rovide computerized public access to the indexing of popular magazines. In addition to these federal and state grants, the Library has received grants and gifts from local organizations. Most of our purchasing funds for library materials now come from gifts to Trustee funds and special grants. Those received locally are especially appreciated, not only in themselves, but also because they show a close and proprietary interest in the development of the Library's collections. The Lexington Arts Council awarded $500 toward the purchase of the outstanding Filipowski sculpture now in library garden. The Pre - school PTA contributed $500 for the children's video library, and also provided a new puppet theater at the Branch. The Lions club again donated $1,000 towards its books in the large type collection. The Stanley Hill Post No. 38, of the American Legion donated $500 to its book purchase fund which now stands at $2,500. The New Century Fund now stands at over $23,000. The Trustees plan to continue this solicitation of Lexington patrons and businesses over the next ten years, believing that future generosity must match that of the past if the Li-l�rary is to continue to prosper. Among the many generous donations to this Fund is a program set up by the Town Meeting Members Association for donations made in memory of deceased members and members of their families. Special thanks are also due to Cary volunteers, and particularly to the Advisory Committee members who attend all Trustee meetings and advise the Executive Committee and staff on many matters including the compensation plan computerization, fund raising, buildings and grounds, ana collection development. Frederick C. Frick resigned from this Committee this year after many years of outstanding service, including his recent term as Chairman. 39 Cary Memorial Library FY 88 EXPENDITURES PAYROLL EXPENSES FY 87 EXPENDITURES 734,427 PAYROLL EXPENSES TOTAL TOWN FUNDS 689,655 199,075 888,730 TRUSTEE FUNDS 0 129,295 129,295 STATE FUNDS 0 23.286 23.286 TOTALS 689,655 351,656 1,041,311 PERSONNEL From MMD Trust 73,950.24 Total Receipts, Full time Transfers In 25 Part time TRANSFERS OUT 545 hrs. /wk., average FY 88 EXPENDITURES PAYROLL EXPENSES TOTAL 734,427 221,983 956,410 0 138,947 138,947 0 30.178 300,178 734,427 391,108 1,125,535 TREASURER'S REPORT ON TRUSTEE FUNDS 1987 -1988 June 30, 1988 Balance on hand July 1, 1987 7,589.92 NOW Account (Lexington Savings) RECEIPTS Fines, etc. 65,142 Books Sold 2,217 Copy Service 4,331 Interest NOW Account 1,461 Investment Dividends 44,171 Toy Bags 92 Book Rentals 2,181 Audio/Visual 12,893 Sub Total Receipts 132,487 TRANSFERS IN From MMD Trust 73,950.24 Total Receipts, Transfers In & July 1 Balance 214,026.78 TRANSFERS OUT To MMD Trust 16,000.00 To Fidelity 1,578.00 Sub Total Transfers Out 17,578.00 Total Expenses 156,525.15 NOW Balance on hand June 30, 1988 57,501.63 Library Materials Audio/Visual C.R. Program NELINET Prof. Improvement Exhibits Cust. Mileage Cust. Uniforms Recruitment CLSI Leaflets Toy Library Miscellaneous Sub Total Expense MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORY TRUST MMD Trust Balance July 1, 1987 Interest Purchases Transferred to NOW Account Transferred to New Century Fund 40 25 545 hrs. /wk., average EXPENSES 55,499 10,421 1,981 25,990 3,653 1,331 668 1,087 433 26,594 10,475 32 783 138,947.15 57,079.99 1,370.25 16.000.00 74,450.24 73,950.25 500.00 0.00 Cary Memorial Library June 30, 1988 INVESTMENTS DESCRIPTION COST INCOME AMOCO 196 Shares $ 10,857.42 $ 666.70 Bank of Boston 2763 Shares 7,587.22 2,873.52 Bank of New England 1802 Shares 11,072.50 2,234.48 Boston Federal Savings & Loan War Parents Book Memorial 1,800.00 1,000.00 66.61 CITICORP 1872 Shares 6,464.25 2,588.04 Cyprus Mineral Company 19 Shares 238.68 2,528.18 Eastern Gas Fuel 542 Shares 10,298.00 704.60 Exxon Corporation 1376 Shares 17,114.00 2,820.80 Fidelity Cash Reserve 1,93855 Beryl M. Safford Memorial Fund 10,877.35 311.85 General Electric Company 2400 Shares 29,475,00 3,264.00 W. R. Grace and Company 1200 Shares 24,431.09 1,680.00 Lexington Savings Bank (1991) Edith J. Childs 300,810.15 38,926.38 Lexington Savings Bank (Beals) 1,1000.00 76.73 Northeast Utilities 2400 Shares 25,560.00 5,280.00 Northern Pacific R.R. (1997) Prior Lien 4,000.00 767.38 NYNEX 188 Shares 5,869.13 725.68 Sears Roebuck and Company 1300 Shares 25,841.65 2,600.00 Shawmut National Corporation 1107 Shares 6,068.75 1,319.79 State Street Boston Financial Corp. 976 Shares 1,444.90 448.96 U.S. Treasury Note (1991) 35,362.98 4,112.50 U.S. Treasury Note (1996) 102,406.25 8,875.00 U.S. West 196 Shares 5,818.75 654.64 Xerox 700 Shares 27,519.86 2,100.00 TOTALS $409,334.16 $44,170.98 FUNDS PRINCIPAL General $47,509.81 Leroy and Geneva Brown 4,000.00 Beals 1,100.00 Maria Cary 400.00 Book Purchase 1,000.00 Alice Butler Cary 2,958.50 Jane Phinney 300.00 Goodwin Musical 1,100.00 Laura M. Brigham 3,100.00 George W. Sarano 300.00 War Parents Book Memorial 1,800.00 Nelson W. Jenney 2,000.00 Paulin Burbank Peirce 1,000.00 Caira Robbins 300.00 Wellington Library 1,100.00 Emma Ostrom Nichols 1,000.00 Sarah Elizabeth Raymond 2,528.18 Abbie C. Smith 1,006.00 Lewis L. Hoyt 1,000.00 Sue Medeiros 949.00 Pearl Toback Feld 666.14 Ann E. Ferry 3,370.00 The Rev. Harold T. Handley 1,93855 Beryl M. Safford Memorial Fund 1,484.00 The Stanley Hill Amer. Leg. Post 38 2,500.00 James Stuart Smith 11,07250 Warren Sherburne 4,020.00 Manfred Friedman 2,149.33 John N. Pierce Fund 1,878.00 William F. Buckley Fund 5,000.00 Edith J. Childs 300,810.15 TOTAL $409,334.16 41 Fire FY 87 FY 88 PAYROLL $ 1,797,090 1,851,757 EXPENSES 145,388 155,715 CAPITAL EXPENSES 198,000 35,000 PERSONNEL Full Time 62 62 Part Time 1 1 Fires, Emergencies This year the Fire Department responded to a total of 2,639 calls for emergency assistance. Of these, 1,256 were for emergency ambulance service. There was an average of .33 serious fires per month. The incidence of serious fires continues to decline. We believe this is due in part to the wide usage of smoke detectors in homes. Nationally, deaths caused by fire have declined to a plateau of approximately 6,000 per year. Our five -year trend shows a growth in total calls, primarily due to increased ambulance usage. With a stable population and the percentage of elderly increasing, we expect ambulance service to rise modestly for the next several years. A mutual aid agreement has been signed with the town of Concord. Because of Lexington's extensive participation in the Metro Fire Mutual Aid Plan, which consists of all the communities within Route 128, our own past dependance on Concord for aid had decreased. Our intention is to utilize Concord for serious fires and other emergencies again. Equipment The Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corporation of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania built a replacement for Engine 3, a 1958 Mack Pumper. This state of the art engine was delivered in June and has quickly proven to be a mainstay to our fleet. In addition to firefighting gear it carries our auto extrication equipment. Durin* the fall, Engine 2, a 1973 Mack Engine received extensive refurbishing. This vehicle is currently located at the East Lexington Fire Station. Plans call for the proposed replacement of Engine 1 during FY /90. This 1978 Maxim engine is showing extensive, premature deterioration of the cab, frame and body, making it uneconomical to repair or refurbish. This request will be carried forward as part of our capital improvement schedule. During the FY /90, the Department is scheduled to replace its ambulance. This is done on a routine 4 -year replacement cycle. We will recommend that our current vehicle be retained as a spare or "back -up ". In 1988 our ambulance had an engine fire and was disabled for three months. We were fortunate to borrow a spare ambulance from the City of Methuen to enable us to continue to provide ambulance service to Lexington residents. At the end of the year we are still awaiting the State Department of Public Health's approval for a second Paramedic unit, operated by the North Suburban Advanced Life Support Consortium, sponsored by Symmes- Choate, Lahey, and Winchester Hospitals serving Lexington and 10 42 other communities. The unit will be based in Arlington and cover Arlington, Winchester, and East Lexington. It will join similar units based in Burlington and the Emerson Hospital Paramedics in Concord. These Bronco type vehicles augment the basic life support service given by our emergency medical technicians. The transportation of the patient is done by the Fire Department ambulance. Training In 1988 several lieutenants attended the two -week, First Line Supervisors course given by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy at the Sudbury facility. This is to be followed up by two additional weeks of specialized officer training. Captain John Fradette attended the two week supervisors course that was held at the National Fire Academy in Emmittsburg, Maryland. This federally sponsored program provides officers with up to date methods of improving personnel efficiency. The department also added a new segment to our mandatory physical fitness program, focusing on prescribed abdominal exercises to aid in preventing back injury. An exercise physiologist was contracted to provide individual back assessments of all employees and instruction of proper exercise techniques. All employees received handbooks detailing the program. This component is now a part of the mandatory flexibility exercises performed at the beginning of each work shift. This year emergency medical technician training emphasized controlling the spread of infectious diseases. Existing procedures were updated and expanded to meet current needs. The department has also made available hepatitis B and tetanus shots as protection for our firefighters. Hazardous Material The federal superfund law has imposed new requirements for reporting the use of hazardous chemicals in the work place. The department, through the efforts of Lt. Peter Torode, has been successful in getting a major jump on this problem. Inventory lists have been obtained from nearly every user in the town. Dr. Phani Raj, a Lexington resident, President of The Fire Depanment took delivery in June of a new state -of -the -art pumper that's now the mainstay of the fleet. It replaces a 30 -year -old engine. Photo: George smith Fire Technology Management Systems, Inc., and a key member of our Chemical Advisors Team, donated a newly developed software program to assist in managing this influx of paperwork. We are grateful to Dr. Raj for his generous gift. The department is also chairing the Town's new federally mandated Local Emergency Planning Committee, which has been meeting regularly to improve our existing plans. All firefighters have received a 6 hour class in identification and recognition of hazardous materials. In addition shift commanders have received training in how to manage these problem substances. New federal regulations are expected to further regulate firefighting training and equipment in this important area. The impact of these mandates will probably affect how we maintain the special Metrofire, Regional Hazardous Materials Support Unit that carries many of the specialized pieces of equipment, such as fully encapsulate chemical protective suits, that are required to work in a toxic atmosphere. Prevention in Town -Owned Facilities The department's fire prevention bureau, under the direction of Assistant Chief John T. McDonough, Jr., has been coordinating the testing of town -owned underground fuel storage tanks. Approximately half of our tanks have been tested and one leak was found. We have also experienced problems in testing some of our tanks due to deficiencies in the piping attached to the tank. When this occurs the piping must be excavated and corrections made before the leak tests can be conducted. It has been difficult to secure licensed contractors to perform this work, as they are in great demand because of increasingly rigid state and federal regulations. Due to this constraint our schedule for testing has been longer than expected. Departmental education programs continue to stress that smoke detectors are the first line of defense in residential fires and the department provides advice on optimum locations for detectors. It is extremely important that battery operated units have the batteries changed yearly. Ongoing maintenance and testing of detectors, as well as household escape strategies are urged for all, so that the possibility of serious injury or fatality can be reduced. During the year firefighter Kenneth P. Kelley, Jr. retired due to a permanently disabling back injury. He was appointed to the department in 1961. AMBULANCE MUTUAL AID From Lexington: 14 Into Lexington: 118 Bedford 6 Arlington 2 Burlington 6 Armstrong Service 13 Lincoln 2 Bedford 78 Bus Fire 0 Belmont 1 Misc. Buildings 2 Burlington 9 Miscellaneous0 0 Hanscom 2 Nursing Care Facility 21 Lincoln 10 Office Building 78 Winchester 1 Outside Fires 6 Woburn 2 PERMITS ISSUED 3 Hazardous Materials 2 Blasting 19 Propane 11 Misc. 15 Smoke Detector 468 Oil Burner 188 Underground Tanks 10 43 TYPE OF ALARM: Boxes 571 Stills 720 Mutual Aid 92 Ambulance 1256 Total Calls 56 Investigations 2639 BOX ALARM RESPONSES (FULL SHIFT RESPONSES) 3 Fixed Property Use: 79 Bus Fire 0 Apartment 33 Misc. Buildings 2 Church 15 Miscellaneous0 0 Condominium 13 Nursing Care Facility 21 Dwellings 146 Office Building 78 Filling Stations 1 Outside Fires 6 Garage 0 Recreation Facility 3 Hazardous Materials 2 Research Facility 19 Hospitals 42 Restaurant 2 Hotel /Motel 29 Rooming House 38 Libraries /Museum 8 School 52 Manufacturing 0 Utility Property 1 Mercantile 31 Mobile Property Use: Aircraft 0 Trailers 1 Automobile 6 Trucks 0 Motor Vehicle Accidents 10 Vans 0 Misc. 0 Causes of Alarms: Accidental 47 Miscellaneous 20 Faulty Alarm System: Smoke Condition: Smoke Detector 232 Oil Burner 25 Workmen on System 2 Electrical 36 Other 5 Other Odors 9 Fire 67 Smoke 19 Food on Stove 44 Sprinkler Systems: Honest Intent 3 Water Surge 10 Malicious False Alarm: Workmen 1 Street Box 20 Others Causes 5 Master Box 25 Broken Pipe 3 Telephone 3 Still Alarms (Single fire company responses: Animal Rescue 0 Honest Intent 12 Assistance 38 Investigate Systems 97 Automobile 56 Investigations 126 Bomb Threat 3 Lockouts /Lockins 79 Bus Fire 0 Motor Veh. Accidents 8 Burning Complaints 8 Needless 2 Dump 0 Outside Brush 85 Dumpster 12 Property Protection 54 Edison Emergency 73 Still Box 15 False Still 9 Truck Fire I Hazardous Materials 22 Wash Down 20 FIRE MUTUAL AID From Lexington: 92 Into Lexington 71 Arlington 19 Arlington 11 Bedford 33 Bedford 9 Belmont 2 Belmont 2 Burlington 9 Burlington 3 Hanscom Air Base 1 Concord 1 Lincoln 2 Hanscom Air Base 7 Waltham 21 Lincoln I Winchester 2 Waltham 32 Woburn 3 Winchester 4 Woburn t ESTIMATED FIRE LOSS Buildings/Vechicles $490,665 Police Department FY 87 FY 88 Payroll $1,982,563 $2,115,510 Expenses 230,796 250,372 Personnel Full Time 59 60 Part Time 5 6 The Lexington Police Department is firmly committed to the crime prevention concept and to the promotion of public safety awareness within the community. Crime prevention. This important commitment was strengthened in 1988 by the appointment of Officer Joseph O'Leary as the Crime Prevention /Safety Officer. The combining of crime prevention and safety duties in one full time position will allow for additional time necessary to Perform these duties and facilitate the unity of purpose in the crime prevention and safety education programs. The prevention of alcohol and drug abuse was at the forefront of this year's crime prevention efforts. A "Memorandum of Understanding" between the School and Police Departments has established formal guidelines for the transmittal of drug and alcohol abuse information between these departments. The enhanced communication resulting from the Police- School "Memo" has already had a beneficial effect in assisting the Crime Prevention /Safety Officer in the development of tailor -made educational programs aimed at reducing the demand for drugs. Crime Detection and Suppression. In September and October 1988, Lexington experienced a sudden rash of housebreaks. Investigation led to the discovery of fingerprints which were eventually matched to those of a known housebreaker. A warrant was obtained and the offender arrested. The coordinated response of the Patrol Force and Detective Bureau resulted in the solution of eleven local housebreaks and ended the mini -crime spree. Traffic Safety. Pedestrian safety is an important objective of traffic safety efforts. This year there was a 41% decrease from 1987 in pedestrian accidents. Education has been effective in promoting pedestrian safety, especially with groups of young children. Officer O'Leary visited kindergarten and grammar school classes, instructing the children in the basics of pedestrian and bicycle safety. Reducing hazardous motor vehicle violations continues to be a major goal of traffic enforcement. Patrol officers, concentrating their efforts on pedestrian crosswalk violations, issued 33% more citations for this offense in 1988 than in the previous year. Personnel. Sergeant Norman Carlson was nominated by Town Manager Richard White for the Massachusetts Municipal Association's Employee of the Year Award. In announcing the nomination, Mr. White cited Sergeant Carlson's outstanding personal and professional achievements which have served as an excellent example to all municipal employees. Personnel changes in 1988 include the recent retirement of Lieutenant William Dooley after 38 years of dedicated public service. In addition Lieutenant Robert Raposa and Sergeant Mark Corr were promoted. In December, Detective Commander Lieutenant Steven Corr, became one of a select few senior ranking law enforcement officers nationwide to graduate from the F.B.I. National Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Lieutenant Corr's training focused on the management process as it relates to 44 constitutional criminal procedure, the training function, criminal investigation and forensic science. Equipment. The Police Department continues to modernize and improve operations. This year the police journal which contains 12,000 to 14,000 entries of calls for service per year, was computerized. Data processing used for the storage and retrieval of vital management information, has been expanded to provide more efficient and effective police services to the citizens of Lexington. Traffic Safety Advisory The Traffic Safety Advisory Committee recommends safety improvements to the selectmen and Town Manager for action in response to citizen requests for additions and changes in traffic control facilities such as pedestrian crosswalks, traffic lights, stop signs, speed limits, parking spaces and sidewalks. The Committee considered 21 requests during 1988: 7 for road signs, 6 for changes in parking regulations, and 8 miscellaneous requests. Among the more significant were consideration of: Making one end of Bridge Street one -way (done) Improving traffic flow on Concord Avenue Various steps to improve pedestrian safety on major arteries, especially in the center. The Committee invites interested citizens to participate in its discussions. The following individuals served in 1988: Peter M. Chalpin, DPW /Engineering, (Chairman) Robert Raposa, Lieut., Police Department Eric T. Clark Myla Kabat -Zinn John Maloney William F. Mix Robert Trask Two police officers were promoted in September; Mark Corr, to ser- geant from patrolman, and Robert Raposa, to lieutenant from ser- geant. Assistant Town Clerk Mary Louise Herr officiated at the swearing -in ceremony. Photo: Police Department Police Department Police Manual The Police Manual Policy Committee continues to periodically review the police manual in order to make certain that the rules and regulations pertaining to the duties of individual officers remain current. Additionally, the policies and procedures of the entire department are monitored to determine that they are up to date. During the past year the department created the position of Crime Prevention /Safety Officer. The officer filling this position has the primary responsibili ty for the development and implementation of j)rogn and activities designed to promote crime prevention and safety objectives within the community. Veteran officer Joseph O'Leary was appointed to fill this position. It is anticipated he will serve as a liaison between the police department and other town departments and committees, community organizations, service clubs, parent and youth groups, and other agencies in town. Policies and procedures with regard to the investigation of harassment and violence against members of minority groups were reviewed and amended. Policies were also adopted for handling persons with communicable diseases, such as AIDS. At the present time the department is at full staff. Five of the last six appointees to the department have been Lexngton residents. William J. Dailey, Jr. Chairman TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT SUMMARY Misc. Motor Vehicle Violation .............. $ 5,380 Parking Violations ....................... $ 5,755 Parking Meter Violations .................. $ 5,637 MOTOR VEHICLES RECOVERED Motor Vehicles stolen locally and recovered locally ..... 4 Motor Vehicles stolen locally and recovered in other jurisdictions ................... 8 Motor Vehicles stolen out of town & recovered locally . 12 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS Daytime Accidents ......................... 1027 Nightime Accidents .......................... 313 Personal Injury Accidents ..................... 273 Persons Injured ............................. 350 Fatal Accidents ............................... 5 Persons Killed . ............................... 5 Pedestrians Injured ........................... 14 Pedestrians Killed ............................. 1 Motor Vehicle vs Bike ......................... 18 Motor Vehicle vs Fixed Object .................. 149 Motor Vehicle vs Motor Vehicle ............... 1173 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS MONTHLY January.. ............................... 117 February. ............................... 318 March.. ............................... 78 April.:.................................. 68 May...... ............................... 70 June...... ............................... 95 July..... ............................... 120 August... ............................... 101 September . ............................... 88 October .. ............................... 102 November .. ............................... 92 December .. ............................... 91 TOTAL 1987 ACCIDENTS .................. 1340 TRAFFIC OFFENSES NON RESIDENT RESIDENT TOTAL FINES Operating to Endanger 18 29 47 $ 150 Oper. after Revocation of License 19 112 131 335 Operating Uninsured Vehicle 33 43 76 0 Operating Unregistered Vehicle 78 190 268 17,000 Operating W/O License 27 71 98 335 Operating W/O Valid Sticker 63 126 189 6,925 Operating Under Influence 35 95 130 0 Hit and Run Personal /Property 7 20 27 0 Refusing to Stop 3 7 10 100 Speeding 100 225 325 14,145 Speeding Radar 417 846 1,263 85,601 Law of the Road Violation 182 392 574 14,720 Town Ordinance Violation 135 664 799 10,822 Traffic Signal Violation 90 246 336 6,305 Stop Sign Violation 50 98 149 2,257 School Bus Law Violation 10 18 28 500 Allow Improper Person to Operate 1 4 5 50 Using MV without Authority 3 5 8 0 U Turn Violation 29 166 195 2,975 Improper Equipment Violation 22 35 57 1,160 Oper. W/O Registration in Possession 10 23 33 810 Oper. W/O License in Possession 19 43 62 1,330 Pedestrian in Crosswalk Violation 80 207 287 5,029 Miscellaneous Traffic Violation 59 126 185 2,747 MV Homicide 0 1 1 0 TOTAL 1,491 3,792 5,283 $ 173,880 45 Police Department 700 600 500 400 900 200 Inn 1500 1400 1300 1200 1106 Larceny 595 494 462 365 313 286 328 227 267 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Accidents 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1968 Serious Offenses 1200 1000 goo 600 400 200 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1 1 1 1 Auto Theft 92 :....................... Be ......... ...... ; .......:... ..:.. .... :. ... .... 78 50 • ......... ................. — ---- 42 1960 1981 1982 38 1984 1995 1986 1987 1988 29 21 15 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Wee ThenanMIS Investigations 350 300 250 200 150 100 Sn Burglary 0 1980 1981 1982 I98S 19e4 1985 1900 IYa/ 1- 1980 1961 1982 1983 1984 1986 1986 1987 1988 Value of Property Stolen /Recovered Thnaaands Arrests S (- pitons) 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 7 - Flnea; . ..... . ..... ..: ....... :........ ........ 1987: $144,155 1988: S178y880 5 .... ....: .......: .... .. -. {. ....... 4 ..... ... .. .......... ... .... -.... 3 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Ives 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 + Properly Stolen --x— Property Recovered 46 :....................... ......... ...... ; .......:... ..:.. .... :. ... .... • ......... ................. — ---- e 1960 1981 1982 1983 1984 1995 1986 1987 1988 350 300 250 200 150 100 Sn Burglary 0 1980 1981 1982 I98S 19e4 1985 1900 IYa/ 1- 1980 1961 1982 1983 1984 1986 1986 1987 1988 Value of Property Stolen /Recovered Thnaaands Arrests S (- pitons) 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 7 - Flnea; . ..... . ..... ..: ....... :........ ........ 1987: $144,155 1988: S178y880 5 .... ....: .......: .... .. -. {. ....... 4 ..... ... .. .......... ... .... -.... 3 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Ives 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 + Properly Stolen --x— Property Recovered 46 Police Department PROPERTY STOLEN IN LEXINGTON AND RECOVERED TYPE OF PROPERTY STOLEN RECOVERED Currency, Notes, Etc. ........ $ 43,507 ....... $ 2,002 Jewelry and Precious Metals ..... 37,211 .......... 3,530 Clothing ..................... 4,823 ............ 830 Locally Stolen Motor Vehicles ... 174,600 ......... 137,000 Office Equipment ............. 28,765 .......... 11,596 Television, Radio, Stereos, etc..... 39,050 .... I ....... 550 Household Goods .............. 2,070 ............. 0 Consumable Goods ............. 29523 ............ 734 Miscellaneous ................ 42,768 .......... 7,709 TOTAL .................. $ 375,317 ......... $ 163,951 CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY STOLEN IN LEXINGTON NUMBER OF VALUE OF PROP CLASSIFICATION OFFENSES STOLEN ROBBERY Commercial House .......... 0 $ 0 Highway..................0 ................... 0 Gas Station ............... 0 0 TOTAL ROBBERY ......... 0 ............... BURGLARY - BREAKING OR ENTERING Residence - dwelling Night .................. 22 .............. $ 18,585 Day ................... 49 ................37,532 Unknown ................3 ................ 3,971 Nonresidence - store, etc. Night .................. 19 ................ 10,205 Day....................I ................... 0 Unknown ................ 5 5,774 TOTAL BURGLARY ....... 99 .............. 76,06 LARCENY - THEFT - except vehicles Over $200 .............. 136 ............. $ 117,348 $50 to $200 .............. 60 ................ 5,932 Under $50 ............... 71 ................ 1,370 TOTAL LARCENY ........ 267 ............. 124 650 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT.. 15 ............. 174 600 TOTAL OF PROPERTY STOLEN IN LEXINGTON 375 317 CRIMINAL OFFFNSES MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Animals Cared for (sick, injured or dead) ............... NON Buildings Found Open ............................ 135 OFFENSES RESIDENT RESIDENT TOTAL Assault w /deadly weapon 2 0 2 Assault 0 0 0 Assault and Battery 26 7 33 Breaking & Entering 0 4 4 Breaking & Entering & Larceny 0 9 9 Disorderly 14 16 30 Forgery 0 1 1 Indecent Exposure 0 2 2 Larceny 9 49 58 Lewdness 0 1 1 Liquor Laws 40 18 58 Mal. Damage to Property 12 8 20 Narcotic Drug Law 6 10 16 Protective Custody 19 30 49 Rape 0 2 2 Receiving Stolen Property 2 2 4 Robbery 0 0 0 Trespassing 16 12 28 Uttering 0 4 4 Miscellaneous Criminal 31 14 45 TOTAL 177 189 366 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Animals Cared for (sick, injured or dead) ............... 90 Buildings Found Open ............................ 135 Citizen Assistance ................................ 989 Fire Alarms Responded ........................... 213 Injured or Sick Persons Assisted .................... 499 Messages Delivered ............................... 54 Missing Persons Investigated ........................ 80 Public Utilities Notified of Defects ................... 205 Reports and Complaints Investigated ................ 8841 Sudden Deaths Investigated ......................... 14 Vacant Houses .. ............................... 308 Total Mileage recorded annually on Police Vehicles: 432,198 1988 Crime Clock Serious Offenses Burglaries Larcenies Value of Stolen Property 47 DPW /Engineering The focus in 1988 was on dollar saving projects and interdepartmental coorperation. In August 1987 Selectmen created a Waste Management Task Force of resident volunteers and town staff. The goal of this advisory body was to develop comprehensive waste management programs for recycling, household hazardous waste disposal, composting, and solid waste management. The 1988 Town Meeting voted to require the separation of designated recyclable materials from other refuse. In August a contract for the collection, transportation and marketing of recyclable solid wastes was awarded to New England CRinc of Billerica, MA. On October 3 the state's first mandatory curbside recycling program began here in Lexington. • On October 17 employees in the town office buildings including the libraries, police, fire, public works, and the Council on Aging began an office paper recycling program. Waste Management of Boston -North is currently picking up curbside solid waste under a new three- year contract which began on July 1, 1988 at an annual cost of $647,606. In addition, the leaf and yard waste composting jprogram at the old Hartwell Avenue landfill site is in its third year. With full participation of residents and employees these programs have the potential to save the town over $100,000 per year. Personnel 1988 saw significant changes in the DPW management team. Tree Warden /Parks Superintendent Paul Mazerall, a 39 -year veteran, retired November 4. Joe Medlin was promoted from Highway Superintendent to Manager of Operations in June. Recruiting for the Highway and Park and Tree Superintendent positions is now underway. Parking The planning, maintenance and administration of all off street parking are public works responsibilities. Annual parking permits for the three leased and two town -owned areas are sold at the DPW office. The department also oversees parking services at the Meriam Street parking lot, which are in the final year of a three year contract. On and off street parking. FY88 FY89 Payroll $2,442,097 $2,042,683 Expenses 2,197,005 3,100,344 Capital Appropriations 820,000 1,590,000 MWRA Assessment -Sewer 930,265 42,021 Water 866,054 $178,605 Sewer Enterprise System FY87 *1,759,229 Water Enterprise System $17,700 *1,841,292 Personnel - Full Time 96 96 Part Time 15 15 *Includes MWRA Assessment* 35,000 The focus in 1988 was on dollar saving projects and interdepartmental coorperation. In August 1987 Selectmen created a Waste Management Task Force of resident volunteers and town staff. The goal of this advisory body was to develop comprehensive waste management programs for recycling, household hazardous waste disposal, composting, and solid waste management. The 1988 Town Meeting voted to require the separation of designated recyclable materials from other refuse. In August a contract for the collection, transportation and marketing of recyclable solid wastes was awarded to New England CRinc of Billerica, MA. On October 3 the state's first mandatory curbside recycling program began here in Lexington. • On October 17 employees in the town office buildings including the libraries, police, fire, public works, and the Council on Aging began an office paper recycling program. Waste Management of Boston -North is currently picking up curbside solid waste under a new three- year contract which began on July 1, 1988 at an annual cost of $647,606. In addition, the leaf and yard waste composting jprogram at the old Hartwell Avenue landfill site is in its third year. With full participation of residents and employees these programs have the potential to save the town over $100,000 per year. Personnel 1988 saw significant changes in the DPW management team. Tree Warden /Parks Superintendent Paul Mazerall, a 39 -year veteran, retired November 4. Joe Medlin was promoted from Highway Superintendent to Manager of Operations in June. Recruiting for the Highway and Park and Tree Superintendent positions is now underway. Parking The planning, maintenance and administration of all off street parking are public works responsibilities. Annual parking permits for the three leased and two town -owned areas are sold at the DPW office. The department also oversees parking services at the Meriam Street parking lot, which are in the final year of a three year contract. On and off street parking. Receipts FY87 FY88 Meters $ 85,447 $103,485 Permit Parking 34,902 33,099 Meriam Street Lot 46,077 42,021 TOTALS $166,426 $178,605 Town Costs FY87 FY88 Leases (off - street permit areas) $17,700 $17,700 Meriam Street Lot 57,000 57,000 Misc. Operating Costs 3,000 3,000 Sch. Adm. lot Resurfacing 35,000 Snow plowing and sanding 14,000 3,540 Muzzey St. resurfacing 36,240 TOTALS $126,700 $117,480 Engineering Other cost saving endeavors include the Public Works A resurfacing contract prepared by Engineering was awarded Equipment Rehabilitation Program described below, and for $631,455 and included $170,855 of State Chapter 90 funds. painting the town "barn" on Bedford Street and the Visitor's It provided for resurfacing approximately four miles of town Center by personnel of the Middlesex County House of roads, reconstruction of Philip Road for town acceptance and Correction Work Release Program. resurfacing 3,000 feet of roadways in Munroe Cemetery. The DPW yard was again the scene of the annual Fall hazardous waste collection; a record 700 plus residents participated. Shown here at left, the first old paint collection day, held in the Spring. The DPW is also promoting water conservation. The conservation exhibit at right was dis- played at the annual May Discovery Day in the center. Photos. George smith .- DPW /Engineering Rehabilitating the sewer system began in 1988. Funding for this project came from $150,000 of Town funds and $205,590 of State funds. Purpose of the project is to reduce infiltration of ground water into the sewer system. It is expected that 87 sources of infiltration in sewer pipes and manholes will be removed by sealing, twenty -three sources will be removed by replacing sewer pipes and manholes, and an additional 23 sources by repairing building services. The project to improve heating in the atrium area of the Senior Center will be completed soon. Last winter a radiant heating system was installed. This fall two existing skylights were replaced to reduce heat loss and updraft. Completion of the project calls for enclosing the open area by installing doors to the elevator lobby, and windows to close the openings above the balcony. Also, plexiglass will be installed behind the existing open window frames in the atrium. To further interdepartmental cooperation, Engineering administered the contracts for resurfacing tennis and basketball courts for the Recreation Department. The Division also provides engineering office review services to the Conservation Commission, Planning Board and Board of Appeals, and on -site inspection of construction for the Planning Board and the Board of Appeals. These latter support services require the part -time work of an engineer and full-time work of an engineering assistant. Water Audit and Leak Detection Survey The town received a 50 percent grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) for $33,700, a sum matched by town funds, to conduct a Water Audit and Leak Detection Survey. The Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) will reimburse the town for its 50 percent share of the cost. The town's consultant, Camp, Dresser & McKee, completed the Water Audit of the Lexington Water System this fall. The audit reveals that 633 million gallons per year, or 25.8 percent of the total water supplied to the town by MWRA, is unaccounted for. In other terms, the town's system has an estimated potential leakage of approximately 11,000 gallons per day per mile of pipe. Typically, 10 to 15 percent unaccounted for water is considered acceptable within a water distribution system, or a potential leakage of less than 1000 gallons per day per mile of pipe. With Lexington's excessive high rate of unaccounted water, a leak detection survey is greatly needed. For the leak detection survey, the town will be divided into districts in order to find areas of high nighttime flow. The high night flow areas will be further isolated by closing valves. These isolated sections will then be thoroughly sounded, using listening techniques, in order to fin suspected leaks. Leakage sites, when discovered, will be documented as to location, type, amount and recommended remedial action. Such leaks will be repaired by the DPW Water and Sewer Division as they are discovered. Operations The Highway Division is responsible for the safety and maintenance of 280 lane miles of streets and sidewalks, 49 drains and brooks, leaf composting, recycling and rubbish complaints. In 1988 emphasis was placed on repairing washouts caused by 2 1/2 inches of rain that fell in a period of 20 minutes on May 24. Other 1988 work included constructing sidewalks along Bedford Street and Marrett Road, new catch basins and drain pike construction on Audubon Road, Old Spring Street and Smith Avenue, hot top berm along Simonds Road, catch basin and manhole cleaning, and brook cleaning from the end of Hathaway Road to Brent Road. Three men were on loan to the Engineering Division for road resurfacing. Highway Division employees removed the old basketball backboards and posts at the center courts and installed new stanchions and backboards prior to resurfacing. The Highway Division would like to thank the other divisions and the contractor personnel for their excellent job performances during the year, and express appreciation to town residents for their cooperation and understanding throughout the year. Snow Removal. During the winter of 1987 -88 there were 18 snow and ice storms, nine of which required plowing. The division used 4589 tons of sand and salt mixture for snow and ice control. Total snow fall for the season was 56 inches. Cost for contractors and materials for the 1988 fiscal year, not including town labor, was $158,200. The E uipment Division is responsible for preventive maintenance and service for all public works, fire and school department equipment, and routine and major repairs to the DPW fleet. In 1988 it implementer an equipment restoration program which successfully rehabilitated 17 vehicles, including dump and pickup trucks and three sander bodies. An additional five years were added to the life of these vehicles. The Water Division is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the entire water system which comprises 154 miles of pipe, 1500 fire hydrants, and two 106 -foot high water towers used for storage. The 9850 town water meters are also read twice a year. Water conservation is a major goal, particularly reducing the average daily consumption of water. The leadership in this effort must come from the top, and the town is willing to accept this role. For instance, we are presently re- evaluating the watering of fields during the summer, and conservation material was passed out to all residents during the fall meter readings. In 1988 the department installed 300 feet of water main on Hayes Lane, completing the loop in that section and improving water quality in the area. DEQE Drinking Water regulations specify that all public water suppliers institute a Cross Connection Control Program to prevent the possibility of non - potable water entering the distribution system. During their September meeting the Selectmen voted to institute the Cross Connection Control Program submitted by William P. Hadley, Superintendent of Water /Sewer. The program began in November and will continue until all commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings are surveyed. We must then inspect and evaluate all testable devices twice a year. DPW /Engineering The Sewer Division is responsible for the functioning, maintenance and re air of the entire sewer system, 34.1 miles of trunk lines and ll9 miles of street line sewers, with 9185 house connections and 10 sewer pumping stations in the town. This past year one of the 150 HP pumps at the main station, off Bedford Street near Route 128, was replaced with two smaller 40 HP pumps to decrease energy costs. Ten manholes were repaired, and 61,489 feet of sewer main cleaned. Administration /Facilities In 1988 a number of building and maintenance projects were completed. Two wooden overhead garage doors were replaced with insulated steel doors at the DPW "barn ". Rubber stair treads and tiled landings were installed in the Police Station, and eight roof vents and new sheet flooring was installed at the Central Fire Station. A new fire detection system was installed at the East Lexington Fire Station, and a new gas pump at the Police Station. The exteriors of the DPW "barn" and the Visitor's Center were painted by the Work Release Program of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office. The Park Division is responsible for the maintenance and general care of all parks, playgrounds, historical, recreational and conservation areas, and all school areas. This work involves fertilizing and chemical treatment, mowing, loaming and seeding, as well as lining the 24 ballfield areas, and maintaining football, soccer and field hockey fields, the outdoor track, and the tennis and basketball courts. We also take care of the center pools and maintain the bleachers, benches, swings, and picnic tables. We regularly mow, trim and pick up trash on bicycle paths and in conservation areas. As additional recreational facilities are built, such as small tot lots, bicycle paths and fields, we handle the loaming, seeding, grading and equipment installation. In 1988 a number of recreation, conservation, and park projects were completed. An area was prepared for a new tot section at the center playground, and small tot equipment was installed at Kineen's Park. Bowman School soccer field was completed with loaming and seeding. The division helped install the memorials dedicated to ships named Lexington, and it planted the surrounding shrubs, which were donated by Gold Star Nursery, Matt Fotti Tree Service, and Cataldo Tree Nursery of Littleton. It worked with Conservation on cutting back walking trails, and supervised Conservation summer help. Finally, it sliced, seeded, and fertilized the Lincoln Street fields. Japanese Beetles continued to be a major problem, requiring sod replacement on the common and center fields. Several areas were sprayed for beetle control, the build -up in many grass areas requiring the use of chemicals for control. The Shade Tree Division is responsible for the care and preservation of all shade trees in public ways and parks. 1500 seedlings were purchased and distributed to third, fourth, and fifth grade school children during Arbor Day week. A program of sanitation, spraying, and systematicall y in)ectin carried g key elms is being caed out for control of Dutch Elm disease. Approximately 600 American Elms are left on town property. A new major insect tree problem, called Pear Thrips, has begun attacking Sugar Maples. To date, there is no recommended control for this pest. This past year 135 trees were planted throughout the town. Over 25 flowering trees, donated by Gold Star Nursery, were planted on Worthen Road in the center field area. Again in 1988, the Town was recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation as a community which manages its tree resources effectively. The Cemetery Division began a roadway construction project that included surfacing the gravel roads at Munroe Cemetery with bituminous concrete. Funding for this project was obtained from the Munroe Cemetery funds by the Trustees of Public Trusts, whose participation and cooperation we greatly appreciate. The installation of 1,000 feet of storm drain pipe and catch basins at Westview Cemetery was completed. Funding for this project was obtained from the Westview Cemetery sale of lots fund. Bids are being accepted for the purchase of rave lot markers that will be used to define 2000 new graves in the C section of the development area in Westview Cemetery. -The fence painting project along Bedford Street was completed. Richard E. Spiers, Director Public Works /Engineering Street Liehtine 1045- 1000 Lumen Incandescent 52- 2500 Lumen Incandescent 3- 10000 Lumen Incandescent 15- 2150 Lumen High Pressure Sodium 132- 4000 Lumen High Pressure Sodium 16- 9500 Lumen High Pressure Sodium 1925- 3500 Lumen Mercury Vapor 4- 6000 Lumen Mercury Vapor 127- 7000 Lumen Mercury Vapor 382- 11000 Lumen Mercury Vapor 55- 20000 Lumen Mercury Vapor 5- 35000 Lumen Mercury Vapor 1 - 45000 Lumen Mercury Vapor 3762 Munroe Cemetery There were 7 interments. Westview Cemetery: There were 200 interments. 50 One hundred thirty -four lots (134) were sold, totalling one hundred ninety -eight graves. One hundred nine (109) deeds were issued for grave lots, paid -in -full. One hundred twelve (112) foundations for flush markers were approved and markers set. The following funds were collected and forwarded to the Town Collector. Munroe Cemetery: Interments (grave openings) $ 750 Overtime Charge (weekends & holidays) 150 Ash Interments 225 Foundations 75 $ 1,200 DPW /Engineering Westview Cemetery of traffic signs, maintenance of existing traffic lights and installation of Street Patching Sale of Lots $ 40,500 763 ton bituminous concrete materials Sale of Infant Graves 75 358,217 Perpetual Care 49,500 Center Basketball Courts Interments (grave openings) 44,225 2,560 Disinterments 275 Reconstructed and installed new posts for backboards Ash Interments 1,725 1,560 Tent 950 Traffic Islands Overtime Charge (weekends & holidays) 4,300 314 Foundations 8,050 Installed at Peachtree Road and Appletree Lane Miscellaneous (flower containers) 550 I Traffic light bulbs replaced $150,150 Hot Ton Berm Traffic Regulation and Control The breakdown in this budget includes making and installing various types of traffic signs, maintenance of existing traffic lights and installation of new lights, painting street lines, crosswalks, and other traffic control markings. The approximate number of linear footage painted is shown and includes all municipal parking areas: Turning Mill Road Center lines 358,217 Crosswalks 23,238 Curbing 5,800 Stop lines 2,560 Edge lines 26,235 Parking lines - white 23,995 Parking lines - yellow 1,560 No parking zone - yellow 1,875 Handicapped symbols 7 Parking tees 314 Arrows 37 School 11 Bus stops I Traffic light bulbs replaced 123 Traffic lights repaired 11 Traffic regulation signs 94 Street name signs 109 Signs for other purposes 44 Signs installed or repaired 799 Temporary signs 520 Meter posts installed or repaired 799 Temporary signs 520 Meter posts installed or repaired 107 Mailboxes repaired 12 Horses made and painted - legs 190 bars 50 Drain Cleanine Contractor - Salvatore Ardagna - Amount $23,753 4,131 were cleaned 9$5.75 per basin Catch Basins Repaired 35 various locations Trenches Patched 65 Various locations Street Sweeping All streets were swept twice in the Spring and once in the fall by town sweepers. Town forces picked up 954 cu. yds of leaves. Leaf Composting 2,500 cu. yds. 51 Simonds Road 4,408' Walnut Street 696' Parker Street 77' Turning Mill Road 144' Fletcher Avenue L56' Bridge Street 240' Waltham Street 37 Massachusetts Avenue 130' Milk Street 125' 6,013' Drains Installed (by Town forces) Length Size Audubon Road 308' 12" Old Spring Street 114' 8" Hartwell Avenue 78' 12" Hartwell Avenue 48' 6" 19 Dewey Road 548' 97 Woburn Street Sidewalk Construction (by Town forces) 15 Byron Avenue Length Bedford Street 119 Grant Street 1250' Marren Road Highland Avenue 315' Waltham Street & Marrett Road 36 Outlook Drive 60' 12 Cherry Street 88 Bedford Street 1625' Broken Water Mains /Services Mains Service 240 Lincoln Street 24 Turning Mill Road 440 Concord Avenue 8 -10 Bedford Street 45 Bridge Street 19 Weston Street Brookwood Road 19 -21 Shirley Street Balfour /Bellflower Streets 9 Richard Road 10 Turning Mill Road 1386 Mass. Avenue 10 Greenwood Street 19 Dewey Road 115 Grant Street 97 Woburn Street Hayes Lane 15 Byron Avenue 11 Cary Avenue 25 Ivan Street 119 Grant Street State D.P.W. Yard 12 Dunham Road Highland Avenue 40 North Hancock Street 9A Larchmont Lane 36 Outlook Drive 6 Hilltop Avenue 12 Cherry Street 88 Bedford Street State D.P.W. Yard 285 Emerson Road 46 Circle Road The Water Division rebuilt and painted thirty-five (35) hydrants, repaired forty-four (44) gate /curb boxes and installed two-hundred- ninety-three (293) meters. Seventeen (17) hydrants were installed by a private contractor and five (5) by town forces. The Sewer Division cleaned 61,489 feet of sewer mains, repaired ten (10) manholes and responded to forty-six (46) sewer blockages. DPW /Engineering Road Machinery Ventilation System at D.P.W. Garage The following equipment was purchased in 1988: Contract #88-12 Leonard Engineering Corporation 1. One Ford Taurus L sedan 2. Two Chevrolet Celebrities Install Exhaust Fans 3. One Dresser motor grader 4. One 450 Ford with utility body and crane Cost = $23,087 5. Four Dodge Dakota pickups 6. One New Holland Skid Steer loader Model L-455 Reroofing at Munroe School 7. One Ingersoll Rand portable air compressor 8. One 11/2 ton roller and trailer Contract #E88 -13 9. Two 5 to 7 yard hydraulic sander bodies Professional Roofing Sidewalk Construction Cost = $35,899 Contract #884 Muzzev Senior Center Skylight Bernard J. Lazaro, Inc. Contract #E88 -15 Location Length Kalwall Corporation East Street 890' Skylight Replacement Marrett Road 550' Pleasant Street 860' Street Resurfacing Prospect Hill Road 700' Worthen Road 360' Contract #89 -1 3360' The Middlesex Corporation Cost = $77,267 Location LenLyth Water Main Construction Bedford Street 4535' Bloomfield Street 1400' Contract #E88 -9 Highland Avenue 1450' Paolini Corporation Locust Avenue 2500' Meriam Street 535' Location Length Size Munroe Cemetery 3000' Philip Road 1400' Lincoln Street 1610' 12" Pleasant Street 600' Marrett Road 1140' 8" Russell Road 1000' Independence Avenue 1330' 8" Slocum Road 1250' 4080' Watertown Street 1600' Wheeler Road 1350' Cost = $402,608 Wyman Road 2500' York Street 710' Hydrants Installed 23,830' Location Quanti Tennis Court Resurfacing Lincoln Street 3 Contract #89 -2 Marrett Road 2 The Middlesex Corporation Independence Avenue 3 8 Center Playground - 10 courts Drain Construction Traffic Signal Installation Contract #89 -3 Contract #88-10 C. L Mabardy Tri -State Signal, Inc. Location Length Size Replace Existing Signals at East Lexington Library Westview Cemetery 970' 12" Cost = $28,847 Replace Carpet in Town Office Building Contract #88-11 B & D House of Carpets Cost = $14,777 52 Cost = $62,492 Reroofing Fire Department Headquarters Contract #89-6 D & S Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc. Reroof Mechanics' Garage Area DPW /Engineering Roof & Masonry Repairs at East Lexington Fire Station Contract X89 -7 Length Size RTP Associates, Inc. 590' 18" Repoint Brick Wall - Ice Dam Flashing and Gutter Lining 15" Sewer Construction - At no cost to Town 12" Location Le_ ngth Size Brookhaven 3127' 8" Carriage Drive 401' 8" John Benson Road (Force Main) 530' 2" Maguire Road 600' 8" McKeever Drive 500' 8" Northgate Circle 255' 8" Orchard Lane 973' 8" Page Road Easement 195' 8" Sanderson Road 992' 8" 7573' Drain Construction - At no cost to Town Location Length Size Brookhaven 590' 18" Brookhaven 640' 15" Brookhaven 2375' 12" Carriage Drive 100' 15" Carriage Drive 286' 12" John Benson Road 90' 15" John Benson Road 23' 12" McKeever Drive 385' 12" Northgate Circle 469' 12" Orchard Lane 330' 21" Orchard Lane 525' 12" Sanderson Road 990' 12" 6803' 53 Water Main Construction - At no cost to Town Location Length Size Brookhaven 3200' g" Carriage Drive 930+ 8" John Benson Road 370' g" McKeever Drive 330' g" Northgate Circle 280' g" Orchard Lane 530' g" Sanderson Road 1300' g" Waltham Street 1156' 10" 8096' Hydrants Installed - At no cost to Town Location Quanti Brookhaven 8 Carriage Drive 2 John Benson Road 1 McKeever Drive 1 Northgate Circle 1 Orchard Lane 2 Sanderson Road 3 Waltham Street 3 21 Water Main Relining Location Length Size Crescent Street 590' 6" Dee Road 450' 6" Evergreen Lane 240' 6" Gleason Road 985' 6" Harding Road 610' 6" Haskell Street 660' 6" Williams Road 580' 6" 4115' Board of Health FY 87 Payroll $73,102 Expenses 16,927 Personnel Full Time 3 Part Time 1 HIGHLIGHTS OF 1988 FY 88 $83,664 21,250 3 1 -- Board of Health interest and initiatives in the area of public health education regarding AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. -- Enactment of the Clean Indoor Air By -law prohibiting smoking in public and work places. -- Promulgation of clean indoor air requirements for food service facilities requiring 75% non - smoking seating areas be provided. -- Major fire at Denny's Restaurant. Other fires at Stop & Shop, Tres Frais cafeteria and Steve's Ice Cream. -- Innovative waste paint collection program - May 7. -- Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program - October 29. -- Issuance of a permit to Repligen Sandoz Research Corporation to conduct rDNA molecule technology. -- Environmental concerns: highway accidents, paint spills, leaking underground residential and commercial tanks, low level radiation incident and a groundwater reclamation project along Route 128. -- Annual flu clinic held in December. 1200 doses of flu vaccine administered to the elderly and nursing home population. -- Certificate of Recognition awarded to Health Director for contributions to World Health Day photographic competition "Health for All - All for Health." -- New regulations for siting waste facilities, asbestos hazard abatement, lead issues, and bottled water. 1988 was a challenging year for the Board of Health and its staff. In addition to much activity in traditional areas, initial steps were taken in new areas of public health education and pollution due to lead, radon and asbestos. At the end of 1987 Lexington recorded its first AIDS- related death. Smokinregulations were a high priority for the Board of Health in 1988. Two new regulations were enacted. A town by -law addresses smoking in work and public places, and a health department regulation for food service establishments requires the establishment of a minimum of 75% non- smoking seating ca acity. Both regulations became effective on November 17, the date of the American Cancer Society's "Great American Smokeout " Implementation and enforcement is underway at year's end. Lyme Disease was reported by Lexington residents. Investigation, however, showed that tick contact did not occur in Lexington. A case was confirmed in a dog. This dog apparently sustained a tick bite somewhere within town. Food service ins cpe tions continue to be important, many stemming from complaints, recalls and public health advisories. Salmonella in eggs was a particular concern. Plans for twelve new or renovated food establishments were reviewed, and new state regulations governing bottled water were established. Swimming and bathing places required extra attention due to the hottest summer on record since 1949. Water samples were collected often at pools and the "old Res," and they were closely monitored. One pool was closed permanently and one new pool opened. Continuing to be a problem is the lack of trained and certified lifeguards. Enforcement actions, warnings and facility closures were taken where necessary. Summer day camps were inspected as required, and medical, safety and staff requirements evaluated. Permits and licenses were granted to two camps. Community 'development projects for over 15 subdivisions and commercial buildings were reviewed and evaluated for health concerns. Environmental incidents including chemical petroleum spills, and leaking home and petroleum storage tanks continued to occur. Cooperative efforts with other town and state agencies were necessary to remedy some of these problems. Asbestos, lead and radon hazards were addressed by the state. New regulations and guidelines were enacted which substantially increased the duties and responsibilities of the Health Department staff. Communi1y health and education programs for Lexington residents continued. The annual flu clinic and the weekly clinics were provided for the elderly. The Board of Health also co- sponsored the Glaucoma Clinic, the pre - school hearing and vision screening, the annual rabies clinic, and choke -saver training for restaurant personnel. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION Lexington's seventh and eighth household hazardous waste collections took place in May and October with the continuing support of residents, the Waste Management Task Force and the League of women Voters. In May, a special, "first -of- its - kind" collection for paints and automotive batteries was held. Sixteen barrels (55 -gallon drums) of paint were collected from 300 Lexington residents. The annual collection in October was the largest of its kind held in Massachusetts to date. Ninety-four barrels (55 -gallon drums) of toxics were collected from 780 participants. In addition, 13 barrels of automotive batteries were collected and disposed of by the J. P. Carroll Company of Lexington. 54 Interest in this program keeps growing. Inquiries were received from many sources interested in establishing similar programs in other communities. The collection also received attention in several publications, including Massachusetts Board of Health /Mosquito Control Wildlife Magazine and H_ ousehold Hazardous Materials and Waste. The Health Director continues to serve as the Chairman of the State Department of Environmental Management /Department of Environmental Quality Engineering Joint Task Force on household hazardous wastes. In addition, he served as Chairman of a subcommittee of the State DEQE Hazardous Waste Advisory Board to develop draft regulations for the conduct of "one -day" household hazardous waste collections. These regulations will be published in 1989. The new Chairman of the Board of Health is Dr. Stan Finkelstein. Department secretary Dorothy Chase retired after three years with the Department and Sanitarian Barbara O'Donnell left the Department for a new position with the Asbestos Information Center at Tufts University. To keep abreast of the many changes affecting health mandates, staff members attended work - related courses at Tufts and Harvard Universities, the University of Massachusetts and Middlesex Community College. MOSQUITO CONTROL In Lexington the East Middlesex Mosquito conrol Project consists of mosquito and wetland surveillance, larval mosquito control, water mngement and public education. The Project maintains the ability to control adult mosquitoes should Eastern Encephalitis pose a risk to area residents. The goal of the survey program is to target mosquito breeding areas and to measure changs in the larval and adult mosquito populations caused by weather. Wetlands are surveyed for information on conditions affecting mosquitoes. Larval mosquito population data is collected by field crews during spring and summer. Adult mosquito populations are monitored regularly at three sites around the town. This data aids the Project in determining the need for and results of control. The State Public Health Department utilizes some of these data to monitor those species associated with Eastern Encephalitis. For larval control (the control of mosquitoes in their immature aquatic stage), the Project relies on the biolog�'cal larvicides BTi and Arosurf. Field personnel sprayed 32 wetland acres during the spring and summer when high densities of larvae were found breeding in stagnant water. Water mangement reduces the source of mosquitoes by eliminating unnecessary stagnant water. Existing ditches in wetlands are maintained to remove blockages that cause poor drainage. This year field crews cleared a 570' segment of ditch located east of Turning Mill Road. BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE The Lexington Biosafety Committee (LBSC) was established by Board of Health Regulations. It funtions in an advisory capacity to the Board of Health on the use of rDNA technology within the Town, providing recommendations on the issuance of rDNA permits as well as on relevant regulatory and technological changes. In 1988 the 55 Committee met with representatives from one company wishing to become established in Lexington, and received preliminary inquiries from several other interested parties. The company, Repligen Sandoz Reserch Corporation (RSRC), was recommended for permit approval by the LBSC in March, and it was ultimtely granted the third permit issued by the Board of Health in April. During May Genetics Institute, Inc., left Lexington for a new facility in Andover, and the Board of Health staff was involved in the clearance inspection process. The permit issued to RSRC necessitated the establishment of a company biosafety committee (IBC). Health Director, Georgge A. Smith, and Lexington resident Charlotte Perry- Doug}ierty were appointed community representatives. During 1988 the LBSC committee was reorganized. Dan Fenn was elected Chair, and Iclal Hartman, Ph.D., accepted a three -year re- appointment. Dr. Donald Goldmann, Harry Orf and Health Director, George A. Smith, continue as members. In addition to this committee, the Board wishes to thank other town boards and operating departments for their cooperation and assistance throughout the year. Special thanks go to. former Conservation Commissioner Charles Wyman, and to John Locke, Everett Penny, Walter Galvin and Robert Mailloux, Health Directors in Brookline, Andover, Arlington and Waltham, respectively, for their assistance during the year. ANIMAL CONTROL 1988 was a busy year for the Animal Control Department. The Department responded to calls not only about dogs but also about wild life in Lexington. Leading the list was concern over several raccoons, obviously suffering from distempter, who showed up during daylight hours in populated areas. The Animal Control Officer is currently working on the unlicensed dog list to ensure all dogs are licensed and have had the required rabies vaccination. The transfer of dog hearings from the Selectmen to the Police Department has been a smooth one. The Animal Control Department will continue to work with the police to process and arbitrate difficult dog problems. The Board of Health's annual rabies vaccination clinic for dogs was held in June with a good turnout. Residents are reminded that cats should also be vaccinated for rabies, and that both cats and dogs should have their other vaccinations on a regular basis. Local veterinarians continue to give advice and treatment for our stray and hurt animals, and their help is greatly appreciated. Finally, residents are reminded that there is a town leash law and that this law is enforced. All dogs must also be licensed and have their rabies shot at the age of six (6) months and older. As for cats, the Department does not pick up stray cats but does encourage residents to call about any lost or found cats. We will take the information and provide as much help as we can. Board of Health 1986 1987 f988 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's) 20 12 9 Gonorrhea ......................... Syphillis ........................... Chlamydia ......................... Immunization Clinics 12 2 6 890 6 1 5 850 2 0 7 821 Flu clinic - town employees ............. 54 51 57 Flu clinic - chronically ill ............... 18 26 2 Flu clinic - 65+ years ................. 618 573 562 Rabies clinic for dogs ................. 200 200 200 Diagnostic Clinics 298 293 238 Glaucoma eye screening ............... 298 293 238 Additional Clinics 1986 1987 1988 Influenza clinic ...................... 1 1 1 Elderly clinics ....................... 55 58 58 Rabies clinic ........................ 1 1 1 Public Health Nurse The following services were performed by personnel of the Visiting Nurse & Community Health Services on behalf of the Health Department: Total Visits 227 128 98 Milk samples collec'd /analyzed ........... 20 15 12 Maternity .......................... 0 0 0 Newborn .......................... 0 0 0 Premature ......................... 0 1 1 Elderly Health Promotion .............. 200 72 72 Communicable Disease ................ 26 53 23 Tuberculosis follow -up ................. 1 2 2 Environmental Statistics 705 806 954 Restaurants ...................... 52 48 45 Day care centers - kitchens ............. 15 15 18 Day care centers . lead paint ............ 4 4 6 Food service estab: kitchens ............ 240 251 260 Mobile food servers .................. 18 16 16 Temporary food service ................ 50 30 42 Theaters ........ ................. 6 6 6 Housing Inspections .................. 38 35 23 Structures condemned /demolished ........ 1/0 1/0 2/0 rehabilitated ...................... 1 1 2 Summer Day Camps .................. 8 8 8 Police Lock -up ..................... 4 2 4 Occupied buildings ................... 58 53 62 Lead paint inspections ................. 8 6 6 Insufficient or no heat ................. 10 8 2 Nursing home inspections .............. 10 8 8 Rest home inspections ................. 2 2 2 Public, semi - public pools and the "Old Res" . 145 140 156 Asbestos ........................... 65 112 122 Environmental Samples Collected 694 652 695 Milk samples collec'd /analyzed ........... 20 15 12 Pool water samples bacterial analyses ...... 325 310 325 Pool water samples chemical analyses ...... 260 280 260 Drinking water chemical analyses ......... 5 4 5 Bacterial swab testing ................. 15 10 15 Food samples collec'd /analyzed ........... 22 25 28 Asbestos related ..................... 27 28 30 1986 1987 1988 Complaints & Nuisances 763 749 783 Environmental complaints: 7 11 Chicken Pox ........................ 5 Air pollution ..................... 25 22 28 Water pollution ................... 30 85 73 Noise pollution .................... 12 10 12 Epidemiological investigation: Salmonella ......................... 19 15 7 Food borne ...................... 40 31 40 Water borne ..................... 25 12 22 Food service establishments: Tuberculosis ........................ 2 2 2 Restaurants ...................... 52 48 45 Markets ... .. ................ 28 20 25 Drainage water sewer 35 28 33 Housing complaints ................... 38 26 22 Garbage /rubbish complaints 150 148 161 Rodents ........................... 38 35 42 Sewage disposal ..................... 15 12 8 Food, milk & drinking water ............ 81 75 83 Mosquitoes & biting insects ............. 88 85 77 Swimming pools ..................... 16 20 33 Drugs & devices ..................... 30 28 25 Smoking in restaurants ................ 12 6 6 Insect infestations .................... 48 58 45 Smoking in the Workplace .............. 0 0 3 Licenses & Permits 678 720 770 Animal permits (inc's. poultry) ........... 30 30 28 Burial permits ....................... 164 150 144 Installers /disposal works .............. 8 14 7 Food establishment permits ............. 134 139 151 Mobile food servers .................. 8 4 5 Funeral directors licenses ............... 3 3 3 Market registrations .................. 22 21 23 Milk license - dealer's ................. 6 7 7 Milk license - store ................... 79 78 80 Milk license - vehicle .................. 5 5 5 Motel license ....................... 3 3 3 Nursing home inspection ............... 4 4 5 Portable toilet permit ................. 5 5 15 Recreation camp permit ............... 2 2 2 Rubbish disposal permit ............... 27 31 32 Sewage disposal permit ................ 14 22 21 Swimming pools (to operate) ............ 20 20 22 Wading pools ....................... 8 6 6 Whirlpools ......................... 1 1 1 Septic tank installation: Repair.......................... 3 3 New........................... 1 1 1 Syringe permits . ..... ............. 1 1 1 Trailer permits (temporary) ............. 1 2 2 Frozen desserts ...................... 4 3 2 Catering permits ..................... 14 12 12 Temporary food permits ............... 44 30 40 Methyl alcohol license ................. 22 22 25 Rest home inspection ................. 1 1 1 Asbestos removal plans ................ 48 97 122 rDNA permits ...................... 1 2 1 56 Communicable Diseases Renorted Animal bites ........................ 60 47 38 Campylobacter ...................... 2 7 11 Chicken Pox ........................ 5 20 17 Giardiasis .......................... 1 3 9 Hepatitis .......................... 3 4 5 Measles .......................... 1 2 0 Meningitis ......................... 4 1 2 Salmonella ......................... 19 15 7 Scarlet Fever ....................... 0 0 0 Shigella Flexneri ..................... 2 1 0 Strep Throat ........................ 22 9 0 Tuberculosis ........................ 2 2 2 Yersiniosis ......................... 0 1 0 Board of Health ANIMAL CONTROL STATISTICS Inspection of Livestock Horses ............................ 1986 1987 1988 Licensed canine ...................... 2215 2210 2075 Dogs immunized for Rabies at clinic ...... 260 202 130 Animal Bites 47 38 23 24 22 22 Poultry............................ 20 Canine . ........................... 35 36 20 Feline ............................. 7 2 1 Other............................. 5 0 2 Inspection of Livestock Horses ............................ 32 31 31 Beef Cattle ......................... 3 4 3 Goats ............................. 18 30 25 Deer ............................. 11 18 15 Lab facilities ........................ 2 1 1 Barns and facilities ................... 24 22 22 Poultry............................ 20 12 12 Canine Data Violations .......................... 472 208 301 Leash law violations ................. 160 78 52 Unlicensed dog violations ............. 312 130 249 Unlicensed dog notices ................ 944 696 544 Complaints of violations filed in Concord District Court .................... 312 0 0 57 1986 1987 1988 Complaints 595 669 500 Dogs biting or menacing ............... 27 40 25 Pack of dogs ........................ 3 2 0 Dog hearings in accordance with Chapter 140 1 3 2 Lost or stray dogs reported ............. 205 210 195 Dogs picked up and redeemed at shelter ... 122 55 40 Dogs killed by cars ................... 5 3 3 Dogs cared for at kennel ............... 160 78 52 Dogs released to Humane Society ........ 15 1 4 Dogs adopted ....................... 27 21 8 Cats adopted ....................... 5 1 4 Dogs to Red Acre Hearing Dog Center .... 0 0 0 Various other complaints ............... 25 255 167 Board of Health. Seated: Chairman Dr. Linda Roemer, Stan Finkelstein, MD, Donald Goldman, MD, Health Director George Smith. Standing: Barbara O'Donnell, Clerk Lorraine Salto. -Photo: Steve wads Planning Board FY 87 FY 88 Payroll $80,301 $85,068 Expenses $8,135 $6,600 Personnel Full Time 3 3 Affordable Housing. The Housing Resolution, approved by the 1987 Town Meeting, called for the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board to report to the 1988 and 1989 Town Meetings on the status of the town's ongoing effort to in- crease the supply of affordable housing in Lexington. The report presented to the 1988 Town Meeting summarized various initiatives now underway by town boards and committees and the steps to be taken during 1988. A preliminary evaluation of five vacant school sites, acquired by the town in the 1950's and 1960's and no longer needed for new schools, was made by the planning department staff. Further study was recommended on four sites; the Harrington School site was dropped from further consideration because it had poor access, and was largly wetland. Stockard and Engler, housing consultants, were retained by the Selectmen to conduct an evaluation of three vacant sites: Young- Laconia Street, Sutherland Heights in East Lexington, and Marrett Road (in the Pelham, Highland and Worthen Road areas); as well as the Munroe School site. The studies concluded that construction of affordable hous- ing was feasible on each site. They also identified sensitive features and limitations of each. The Planning Board met with the selectmen in two lengthy and intensive sessions to identify an overall town goal and strategy for affordable housing and to determine the responsibilities for the various town boards and committees involved in housing. Planning Aide Joseph Marino was hired by the Planning Board for the summer to develop data on the physical and occupancy characteristics of recently constructed housing, both market rate and affordable, to better understand the potential impacts of various types of new housing. The demographic data is valuable in developing new occupancy indices, based on Lexington housing, as a basis for projecting future school enrollments. Residential development of the Pine Meadow golf club, proposed in conjunction with the adjoining Meagherville school site by Moore Homes Associates, included some affordable housing. The data developed by Joseph Marino was important in understanding the potential impacts of various development scenarios for the Pine Meadows - Mea erville sites. A Special Town Meeting in July voted to purc ase Pine Meadows from Moore Homes Associates for various public purposes. Zoning By -Law Amendments. As part of the board's continuing process of updating the Zoning By -Law, Section 6, Nonconformity, was repealed and a new Section 6 entitled Nonconforming Situations was substituted. The new Section states policy and clearer regulations for the treatment of situations that existed before various zoning provisions were adopted. These regulations replace a section of the Zoning By -law which has seen little change in the past 25 years. Town Meeting also approved revisions to Section 5.2, Accessory Apartments, substituting less stringent standards and conditions from what was previously required, in order to encourage the development of more accessory apartments in town. A new provision was adopted that will allow, under certain conditions, an accessory apartment in an accessory structure, such as a barn or carriage house. A 1.29 acre parcel of land that abuts the Burlington town line and is part of the Middlesex Mall complex in Burlington, was rezoned for commercial use by Town Meeting. The rezoning allows construction of a small store building adjacent to the parking area in Burlington. A consideration in the rezoning action was that Northland Corporation, owner of the Middlesex Mall, will pay for construction of a traffic signal at North and Lowell Streets. Hanscom Area Traffic Committee (HATS II). Judith Uhrig represented the Board in this regional Froup, composed of members from Bedford, Concord, Lexington and Lincoln, charged with formulating positions and taking unified action on development in the Hanscom Field area. Major concerns this year were the National Park plans for historic restoration of the battle road, and the U.S. Air Force fifteen year master building plan. (For further details see the HATS II section of the selectmen's report.) National Park Service Plan For Minuteman National Park. Representatives of the National Park Service presented their long term plans for the park. The Board responded in a report dated October 31, 1988, which was also endorsed by the Board of Selectmen. Both boards favored the objectives of the plan which were to reestablish the Battle Road, recreate the open character of farmland, fields, pastures and orchards characteristic of 1775, and to provide for the exterior restoration of 18th- and 19th- Century buildings along the road. Both boards also expressed grave concerns about the potential adverse effects that the closure and obliteration of Old Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Street would have on the Hayward Pond neighborhood. They agreed that the National Park Service should seek, at its expense, to better the situation for residents in the area, by improving access and providing extensive landscaping and other environmental improvements. The board recommended the Park Service continue to meet with residents to achieve these objectives. Enforcement Action on Subdivisions. The board found it necessary to become more diligent in its efforts to bring subdivisions to completion in a more timely manner. Stop work orders were issued at three subdivisions to enforce the provisions of the State Subdivision Control Law and the Board's Development Regulations. Work on the enforce- ment sections of the Development Regulations will have a high priority in next year's Planning Board agenda. Members, Staff. Judith Uhrig continues to serve as chairman. Martha Wood was reelected to a five year term at the 1988 Town election, having completed an unexpired term caused by the resignation of Elizabeth Flemings, and a one year elected term. David Williams was elected to a one year term at the 1988 Town election, having previouslyy been appointed to complete the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Stephen Cripps. The other members are Karsten Sorensen and Eleanor Klauminzer. Planning Board Marilyn Nordby, landscape architect, was hired to fill the position of Assistant Planner in April, replacing Jenny Rawski who accepted a position in the Housing Department of the Executive Office of Communities and Development. Preliminary Subdivision Plans Approved (2). 90 North Hancock Street - two lots; and Holderness Lane, off Minuteman Lane - eight lots. Definitive Subdivision Plans Approved (3). 90 North Hancock Street - two lots; and Orchard Crossing Joint Venture off Lowell Street - 15 single dwelling lots, one lot with eight units and two lots, to be conveyed to the town Building Inspection The Building Department is responsible for plan review, permit issuance, and inspection of all building, electrical, plumbing, gas and mechanical construction in the Town, including new structures, additions, alterations and repairs. Construction continued at a high level in 1988. Among projects completed was the reconstruction of the Salter Building at 1709 -1727 Massachusetts Avenue, destroyed by fire two years ago. Also completed was Katandin Woods, an apartment complex of 128 units at the intersection of Wood Street and Hartwell Avenue. Brookhaven- Choate Symmes Life Care Facility at 1010 Waltham Street continued construction, and should be completed in the spring of 1989. Also, Howard Johnson's began conversion to Roy Rogers, and a large addition was begun for Raytheon at 141 Spring Street. Single family home construction continued in existing subdivision at Pheasant Brook Estates, Clematis Road, Farm Road and Grassland Street, and new subdivisions at Carriage Drive, Sanderson Road and Jonas Stone Circle. The Building Department was responsible for permit issuance and inspections on all these projects as well as numerous commercial and residential additions and alterations. The Buildins Code Board of Appeals, a Town board set up to grant variances to the requirement of the State Building Code, did not meet in 1988. The Building Department is also responsible for enforcement of the State Architectural Access Board regulations. Several variances were granted by this board for projects in Lexington. 59 (conventional and cluster); and Ledgemont Center, off Hayden Avenue - three lots (commercial). Preliminary Subdivision Plans Disapproved (2). Turnburry Hill (formerly Beechwood Lane) off Hill Street - three one - family dwellings and two two-family dwellings (cluster); 669 -627 Massachusetts Avenue - 3 two-family dwellings and one one - family dwelling (cluster); Definitive Subdivision Plan Disapproved (1). Tracer Lane off Tracer Lane and Trapelo Road at the Waltham city line (commercial) - one lot. The Sealer of Weights & Measures works under the jurisdiction of the Building Department to determine the accuracy of all weights and measuring devices in commercial and public use within the Town. Citizens observing a problem with a measuring or weighing instrument in Town should contact the Building Department for investigation. Steven R. Frederickson, Building Commissioner FY 87 FY 88 Payroll 109,701 125,134 Expenses 3,790 3,950 Personnel 828 848 698 Full time 4 4 Part time 2 2 The Building Department is responsible for plan review, permit issuance, and inspection of all building, electrical, plumbing, gas and mechanical construction in the Town, including new structures, additions, alterations and repairs. Construction continued at a high level in 1988. Among projects completed was the reconstruction of the Salter Building at 1709 -1727 Massachusetts Avenue, destroyed by fire two years ago. Also completed was Katandin Woods, an apartment complex of 128 units at the intersection of Wood Street and Hartwell Avenue. Brookhaven- Choate Symmes Life Care Facility at 1010 Waltham Street continued construction, and should be completed in the spring of 1989. Also, Howard Johnson's began conversion to Roy Rogers, and a large addition was begun for Raytheon at 141 Spring Street. Single family home construction continued in existing subdivision at Pheasant Brook Estates, Clematis Road, Farm Road and Grassland Street, and new subdivisions at Carriage Drive, Sanderson Road and Jonas Stone Circle. The Building Department was responsible for permit issuance and inspections on all these projects as well as numerous commercial and residential additions and alterations. The Buildins Code Board of Appeals, a Town board set up to grant variances to the requirement of the State Building Code, did not meet in 1988. The Building Department is also responsible for enforcement of the State Architectural Access Board regulations. Several variances were granted by this board for projects in Lexington. 59 (conventional and cluster); and Ledgemont Center, off Hayden Avenue - three lots (commercial). Preliminary Subdivision Plans Disapproved (2). Turnburry Hill (formerly Beechwood Lane) off Hill Street - three one - family dwellings and two two-family dwellings (cluster); 669 -627 Massachusetts Avenue - 3 two-family dwellings and one one - family dwelling (cluster); Definitive Subdivision Plan Disapproved (1). Tracer Lane off Tracer Lane and Trapelo Road at the Waltham city line (commercial) - one lot. The Sealer of Weights & Measures works under the jurisdiction of the Building Department to determine the accuracy of all weights and measuring devices in commercial and public use within the Town. Citizens observing a problem with a measuring or weighing instrument in Town should contact the Building Department for investigation. Steven R. Frederickson, Building Commissioner More explicit breakdown of buildine hermits New units - Residential TOTAL PERMIT ACTIW Y New units - Commercial 1 Additions - Residential P ft/ Year Bldg. Eke. Gas /MecL 1988 828 848 698 1987 795 910 678 1986 768 848 691 1985 776 824 617 1984 774 831 647 Reported value of all single Multi Additions/ Year construction Family Family Alterations 1988 $51,482,755 46 4" 703 1987 40,086,720 42 8'•' 662 1986 30,167,325 79 8•••' 583 1985 33,354,110 73 1+ 602 1984 43,375,847 47 1 587 • Actual Construction valuation is higher '• Includes Choate /Syummes Life Care Facility - (205 dwelling units, 1 nursing home) 128 apartments ••'• 51 apartments + Franklin School conversion - 38 units total More explicit breakdown of buildine hermits New units - Residential 255 New units - Commercial 1 Additions - Residential 300 Additions - Commercial 11 Repairs and alteration 278 stoves 24 Swimming pools 10 Roofing and Siding 85 Permanent Building Committee Constrained by firm budget and school vacation schedules, the Permanent Building Committee pushed hard to finish the $11.87 million upgrading project for all Lexington public schools by the end of 1988. In addition, renovations at Cary Memorial Library, funded by a $125,000 appropriation of the 1988 Town Meeting, are also nearly complete. The committee hopes all Lexingtonians will share enjoyment of these major faceliftings for many years. Thanks to careful planning and the previous summer's experience, all schools opened on time in September, with cleanups and remaining work areas under control. This was accomplished despite delays due to threatened litigation, long -leads between ordering and delivery of specialized items, discrepancies between reality and "as- built" plans, and intricacies of retrofitting electronic systems (bells, PA and clocks) that sometimes stumped even the experts. Among the improvements underway when summer vacation began were complete redoing of the high school auditorium, including enhanced lobby and backstage, as well as new up- to- standard libraries for Fiske, Diamond, Harrington and Estabrook. When work in progress is completed, handicapped students should be able to negotiate all areas of all schools. Conservation Commission The Conservation Commission celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1988. During its life, the commission has acquired land to protect wetlands and provide permanent trust of open space. This land has grown to nearly 100 of the town's land area. Thanks to stronger state wetlands regulations and town by -laws enacted over this period, the ability of the commission to protect wetlands and adjacent critical areas has grown as well. As the commission looks foward to its next quarter century, land acquisition, wetlands and watershed protec- tion, and land management continue to be its major responsibilities. Conservation Land Management In addition to the commission's own work, the efforts of a number of enthusiastic volunteers contribute greatly to the maintenance of conser- vation lands under management. Citizens for Lexington Conservation (CLC) and its stewardship committees for each conservation area pro- vide physical assistance and valuable advice. In addition, their informal but important monitoring function keeps the commission abreast of possible problems and conservation land abuse. Open Space Preservation The commission worked actively with the Selectmen and other inter- ested citizens in a successful effort to purchase the Pine Meadows Golf Course. This 92 -acre tract of open land containing considerable wet- Some difficulties remain: Clarke air quality, where original design may not meet today's standards; the high school field house, where a faulty new roof will require corrective action by the contractor; and a contract controversy with the architects for the schools' renovation. The committee is seeking remedies through negotiation and possible legal action. Meanwhile, at Cary Library the chimney was raised and new shelving and cabinets installed around the front lobby and in the Children's Library. As this work progressed, the library remained open with patrons' access limited to the parking lot side entrance. Finishing touches, including heating and ventilation improvements, are now underway. Both Cary Library and the high school plan to mark completion of building renovations by dedicating newly installed sculpture work and grand piano respectively in April 1989. Throu out the year, the committee has been pleased with the helpful input from school and Cary library staff and the dedicated contributions of Clerk -of -the -Works Emanuele Coscia, consultants Ian Aitchison and Brian Rowlands of Andrew Chartwell and Company and architects TAMS and John Davies (for the library). T1 lands had been on the commission's master plan for land acquisition for many years. Although all the land may not be left undeveloped, acquisi- tion by the town prevents high density private development. Wetlands Protection The commission held 22 hearings on "Notices of Intent" to alter wet- lands and 20 "Determinations of Applicability" of the Wetlands Protec- tion Act. In these formal proceedings, most of which involved relatively small projects, the commission approved developers' plans and issued guidelines for the work contemplated designed to safeguard wetlands and adjacent areas. Several large projects received special scrutiny by the commission: Pheasant Brook Phase II, Tracer Lane, and the Gutierrez Building. The commission denied the Pheasant Brook plan in part because of roadway construction too close to wetlands. Consultants were hired by the commission to assess the significant impact of the Tracer Lane develop - mentproposal on the wetlands and the nearby Cambridge Reservoir. An out -of -court settlement was reached on the Gutierrez development proposed to be located in a wet area. The settlement avoided a costly legal fight. The commission was increasingly concerned last year with develop- ments like Tracer Lane and a proposed new buildingon Spring Street which would drain directly into the Cambridge Reservoir. Even if these Conservation Commission developments do not in themselves pose a direct threat to the drinking water quality in the Reservoir, they may contribute a finite but real part of the pollutants entering the Reservoir. The sum of such developments may well pose a threat to water quality. A similar area of increasing concern for the commission was increased nut -off into wetlands from upland developments. Several recent multi - lot developments have been proposed which would increase significant- ly run -off directed into storm drains which typically drain directly into brooks or wetlands. In many cases the run -off increase is not as sig- nificant as the proportion of the total run -off redirected immediately into a water course without some cleansing overland flow. The commission offered two articles at Town Meeting designed to strengthen wetlands protection. The first allows the Conservation Ad- ministrator to issue "tickets" with fines for certain violations of the Town's Conservation By -Laws. It is hoped that swift justice for small but significant violations will deter would -be offenders. Second, in order to discourage developers from proposing construction on mar- ginal lots, the commission proposed a Regulation requiring that 900 of the required building lot area be non - wetlands. Both articles were passed by Town Meeting. Conservation Administration After serving the commission for four years Conservation Aministrator Charles Wyman resigned to join the Trustees of Reservations. He was replaced by Kevin Mendik. Linda Gaudet continues as the commission's able secretary. Joyce Miller and John Oberteuffer were re- elected as chairperson and vice- chairperson respectively. FY87 FY88 Payroll $44,080 $47,911 Expenses 9,760 9,447 Personnel Full time 1 1 Part time d a The Conservation Commission celebrated its 25th anniversary in November. Standing: Charles Wyman, adminstrator until May 25, Vice Chair- man John Oberteuffer, Kevin Mendik, the new administrator, Joel Adler, William Lahey, Linda Gaudet, secretary, Francis W. K. Smith, a past member. Seated, Richard Walk, Lisa Baci, Angela Frick, Chairman Joyce Miller, and David Williams, past member. Photo: Miiwte -man 61 Conservation Commission Summary 1964 -1988 Year(s) Voted /Given Acres Total Cost Reimbursements Federal State Net Cost to Town TOTAL LAND ACQUISMON 9,961 1046.3 $5,047,786 $33506 $1,199,031 $3,513.349 '74# 0.4 gift Edison (Katandin & Cranberry Hill) '76'77# (26.4) license Concord Avenue Area '71,'79# 29.9 102,890 - 49,534 53,356 Whipple Hill '63'66- T74'77' 119.6 142,489 47,487 35,020 59,982 Willard's Woods Expansion '64'66'6779' 36.2 116,786 32,906 17,997 65,883 Dunback Meadow '65- 6'72'77 -8- 9'80 -1`# 1705 374,147 87,100 87,050 199,997 West Farm '66'76'77'85 12.8 323,000 - 12,100 310,900 Meagherville '66977'# 40.0 gift /transfer - - - Simonds Brook South '68'70'79 20.7 49,028 19,014 12,006 18,008 Lower Vine Brook /Pinard Woods '68- 9'75'78- 9'81'85`# 985 339,235 42,069 147,200 149,966 Hayden Woods '69'77 - 8'81' 78.9 152,598 68,304 38,540 45,754 Juniper Hill '70'72'74# 28.4 120,413 - 56,872 63,541 Simonds Brook North '70'76 -7'82# 57.7 291,736 38,526 131,600 121,610 Hastings Sanctuary '71 1.7 6,000 - - 69000 Burlington Strip '71'77' 8.6 106,097 - - 106,097 Waltham Street Farms '72'76 -7'# 41.5 300,450 - 1549225 146,225 Upper Vine Brook '72'75 -6 25.7 121,443 - 55,803 65,640 Metropolitan State Hospital '73# 6.2 gift - - -- Shaker Glen '73 16.8 85,636 - 41,143 44,493 Liberty Heights '74' 55 9,596 - 4,618 4,978 Great Meadow Expansion '74'82 1.9 3,857 - - 3,857 Paint Mine '75'77' 355 8,811 - 2,000 6,811 Idylwilde '75 9.4 200,000 - 100,000 100,000 Parker Meadow '76'79'80 17.7 237,000 - 60,000 177,000 Chiesa Farm '76'85 23.1 1,592,500 - 46,125 1,546,375 Bowman Park Expansion '75 1.2 18,000 - 9,000 9,000 Waltham Line '77' 12.0 transfer - - - Cranberry Hill '77 24.6 73,929 - 15,201 58,728 Katandin Wood 7T80 33.3 185,000 - 85,000 100,000 Daisy Wilson '78 8.0 75,995 - 37,997 37,998 128 Greenbelt '78' 11.7 transfer - - - Hammer Hill '79 0.9 gift - - - Tophet Swamp '81' 25.5 transfer - - - Valley Road '82' 3.2 transfer - - --- Poor Farm '83' 10.7 transfer -- - -- Fiske Hill '78'84' 10.2 transfer - - - Cataldo Reservation '74'84' 5.4 6,150 - - 6,150 Turning Mill Pond '7T78'85# 9.7 5,000 - - 5,000 Munroe Brook Pond '85# 3.1 gift - - -- Tower Park Expansion '87 2.3 180,000 - - 180,000 TOTAL CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS 148.0 9,961 (reimbursement unavailable) Potter's Pond '80# 15.2 gift Vine Brook '69'74'76'81# 9.8 9,961 Munroe Brook '73'74'7T84'85# 64.6 gift Whipple Hill '74# 0.4 gift Edison (Katandin & Cranberry Hill) '76'77# (26.4) license Upper Vine Brook '80# 0.7 gift Tophet Swamp /Kiln Brook '81'83'85'86# 4.3 gift Battleview '81# 1.0 gift Juniper Basin '74# 2.6 gift Shaker Glen '75# 05 gift Pine Grove '75# 05 gift Drummer Boy Green '77# 6.1 gift Spring Street '79# 0.4 gift Dunback Meadow '82'85# 5.6 gift West Farm '85# 1.0 gift Valleyfield Street '85# 1.0 gift Cranberry Hill '85# 3.9 gift Chiesa Farm '86# 0.3 gift Bowman Park '86# 0.1 gift ' All /part Town -owned transfer #All /part gift AAR Board of Appeals The Board of Appeals held 107 public hearings in 1988. The number of requests for special permits exceeded by ten the number of requests for variances. Six of the hearings this year were requests for special permits with site plan review (SPS). It is apparent in Section 3.4 of the Zoning By -Law that special permits with site plan review were enacted in recognition of the increasing vulnerability of our neighborhoods. Because of the extensive documentation required first in the petition for the board's determination that a petition meets the criteria for a site pIan review, and (if it does) in the petition itself, these hearings are indicative of long and technically detailed presentations. This year's requests for SPSs were presented by Raytheon Company, for enlargement of corporate headquarters on Springy Street; Montessori School, for expansion of its facilities on Concord Avenue; Boston Properties, for the addition of two buildings at 191 Spring Street; Saint Paul Evangelical Church of Somerville, to build a sanctuary and fellowship hall at 455 Lowell Street; the Middlesex Mall, for addition of a retail building; and Grace Chapel, to construct a youth fellowship and recreational facility on the former site of the Old Belfry Club at 19 Forest Street. In all of these areas, an established neighborhood was threatened by impact of size of proposed structure and /or increase in traffic. Neighbors' concerns can be expected, in each case, to balance the amount of testimony presented by "the team of experts" representing the petitioner. Boston Properties' initial application, heard by the board in 1986, was determined not to meet the criteria of Section 3.4. The developers were successful in September, 1988, with a new and less intensive plan that indicated their willingness to address traffic problems and work with the town toward a solution. Similar creativity with respect to solutions to traffic problems were shown by the developers of the Middlesex Mall. Three other petitions were considered too large for their proposed sites. The Montessori School petition was denied. The other two were in various stages of continuance or redesign as the year ended. In November the Board held its annual reorganization meeting. Natalie H. Riffin was reelected chairman. Anne R. Scigliano, reappointed in September by selectmen to a second five -year term, was elected vice- chairman. Elinor Greenway was reappointed administrative clerk. The other board members are Clarence D. Turner, Robert M. Gary and Francis W. K. Smith. All six associate members were reappointed to terms of one year: Susan S. Beck, Eric T. Clarke, William C. Hays, Mary W. Miley, John J. McWeeney, Robert V. Whitman. 63 Under the spreading Bradford Pear tree, the Appeals Board stands, Salter Building in the background. Variances for the building were hammered out over five hearings before the Appeals Board. Salter replaces the one that burned down over two years age. Photo: Stephen Wade 1988 record of decisions listed in the order in which hearings were scheduled. Decisions may be subject to conditions. For details please see the decisions on file with the Lexington Town Clerk. January 1. 153 North St., Dan McCabe's Creative Carpentry. A special permit was granted for a standing sign. 2. 80 Westview St., Colin Richardson. A request to allow a denied petition to be resubmitted before two years, was granted. 1 409 Massachusetts Ave., D & R Realty Trust. Variances from front yard setback requirement and number of parking spaces and a special permit- to modify the transition area landscaping for proposed additions to Lexington Toyota were granted. 4. 409 Massachusetts Ave., D & R Realty Trust. A special permit for additions to Lexington Toyota was granted. 5. 141 Spring St., Lexington Electronic Realty Tr. A special permit with site plan review (SPS) for a 56,000 gross square foot addition to the Raytheon executive office building was granted. 6. 141 Spring St., Lexington Electronic Realty Tr. A variance to waive the transition area landscaping adjacent to Raytheon property line and 22, 28, 34 and 40 Shade St. was granted. Board of Appeals February 7. 90 Hancock St., Harold & Helen Millican. A five year special permit was granted for a privately owned recreational facility, an enclosed swimming pool. (expires 2/13/93) 8. 67 Valley Rd., Anthony J. Macaudda. A variance from dimensional controls was granted for a second floor addition to a non - conforming house. 9. 12 Moon Hill Rd., Walter Juda. A request for a variance to allow an accessory apartment in an accessory structure was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 10. Land Hartwell Ave. & Maguire Rd., Maguire Road Realty Trust. A request for special permit to remove excessive material from a vacant lot was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 11. 93 Hancock St., Lexington Gardens. A three -year special permit was granted to continue the storage and sale of supplementary nursery items and to be open the three Sundays before Christmas in 1988, 1989 and 1990. The request to allow Sunday openings throughout the year was denied. (expires 2/12/91) 12. 26 Barberry Rd., Norman & Betty Paul. A five -year special permit was granted to continue the part time use of their residence for a psychiatry office and multi - family group meetings. (expires 2/24/93) 13. 10 Pleasant St., Wilson Farm Inc. Two-year special permits were granted for continued operation of a roadside stand and seasonal sale of Christmas trees and greens. (expires 3/1/90) March 14. 425 Woburn St., Countryside Manor. An amendment to the special permit was granted to allow a change in the interior road layout and construction of three carports instead of two. 15. 95 Hayden Ave., Beal Company. The Board determined that modifications proposed to the design of the east wing renovations at One Ledgemont Center are minor and a public hearing is not required. 16. 35 Hartwell Ave., Northland Realty Corp. The Board determined that changes proposed to the loading dock are minor and a public hearing is not required. 17. 235 Waltham St., Nathan & Joanna Griscom. A variance to allow a fence eight feet in height along portions of front and side lot lines was granted. 18. 62 Taft Ave., Fredda G. McDonnell. A special permit for a psychotherapy office in residence was denied. 19. 14 Normandy Rd., Walter & Eva Kasell. Variance from front yard setback requirement for new steps and porch overhang was granted. 20. 927 & 945 Waltham St., Nicholas A. Cannalonga. A five -year special permit was granted to continue operation and to store and sell supplementary nursery items at Wagon Wheel Nursery & Garden Centre. (expires 4/24/93) 21. 55 Hill St., Lexington Golf Club. A special permit was granted to construct a building for office and storage of equipment. 22. 130 Pleasant St., Lexington Montessori School. The hearing for a special permit with site plan review (SPS), a special permit to expand the use and a variance from the surfacing, draining requirement to construct a 4,000 sq.ft. addition to the existing school building was continued to 4/14/88. April 23. 755 Massachusetts Ave., Follen Community Church. A six -month extension of variances due to expire 4/23/88 to construct additions to the church building was granted. (expires 10/23/88) 24. 130 Pleasant St., Lexington Montessori School. A special permit with site plan review, special permit to expand the use, and a variance from the surfacing, draining requirement to construct a 4,000 sq.ft. addition to the existing school building were denied. 25. 83 Pleasant St., Isaac & Lili Silvera. A variance from the rear yard setback requirement to construct a garage was granted. 26. 245 East St., James F. Kelly. A variance from the front yard setback requirement to add a foyer was granted. 27. 236 Lowell St., Kheim Kwie & Jane Oei. A special permit to add a second story to a non -conforming dwelling was granted. 28. 1265 Massachusetts Ave., Seasons Four, Inc. A special permit to increase daily hours on Thursdays and Fridays from 5/19/88 to 7/15/88 was granted. (expires 7/15/88) 29. 4 Solomon Pierce Rd., Evelyn R. Mayne. A special permit for a children's clothing sales office in residence was denied. 30. 24 Grassland St., Michael Perry. A one -year special permit to install a 29 -foot radio tower in the back yard was granted. (expires 4/28/89) 31. Corner Lot Abutting 35 North Hancock St., Leslie Johansen. A request for variances from side yard setback requirements to allow construction of a dwelling with dimensions of 26'x 44' was denied. 32. 1729 Massachusetts Ave., Coffee Connection, Inc. A variance from the number of parking spaces required to increase the seating capacity was denied. 33. 1845 Massachusetts Ave., Via Lago Pasta. A special permit for fast food and take out service with cooking on the premises was granted. 34. 80 Westview St., Colin Richardson. Special permits to operate an automobile repair facility and to modify transition area landscaping were granted. 35. 80 Westview St., Colin Richardson. Variances from dimensional controls to allow construction of an automobile repair facility were granted. May 36. 196 Woburn St., John A. Esserian. A request for a special permit for a roadside stand and seasonal sale of Christmas trees and wreaths was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 64 37. Wood St. & Hartwell Ave., Katandin Woods Limited Partnership. A request to change the mix of affordable units set forth in the comprehensive permit for Katandin Woods Apartments was granted. 38. 191 Spring St., 191 Spring Street Trust. A request to allow a denied petition to be resubmitted before two years was granted. 39. 5 Hancock Ave., Robert V. Whitman. A request for a special permit to add a second story to a portion of a non - conforming dwelling was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 40. 37 Baker Ave., Richard N. DiFronzo. A special permit to add a second story dormer to a non -conforming dwelling was granted. 41. 7 Stedman Rd., Greater Boston Community Development. A special permit to install a standing sign and two signs indicating the office at Franklin School Apartments was granted. Board of Appeals 42. 453 Concord Ave., The Cotting School. The Board determined that proposed additions of covered walkways and two offices are minor revisions to the special permit and a public hearing will not be required. 43. 330 Woburn St., Shell Oil Company. The Board determined that changes proposed to the standing sign are minor revisions to the special permit and a public hearing will not be required. June 44. 5 Manning St., David & Carolyn Luterman. A variance from the front yard setback requirement to allow front steps to be rebuilt to accommodate a handicapped lift was granted. 45. 39 James St., Wayne G. Johnson. A variance from the front yard setback requirement to allow an overhang to be added to a second floor addition was granted. 46. 4 Viles Rd., David & Virginia Fine. A variance from the rear yard setback requirement to allow a child's playhouse to remain as constructed was denied. 47. 24 Lincoln St., Hayden Recreation Centre. A special permit to erect a standing sign three times a year was granted. (expires 6/9/91) 48. 187 -189 Bedford St., Philip Ciampa. A special permit to install a standing sign at the entrance to the parking lot was granted. 49. 7 Fern St., Susan S. Schauffele. A three -year special permit was granted for a psychotherapy office in a residence. (expires 6/9/91) 50. 700 Waltham St., John P. Carroll. A special permit to allow a standing sign to remain as installed was granted. 51. 31 Taft Ave., C. M. Titus. A special permit to add a second story addition to a portion of a non - conforming dwelling was granted. 52. 1 Great Rock Rd., Peter Massimilla. Variances from front and side yard setback requirements to construct an addition were granted. 53. 178 Lowell St., Mediplex of Lexington. A special permit was granted to install two standing signs. July 54. 57 Bedford St., R. W. Connelly Associates. A one -year special permit was granted to attach a larger than permitted real estate sign to the front of a commercial building. (expires 7/14/89) 55. Vacant Lot Albemarle Ave., Edward J. Herman. An appeal was granted and the Building Commissioner directed to issue a building permit for the construction of a single- family dwelling. 56. 425 Woburn St., Don Deily. An appeal was granted and the Building Commissioner directed to require some screening of the exterior lighting at Countryside Manor Apartments. 57. 55 Oak St., Ellen O. Hall. A two-year special permit was granted for a temporary accessory apartment. (expires 7/14/90) 58. 12 Moon Hill Rd., Walter & Renee Juda. A special permit was granted for an accessory apartment in an accessory structure. 59. 396 Waltham St., Mobil Oil Corp. A hearing for special permits to demolish and reconstruct a gasoline service station and to replace an internally illuminated standing sign was continued to 10/13/88. 60. 1095 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Shell Service Center. The appeal from a decision denying the operation of a mini snack mart as an accessory use was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 65 August 61. 380 Marrett Rd., Robert & Miriam Pespisa. A variance from the front yard setback requirement to allow a permanent set of front steps with landing was granted. 62. 78 Woburn St., Beth Marcus. Variances were granted from front and rear yard setback requirements to replace a shed at the corner of the lot. 63. 19 Hayward Ave., Laura Persily. A variance was granted from the front yard setback requirement for an attached garage. 64. 1 Dawes Rd., Paul & Janet Mecrones. A variance was granted from the front yard setback requirement to allow an overhang on a second floor addition. 65. 74-76 Bedford St., Moore Homes, Inc. A special permit was granted to allow two standing signs to remain as installed. 66. 17 Barberry Rd., Douglas Fraiman. A request for a variance from the side yard setback requirement for a second story addition with overhang on a detached garage was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 67. 1709 -1727 Massachusetts Ave., Estate of Abram Salter. A special permit was granted to install five projecting signs on the Salter Building. 68. Corner Lot Abutting 10 Greenwood St., Robert & Gloria Cady. An appeal of the decision denying a building permit for construction of a single family dwelling was denied and the decision of the Building Commissioner upheld. September 69. 125 Burlington St., Arthur S. Ryan. A variance from the setback requirement on a side street for an addition was denied. 70. 271 Marrett Rd., Patricia & William DeBonte. The variances to allow a lot with insufficient area in the RS District and to subdivide in violation of zoning requirements were denied. A variance from the frontage requirement to designate Kendall Rd. as the frontage street for a lot to be created abutting 271 Marrett Rd. was granted. 71. 880 Waltham St., John K. Weiser. An appeal of a decision granting a building permit to construct a single family dwelling was allowed to be withdrawn with the Board's approval. 72. 844 Massachusetts Ave., Philip & Frances Madanjian. A special permit for the take -out sale of hot coffee and doughnuts at the Lexington Deli -Mart was denied. 73. 191 Spring St., 191 Spring Street Trust. A special permit with site plan review (SPS) was granted to develop two additional office buildings with at -grade and underground parking and to modify the 1968 Board of Appeals' decision to permit research and development uses in the existing building in addition to office use. 74. 191 Spring St., 191 Spring Street Trust. A special permit to permit a driveway on Lot 2 to lead to parking and loading for a proposed commercial building on Lot 1 was granted. 75. 145 East St., Albert T. Murphy. The Board determined that a proposed addition of an enclosed porch at Morrow Crossing is a minor revision to the special permit and a public hearing is not required. 76. 1709 -1727 Massachusetts Ave., Estate of Abram Salter. A special permit was granted to allow the width of the driveway leading to the underground garage at the Salter Building to be eight feet. 77. 1709 Massachusetts Ave., Damon Enterprises, Inc. A special permit was granted to re- establish the Bel Canto restaurant and take -out food service. Board of Appeals 78. 43 Downing Rd., Gerald & Barbara Beltz. A variance from the side yard setback requirement was granted for an addition. 79. 854 -856 Massachusetts Ave., Personal Cleaners & Tailors, Inc. A special permit was granted to extend the sign on one unit to cover both units occupied by the establishment. 80. 10 Maguire Rd., Itek Corporation. A three -year special permit was granted to reserve an area for future parking spaces. (expires 10/25/91) 81. Land off Lowell St. Middlesex Mall, Burlington Village Associates. A special permit with site plan -review (SPS) to construct a 17,000 GSF retail building, a special permit for work within the national flood insurance district, and a two-year special permit to reduce the number of required parking spaces were granted. (The special permit to reduce the number of parking spaces required expires 9/29/90.) October 82. 396 Waltham St., Mobil Oil Corp. A request for special permits to demolish and reconstruct a gasoline service station and to replace an internally illuminated standing sign was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 83. 8 Manning St., Richard Sullivan. A variance from the side yard setback requirement for a second floor addition was granted. 84. 41 Clarke St., Hershel & Kathleen Jick. A request for a variance to add a deck and stairs to a nonconforming dwelling was denied. 85. 455 Lowell St., Saint Paul Evangelical Church. A hearing for a special permit with site plan review (SPS) for a proposed church and associated buildings, parking and site improvements was continued to 12/8/88. 86. 455 Lowell St., Saint Paul Evangelical Church. The hearing for a special permit to allow a church steeple to be above the height permitted was continued to 12/8/88. 87. 455 Lowell St., Saint Paul Evangelical Church. The hearing for a special permit to modify the transition area landscaping requirement was continued to 12/8/88. 88. 90 Lowell St., Melvin Savage. A three -year special permit was granted to continue a part-time dentist office in a residence. (expires 10/27/91) 89. 168 North St., Barbara Barrows. A special permit was granted to allow a second floor addition to a non - conforming dwelling. 90. 9 Columbus St., Stephen & Donna Cole. Variances from the front and side yard setback requirements to allow an outside chimney were granted. 91. 870 Waltham St., John K. Weiser. An appeal was upheld and the Building Commissioner directed not to issue an occupancy permit until legal frontage is established. 92. 870 -880 Waltham St., Fine Homes Realty, Inc. A special permit was granted to allow a right of way to provide a means of access to two building lots. November 93. 39 Bedford St., Bank of Boston. The Board determined that the proposed addition of an automatic teller machine at a gasoline service station is not a minor revision to the special permit and a public hearing is required. 94. 69 Oak St., William & Mary Mitropoulos. Variances from the front and side yard setback requirements were granted to replace a porch with a two -story addition. i 95. 2 Sherman St., Pritzker- Volenec Realty Trust. A variance from the side yard setback requirement was granted for an addition. %. 40 Hartwell Ave., MIT Lincoln Lab. A one -year special permit was granted for temporary structures. (expires 11/10/89) 97. 315 Woburn St., Just Chicken, Inc. A special permit was granted to operate a take -out food service. 98. 19 Forest St., Grace Chapel. The request for a special permit with site plan review (SPS) for a proposed Christian fellowship building was withdrawn with the Board's approval. 99. 19 Forest St., Grace Chapel. The request for a special permit for a private non - profit recreational facility in conjunction with a permitted religious use was withdrawn with the Board's approval. December 100. 455 Lowell St., Saint Paul Evangelical Church. Deliberations on the petition for a special permit with site plan review (SPS) for a proposed church and associated buildings, parking and site improvements were continued to January 1989. The special permits to allow the steeple to exceed the height requirement and to modify the transition area landscaping requirement were withdrawn with the Board's approval. 101. 277 Bedford St., Mobil Oil Corp. The Board determined that the addition to the sign is a minor revision and a public hearing is not required. 102. 99 Hayden Ave., Beal Companies. The Board waived certain submission requirements for a special permit with site plan review, required by the 1986 Zoning By -Law, to install a retail cafeteria for the convenience of tenants and employees. 103. 3 Paul Revere Rd., Nicholas P. Alex. The request for a variance from the side yard setback requirement to add a second floor overhang was denied. A special permit to add a second story addition to a non - conforming dwelling with no change in site coverage was granted. 104. 22 Fair Oaks Dr., Bill & Lisa Lahey. A request for variances from the front and side yard setback requirements to add a second story over a portion of a non - conforming dwelling was denied. 105. 60 Wood St., Stephen K. Johnson. A request for a variance from the lot area requirement to create an accessory apartment in an accessory structure was denied. 106. 11 Wachusett Dr., Peter & Bernadette Shapiro. A variance from the front yard setback requirement for an addition was granted. 107. 150 East St., Doran Greenhouses, Inc. Two-year special permits were granted for continued operation of a roadside stand and seasonal sale of Christmas trees and wreathes. (expires 12/30/90). Recreation Department Each year the Recreation Committee attempts to respond to the changing needs of Lexington's citizens not only by adding new programs but also by expanding existing programs and facilities. At the 1988 Town Meeting, monies were appropriated to improve the tennis courts at Center Playground. Work was done in August and included reconstruction of all 10 courts, new net posts, new gates and color coating the surface. The courts were ready for play on Labor Day weekend. In addition, renovation of the popular center basketball courts was completed in time for the 26 team men's summer basketball league season. With tremendous financial support as well as volunteer physical labor by Lexington's citizens, an exciting new play structure was created at the Center recreational complex. This new structure, designed by architect Robert Leathers, has been a tremendous success. It is handicapped - accessible and will be enjoyed by families with children of all ages. A committee and a fund has been set up to insure that the structure will be properly maintained. As part of the Recreation Committee's policy of regularly up&rading neighborhood playgrounds, some of the equipment originally at the site was removed and installed at Kinneen's playground. Work at the Lincoln Street recreational complex continues. Phase II, construction of one multi- purpose and one softball field, funded by Town Meeting in 1987, was completed. The fields will be put into use in the Fall of 1989. Phase I, the two multi- purpose fields closest to Lincoln Street, is in constant use by the high school and other teams. The heavy use of the complex has presented a new problem to the Recreation Committee and its Lincoln Street Sub - committee. The 1989 Town Meeting will probably have to consider the addition of toilet facilities at the site. The Lincoln Street Sub - committee has been working long and hard to develop landscaping plans for the site and a fmal design for the proposed Fitness - Nature Path. The path will include two 3/4 mile loops, one of which winds through land owned by Hayden Recreation Centre. Fund raising for the trail has been progressing well. Many generous citizens and corporations have already donated and, if contributions continue, the committee hopes to break ground in the Spring of 1989. Playing Fields Study Over the past decade, the use of Lexington's playing fields has dramatically increased. The town has recognized this trend and has spent close to $500,000 to create new fields and make major improvements to existing ones. At the same time, the combined demands of school teams, outh teams, and adult and business groups have led to significant overuse and damage to several fields. Additionally, new fields have been added to the list of Parks Department responsibilities with no increase in personnel. As a consequence, ball fields and those general purpose fields which have not been overused are suffering from lack of routine maintenance and repair. For these reasons, a field study subcommittee was formed by the Recreation Committee during its' June 15, 1988 meeting. Its members were drawn from the Recreation Committee, school athletic department, Department of Public Works, and youth and adult sports groups. The committee found that, with the addition of the fields at Lincoln Street, the town has adequate field space for the first time in ten years. However, it was determined that a plan was needed for the use and maintenance of all the town's fields. The Field Sub - committee completed this report in December, 1988 and resented it to the Recreation Committee for review and implementation. The lighted softball field continues to become more popular with users as well as spectators. In addition to the Hayden Industrial League and the Adult Co -ed League, a new men's "over 35" league used the field on a regular basis. The high school girls softball team played two games under the lights this year thanks to donations from two Lexington citizens. Recreation Committee: Carolyn Wilson, Brims Adley, Chairman Judy Marshall, Don Chisholm, Joan Halverson, Director. Absent: Sam Nablo. Photo: Stephen Wade 67 Recreation Department Many other groups including the Youth Commission and the LABB Collaborative used the field for special games. Several inquiries about using the lighted field after the softball season was finished were made by frisbee and soccer groups. Since the area is not properly lit for a multi -use game area, these requests were denied. However, the committee continues to plan for additional lighting as part of our capital improvement budget. Problems with staffing the pool and res were minimal partially due to a more competitive pay scale. The water department has installed a connection from the town water supply to the Old Res so water can be added more aggressively to maintain quality and water levels during critical periods. New Programs Recreation Director Joan Halverson, added several new programs to attract an even wider group of children and adults. Indoor tennis lessons, monthly dances in cooperation with the LABB program, eight week summer day camp, additional trip programs and a Saturday gym program were some of the new offerings for developmentally delayed children. In addition, the director has been working with recreation directors from Woburn, Winchester, and Burlington to formalize a collaborative to provide a broader range of programming for this special population. Other new activities offered include a drama workshop for young children, a summer lacrosse clinic for middle school students, indoor soccer for high school age girls, and a Little League training clinic for coaches given by the National Youth Sports Coaches Association. Recreation programs couldn't survive without volunteer assistance. The fall soccer program is manned by volunteer parents. Thursday afternoon and Friday night ski programs serving over four hundred children as well as the Museum of Science overnight are chaperoned by volunteers. Also, many volunteers provided help at the Special Olympics held at the Center recreational facility. This was the second year this event was hosted by Lexington. The Recreation Committee is excited by the acquisition of Pine Meadows Golf Course. The committee is looking forward to managing this most recent addition to our recreational facilities by developing year round uses to attract a wide range of interests. PLAYGROUND MOVERS AND SHAKERS The new play structure in the Center Playground was a true community project. An estimated 1500 citizens took part, one way or another, in its planning and construction. The committee that raised the money and supervised construction included: Brian Adley Cathy Baker Kerry Brandin Mary Lou Hartman Donna Harrison Peter Enrich Sally Heubscher Margy Keepmg Rosie Klaus Joan Krensky Larry Makovich Ellen O'Neill Richard Papazian Kevin Roffi VickySchwartz Abbe Smerling David Sweet Ellen Verdugo Barbara Williams Bill Duncan Rick Testa Candy McLaughlin Andy Rockefeller R. L. Smith The committee that will maintain the structure includes Kerry Brandin, Andy Rockefeller, Candy McLaughlin, and Rick Testa. Photo: Gary CkhowsA Minute -man ffoi Recreation Department REIMBURSEMENT TO GENERAL FUND FY 88 Payroll $ 158,064 Expenses 26,380 Personnel Full Time 1 Part Time 100+ REIMBURSEMENT TO GENERAL FUND 'Fees based on calendar year. Reimbursements, Revolving Fund, and Gift Fund based on fiscal year PROGRAMS 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Fees` $89,298 $92,573 $96,438 $108,515 $121,561 Reimbursements 2,978 3,740 -4,575 6,332 1,959 Revolving Fund 3,981 6,351 4,366 543 6,724 Gift Fund - 3,325 6,030 700 9,200 Total $96,257 $105,989 $111,409 $116,090 $139,445 'Fees based on calendar year. Reimbursements, Revolving Fund, and Gift Fund based on fiscal year PROGRAMS ATTENDANCE STAFF COST INCOME Swim Programs Summer 88 Tags 5919 $ 67,641 Guest Fees 14,482 Lessons 781 6,584 General Swim Pool 745 /day $ 70,985 - General Swim Res 345 /day 22,453 - Tennis Summer 88 Youth Lessons 495 1,942 3,154 Tournaments (3) 113 - 66 Tennis Booth 557 1,911 3,131 Adult Programs Adult Gym 55 /night 5,246 9,165 AM Jogging 59 /week 693 862 Volleyball 43 /week S30 1,792 Summer Basketball League 26 /teams 848 720 Coed League Softball 14 /teams adm 150 Ballfield Reservations 171+ adm 4,153 Indoor Soccer 23 /week 243 548 Basketball 30 /week 153 351 Youth Programs Preschool Movement 127 /day 3,078 NC Grade 1 - 4 Sports 26 /day 1,047 NC Grade 4 & 5 Sports 9.5/day 434 NC Grade 6 - 7 Basketball 11 /day 509 NC Summer Tot Lot 25 /day 250 NC Hershey Track Program 77 138 NC Nashoba Ski Program Friday (Rev Fund) 211 332 16,736 Thursday (Rev Fund) 201 12,552 Special Needs Programs Sing Along Chorus 14/11 2,567 958 Special Needs Activity Group 13 /event 4,329 671 Extended Day 18 1,995 1,590 Kids Camp 13.75 11,073 5,100 6 Lexington Housing Authority FY '87 FY'88 Payroll $143,669 $154,419 Expenses 189,133 387,933 Personnel Full Time 6 6 Part -Time 2 2 On October 19, 1988, the Lexington Housing Authority (I") and many state and local officials celebrated the opening of the two houses on Hill and Tewksbury Streets, now homes for eight handicapped adults. This project began when the 1984 Town Meeting transferred the lot on Hill Street to the Housing Authority. The Tewksbury property was later added to the program by a vote of the LHA. The construction was funded by a grant from the Executive Office of Communities and Development (EOCD) and the Department of Mental Health (DMH) under state Chapter 689. Our very special thanks go to the many people who worked on the homes and to the fine neighbors and townspeople who have welcomed the new residents. EOCD and DMH are also involved in adding to and refurbishing the Forest Street residence. This will be home for six handicapped residents and staff. Occupancy is planned for February 1989. Another EOCD project using state funds is the duplex to be built on Massachusetts Avenue as a barrier free home for families with a physically handicapped person. The Historic District Commission has reviewed the architect's plans for this duplex. The LHA will be meeting with neighbors and interested townspeople as work progresses. Modernization Projects Completed: A new roof, new decking and refurbishing of the community center are complete at Greeley Village, and the siding at Vynebrooke Village was replaced this year. Both projects were financed by a modernization grant from EOCD. We commend the patience of the residents during this important work. We are very proud of the new "face lift" and know that Lexington applauds the completion of these projects. LHA works closely with other organizations such as LexHab, Katandin Woods, Franklin School and Interfaith Housing to provide for people of low and moderate income. Many of these units are used in programs administered by the LHA. Ongoing responsibilities of the Housing Authority include the following: Greer Village - 25 buildings containing four apartments each plus the Community Building. (State program of 100 subsidies for the elderly.) Vynebrooke Village - four buildings containing 12 apartments each plus a Community Building, maintenance office and garage. (State program of 48 subsidies for elderly and handicapped.) County side Village - five buildings containing 12 apartments each plus the Community Building which also houses the housing authority office, maintenance workshop and a garage. (Federal program of 60 subsidies for elderly and handicapped.) State 707 Prog - rental subsidies for 16 elderly, handicapped and family clients. State 705 Program - rental subsidy for one low income family. State 689 -1 - rental subsidies for 8 disabled. State 9- - rental subsidies for 6 disabled. HUD Section 8 Pro gain - rental subsidies for 58 elderly, disabled and family clients. Federal 067 Prouam - Rental subsidies for 17 single family LHA -owned homes. Parker Manor Condos - (LHA owned) seven units of family, handicapped and elderly housing. Authority members: Ruth Nablo; Donald Wilson; James McLaughlin; Leona Martin; William Spencer, Chairman Rita Sullivan, Executive Director Housing Authority payroll and expenses are funded by state and federal government. Rents received are applied to the operating expenses of properties owned by the authority. Building and refurbishing expenses are provided by the state and federal government. Since properties owned by the LHA are not taxed, the authority pays an amount to the town in lieu of taxes; in FY '87 $13,307. Note: A detailed financial report of the Housing Authority on all its programs for the year ending June 30, 1988, is on file and available for inspection at the office of the Board of Selectmen, as required by Chapter 121B, Section 29 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth. 70 The Lexington Housing Authority opened a new home on Tewksbury Street for residents with special needs. Welcoming the first new residents were, from left Rita Sullivan, LHA Executive Director Marcia Lamb, Assistant Secretary of the state EOCD, Wil- liam Spencer, LHA Chairman, Senator Dick Kraus and Repre- sentative Steve Doran. Photo: LHA lll The Lexington Housing Assistance Board was established in 1983 by the Legislature to supplement the town's program for affordable housing. LexHAB's purpose as stated by the Board of Selectmen is to investigate and implement creative alternatives for low and moderate income housing. LexHAB is administered by a board of seven volunteers appointed by the selectmen. There were no changes in the membership during 1988. Unaudited reports indicate that LexHAB ended its fiscal year on December 31 holding cash in the amount of $503,090 plus 11 units of housing, consisting of a single - family energy efficient house on Emerald Street purchased in 1987 and the following units in the Muzzey School Condominium: one 3- bedroom, three 2- bedroom and six 1- bedroom units. Net rents for these units received in 1988 were $7,498.50. LexHAB had two non - routine expenditures in 1988: $19,644.59 for consultant Robert Engler's affordable housing feasibility study in the spring and $43,572 paid to the Muzzey Condominium Trust as LexHAB's share of the condominium special assessment for roof and drainage repairs. LexHAB units are rented to qualified persons and families, some of whom receive subsidies through the Lexington Housing Authority. LexHAB also acts as the representative of the town in overseeing compliance with the town's re -sale restrictions applicable to units at Muzzey High Condominium not owned by LexHAB. Nine units were re -sold during 1988; LexHAB interviewed the prospective purchasers, determined purchaser qualifications, and issued certificates of compliance for recording with the Registry of Deeds. During the year, LexHAB met with the following groups and committees: Lexington Parents of Young Adults with Special Needs; representatives of the Engler firm; the Council on Aging for discussion of the town's new accessory apartment by -law; and the joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board on affordable housing. Council on Aging FY87 Payroll 49,127 Expenses 52,968 Personnel Full time 3 Part time n FY88 62,263 49,826 3 1 The Lexington Council on Aging (COA) ended its third year in the new Senior Center. In those three years the character of the services offered at the center has undergone many changes. While still involved in providing a broad range of recreational programs, the COA has moved to provide more support services in order to better meet the needs of an aging population in Lexington. 71 LexHAB, The Lexington Housing Assistance Board. Seated: Jean Gaudet, Sherry Edmonds, Joan Wall. Standing: Donald Wilson, Dave Eagle, Marshall Derby, Chairman William Hayes, Linda Con- rad. Photo: Stephen Wade In addition, members of LexHAB attended a meeting in March with the Muzzey School Condominium Trustees to consider measures necessary to correct the roof of the building and to improve drainage. LexHAB then initiated a plan, subsequently approved by the Board of Selectmen, to enable Muzzey unit owners to recover the cost of this corrective work at time of unit re -sale. LexHAB also developed a plan to enable the Muzzey School Condominium to borrow construction funds for the roof and drainage work but bank financing turned out not to be required. LexHAB met with unit owners at Cary Hall on June 15 to review these plans. LexHAB sought Town Meeting approval for a study of the feasibility of affordable housing at the Monroe School site. This proposal was defeated. LexHAB members include: William Hays, Chairman; David Eagle; Linda Conrad; Sherry Edmonds; Donald Wilson; Marshall Derby; Joan Wall; and Jean Gaudet. Health Support Service s In 1988 the COA added a full time social worker position. The social worker is responsible for providing case management services to elders, implementing an aggressive outreach program in the town, and overseeing a new service - the Senior Health Monitor Program. Jointly sponsored by the Human Services Committee and the COA, this program provides for in -home medical monitoring by a licensed practical nurse through a contract with the Visiting Nurse Association. The COA social worker screens eligible elders, develops a care plan for qualified applicants, and monitors their progress. Council on Aging Another new service added in 1988 was the Alzheimer's Alert Program. One of the most devastating experiences for a family coping with Alzheimer's disease is to have a loved one wander away from home and become lost. In order to give families some degree of security, the COA in conjunction with the police and fire departments, implemented an Alzheimer's Alert Program for Lexington. The Alzheimer's Alert Program requires the family to complete a registration form that includes personal data and a picture of the person. This information is then placed on file with the police department. In the event the person does wander off, the family informs the police that the person is registered in the Alzheimer's Alert Program. The police then dispatch a description of the person to all officers on duty. The Center offered additional health services this past year. A Podiatry Clinic was added to the schedule. This clinic is held bimonthly and provides education, advice and referral services. A Hearing Screening Clinic was also held at the center. This service provided a hearing test, a review of the results by an audiologist, and referral information, as necessary. Lastly, the center added a new support group to its list of health programs. The "In Transition" Group is designed for individuals experiencing a major change in their lives through retirement, physical problems, loss through death, or other stress related changes. This weekly group is led by a trained social worker who volunteers her time to the center. The Senior Center strives to meet the broad range of interests of its participants. We encourage people to discuss new program ideas with the staff and offer their skills and time to implement new programs. This past year through the help of volunteers we added the following programs. The Investment Group. Started by two volunteers, this group meets monthly and arranges for speakers from financial institutions to discuss current trends in the financial world. A book service for shut -ins. This program for homebound senior citizens combines the delivery of reading material with a friendly visit from a volunteer. The Senior Center Library provided services to 500 borrowers, including drop -in browsers as well as shut -ins, readers of periodicals and jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts. The medical information files expanded and the videotape collection grew to 88 titles. A Legal Aid Office opened with the help of the Senior Citizen's Law Project. This new service provides paralegal professional help to elders with Social Security benefits, S.S.I., medicare /medicaid, utilities, housing, personal independence, and age discrimination. 72 The Boston Post Cane Award went to Edith Cheever. Christopoher Venier donated the cane and made the presentation at a COA ceremony. Photo: AiUwy Levin, Mimm -mmm Recognized as "Older Americans Month" across the nation, May is the month in which the contributions of older adults are honored. The COA and Beacon Press revived the Boston Post Cane Award to establish a local award that would recognize an outstanding older adult. To be eligible, an individual must be at least 80 years old and have lived in Lexington a minimum of 15 years. The person must be involved in his /her community and serve as an inspiration and example to others. Lastly, the individual must exhibit a creative approach to life through either a career or hobby. In May of 1988 this award was given to Edith Cheever. In FY 88 town funds were spent on the day -to -day necessities associated with running the Senior Center physical plant and offices; on the printing and mailing of ten issues of the COA Newsletter (4,200 copies per issue); and on the SPANS Program, an intergenerational program linkin* high school students and elders. Other major expenditures included: the five day per week meal program at the center; the elder chorus; transportation services; general hospitality-, and special programs of the Lexington Senior Citizens' Club. State funding was used to run the Social Day Care Program three times per week at the Senior Center. This service assist seniors who have physical, mental, and social limitations. Special activities and programs help them continue an appropriate and meaningful life style, with the opportunity to remain in their homes and community. Due to ongoing heating problems at the Senior Center, Town Meeting appropriated $75,000 to expand and improve upon the present heating system. Additional radiant heat units were installed at the center, a new skylight was finished, and parts of the atrium were enclosed. With these new additions we hope to feel a warming trend at the center! Council on Aging LEXINGTON SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM STATISTICS FOR JULY 1987 - JUNE 1988 SERVICE # OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS SERVED Social Day Care/Respite 31 Fuel Assistance 68 Identification Cards 156 stores and extension on book borrowing at Cary Library. Drop -In Service 90 Special Events /Celebrations 845 Newsletter 4,200 Recreation 400 Housing Assistance 211 Community Education 865 Home Delivered Meals 121 Congregate Meals 150 Peer Support 65 Health Services /Education 486 Blood Pressure 955 Outreach (Telephone & door to door) 315 General Information /Services 11,805 U.S.D.A. Food Commodities 774 Library Services 430 SPANS 69 Fix It Shop 158 S.II.I.N.E. 136 Income Tax Assistance 131 Hearing Impaired Clinic 20 73 COMMENTS /PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Serves frail, older adults who could not attend the center without extra support. Assistance with application registration for the state fuel program. Cards issued to residents 60+ for discounts at local People who regularly come to the center 3 - 5 times per week. Includes open houses, fund raisers, volunteer recognition, and other activities. Ten newsletters issued /mailed annually. Includes trips, walking club, dance, exercise group, senior chorus, bridge. Includes information distributed on housing options. Includes adult basic education classes offered at the center. French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, knitting, stained glass, investing, quilting, astronomy, etc. Two meals a day delivered by Meals on Wheels and Minute Man Home Care. Includes a hot lunch served five days per week at the center. Includes telephone reassurance, friendly visitors and support group activities. Health lectures, "Vial -of -Life" and other activities. Blood pressure and weight checks held monthly at the center. Home visits, needs assessments, and other forms of community outreach. Duplicated count of individuals requesting information on services and programs. U. S. Department of Agriculture food commodities distributed at the center to eligible residents Library cards issued. Intergenerational program conducted with Lexington High School students and elders. A volunteer service offered to residents 60+ for small appliance repair. Health Care Benefits information for elders program run by a trained counselor. State and federal tax assistance to older adults. A service involving a hearing test, a review of the results by an audiologist, and follow -up recommendations as needed. Town Clerk FY87 FY88 Payroll $75,968 $80,543 Expenses 19147 1,310 Personnel 4 4 Although the major task in the Town Clerk's Office this past year involved election procedures, other duties were not neglected. Dop continued to be licensed and to lose their tags, and their owners were delighted to learn of the greatest bargain in Town Hall: the 10 cent, hand - hammered renewal tag. The Planning Board and Town Clerk worked between a Leading Edge computer, a Samna III program, a DEC Rainbow and a Samna I program to gather all the data pertaining to zoning by -law changes voted at Town Meeting, for submission to the Attorney General. In the course of daily activities the staff was asked to translate a letter from French to Spanish and English, and help a Social Anthropology Class at MIT in its study of the historical division of East Lexington and the center area. We gave the correct number of Presidents to a caller and assisted a writer from Michigan to locate a founding member of the Intercultural Studies Group, now known as the Millennia of Native First People. We helped a caller from New Mexico locate the sister of an old friend who had died and a young man find the first names of his great grandparents, and we were participants in a noontime wedding in the office. The staff hosted a workshop on marriage license procedures presented by the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics for area Town Clerks and participated in a number of information programs for Massachusetts Clerks. Registrar of Voters 1988 was an unusually busy year for the Board of Registrars. In addition to the anticipated Town Election and Presidential Preference Election in March, the Primary Election in September, and the November General Election, a special referendum on purchasing the Pine Meadows Golf Course brought Lexington voters to the polls in August. Serving the town on this board are Mary Abegg, chairman, Connie Foster, Luanna Devenis, and Bebe Fallick, clerk. The intense interest in the Pine Meadows referendum was reflected in the large number of people registering to vote in time for the August 17 election. Over 1200 absentee ballots were requested and 1164 were returned by the August 17 deadline. 59.2 percent of all registered voters cast their ballots in this election. The Registrars felt the emotional impact of the Pine Meadows issue when they met people who had lived in Lexington for 20 or 30 years and were registering for the first tune. Evening registration in the precincts as well as both evening and Saturday dates at Town Hall brought almost 2000 new 74 SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS Dog Licenses ........................... $ 8756 Fish & Game Licenses ...................... 5849 Marriage Certificates ....................... 2540 UCC Financing Statements ................... 4561 Certificates & Photocopies ................... 6174 Street Listings ............................ 2222 Pole Locations ............................ 440 Gasoline Permits .......................... 1500 Miscellaneous ............................. 1637 Total Receipts for 1988 .................... $33,681 VITAL RECORDS BIRTHS: 183 (1988 Births Reported as of 1/12/89) Female: 82 Male: 101 DEATHS: 284 (1988 Deaths Reported as of 1/12/89) Female: 165 Male: 119 MARRIAGE INTENTIONS FILED: 254 Bebe E. Fallick, Town Clerk names to the list of registered Lexington voters between the deadline for the August referendum and the November election. Interest in the November election ran high, as 90 percent of all registered voters went to the polls. This compares to 82.4 percent of registered voters state -wide. The 82.4 percent represents 60% percent of the voter -age population in the state. Although the state laws have made it easy for people to register, many of those eligible to register ignore their right. A few years ago the Board began computerizing the election results. With the help of Ron Hallee, a programmer for the Lexington Public Schools, the board is continuing to look for ways to insure both accuracy of reporting and sensitivity to the wishes of the electorate. Mary Abegg, Chairman Town Counsel Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XXI of the General By -Laws of the Town of Lexington, I hereby submit my report in writing as Town Counsel for the period from January 1, 1988 to December 31, 1988. The report is divided into the several sections required by the By -Laws. (a) All actions by or against the Town which were pending January 1, 1988. 1. Joseph Fournier et al vs. Board of Appeals of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 80 -4066. Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals denying a variance to permit the construction of a house. 2. Alexander P. LeBlanc et al vs. Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 80 -2136. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals upholding decision of the Building Commissioner and denying a variance to allow a lot to be built upon. 3. John H. Shea vs. Ruth Morey, et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 80 -4984. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals upholding decision of the Building Commissioner denying a building permit. 4. Daniel G. Frawley et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 81- 2175. Petition for damages resulting from the alleged improper maintenance of a sewer line. 5. Exxon Corporation vs. L. Joyce Hampers, Commissioner, Department of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 120310. Petition for abatement of 1982 personal property tax. 6. Town of Lexington vs. Donald G. Jones d /b /a New England Steel Building Company, District Court of Central Middlesex No. 820084. Suit for damages arising out of installation of insulation in Public Works building. 7. Board of Assessors vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Appellate Tax Board No. 125492. Petition for rehearing on question of valuation. 8. Board of Assessors vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Exxon Corporation, Appellate Tax Board No. 125494. Petition for rehearing on question of valuation. 9. Board of Assessors vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Tenneco Inc., Appellate Tax Board No. 125493. Petition for rehearing on question of valuation. 75 10. Algonquin Cas Transmission Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 125364. Petition for abatement of 1983 personal property tax. 11. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 130119. Petition for abatement of 1984 personal property tax. 12. Algonquin Gas Transmission Company vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 130307. Petition for abatement of 1984 personal property tax. 13. Dennis R. Lowe, Trustee vs. John L. Davies et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 84524. Appeal from decision of the Historic Districts Commission disapproving an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness. 14. Alfred Shwartzer et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 84- 3075. Action for damages resulting from an alleged fall on bleachers at the Lexington High School field. 15. William Piper, Battle Green Service Center, Inc. vs. Board of Appeals, Middlesex Superior Court No. 85 -378. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying a special permit for a car -wash. 16. Stephen Puleo vs. Board of Appeals, Middlesex Superior Court No. 85 -1695. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying a variance to add a single story addition to a house. 17. Robert Phelan et als vs. David G. Williams et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 85 -1946. Appeal from decision of the Conservation Commission revoking an order of conditions. 18. H.M.H., Inc., d /b /a Lexington Gardens vs. Thomas G. Taylor et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 85 -5609. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying an amendment to a previously issued special permit. 19. Michael Colangelo and Steven Colangelo, As Trustees of The Maguire Road Realty Trust vs. Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 85 -7015. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying a petition for a variance to permit the construction of an office building. 20. Algonquin Gas Transmission vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 138499. Petition for abatement of 1985 personal property tax. Town Counsel 21. Algonquin Gas Transmission vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 143714. Petition for abatement of 1986 personal property tax. 22. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 138460. Petition for abatement of 1985 personal property tax. 23. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 143171. Petition for abatement of 1986 personal property tax. 24. Tenneco, Inc. vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 143679. Petition for abatement of 1986 personal property tax. 25. H.M.H., Inc., d /b /a Lexington Gardens vs. Thomas G. Taylor et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 86 -1683. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying an amendment to a previously issued special permit. 26. Town of Lexington et al vs. John Sellars, Middlesex Superior Court No. 86 -3169. Petition for contempt for violation of court orders relating to enforcement of zoning bylaws. 27. Florence McGee vs. Town of Lexington, Concord District Court No. 85 -0030. Claim for damages arising out of an accident allegedly involving a Town fire engine. 28. David E. Gompers et al vs. Conservation Commission of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 86 -6542. Appeal from an order of conditions issued by the Conservation Commission denying a permit to build an office building. 29. Robert B. Swett, Jr. and Edward H. Linde, Trustees of 191 Spring Street Trust vs. Natalie H. Ruffin et als, Land Court No. 121- 369. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying a special permit with site plan review for an office building development. 30. Raffi P. Yeghiayan vs. Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 86 -6743. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals granting a variance to permit construction of an office building. 31. Exxon Company, U.S.A. vs. Ira Jackson, Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 147731. Petition for abatement of 1987 personal property tax. 76 32. Tenneco, Tnc. 1,1ennessee Gas Pipeline Company Division vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 147646. Petition for abatement of 1987 personal property tax. 33. Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 147761. Petition for abatement of 1987 personal property tax. 34. Town of Lexington vs. Aldo Gallinelli et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -345. Action to enforce order of conditions issued by Conservation Commission. 35. Robert B. Swett, Jr. and Edward H. Linde, as Trustees of 191 Spring Street Trust vs. Town of Lexington, Land Court No. 122 -102. Petition to establish the legality of frontage for a parcel of land. 36. Robert L. Johnson et als vs. Judith J. Uhrig et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87- 537. Appeal from decision of Planning Board disapproving a subdivision not required plan. 37. Richard Hamilton et al vs. Joyce A. Miller et als, Land Court No. 122701. Appeal from an order of conditions issued by the Conservation Commission. 38. J. Derenzo Company vs. Mobil Excavating Corp. vs. Town of Lexington et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 86 -5000. Third party complaint alleging inadequate warnings as to the height of a bridge over Route 128. 39. Kevin Sefton ppa and a minor, and John Sefton vs. Town of Lexington et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -3106. Action for alleged injuries suffered while riding a moped on a dirt path. 40. Elena Massimilla vs. Zoning Board of Appeals et als, Land Court No. 123 -774. Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals upholding the denial of a building permit. 41. J.P. Construction Co., Inc. vs. Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -4111. Action to contest the awarding of a bid. 42. Michael G. Waring vs. Shepard A. Clough et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -4651. Action for equitable relief resulting from the suspension and dismissal of the plaintiff from his position as principal of Lexington High School. 43. Elizabeth Paul, A Minor, By Her Parents And Next Friends, John and Judy Paul vs. School Committee et al, Suffolk Superior Court Town Counsel No. 87 -4646. Appeal from an administrative decision arising out of a dispute over the proper educational placement of a student. 44. Karsten Sorensen et als vs. Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -5751. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals granting a variance from setback requirements. 45. Angelo Giaquinto et al vs. Joyce Miller et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -6820. Appeal from an order of conditions issued by the Conservation Commission. 46. Bedford Construction Co., Inc. vs. Town of Lexington et als, Land Court No. 125 -883. Petition to establish a right of way. 47. Robert M. Hutchinson, Jr. vs. Local 1491, International Association of Fire Fighters, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -2056. Appeal of an arbitrator's award relating to health care benefits. 48. Michael and Josephine Colangelo, as Trustees of Mico Realty Trust vs. Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 87 -2787. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying a special permit to demolish an existing office building and construct a new office building. 49. ADCO Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154981. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 50. Algonquin Gas Transmission Company vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154761. Petition for abatement of 1988 personal property tax. 51. Lewis R. Aronin vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246309. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 52. Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154498. Petition for abatement of 1987 personal property tax. 53. Exxon Company, U.S.A. vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154526. Petition for abatement of 1988 personal property tax. 54. Jeanne Bloom vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245870. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 55. Jim Y. Chi and Betty L. Chi vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246325. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 77 56. Thomas J. Flatley (the Dunfey - Family Corporation) vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154776. Petition for abatement of 1987 personal property tax. 57. Charles C. French vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246104. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 58. Heritage Realty Trust c/o Mico Realty vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154977. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 59. James J. Joseph and Mary C. Joseph vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245803. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 60. William Koning Jr. and Doris M. Koning vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245347. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 61. Peter Kovner and Roberta Kovner vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246304. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 62. Lexington Development Co. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 155963. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 63. The Mediplex Group vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 155217. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 64. Norman J. Richards vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245948. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 65. Shawmut County Bank, N.A. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 155132. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 66. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154499. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 67. S/P Acton Realty Trust, Isadore Wasserman, et al. Trustees, vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154788. Petion for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 68. Tenneco, Inc. vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154061. Petition for abatement of 1988 personal property tax. 69. Robert B. Waldner and Judith H. Waldner VS. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245872. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Town Counsel 70. Rita S. Williams vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246130. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 71. W. R. Grace and Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154241. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax 72. Hartwood Limited Partnership vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 156887. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax 73. Tektronix, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 156349. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 74. Malcolm Keljikian and Jean Keljikian vs Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246402. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 75. Malcolm Keljikian and Jean Keljikian vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246403. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 76. Mico Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154973. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 77. Town of Lexington vs. Charles A. Linehan, Land Court No. 82832. Petition to foreclose tax lien. 78. Town of Lexington vs. Denis Carroll, Land Court No. 82830. Petition to foreclose tax lien. 79. Town of Lexington vs. Lillian Daley, Land Court No. 82833. Petition to foreclose tax lien. 80. Town of Lexington vs. Robert Davis et al, Land Court No. 82834. Petition to foreclose tax lien. 81. Town of Lexington vs. Robert F. Rowland et al, Land Court No. 82831. Petition to foreclose tax lien. 82. Town of Lexington vs. Heirs of Jessie Bullock, Land Court No. 82829. Petition to foreclose tax lien. 83. DiSilva Family Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X246328. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 84. Malvern Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 153771. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. i 85. Robert B. and Judith H. Waldner vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X245871. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. 86. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 125426. Petition for abatement of 1983 personal property tax. (b) All actions brought by or against the Town during 1988. 1. Pheasant Brook Estates, Inc. vs. Conservation Commission Of The Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -60. Petition for judicial review of an order of conditions denying a request to do work on petitioner's property. 2. Richard A. Johnson vs. Lexington Electronic Realty Trust /Raytheon Company, Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -1584. Appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals granting a special permit with site plan review to construct an addition to an office building. 3. H.M.H., Inc. d /b /a Lexington Gardens vs. Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -1785. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying an amendment to a previously issued special permit. 4. Morello Brothers Construction, Inc. vs. Town of Lexington, Department of Labor and Industries. Protest of a bid award for school renovations. 5. Michael Brennan et als vs. Natalie H. Riffin et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -5716. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals granting special permits and variances to allow construction and operation of a repair facility. 6. Edmund P. Roche vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -3089. Claim for damages arising out of an alleged defect in a sidewalk. 7. Scott Harshbarger, District Attorney Fqr The Northern District vs. Board of Selectmen, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -3644. Complaint alleging violations of the open meeting law. 8. Harold Nahigian vs. Judith Uhrig et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 128641. Appeal from decision of the Planning Board disapproving a definitive subdivision. Town Counsel 9. Theodore L. Freeman vs. Town of Lexington et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 88 -4243. Complaint alleging violations of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act and the Subdivision Law. 10. Joseph S. Badio vs. Town of Lexington et al, District Court of Eastern Middlesex No. 2812 -88. Claim for damages arising out of an alleged collision with a town ambulance. 11. ADCO Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 158568. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 12. Acton Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159565. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 13. Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 157733. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 14. Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 157735. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 15. Jeanne Bloom vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X247293. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 16. Maureen L. and John T. Gilbert vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 156118. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 17. W.R. Grace & Co. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159883. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 18. Heritage Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 158567. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 19. The Lexington Building Limited Partnership VS. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159308. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 20. Malvern Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159927. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 21. Meditrust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159564. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 22. Norman J. Richards vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X246780. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 23. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 157734. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. 79 (c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1988. 1. Joseph Fournier et al vs. Board of Appeals of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 80 -4066. Appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals denying a variance to permit the construction of a house. Case dismissed. 2. Alexander P. LeBlanc et al vs. Town of Lexington et al, Middlesex Superior Court No. 80 -2136. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals upholding decision of the Building Commissioner and denying a variance to allow a lot to be built upon. Case dismissed. 3. Daniel G. Frawley et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 81- 2175. Petition for damages resulting from the alleged improper maintenance of a sewer line. Case settled. 4. Exxon Corporation vs. L. Joyce Hampers, Commissioner, Department of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 120310. Petition for abatement of 1982 personal property tax. Case settled. 5. Board of Assessors vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Appellate Tax Board No. 125492. Petition for rehearing on question of valuation. Case settled. 6. Board of Assessors vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Exxon Corporation, Appellate Tax Board No. 125494. Petition for rehearing on question of valuation. Case settled. 7. Algonquin Gas Transmission Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 125364. Petition for abatement of 1983 personal property tax. Case settled. 8. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 130119. Petition for abatement of 1983 personal property tax. Case settled. 9. Algonquin Gas Transmission Company vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 130307. Petition for abatement of 1984 personal property tax. Case settled. 10. Dennis R. Lowe, Trustee vs. John L. Davies et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 84524. Appeal from decision of the Historic Districts Commission disapproving an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness. Case dismissed. Town Counsel 11. Alfred Shwartzer et al vs. Town of Lexington, Middlesex Superior Court No. 84- 3075. Action for damages resulting from an alleged fall on bleachers at the Lexington High School field. Case settled. 12. Stephen Puleo vs. Board of Appeals, Middlesex Superior Court No. 85 -1695. Appeal from decision of the Board of Appeals denying a variance to add a single story addition to a house. Case dismissed. 13. Algonquin Gas Transmission vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 138499. Petition for abatement of 1985 personal property tax. Case settled. 14. Algonquin Gas Transmission vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 143714. Petition for abatement of 1986 personal property tax. Case settled. 15. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 138460. Petition for abatement of 1985 personal property tax. Case settled. 16. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 143171. Petition for abatement of 1986 personal property tax. Case settled. 17. Exxon Company, U.S.A. vs. Ira Jackson, Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 147731. Petition for abatement of 1987 personal property tax. Case settled. 18. ADCO Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154981. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 19. Lewis R. Aronin vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246309. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 23. Jim Y. Chi and Betty L. Chi vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246325. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 24. Charles C. French vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246104. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 25. Heritage Realty Trust c/o Mico Realty vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154977. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 26. James J. Joseph and Mary C. Joseph vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245803. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 27. William Koning Jr. and Doris M. Koning vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245347. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 28. Peter Kovner and Roberta Kovner vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246304. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 29. Norman J. Richards vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245948. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 30. Shawmut County Bank, N.A. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 155132. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 31. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154499. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Petition withdrawn. 32. Robert B. Waldner and Judith H. Waldner vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245872. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 20. Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of 33. Rita S. Williams vs. Board of Assessors, Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154498. Appellate Tax Board No. 246130. Petition for Petition for abatement of 1987 personal abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial property tax. Partial abatement granted. abatement granted. 21. Exxon Company, U.S.A. vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154526. Petition for abatement of 1988 personal property tax. Case settled. 22. Jeanne Bloom vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 245870. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. iv 34. W.R. Grace and Company vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154241. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 35. Hartwood Limited Partnership vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 156887. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. Town Counsel 36. Tektronix, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 156349. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 37. Malcolm Keljikian and Jean Keljikian vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 246402. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Case dismissed. 38. Mico Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 154973. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 39. Town of Lexington vs. Charles A. Linehan, Land Court No. 82832. Petition to foreclose tax lien. Case withdrawn upon payment of taxes. 40. Town of Lexington vs. Lillian Daley, Land Court No. 82833. Petition to foreclose tax lien. Case withdrawn upon payment of taxes. 41. Town of Lexington vs. Robert Davis et al, Land Court No. 82834. Petition to foreclose tax lien. Case withdrawn upon payment of taxes. 42. Malvern Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 153771. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 43. Robert B. and Judith H. Waldner vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X245871. Petition for abatement of 1987 real estate tax. Case dismissed. 44. Exxon Corporation vs. Commissioner of Revenue and Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 125426. Petition for abatement of 1983 personal property tax. Case settled. 45. Morello Brothers Construction, Inc. vs. Town of Lexington, Department of Labor and Industries. Protest of a bid award for school renovations. Decision for the Town. 46. ADCO Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 158568. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 47. Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 157733. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 48. Athens Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 157735. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. i 49. Jeanne Bloom vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X247293. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 50. Maureen L. and John T. Gilbert vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 156118. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Petition withdrawn. 51. W.R. Grace & Co. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159883. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 52. Heritage Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 158567. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 53. The Lexington Building Limited Partnership vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159308. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 54. Malvern Realty Trust vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 159927. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 55. Norman J. Richards vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. X246780. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Partial abatement granted. 56. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board No. 157734. Petition for abatement of 1988 real estate tax. Petition withdrawn. Norman P. Cohen, Town Counsel Appropriations Committee In the two 1988 Town Meetings the Appropriation Committee recommended favorable action on all articles it considered, except Article 17, a citizens' article for installing drains on Adams Street. On this article the committee recommended consideration in the FY90 budget. The summer of 1988 marked a major financial milestone for the town in overriding Proposition 2 1/2 for the purchase of Pine Meadows Golf course by authorizing bonding for over eleven million dollars. After many years of negotiations and frustrations, the electorate had the final say on Pine Meadows. It was an extraordinary event for Lexington in both its land management and financial history, and the lessons and implications cannot be overlooked. The issue of open land and its value as an unequivocal asset was reaffirmed by the majority of voters. The issue of overriding Proposition 2 1/2 for the first time in a debt exclusion was also deemed appropriate by the same majority of voters. However, it is wrong to infer that this signals a "carte blanche" approach to future town financial planning or that "Cassandra" financial woes are upon us. The Town's ability to cope with Proposition 2 1/2 (i.e. providing services consistent with residents' expectations) since its inception in 1982 can be attributed to good planning and budgeting, organization and control, increased state aid even though we are designated as a minimum -aid community, and significant new construction with its allocation exclusion from the yearly 2 1/2% cap formula. With projections of significant decreases in state assistance and new construction, good planning, budgeting, organizing and controlling will no longer be sufficient. The town will need clear visions, strategies, coalitions and motivations to deal with the competitive pressures and cross interests of the future. Effective consideration will be required to meet these four factors: goal- oriented visions that take all issues into account, intelligent strategies for achieving those visions, a cooperative coalition forceful enough to implement the strategies, and motivated people committed to making these The Appropriations Committee, in session with school officials. Clockwise from lower left: Alan Lazarus, Marilyn Mairson, Nice Chairman Richard Perry, Chairman Michael O'Sullivan, Comptroller John Ryan, School Committee Chairman Paul Newman, School Superintendent Dr. Philip Geiger, Diana Maclean, Lloyd Gilsun. Absent. George Burnell. Photo: Steve Wade EX Appropriations Committee visions a reality. Forming goal- oriented visions and creating strategies to accomplish the goals, demands analytical ability, multidimensional thinking, good judgment and positive cooperation from all participants. The discovery that revenue sources do not necessarily automatically have an incremental increase every year will be a hard realization for the town to contend with in the years to come as it balances its yearly budgets. As stated above, this will be a general management problem that will have to be understood and resolved by all participants in their respective roles, whether they be boards, committees, Town Meeting members or the electorate. The Appropriation Committee hopes that this potential problem does not get politicized and that very serious attention is given to what revenues can be expected in the light of projected economic forecasts. It is in the best interests of the town that this be done on a cooperative basis as we meet the fiscal challenges of the future. Capital Expenditures Committee The Capital Expenditures Committee is concerned with the process of planning for capital outlays by all areas of Town government. Every proposed capital expense of a non- recurring nature is carefully analyzed, reviewed with department personnel and re- examined by on -site inspection, as appropriate. We review the town's five year capital budget and provide our recommendations directly to Town Meeting as to the relative need, timing, and cost /potential benefit of each identified capital requirement. We feel that we are nearing certain goals detailed in prior annual reports, in part due to support from the new Town Manager and Superintendent of Schools. In 1983 and 1985 we indicated the need for a new policy whereby we could monitor a capital proposal from inception to completion, and review the costs/benefits throughout. We hope this procedure will be in place in early 1989. In 1984 we indicated our support for a land bank bill to fund major land purchases, and continue to press for passage of this needed bill. In 1985 and 1986 we indicated our recommendation for preventative maintenance issues, especially in the schools, and continue our support. We will also encourage the School Committee and Superintendent to initiate a major capital article annually, as necessary, following completion of the present school renovation project, to create a school environment conducive to educational excellence and to correct "hidden defects" discovered as part of the current renovation project. Initial indications from the School Committee and Superintendent are that they will support our efforts for long range maintenance planning to ward off future capital outlays. We have been concerned with the constantly changing five year capital budget and the late availability of information on RE ... ......... ........ T R•[•• e•L•A•C'R•S•O A,R•D •'••A P•P•A•0•P•R•I•A T•2•0•N'••C•0 R M I capital requirements. We support the Town Manager in the implementation of a more effective capital budgeting process whereby reviews are conducted in the November - February timeframe, to allow for sufficient analysis and investigation. Members of our Committee assisted in the mediation between the selectmen and the School Committee in the School Department budget negotiations prior to the 1988 Town Meeting. During the 1988 Special Town Meeting, the Capital Expenditures Committee recommended passage of Article 2 which placed the purchase of Pine Meadows Golf Course before voters in the referendum. The Committee further supported a more careful and thorough review of possible limited development on adjacent property to the golf course to offset the cost of purchase. The following are other proposals we supported at the 1988 Town Meeting: Conservation Fund Water Main program for improvement of water quality Purchase of public works equipment Street resurfacing and improvement Lexington Center Parking Lot improvements Installation of a storm drain at Westview Cemetery Installation of exhaust system at the Public Works Garage Fire station reroofing Refurbishing of Fire Engine #1 Tennis court resurfacing Library renovations Design plan for commercial areas, During Town Meeting we continued to recommend approval of projects which we felt would provide necessary municipal March-17,-1988 I REQUESTED ..• ____ : •• ................. .. 19 @9 ••• i••••••• 1• Servicas • $9.•. 205,211••••••• Personal ] 1 gapanass I 12,396,106 • i Articles captial Improvements I 2,917,000 I I I Total Sono: I 1 $21,579,317 I I Public Schools I I 23,190,712 Regional vocation I 399,815 1 •••I 1 Total Education: I I $23,890,SS7 I ___ TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS: I ____ ____ _______________________ $18,168,971 1 ••I _____- __1_____________— ADD: 1 __� —�_1 S I Mass Water Resources Authority IMWRAII 2,519,716 j ••I State /County Assess - Onsets 1 2,053,902 •------------------------------------------ I Asseuon overlay - Judgesests I 500,000 j I---- GROSS ART. TO BE RAISED BY TA %ES i ____ ------------------------------------ ------ - - - - -- - --� 553,572,492 '•I I ------------------ LEST: 1 C 1 Receipts - Cherry Sheet I 6,171,961 1 • I LoCal Aid I 6,192,170 1 •••I ------ Uss or Available Funds I _------------------------------------ 3,857,691 1 ____ I----------- NET ART. TO BE RAISED SY TAXES, 1 ___________ ______________ ___ $36,750,367 1 •••I __ ____ Proposition 2 1/2 Formula Calculationsl I • 1 Previous rY ee Levy L1m1t I $35,276,792 1 D 12 1/2 1 - Limit 1.025 •Above L3n:l I eel, 920 • 12 1/2 1 - Me, Construction [stissto 1 100,000 1 •••1 ----- Levy Limit Makeup from lrior Years I — --------- I I 1 ------- ------------------ ------------------------------------ ---------- ---- ------ -- -- ° - - - - -- --1- ---- LEW LIMIT: I ---- --- ------ --_--- --- ---I--- -- ------ --- - - -- -I $36,SSS,702 1 -- ------- ---___--__I .•• u•• I (OVER)NND[R LEVY LIMIT: I ••••......••••.•••u•••uu•••u••. ....... I 1191,665) 1 .....•..••.••. capital requirements. We support the Town Manager in the implementation of a more effective capital budgeting process whereby reviews are conducted in the November - February timeframe, to allow for sufficient analysis and investigation. Members of our Committee assisted in the mediation between the selectmen and the School Committee in the School Department budget negotiations prior to the 1988 Town Meeting. During the 1988 Special Town Meeting, the Capital Expenditures Committee recommended passage of Article 2 which placed the purchase of Pine Meadows Golf Course before voters in the referendum. The Committee further supported a more careful and thorough review of possible limited development on adjacent property to the golf course to offset the cost of purchase. The following are other proposals we supported at the 1988 Town Meeting: Conservation Fund Water Main program for improvement of water quality Purchase of public works equipment Street resurfacing and improvement Lexington Center Parking Lot improvements Installation of a storm drain at Westview Cemetery Installation of exhaust system at the Public Works Garage Fire station reroofing Refurbishing of Fire Engine #1 Tennis court resurfacing Library renovations Design plan for commercial areas, During Town Meeting we continued to recommend approval of projects which we felt would provide necessary municipal Capital Expenditures Committee services consistent with the expectations of town residents to maintain a desirable way of life, while carefully balancing limited funding. We have continued to utilize our written report to Town Meeting as our major vehicle to express our opinions and have fine -tuned it to concisely provide independent review of capital expenditures. In our last report we expressed our deep concern with the 30% reduction in the Capital Budget from the prior year and indicated our belief that the budget provided less than the amount required on an annual basis to maintain the infrastructure of the town. Despite this, and in light of the limited funds, we agreed with the prioritization provided by the Town Manager. We plan to meet with the Town Manager and selectmen to seek support for the determination of a "suggested" ratio of capital expenditures to overall future town budgets to ensure the maintenance of our infrastructure. Capital Expenditures Committee. Chairman Sheldon Spector, Karen Dooks, Paul Hamburger, Nicholas Cannalonga, Richard Perry. Photo: Steve Wade. ., i Ta Revenue Officer FY 87 FY 88 Payroll $122,913 122,886 Expenses 35,109 52,435 Personnel 6 5.5 During 1988 the Revenue Department continued to improve the tax collection system utilizing the "lock box." The collections using this procedure was more efficient than any previous year. We are now able to identify within a couple of days of the due date, those taxpayers who have failed to make a payment. The Revenue Department is currently attempting to put in place a procedure, which will allow us to contact those taxpayers who have not made a real estate tax payment, on the due date, in order to minimize their interest costs. In an attempt to avoid some of the more frequently encountered difficulties in paying taxes, our office advises the following: 1. If you do not receive a real estate tax bill by October 1st and April 1st, contact the revenue office immediately. 2. If the mailing address on the real estate bill is incorrect, a signed letter must be sent to the Board of Assessors, requesting a change of mailing address referencing the current property bill number and location. 3. Do not return abatement applications with your real estate tax payment. The payment will be processed throuo the "lock box" and the abatement application must a returned to the Board of Assessors. 4. Maintain a dated record of real estate tax payments for individual income tax purposes. 5. Taxes are due on the due date. If payment is a day late, the interest is calculated back to thirty days prior to the due date. If you intend to make payment close to the due date, please remit in person or drop the payment into the mail slot in Town Hall. Do not rely on the postal service for timely delivery. Detail of Balances Demand Deposits 27,368 Bank of New England $2,261 BayBank - Harvard 3,746 Boston Safe & Deposit 3,000 Bank of Boston 1,200 Shawmut County 10 Shawmut Boston 779 Total Checking 10,995 Temporary Cash Investments 27,368 Shawmut County 482,089 Bank of Boston 318,672 Shawmut County 223,138 U.S. Trust 3,038 Bank of New England 359,612 Boston Safe 2,805,953 Essex Bank 752,667 State Street Bank & Trust 59 MMDT 1,035,620 Shawmut Boston 1,241,297 Bank of Boston North 13,189 Arlington Trust 219,314 Arlington Trust Lock Box 106,953 Total Temporary Cash Investments 7,561,601 Cash and Checks on Hand 27,368 Returned Checks 11,816 Certificates of Deposit 14,007,000 Grand Total Cash & Investments $21,618,780 A FOUR YEAR COMPARISON OF INVESTMENT INCOME Fiscal 1985 Fiscal 1986 Fiscal 1987 Fiscal 1988 $ 914,207 $ 785,084 $1,240,423 $1,403,845 TREASURER'S TRUST ACCOUNTS 85 Balance Receipts or Balance 6 -30 -87 Income Appropriations Disbursed 6 -30 -88 Harrington Seedling Forest 714.40 9.97 714.40 9.97 Cemetery Remembrance Group 83.37 1.16 84.53 0.00 Unemployment Comp Fund 84,875.60 5,145.66 14,770.30 75,250.96 Conservation Commission 37,368.13 2,372.25 25,160.00 8,993.41 55,906.97 Lexington Council for Arts 7,554.29 741.69 16,396.00 14,556.10 10,135.88 Alice Ferguson Fund 6,462.15 393.06 6,855.21 Totals 137,057.94 8,663.79 41,556.00 39,118.74 148,158.99 85 Board of Assessors Fiscal 1989 property tax rates rose 5.6 percent to $10.89 and $18.10 for residential and business class property respectively. Approximately 36 percent of the increase in the rates is attributable to the addition to the levy of $711,000 to cover short term financing costs associated with the acquisition of Pine Meadows. The fiscal 1989 levy limit and actual levy were calculated as follows: Fiscal '88 levy limit $35,276,782 Plus 2.5% increase 881,920 New construction allowance 457.718 Fiscal '89 levy limit $36,616,420 Override /debt exclusion (Pine Meadows) 711,000 Actual fiscal '89 levy $37,264,901 Levy reserve $62,519 In devoting this space last year to an explanation of Proposition 21/2, we failed to note the resignation from the Board of Assessors of two very dedicated and long - serving members. Willard Grush (25 years) and William Potter (20 years) are to be commended for their faithful and competent service to the Town. On a more personal note, this writer :i would like to thank each of them for their guidance and friendship. Principal Clerk Dorothy Ryder, who served in this department for 20 years and 38 years overall with the Town, retired in 1988. She was a skilled and knowledgeable worker who will be missed here by her many friends and fellow workers. Other departmental changes include the addition of Property Inspector Amy Epstein. This position is responsible for the listing of new construction and verification and inspection of property sales. Also, and in compliance with Revenue Department guidelines, a program of townwide property inspection will be initiated to help assure that the data upon which triennial revaluations are based is accurate and complete. 1988 was the year of preparation for the revaluation for fiscal 1990. Following review of proposals to conduct the revaluation of business class property, RM Bradley and Company and Real Estate Research Consultants were selected to revalue the commercial and personal property respectively. The residential property, which comprises nearly 80 percent of the total taxable value, will be revalued in- house. Preliminary valuations are expected to be completed by July 1989. David C. Stusse, Assessor FY877 FY88 PAYROLL $94,542 $94,846 EXPENSES 11,900 9,366 PERSONNEL Full Time 3 3 Part Time 4 4 Fiscal 1989 property tax rates rose 5.6 percent to $10.89 and $18.10 for residential and business class property respectively. Approximately 36 percent of the increase in the rates is attributable to the addition to the levy of $711,000 to cover short term financing costs associated with the acquisition of Pine Meadows. The fiscal 1989 levy limit and actual levy were calculated as follows: Fiscal '88 levy limit $35,276,782 Plus 2.5% increase 881,920 New construction allowance 457.718 Fiscal '89 levy limit $36,616,420 Override /debt exclusion (Pine Meadows) 711,000 Actual fiscal '89 levy $37,264,901 Levy reserve $62,519 In devoting this space last year to an explanation of Proposition 21/2, we failed to note the resignation from the Board of Assessors of two very dedicated and long - serving members. Willard Grush (25 years) and William Potter (20 years) are to be commended for their faithful and competent service to the Town. On a more personal note, this writer :i would like to thank each of them for their guidance and friendship. Principal Clerk Dorothy Ryder, who served in this department for 20 years and 38 years overall with the Town, retired in 1988. She was a skilled and knowledgeable worker who will be missed here by her many friends and fellow workers. Other departmental changes include the addition of Property Inspector Amy Epstein. This position is responsible for the listing of new construction and verification and inspection of property sales. Also, and in compliance with Revenue Department guidelines, a program of townwide property inspection will be initiated to help assure that the data upon which triennial revaluations are based is accurate and complete. 1988 was the year of preparation for the revaluation for fiscal 1990. Following review of proposals to conduct the revaluation of business class property, RM Bradley and Company and Real Estate Research Consultants were selected to revalue the commercial and personal property respectively. The residential property, which comprises nearly 80 percent of the total taxable value, will be revalued in- house. Preliminary valuations are expected to be completed by July 1989. David C. Stusse, Assessor Board of Assessors FISCAL 1989 RECAPITULATION I. AMOUNT TO BE RAISED A. APPROPRIATIONS 1. Total Appropriations as certified by Town Clerk to be raised by Taxation, Chapter 41, Section 15A $46,703.436.00 2. Total Appropriations voted to be taken from available funds 4,430,612.00 3. TOTAL A B. OTHER LOCAL EXPENDITURES 1. Debt and Interest Charges 711,000.00 2. Final court judgements 5,000.00 3. Total of overlay deficits of prior years 0.00 4. Offsets to Cherry Sheet Estimated Receipts 1,212,686.00 5. TOTAL B C. STATE AND COUNTY CHARGES 1. Cherry Sheet Estimated Charges (Schedule A) D. OVERLAY RESERVE FOR TAX ABATEMENTS AND STATUTORY EXEhPTIONS E. TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE RAISED II. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND REVENUE FROM OTHER SOURCES A. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FROM STATE 1. Cherry Sheet Estimated Receipts $ 2. Cherry Sheet Estimated Charges (Prior year overestimates) 3. TOTAL A B. LOCAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS 1. Local Receipts (Schedule B) 2. Enterprise Funds (Schedule C) 3. Total B C. FREE CASH AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES APPROPRIATED FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES 1. Free Cash 2. Transfer 3. TOTAL C D. FREE CASH USED SPECIFICALLY TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE E. TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND REVENUE FROM OTHER SOURCES III. TAX RATE SUMMARY A. TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE RAISED B. TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND REVENUE FROM OTHER SOURCES C. NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION D. CLASSIFIED TAX LEVIES AND RATES: Levy Levy by Class Percentage Class Residential 67.2550 $25,064,157.20 Open Space 0.0000 0.00 Commercial 23.5739 8,783,613.25 Industrial 7.2398 2,697,522.64 Pers. Prop. 1.9313 719,608.11 Total 100% $37,264,901.20 87 6,469,791.00 22,116.00 3,803,539.80 ^,773,375.00 440,000.00 1,217,237.00 Valuation $2,301,575,500 0 485,282,500 149,034,400 39,757,354 $2,975,649,754 51,134,048.00 1,928,686.00 853,697.00 500,000.00 $54,416,431.00 5,491,907.00 6,576,914.80 1,657,237.00 2,425,471.00 $17,151,529.80 $54,416,431.00 17,151,529.80 $37,264,901.20 Tax Rates $10.89 18.10 18.10 18.10 Board of Assessors A. B. C. D. ^CHEDULE A - FY 1989 ESTIMATED COUNTY AND STATE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS COUNTY ASSESSMENTS 1. County Tax $ 49,682.00 STATE ASSESSMENTS AND CHARGES Penalties and Interest on Taxes 1. Special Education 22,7124.00 2. State Supervision of Retirement Systems 9,056.00 3. Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills 4,260.00 4. Health Insurance Programs 4,944.00 5. Air Polution Control Districts 8,287.00 6. Metropolitan Area Planning Council 5,449.00 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES 8. 1. Mass. Bay Transportation Authority 726,833.00 PRIOR YEAR UNDERESTIMATES 100,000.00 1. MBTA 22,462.00 Total $ 853,697.00 SCHEDULE B - FY 1989 ESTIMATED LOCAL RECEIPTS 1. Motor Vehicle Excise $1,478,539.80 2. Penalties and Interest on Taxes and Excises 150,000.00 3. Payments in Lieu of Taxes 150,000.00 4. Fees 125,000.00 5. Rentals 50,000.00 6. Departmental Revenue - Cemeteries 50,000.00 7. Departmental Revenue - Recreation 100,000.00 8. Departmental Revenue - Schools 75,000.00 9. Other Departmental Revenue 100,000.00 10. Licenses and Permits 400,000.00 11. Fines and Forfeits 325,000.00 12. Investment Income 700,000.00 13. Motel /Hotel Excise 250,000.00 14. Total $3,803,539.80 SCHEDULE C - FY 1989 ENTERPRISE FUNDS 1. Sewer - Estimated Revenue $1,154,797.00 2. Water - Estimated Revenue 1,618,578.00 3. Total $2,773,375.00 Board of Assessors Ttems Not Entering into the Determination of the Tax Rate Betterments and Special Assessments Added to Taxes Recapitulation of Committments Calendar Year 1988 on Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Number of Vehicles Excise 31,325 $2,221,650.73 :E Committed Amount interest Total Apportioned Sewer Assessments $50,195.55 $21,580.97 $71,776.52 Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments 279.38 135.61 414.99 Apportioned Street Assessments 13,661.83 6,810.51 20,472.34 Apportioned Water Assessments 142.19 22.23 164.42 Water Liens Added to Taxes 36,649.99 36,649.99 Sewer Liens Added to Taxes 35,577.52 35,577.52 Demands 686.00 686.00 Total Amount of Taxes on Property and Assessments and Liens Added to Taxes as Committed to Tax Collector $165,741.78 TABLE OF AGGREGATES Number of Parcels Assessed Total Bills on Personal Estate 321 Bills on Real Estate 10,800 Value of Assessed Personal Estate Stock in Trade $ 546,100 Machinery 2,444,700 Furniture 590,200 All Other Tangible Personalty 36,176,354 Total Valuation of Assessed Personal Estate $ 39,757,354 Value of Assessed Real Estate Land Exclusive of Buildings $1,159,987,500 Buildings Exclusive of Land 1,775,904,900 Total Valuation of Assessed Real Estate $2,935,892,400 Recapitulation of Committments Calendar Year 1988 on Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Number of Vehicles Excise 31,325 $2,221,650.73 :E Trustees of Public Trusts The Trustees continue to administer not only cemetery funds but smaller ones covering a wide area, including high school awards and scholarships, town beautification, and town celebrations, especially Patriots day. Int the past year we were gratified to receive from the Schumacher family generous contributiuons of $25,000 to fund a trust in memory of Mary and August Schumacher, to provide annually two scholarships for graduating seniors of Lexington High School. Accumulated income in the Monroe cemetary account was used to pave its roads, a much needed improvement. We must record with sadness the loss of trustee Frank T. Parrish, Jr., who contributed for many years. not only wise investment council but a cheerful outlook that made public service with him a pleasure. Not only the trustees, but the whole town, will miss his presence. MATTHEW ALLEN MEMORIAL FUND $392.02 The fund is to be used by the Athletic Department of Lexington High School for annual awards to students who have shown unusual faithfulness, effort and sportsmanship in each of five major sports. Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $417.19 Incane receipts 49.83 Less disbursements 75.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 392.02 AMERICAN LEGION CELEBRATIONS FUND $4,432.34 The income of this fund is to be used towards defraying the cost of the Town for the Patriots Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrations. Corpus $4,000.00 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $4,000.00 Accumulated income deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $279.73 Income receipts 152.61 Balance 6 -30 -88 432.34 BEALS FUND $4,855.70 The income of this fund is to be expended for the benefit of worthy, indigent, aged, men and worsen over sixty years of age, American bom. Corpus $2,000.00 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $2,000.00 Accumulated income - deposit Cambridgeport SavingBank Balance 7 -1 -87 $2,519.98 Income receipts 335.72 Bice 6 -30 -88 2,855.70 all Alan S. Fields, Chairman John R. Packard Thomas G. Taylor HALLIE C. BLAKE FUND $1,371.98 The income is to be expended annually in cash prizes to two seniors (a boy and a girl) of the Lexington High School, who by example and influence have shown highest qualities of leadership, conduct and character and who possess in the largest measure the good will of the student body. $2,300.00 Corpus $1,118.34 32 shares Amer Tel & Tel Co Common 4,995.81 10 shares Ameritech Common 1,472.42 24 shares Bell South Cornmon Total cost of common shares $959.25 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 159.09 Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 1,175.00 Balance ? -1 -87 $276.13 Income receipts 227.51 Less disbursements 250.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 253.64 BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND $18,081.05 The income from said trust fund shall be annually distributed among the deserving poor of Lexington without distinction of sex or religion. Corp- $14,930.73 $4,000 Southern Pacific Co 1st mortgage 2 3/490 Bond Series F due 1 -1 -96 $2,300.00 $10,000 North Pacific Railway 3% 2047 6,162.50 738 shares Bank of Boston 4,995.81 Principal deposit Lexington Savings Bank 1,472.42 Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $2,386.84 Income receipt 1,938.48 Less disbursements 1,175.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 3,150.32 Trustees of Public Trusts GENEVA M. BROWN FUND $10,219.81 FREDERICK L. EMERY FUND $ 5,111.78 The income is to be used for improving and beautifying the common and the The income is to be used by the Lexington Field and Garden Club for the work triangular parcel of land in front of the Masonic Temple. of grading, grassing and keeping in order grass borders lying between sidewalks Corpus $2,958.00 or footpaths and the driveways on public streets, and in otherwise beautifying Principal - deposit Lexington Savings $2,958.00 the public streets, ways and places in said Town, preference to be given to said Accumulated income - deposit Lexington Savings Bank objects in order stated. Balance7-1 -87 $6,598.33 Corpus $ 5,011.25 Redemption gain 135.00 Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank $ 5,011.25 Income receipts 728.48 Accumulated income- deposit Lexington Savings Bank Less disbursements 200.00 Balance 7 -1 -87 $382.81 Balance 6 -30 -88 7,261.81 Redemption gain 10.00 Income receipts 307.72 LEROY S. BROWN FUND $6,629.30 Less disbursements 600.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 100.53 The income is to be used towards defraying the expense of an appropriate and dignified celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. O. W. FISKE -BATTLE GREEN FUND $ 798.84 Corpus $5,000.00 $5,000 U.S. Treasury Notes The income of this fund is to be used for the maintenance of the Lexington Battle 113/4% due 11 -15 -91 $5,000.00 Green or the monuments erected thereon. Accumulated income- deposit Lexington Savings Bank Corpus $500.00 Balance7-1 -87 $1,909.42 Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 Income receipts 719.88 Accumulated income- deposit Lexington Savings Bank Less disbursements 1,500.00 Balance ? -1 -87 $ 250.85 Balance 6 -30 -88 1,629.30 Income receipts 47.99 Balance 6 -30 -88 298.84 ROBERT P. CLAPP FUND $939.71 CHAS. E. FRENCH COLONIAL CEMETERY FUND $4,446.36 The income to be used to provide two prizes for pupils of Lexington High School, one for excellence in speaking and the other for excellence in composi- The annual income, thereof to be devoted to the care of the older part of the tion. cemetery in which repose the remains of Rev. Jahn Hancock and wife. Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank Corpus $1,961.65 Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 953.99 Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank 1,961.65 Income receipts 60.72 Accumulated income - deposit Lexington Savings Bank Less disbursements 75.00 Balance ? -1 -87 $1,765.06 Balance 6 -30 -88 939.71 Redemption gain 435.00 Income receipts 284.66 COLONIAL CEMETERY $ 2,565.20 Balance 6 -30 -88 2,484.71 Corpus $1,400.00 Principal- Lexington Savings Bank Carious deposits) $1,400.00 CHAS. E. FRENCH MEDAL FUND $4,846.32 Accumulated income - deposit Cambridgeport Savings Balance 7 -1 -87 $981.09 The income is to be used annually to purchase silver medals to be distributed to Income receipts 184.11 pupils in the senior high school for the best scholarship. Balance 6 -30 -88 1,165.20 Corpus $ 3,814.90 $2,000 American Tel & Tel Cc 7% debentures 2 -15 -2001 $1,920.00 Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank 863.48 Accumulated income - deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $1,986.19 Redemption gain 217.50 Income receipts 327.73 Less disbursements 1,000.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 1,031.42 91 Trustees of Public Trusts JONAS GAMMEL TRUST $ 1,604.45 HAMPTON ROAD TREE FUND $2,237.55 The income is to be expended by the board of public welfare and by two ladies appointed annually for the purpose by the selectmen in purchasing such luxuries or delicacies for the Town poor, wherever located, as are not usually furnished them, and as: shall tend to promote their health and comfort. Corpus $500.00 Principal deposit Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 Accumulated income - deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance ? -1 -86 $1,158.04 Income receipts 96.41 Less disbursements $150.00 Balance 6 -30 -87 1,104.45 ELIZABETH BRIDGE GERRY FUND $2,254.65 To be held and used for the same purpose as the Bridge Charitable Fund. Corpus Principal - deposit Lexington Saving Bank $ 2,254.65 $ 2,254.65 GEORGE L. GILMORE FUND $ 46,978.92 The income to be used as the Town may from time to time vote; and if at any time special use arises to which in the opinion of the Selectmen the principal of said fund may be applied, then the principal of said fund may be applied upon the vote of the Town meeting. Corpus $ 8,886.65 90 shares Boston Edison $1,791.43 208 shares Exxon Corp. 1,902.72 $5,000 Georgia Power Co 1 st Mortgage Accumulated income- deposit Lexington Savings Bank 4 3/8% 11 -1 -92 4,312.50 $1,000 Chesapeake and Ohio 41 f2% 1992 880.00 Income Account Balance 6 -30 -88 $15,0 -00 U.S. Treasury Notes 11 %, 9 -30 -88 $15,140.63 Lexington Savings Bank: Balance 7 -1 -87 Balance 7-1 -87 $22,279.68 Income receipts 4,786.96 Les disbursements 4,115.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 22,951.64 HARRIET R. GILMORE FUND $1,556.89 The income is to be expended for the benefit of poor people in Lexington. Corlws $500.00 Principal deposit Lexington Savings Bank $500.00 Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance7-1 -87 $963.32 Income receipts 93.57 Balance 6 -30 -88 1,056.89 92 The entire fund is available for maintenance or replacement of trees within the public right of way known as Hampton Road. 84 shares Am Tel & Tel Co Common Corpus $2,000.00 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 229 shares Bell South Common Accumulated income- deposit Lexington Savings Bank 181.254 shares Am Tel & Tel Co Common (shares held -stock purchase plan) Balance 7 -1 -87 $114.31 Income receipts 123.24 Balance 6 -30 -88 237.55 HARRINGTON MEMORIAL FUND $ 21,768.37 To the school committee of the Town of Lexington, for scholarships for needy children. Corpus $ 19,569.19 84 shares Am Tel & Tel Co Common 96 shares Ameritech Common $ 7,625.00 229 shares Bell South Common 800.00 181.254 shares Am Tel & Tel Co Common (shares held -stock purchase plan) Total cost of common shares $9,619.19 $10,000 U.S. Treasury Notes 113/4% Balance ? -1 -87 die 1 -15 -91 9,950.00 Accumulated income - deposit Cambridgeport Savings Less disbursements Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 2,216.11 Income receipts 2,383.07 Less disbursements 2,400.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 2,199.18 HAYES FOUNTAIN FUND $1,957.09 The income is to be used for the perpetual care of the fountain and grounds immediately around it. Corpus $862.72 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $862.72 Accumulated inoomedeposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $976.76 Income receipts 117.61 Balance 6 -30 -88 1,094.37 RICHARD ISENBERG SCHOLARSHIP FUND $ 8,970.72 The income of this fund is to be awarded annually to a member(s) of the junior or senior class of Lexington High School who has demonstrated excellence in sports writing. Corpus $8,425.00 Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 7,625.00 Corpus receipt 800.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 8,425.00 Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance ? -1 -87 $478.75 Income receipts 566.97 Less disbursements 500.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 545.72 Trustees of Public Trusts EVERETT M. MULLIKEN FUND $ 11,683.68 The income shall be used under the supervision of the proper town authorities, for the care of Hastings Park in said Lexington. Corpus $4,895.00 Principal -deposit Lexington Savings Bank $4,895.00 Accumulated income -deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 5,920.03 Redemption gain 187.5 Income receipts 681.15 Balance 6 -30 -88 6,788.68 MUNROE CEMETERY FUNDS $233,677.62 Corpus $ 42,910.00 Principal- Lexington Savings Bank $ 3,844.37 Principal -Union Warren Savings Bank 9,000.00 $30,000 U.S. Treasury Note 13 1/4% due 4 -15 -88 Under redemption 30,065.63 Income account 9,900.00 $45,000 U.S. Treasury Note 11.375% 4,362.50 dire 9 -30 -88 45,421.87 Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $73,614.66 Income receipt 22,441.09 Less disbursements 50,000.00 Security redemption 710.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 145,345.75 SARAH E. RAYMOND LIBRARY FUND Thefull corpus ($500.00) and accred interest was transfered to the Cary Library during the fiscal year ending 6- 30-88. EDITH C. REDMAN TRUST $770.97 The income only therefrom to be used and applied for the care and maintenance of the Lexington Common. Corpus $500.00 Accumulated income -deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $224.68 Income Receipts 46.29 Balance 6 -30 -88 270.97 ELSA W. REGESTEIN FUND $1,038.82 The income to be expended for awards to members of the senior class of the Lexington High School. Principal Deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance ? -1 -87 $1,042.54 Income Receipts 66.28 Less disbursements 70.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 1,038.82 93 F. FOSTER SHERBOURNE AND TENNEY SHERBOURNE FUND The income thererof to be expended by the Field and Garden Club in setting out and keeping in order shade and ornamental trees and shrubs in the streets and highways in said town, or the beautifying of unsightly places in the highways. Corpus $ 25,979.23 The net inane from said fund shall be awarded annually to assist in the education of such deserving young men or women domiciled in said Town of Lexington $2,335.44 Corpus $ 24,701.65 $2,000 Interstate Power Co. lst Mortgage 5 1/8% 5 -1 -89 $1,969.08 $10,000 Niagara Mohawk Power 4 3/4% 1990 9,900.00 $5,000 No. Pacific Railway 4% 1997 4,362.50 Principal deposit Lexington Savings Bank 8,470.07 Accumulated income - deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $324.21 Redemption gain 923.49 Income receipts 1,229.88 Less disbursements 1,200.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 1,277.58 GEORGE O. SMITH FUND $2,629.03 The income thererof to be expended by the Field and Garden Club in setting out and keeping in order shade and ornamental trees and shrubs in the streets and highways in said town, or the beautifying of unsightly places in the highways. Corpus $2,507.65 $4,000 Southern Pacific Co- l st Mortgage 2 3/4% Bond Series F due 1 -1 -96 $2,335.44 Principal -deposit Lexington Savings Bank 172.21 Accumulated income -deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $0 Income receipts 121.38 Balance 6 -30 -88 121.38 ELLEN A. STONE FUND $2,063.36 The accrued interest is to be paid to the school committee who are to employ it in aiding needy and deserving young women of Lexington in obtaining a higher education. Corpus $2,000.00 Principal -deposit Lexington Savings Bank $2,000.00 Accumulated income -deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $63.36 Income receipts 62.09 Less disbursements 100.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 225.42 GEORGE W. TAYLOR FLAG FUND $2,284.74 The income to be used for the care, preservation and replacement of said flagpole (on the Battle Green), or for the purchase of new flags; any balance of income from said fund to be used for the care of Lexington Common. corpus $ 2,006.25 Principal -deposit Lexington Savings Bank $2,006.25 Accumulated income -deposit Lexington Savings Bank Balance 7 -1 -87 $211.39 Income receipts 71.10 Balance 6 -30 -88 282.49 Trustees of Public Trusts GEORGE W. TAYLOR TREE FUND $4,327.85 The income is to be expended for the care, purchase and preservation of trees for the adomment of said town. Corpus $2,006.25 Principal- deposit Lexington Savings Bank $2,006.25 Accumulated income - deposit Cambridgeport Savings Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 2,147.79 Income receipts 173.81 Balance 6 -30 -88 2,321.60 ALBERT BALL TENNEY MEMORIAL FUND $10,548.68 The income is to be used to provide nightly illumination of the Lexington Minuteman Statue. Income Account Corpus $4,531.80 $4,000 Hocking Valley 4 12% due 9 -30 -88 Bonds are due 1999 $3,870.74 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 661.06 Accumulated inoorte- deposits Lexington Savings Bank Redemption gain Balance ? -1 -87 $ 5,757.06 Income receipts 559.82 Less disbursements 300.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 6,016.88 TOWER MEMORIAL PARK FUND 36,111.87 The income thereof to be applied by said town, in each and every year for the care, maintenance and improvement of Tower Park. Corpus $8,964.71 $2,000 New England Power Cc 4% $834,475.49 1 st Mtg Bonds Series F due 6 -1 -88 Under redemption $1,510.00 $10,000 Southern Pacific Cc 1st Mtg 825.00 2 3/4% Bonds Series F due 1 -1 -96 5,750.00 Principal-deposit Union Warren Savings 114.71 Principal-deposit Lexington Savings Bank 1,590.00 Income Account 6,679.17 $15,000 U.S. Treasury Note 113/8% due 9 -30 -88 $ 15,140.63 Lexington Savings Bank: Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 7,160.68 Redemption gain 410.00 Income receipts 4,435.85 Balance 6 -30 -88 12,006.5 CHARLES LYMAN WELD FUND $9,578.46 The entire fund, both principal and income, are available upon a vote of the town for educational purposes or chapel at Westview Cemetery. Principal deposit- Lexington Savings Bank $ 5,962.50 Accumulated income-deposit Lexington Savings Bank $18,000 Citicorps Conv Subor Balance 7 -1 -87 $ 2,639.26 Redemption gain 37.50 Income receipts 939.20 Balance 6 -30 -88 3,615.96 WESTVIEW CEMETERY $952,936.47 Corpus $834,475.49 $1,000 Oklahoma Gas & Electric 3 7/8% Bonds due 1988 $872.50 $5,000 Hocking Valley 4 12% Bonds due 1999 825.00 900 Shares Bank of Boston Corp. 4,047.37 600 Shares J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. 4,135.56 1200 Shares State St. Bank & Trust Cc 2,814.41 720 Shares Shawmut Association, Inc 6,679.17 $50,000 U.S. Treasury Bond 111/2% due 11 -15 -95 49,546.88 $50,000 U.S. Treasury Note 11 12% due 10 -15 -90 49,562.50 $50,000 Federal Home Loan Bond 11.7% due 7 -26 -93 49,343.75 $25,000 U.S. Treasury Note 113/8% due 9 -30 -88 25,234.37 1200 Shares New England Merchants Co inc 3,745.92 $17,500 American T & T Co. 8 3/4% Debentures due 5 -15 -2000 18,054.95 $18,000 Citicorps Conv Subor 5.75% notes due 6 -30 -2000 14,125.00 $40,000 Federal Natl Mgt Assoc 8 3/4% due 1 -10 -91 40,787.50 $100,000 U.S. Treasury Note 7 12% due 8 -15 -91 100,678.57 $100,000 Federal Hone Loan 10 3/8% due 8 -25 -92 101,068.75 $100,000 Federal Home Loan Bond 10.7% due 1 -25 -93 100,636.39 $100,000 U.S. Treasury Note 101/8% due 5 -15 -93 101,823.71 500 Shares BayBank Inc 14,485.56 1200 Shares Boston Five Cents Savings 14,984.10 400 Shares American General Corp 15,588.25 500 Shares FPL Group Inc 14,673.01 600 Home Insurance Cc 14,048.50 300 Marine Midland Banks 13,123.22 Principal-deposits Lexington Savings Bank Balance7-1 -87 $100,110.83 Redemption proceeds37,158.29 Received from Town 35,000.00 Less Disbursements 100,678.57 Balance 6 -30 -88 71,590.55 Accumulated inoomedeposit Lexing ton Savings Bank Balsnce7 -1 -87 $ 88,607.02 Redemption gain 1,841.71 Income receipts 86,012.25 Less disbursements 58,000.00 Balance 6 -30 -88 118,460.98 Board of Retirement After interviews with a number of outstanding candidates, Robert Gary was appointed by the Retirement Board in August to finish the 3 -year term of the late Frank T. Parrish, Jr. Robert Gary's many years of experience on various Town Boards and his financial background will be a great asset to the Retirement Board. Robert Cunha, the Town Employees' Elected Representative to the Board, was named Chairman and John Ryan, the Board's ex- officio member, was named Secretary. The Retirement Board had three main objectives for the year. 1. The board voted to employ an actuarial consulting firm to aid in the annual review of the Retirement Plan's liabilities and obligations. The Board engaged Mercer - Meidinger- Hansen to do an actuarial report. With this report, the board will be able to make appropriate requests to fully fund the unfunded liabilities of the Retirement System and make plans for future appropriations. 2. The Board voted to employ an investment management firm to assist in investing its assets, and a bank to handle the custodial needs of the portfolio. Wellington Management Company has been hired to advise the Board on investments and BayBank Harvard engaged to provide comprehensive record keeping services. 3. Chapter 697 of the Acts of 1987, Public Employees' Pension Reform Act, addresses the basic benefit structure, disability retirement and funding of the Retirement System. This was the final step in Pension Reform Legislation started in 1985. The Retirement Board is now ready to advise the 1989 Town Meeting of its recommendations. Many of the provisions of the Reformed Pension legislation are subject to local options. The Retirement Board has made many changes in the way its business is conducted. Its intent is to ensure that the cost of future benefits will be met as these benefits accrue. The Retirement Board is committed to making the Lexington Retirement System financially sound. LEXINGTON CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET NOVEMBER 30, 1988 NOVEMBER 30, 1987 ACCOUNT Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities Cash & Investments 1,335,709 253,013 Equities 2,048,245 2,239,344 Bonds 14,899,190 13,252,672 Interest Due & Accrued 354,654 48,372 Annuity Savings Fund 5,582,808 5,167,563 Annuity Reserve Fund 3,063,652 2,887,900 Pension Fund 2,377,423 2,885,322 Pension Reserve Fund 5,306,274 4,036,465 Expense Fund 19,915 6,547 Investment Income Received 1,383,841 947,346 Interest Not Refunded 6,387 Paid Accrued Interest 60,265 Loss on Sale of Investments 5,883 Increase in Market Value of Equities 315,512 Decrease in Market Value of Equities 26,625 Members Deductions 569,296 534,948 Transfer from Other Systems 19,132 17,059 Members Make Up Payments 3,302 4,395 Pension Fund Appropriation 1,775,741 1,111,000 Pension Reserve Appropriation 300,000 150,000 Expense Fund Appropriation 4,550 4,940 Reimbursement from Other Systems 32,286 47,574 Received from Comm. for COLA 427,833 229,082 Salaries 1,375 1,375 Administrative Expenses 2,329 3,101 Travel 234 346 Annuities Paid 236,913 222,694 Pension Paid 1,911,681 1,761,883 Reimbursements to Other Systems 46,038 37,956 Transfer to Other Systems 53,359 73,329 Refunded to Members 171,378 61,501 Option B Refunds 34,074 33,823 Military Service Fund 4,168 COLA's Paid 44,901 TOTALS 21,187,952 21,187,952 18,034,311 18,034,311 Board of Retirement PORTFOLIO RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS December 31. 1988 BONDS DESCRIPTION PAR VALUE DESCRIPTION PAR VALUE UTII,I'TIES TELEPHONE Alabama Gas & Electric 10.0 of 18 200,000 American Tel & Tel 5 1/8 of 2001 25,000 Baltimore Gas & Electric 8 1/4 of 99 20,000 American Tel & Tel 5 1/2 of 97 25,000 Boston Edison 4 3/4 of 95 10,000 American Tel & Tel 8 3/4 of 2000 75,000 Boston Edison 9 of 99 30,000 Bell Tel of Pennsylvania 7 1/2 of 2013 50,000 Boston Edison 9 1/4 of 2007 50,000 Chesapeake & Ohio Telephone 8.78 of 2009 500,000 Boston Gas 4.65 of 90 10,000 Illinois Bell Telephone 4 7/8 of 97 15,000 Boston Gas 9 3/4 of 95 36,000 Illinois Bell Telephone 8 of 2005 15,000 Carolina Power & Light 8.875 of 16 350,000 Michigan Bell Telephone 4 3/8 of 91 20,000 Carolina Power & Light 85 of 2017 500,000 Michigan Bell Telephone 9.60 of 2008 50,000 Cleveland Electric Illum 4 3/8 of 94 10,000 Mountain States Tel & Tel 5 1/2 of 2005 20,000 Commonwealth Edison 8 of 2003 50,000 Mountain States Tel & Tel 8 5/8 of 2018 100,000 Commonwealth Edison 8 1/4 of 2007 50,000 Mountain States Tel & Tel 9.75 of 2012 250,000 Commonwealth Edison 9 1/8 of 2008 50,000 New York Tel 4 518 of 2004 15,000 Commonwealth Edison 9 3/8 of 2004 50,000 New York Tel 7 1/2 of 2009 15,000 Connecticut Power & Light 6 7/8 of 98 15,000 New York Tel 7 7/8 of 2017 100,000 Connecticut Power & Light 7 1/2 of 2003 50,000 New York Tel 8.625 of 2016 500,000 Duke Power 8 1/2 of 2000 35,000 Northwestern Bell Tel 7 1/2 of 2005 45,000 Duke Power 7 3/4 of 2002 15,000 Pacific Northwest Bell 8.75 of 18 500,000 Dusquesne Light 8 3/4 of 2000 35,000 South Central Bell Tel 8 1/4 of 2013 50,000 Dusquesne Light 9 of 2006 50,000 Southern Bell Tel & Tel 4 3/8 of 98 10,000 El Paso Electric 7 3/4 of 2001 40,000 Southern Bell Tel & Tel 4 3/8 of 2001 15,000 Houston Power & Light 9.0 of 17 500,000 Southern Bell Tel & Tel 7 5/8 of 2013 50,000 Houston Power & Light 8.125 of 2004 500,000 Southern N.E. Tel & Tel 8.625 of 2026 500,000 Idaho Power 5 1/4 of 96 25,000 Southwestern Bell Tel & Tel 5 3/8 of 2006 15,000 Louisville Gas & Electric 5 5/8 of 96 25,000 Southwestern Bell Tel & Tel 9.625 of 2019 250,000 Niagara - Mohawk Power 5 7/8 of 96 10,000 Southwestern Bell Tel & Tel 9.625 of 2019 250,000 Niagara - Mohawk Power 7 3/4 of 2002 35,000 Southwestern Bell Tel & Tel 85 of 2016 500,000 Northern States Power 95 of 2005 200,000 Wisconsin Tel Co 8 of 2014 75,000 Oklahoma Gas & Electric 8 5/8 of 2006 50,000 U.S. GOVERNMENT Pacific Gas & Electric 4 5/8 of 97 20,000 Pacific Gas & Electric 10.0 of 2020 Pennsylvania Power & Light 9 of 2000 200,000 401000 U.S. Treasury Bonds Reg 10 1/2 of 92 300,000 Potomac Electric Power 5 1/8 of 2001 25,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds Reg 113/8 of 89 300,000 Public Service of Colorado 8 1/4 of 2007 501000 U.S. Treasury Bonds Reg 11 1/2 of 95 300,000 San Diego Electric 9.75 of 2008 100,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds Reg 10 3/4 of 90 250,000 San Diego Electric 9.75 of 2008 1509000 U.S. Treasury Bonds Reg 113/4 of 91 500,000 So. California Edison 9 1/4 of 16 500,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds Reg 11.875 of 2003 500,000 Texas Electric Sery 8 7/8 of 2000 100,000 U.S. treasury Bonds Reg 11.875 of 89 500,000 Texas Power & Light 8.6 of 2006 Union Electric 4 1/2 of 95 5'000 25,000 BANK - CAPITAL AND CONVERTIBLE NOTES Utah Power & Light 7 of 98 Utah Power & Light 9 7/8 of 17 309000 100,000 Bankers Trust 4 1/2 OF 88 33,000 Western Mass Electric 9 1/4 of 2004 100,000 Bank of Boston 10.3 of 00 250,000 Wisconsin Public Service 7 1/4 of 99 35,000 Chase Manhattan Bank, NA 4 7/8 of 93 2,5W Chemical Bank -N.Y. 5 of 93 1,400 RAILROADS Citicorp 9.0 of 93 500,000 Crocker National Bank 4.60 of 89 25,000 Burlington Northern 3 1/8 of 90 25,000 COMMERCIAL Burlington Northern 4 of 97 25,000 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 4 1/2 of 92 Hocking Valley RR 4 1/2 of 99 50,000 15,000 Anheuser -Busch 8 5/8 of 16 300,000 Missouri- Pacific RR 4 1/4 of 90 25,000 General Motors Accpt 7.85 of 98 50,000 Missouri- Pacific RR 4 1/4 of 2005 50,000 International Paper 8.85 of 2000 50,000 Union Pacific RR 8 of 91 50,000 McDonalds Corp 9.75 of 2017 500,000 RJ. Nabisco 8.625 of 2017 5009000 J.C. Penney 9.0 of 2016 150,000 J.C. Penney 9.0 of 2016 350,000 To Board of Retirement PORTFOLIO RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS December 31, 1988 BANK STOCKS NAME OF BANK NUMBER OF SHARES Ameritrust 4,000 Bank of Boston Corp 13,500 Bank of N.E. Corp 13,360 Banker; Trust -New York 448 BayBanks, Inc. 4,000 Chase Manhattan National Bank 1,177 Chemical Bank New York Trust 776 Citicorp New York 2,496 Comerica 1 ,579 Manufacturer's Hanover Trust 688 Manufacturer's Nat'l Bank of Detroit 722 J.P. Morgan 8,000 Patriot Bancorporation 1,698 Shawmut Association 3,000 State Street - Boston Financial 16,000 Total 71,444 Robert W. Cunha, Chairman John J. Ryan, Secretary, Ex- Officio Member Robert M. Gary, Appointed Member Comptroller FY87 FY88 Payroll $143,848 $148,997 Expenses 118,753 127,224 Personnel 6 51/2 During fiscal 1988, the Comptroller's Office expended a significant amount of time and energy in dealing with two specific areas. Those two areas were data processing and the Pine Meadows Golf Course purchase. In the area of data processing, considerable time was spent in reviewing the extstm software, trying to identify the strength and weakness of the system. A capital expenditure request will be made to Town Meeting in the Spring of 1989 regarding the entire data processing area. Board of RetiremenL Robert Gary, who replaced the late Frank T. Parrish, Jr.; Robert Cunha, representing town employees; John Ryan, Comptroller. Photo: Stephen wade As everyone is aware, the Town voted to purchase the Pine Meadows Golf Course by a Town Meeting vote and a town wide election held in August. There was considerable time expended in putting together a bond issue which was in compliance with all the aspects of the current tax laws, as amended by the Tax Reform Legislation of 1986. 97 John Ryan, Comptroller Comptroller /Combined Balance Sheet of All Funds COMBINED BALANCE SHEET - ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUPS JUNE 30, 1988 M FIDUCIARY GOVERNMENTAL TYPE FUNDS TYPE FUNDS CCOUNT GROUP TOTALS Special Capital Long Term Debt (Memorandum Only) General Revenue Projects Treasurer Public Accounts June 30, 1988 June 30, 1987 Assets Cash Investments 22,302,148 725,850 1,446,649 24,474,647 26,201,261 Receivables: Taxes 302,978 302,978 471,194 Excises 640,973 640,973 341,188 252,996 921,197 User Charges & Liens 341,188 68,257 68,257 28,238 Tax Liens Departmentals 179,737 179,737 300,703 Special Assessments 852,272 852,272 35,380 958,805 41,048 Due from other governments Deferred Revenue (1,474,282) 35,380 (1,474,282) (1,657,742) Accrued Interest 73,554 73,554 40,381 Other Debits Due (to) /from Other Funds (6,778,828) 1,424,003 5,496,330 (162,134) 20,628 33,864 33,864 Tax Foreclosures 33,864 Amounts Provided For: Payments of Bonds 6,073,000 6,073,000 6,703,000 State (Chapter 645) 6,642,000 6,642,000 7,122,000 Payments of Notes 16,080 16,080 70,000 Due from Insurance Company Total Assets 16,541,860 1,475,463 5,496,330 563,717 1,467,277 12,715,000 38,259,647 41,486,946 Liabilities Warrants Payable 1,791,941 1,791,941 901,121 Payroll Deductions Deposits 2,041 18,507 2,041 171,900 190,407 71,908 121,979 Bonds Payable: Inside Debt Limit 1,645,000 1,645,000 1,955,000 Outside Debt Limit 11,070,000 11,070,000 11,870,000 Notes Payable 16,080 16,080 11,350 70,000 8,594 Due to Other Govts. 11,350 Reserves Reserve for Abatements/ Exemptions 269,277 269,277 454,965 Reserve for Collected Taxes 676,901 676,901 287,409 Fund Equity Reserve for Encumbrances 2,425,471 2,425,471 2,011,402 12,168,751 1,462,187 Reserve for Expenditures 2,011,402 1,050 Reserve for Petty Cash 1,050 Reserve for Expenditures Designated: Over /Under Assessments Various (346) 1,459,383 5,496,330 (346) 391,817 1,467,277 8,814,807 54,489 3,299,689 Abatements /Exemptions Surplus 250,000 250,000 1,068,345 Undesignated: Unreserved Fund Balance 9,084,265 9,084,265 769,459 Total Liabilities, Reserves and Fund Balance 16,541,860 1,475,463 5,496,330 563,717 1,467,277 12,715,000 38,259,647 41,486,946 M Comptroller/Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES & CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES ALL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1988 Revenues: Non Enterprise Charges for Services Intergovernmental Earnings on Investments Total Revenues Expenditures General Government Public Safety Health & Human Services Public Works Veterans Benefits Education Libraries Park Park & Recreation Pension & Retirements Unclassified Cemeteries Maturing Debt & Interest Total Expenditures Excess Revenue Over/ (Under) Expenditures Other Financing Sources (Uses) Proceeds on Notes Operating Transfers In Payments of Notes Operating Transfers Out Total Other Financing Sources: (Uses) Excess of Revenues & Other Sources Over /(Under) Expendi- tures & Other Uses Fund Balance, June 30, 1987 Fund Balance, June 30, 1988 School Highway Education Other (Totals- Memorandum Only) Cafeteria Improvements Revenue Revenue June 30, 1988 June 30, 1987 624,907 624,907 554,527 289,067 2,032,721 799,795 3,121,583 3,405,660 5,238 624,907 289,067 2,032,721 799,795 3,746,490 3,965,425 7,526 7,526 26,534 181,329 181,329 159,577 324,783 8,136 332,919 197,584 597,886 2,006,443 2,604,329 2,398,722 30,314 30,314 23,286 115,558 115,558 44,788 152,125 152,125 590,490 597,886 324,783 2,006,443 494,988 3,424,100 3,440,980 27,021 (35,716) 26,278 304,807 322,390 524,444 250,000 250,000 70,000 31,500 31,500 (303,920) (303,920) (81,962) (182,600) (182,600) (391,159) (53,920) 31,500 (182,600) (205,020) (403,121) 27,021 (89,636) 57,778 122,207 117,370 121,324 20,352 450,462 221,341 649,859 1,342,013 1,220,690 47,373 360,826 279,119 772,066 1,459,383 1,342,013 &J, Comptroller /Revenues, Expenditures, Changes in Fund Balance STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988 100 Transfers/ June 30, 1987 Adjustments Revenues Expenditures June 30, 1988 Balance + (-) Balance Special Revenue Fund - School Cafeteria 20,352 624,907 597,886 47,373 School Lunch Special Revenue Fund Highway Highway Purpose (Pothole) 14,181 14,181 Highway Layout Highway Grant 1984 -1985 49,690 74,174 39,812 49,690 34,362 Highway Grant 1986 312,416 35,644 276,773 Highway Resurfacing 1986 1 1 Highway Resurfacing 1988 (53,920) 289,067 235,147 Totals 450,462 (53,920) 289,067 324,783 360,826 Special Revenue Fund - Education Federal Grants: 12 12 Special Education- Mainstream 1,283 Lexington Special Services 1,283 Enhance 6,193 66 6,259 Transition 599 599 Word Processing & Accounting Summer Language/Low Income 160 3,963 28,502 160 31,341 1,124 P.L.874 15,092 10,276 13,012 12,355 Munch 609 609 Smoking Prevention 54 54 Early Childhood Program 1,496 34,753 1,496 34,525 228 Federal Grants Lexington Special Serv. - 88 48,271 46,965 1,306 Project Enhance - 88 40,238 39,861 377 Transition - 88 63,820 63,109 711 Technology Group 3,880 3,993 (113) Life and Earth Science 1,203 30,001 1,203 30,001 Sum Lang - Low Inc. - 89 Early Childhood Allocation 10,400 7,115 3,285 Literacy Grant 6,304 5,482 822 Gifts School: Foundation Computer 12,521 18,582 16,304 14,799 Foundation Drama 25,767 18,719 17,882 26,604 Foundation Materials 2,212 2,212 Lost Books 6,418 1,012 1,112 6,318 School Athletes 15,398 22,423 21,925 76,730 36,000 75,191 1,323 23,962 Adult Education Driver Education 11,850 28,228 38,429 1,648 Metco Racial Imbalance 45,437 45,437 Other School: ECDA Grant Chapter 2 Block Grant 349 314 35 Mastery-in- Learning School Improvement Council 625 9,666 625 6,940 2,726 Terminal Workstations 85 81 4 Historical Thinking Skills Developmental Early Ed Program 50 23,081 50 23,733 (652) Developmental Early Ed Program Supp 10,000 10,000 100 Comptroller /Revenues, Expenditures, Changes in Fund Balance STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988 101 Transfers/ June 30, 1987 Adjustments Revenues Expenditures June 30, 1988 Balance + (-) Balance School Bus Tickets 2,989 3,402 3,032 3,359 Off Duty Custodians 3,011 12,642 10,822 4,832 Metco - 88 1,007,040 924,516 82,524 Block Grant -88 31,403 30,083 1,320 Horace Mann 43,400 43,400 EDOC Metropathways 219,500 219,500 Group Therapy Elementary SP 1,050 725 325 Sex Education 2,268 689 1,579 Professional Development Group - 88 62,382 62,382 Mastery in Learning - 88 3,000 3,000 Terminal Workstation 7,480 6,994 486 Creative Drama 3,000 3,000 School Improvement Council - 88 66,980 28,693 38,287 Gov. Alliance Against Drugs 11,990 1,981 10,009 Develop Early Education - 88 70,072 66,930 3,142 Bus/Tech Group 25,000 25,040 (40) Chinese Group 11,250 10,646 604 Literacy Group 7,952 7,335 617 Mass Housing Partnership 31,500 31,500 Totals 221,341 31,500 2,032,721 2,006,443 279,119 Spec. Revenue Fund -Other Spec. Revenue Federal Grants: Inflow Infiltration Analysis 39,835 (39,835) Traffic Improvements -So. Lexington 80,000 80,000 Traffic Improvements -No. Lexington 239 2,466 2,705 Youth 1,634 275 100 1,809 Recreation 1,489 9,201 850 9,839 Needy Family 100 100 Council on Aging 15,313 31,565 24,662 22,215 Vote Today Flag 66 66 School Smoke Detector 30 30 Playground Project 1,843 58,895 52,102 8,636 Suicide Prevention 1,513 200 1,313 Town Manager Organizational Dev. 1,526 1,526 Minority Community Affairs 989 989 MGFOA Professional Development 6,000 6,000 Planning Affordable Housing 13,775 8,179 5,596 Spring Street/Hayden Avenue 80,000 80,000 Hutchinson 875 875 Fund Balance Insurance Reimbursement: Police 1,001 9,851 10,302 551 Fire 2,664 122 2,786 Public Works- Vehicle 3,552 6,804 5,931 4,425 Traffic Signs -Fence 3,872 3,252 1,977 5,146 Public Works -Trees 171 171 Hydrants 6,432 3,393 9,825 Schools 300 300 101 Comptroller /Revenues, Expenditures, Changes in Fund Balance STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDTTURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988 102 Transfers/ June 30, 1987 Adjustments Revenues Expenditures June 30, 1988 Balance + (-) Balance Fund Balance Off Duty Details: Public Works (123) 228 (351) Police (14,078) 175,723 170,828 (9,182) Fire 867 358 1,224 Custodian 307 1,823 1,823 307 Council on Aging Grant 6,743 11,283 7,444 10,583 Fund Balance -County Dog Fund 3,066 (3,065) 3,019 3,020 Fund Balances -Sale of Cemetery Lots 112,594 39,510 152,104 Aid to Library 30,133 29,126 30,314 28,945 Accrued Bond Interest 26,158 58 26,216 Premium on Sale Bonds/Notes 865 817 1,682 Parking Meter -Lots Permits Parking Meter 141,346 (101,981) 103,485 142,850 Parking Permits 62,528 33,099 95,627 Parking Lots 76,034 (37,719) 42,021 80,335 Self Supporting Recreation 21,235 71,486 62,506 30,216 MBT A Lexpress Grant 1,130 80,000 81,130 Totals 649,859 (182,600) 799,795 494,988 772,066 BREAKDOWN OF ALL DESIGNATED BALANCES Special Revenue Fund School Cafeteria 20,352 624,907 597,886 47,373 Special Revenue Fund Highway 450,462 (53,920) 289,067 324,783 360,826 Special Revenue Fund Education 221,341 31,500 2,032,721 2,006,443 279,119 Special Revenue Other Revenue 649,859 (182,600) 799,795 494,988 772,066 Totals 1,342,013 (205,020) 3,746,490 3,424,100 1,459,383 A. (To) Revenue General Fund B. Town Meeting Action C. Receivable from State D. Project Complete Used for Note Payment 102 Comptroller /Appropriation Accounts FISCAL 1989 APPROPRIATION AT 1988 TOWN ACCOUNT BUDGET EXPENDED BALANCE MEETING Selectmen -003 25,000 Personal Services 41,210 41,210 41,054 Expenses -102 9,850 8,129 1,721 10,850 Expenses -Cry Fwd 301 170 131 Lexington Center Design 25,000 Additional Funds for Salary Settlements 480,000 Town Manager -004 Personal Service -101 173,955 165,038 8,917 178,241 Expenses -102 10,450 10,255 195 11,000 Expenses-Cry Fwd Manager 524 324 200 Town Jurisdiction -005 Temporary Help & Overtime -104 31,000 18,000 13,000 35,000 Clerical Pool -105 18,519 18,857 (338) 17,434 Office Furniture & Fixtures -106 4,000 3,063 937 4,000 Office Furniture & Fixture -Cry Fwd 1,519 1,507 12 Fire & Police Medical 108 47,500 46,610 890 35,000 Out of State Travel -115 5,000 4,267 733 5,000 General Professional Services -121 75,000 71,560 3,440 75,000 General Professional Services -Cry Fwd 12,408 5,817 6,590 Director of Guides -131 1,500 1,500 1,500 Tuition and Training -132 12,500 12,079 421 12,500 In State Travel -133 8,712 7,673 1,039 12,000 Instate Travel Cry-Fwd 350 350 Safety Program Expenses 500 215 285 500 Selectmen Jurisdiction -006 Elections -158 19,900 15,959 3,941 25,600 Appropriation Committee-011 Expenses - 102 25,950 950 25,000 950 Town Clerk Jurisdiction -015 Elections -158 18,867 13,853 5,014 26,620 Elections -Cry Fwd 50 50 Board of Registration -017 Personal Service -101 1,600 1,558 42 1,558 Expenses -102 31,150 24,067 7,083 33,685 Expenses -Cry Fwd 3,742 3,240 502 Town Report-019 Expenses -102 6,000 5,996 4 6,250 Expenses Cry Fwd 870 190 680 Financial Operations Personal Services -23 379,977 369,857 10,120 363,480 Expenses -24 203,086 190,030 13,056 167,250 Expenses Cry-Fwd 20,151 11,376 8,775 Reserve Fund -166 250,000 Property Value Update (Art. 29 of '88) 92,000 Town Clerk -039 Personal Services- 101 80,543 80,543 80,229 Expenses -102 2,080 1,310 770 2,285 Law -045 Expenses -102 26,000 16,000 10,000 31,640 Expenses -Cry Fwd 2,284 2,284 Law Fees -128 175,000 175,000 115,000 Board of Appeals -061 Personal Services -101 20,104 20,104 20,028 Expenses -102 2,850 2,037 813 1,300 Expenses C Fwd 139 139 Planning Board -063 Personal Services -101 85,381 82,760 2,621 85,058 Expenses -102 6,340 5,582 758 6,600 Expenses -Cry Fwd 660 408 252 103 Comptroller /Appropriation Accounts ACCOUNT Board of Retirement -071 Expenses -102 Contributory Retirement Fund -118 Non - Contributory Pension Fund -119 Non - Contributory Pension Fund -Cry Fwd Pension Funding -120 Insurance-076 Expenses -102 Expenses -Cry Fwd Police -101 Personal Services- Collective Bargaining -099 Personal Services -101 Expenses -102 Expenses -Cry Fwd Parking Meter Maintenance -149 Fire -103 Personal Services- Collective Bargaining -099 Personal Services -101 Expenses 102 Expenses -Cry Fwd Fire Eng. & Bucket Truck Chassis -(Art. 30 of '87) Fire Station Reroofing (26 of 88) Fire Truck Rehab (Art. 26 of '88) Inspection Department -113 Personal Services -101 Expenses -102 Local Disaster Service Personal Services -101 Expenses -102 Dog Officer -133 Personal Services -101 Expenses -102 Schools -200 Vocational School Public Works Department of Public Works- P.S. -304 Department of Public Works - Expenses -305 Expenses -Cry Fwd MWRA Water Mains (Art. 17 of '87) Water Leak Detection (Art. 18 of '87) Traffic Signal (Art. 25 of '87) Traffic Signal (Art. 35 of '88) Public Works Equip. ( Art. 22 of '87) Parking Lot (Art. 24 of '87) Parking Lot Operation & Maint. Storm Windows Munroe School (Art.55 of '85) -17 Energy Improvements (Art. 18 of '86) Re -roof Munroe School ( Art. 29 of '87) Exhaust Fans at 201 Bedford St. Hazardous Waste Replace Oil Storage Tanks (Art. 25 of '88) Street Improvements (Art. 23 of '87) Sidewalk Construction (Art.20 of '87) Street Acceptance (Art. 22 of '88) Westview Cemetery (Art. 22 of '88) Historical District Comm. -481 Expenses -102 Celebration Comm. -482 Expenses -102 Misc. Boards & Commissions -483 Expenses -102 Unbudgeted Committee -Cry Fwd FISCAL 1989 APPROPRIATION AT 1988 TOWN BUDGET EXPENDED BALANCE MEETING 4,840 4,840 4,550 1,814,047 1,814,047 1,997,263 221,500 220,545 955 200,000 15,748 15,748 300,000 300,000 291,000 2,492,200 2,492,200 2,725,787 63,002 41,125 21,877 1,541,220 1,541,184 36 1,527,627 574,290 574,285 5 576,172 250,372 183,033 67,339 242,783 320 320 3,700 3,678 22 3,848 1,781,537 1,781,523 14 1,780,440 188,220 188,218 2 194,032 162,645 146,998 15,647 166,940 7,712 2,788 4,924 198,000 197,691 309 60,000 35,000 128,566 128,565 1 132,572 5,100 4,587 513 4,044 200 200 200 500 500 500 20,850 20,850 20,184 8,155 6,327 1,828 8,280 22,202,221 22,037,280 164,941 24,044,768 377,024 377,024 399,815 2,517,247 2,513,046 4,201 2,042,683 3,197,005 2,978,119 218,886 3,100,344 160,329 136,976 23,353 1,796,319 1,796,319 400,000 400,000 35,000 7,040 27,960 60,000 21,294 38,706 75,000 300,000 298,650 1,350 270,000 125,000 113,130 11,870 80,000 2,163 2,163 125,000 14,919 110,081 40,000 36,471 3,529 30,000 20,815 9,185 50,000 30,000 29,576 424 30,000 15,000 15,000 300,000 296,315 3,685 500,000 140,000 43,586 96,414 80,000 60,000 2,400 2,098 302 2,800 10,000 9,976 24 10,000 6,200 5,907 293 7,400 87 87 M Comptroller /Appropriation Accounts FISCAL 1989 APPROPRIATION AT 1988 TOWN ACCOUNT BUDGET EXPENDED BALANCE MEETING Conservation -487 Personal Services- 101 Expenses -102 50,872 47,911 2,961 50,980 Expenses -Cry Fwd 10,200 1,945 5,486 1,878 4,714 67 10,330 Conservation Purchase -Tower Park (Art. 34 of '87 180,000 180,000 Conservation Fund -570 65,000 Health -501 Personal Services -101 Expenses -102 85,311 85,311 86,951 Expenses-Cry Fwd 22,250 232 18,077 197 4,173 36 22,100 Visiting Nurses -502 Expenses -102 Expenses -Cry Fwd 8,100 581 4,342 3,758 8,400 Rabies Clinic -503 581 Expenses -102 Expenses Cry-Fwd 3,325 93 1,047 2,278 3,425 Council on Aging -531 93 Personal Services -101 Expenses - 102 62,264 62,264 57,230 Senior Center Heating (Art. 27 of '87) 50,850 75,000 49,883 18,757 967 56,243 53,986 Mystic Valley Mental Health -535 Expenses -102 Expenses C Fwd Services 15,000 5250 11,250 5,250 3,750 Community -536 Expenses - 102 Human Services -537 94,550 93,323 1,227 119,500 L.cxpress Veterans Benefits -551 246,500 232,150 14,350 237,000 Personal Services -101 Expenses -102 15,846 15,846 15,786 Aid & Expenses -154 325 15,104 325 5,008 10,096 391 15,079 Grave Registration -155 200 96 104 200 Burial Expense Cary Library-601 500 500 500 Personal Services Expenses -102 743,191 733,939 9,252 750,664 Expenses Cry-Fwd 221,984 3,400 217,683 3,346 4,300 54 242,150 Cary Library Computer Equip. (Art. 37 of 187) 35,000 34,859 141 Cary Library Renovation (Art. 30 of '88) 125,000 Recreation -621 Personal Services -101 Expenses- 102 164,084 158,064 6,020 184,592 Expenses -Cry Fwd 24,463 3,284 23,097 3,284 1,366 25,625 Improve Tennis Courts (Art. 30 of '88) 90,000 Lincoln Street Develop. (Art. 31 of '87) 180,000 135,039 44,961 Reconstruct Ctr Basketball Courts (Art.32 of '87) 27,000 24,269 2,732 Improve Playground Play Equipment (Art. 33 of '8 10,000 10,000 Debt Service -700 Maturing Debt -126 Interest -127 1,110,000 1,109,404 596 925,000 Tax & bond Anticipation Notes 837,142 24,000 810,983 23,548 26,159 452 769,364 28,000 Water Enterprise Water Main (Art. 16 of '88) 1,841,292 Sewer Enterprise 220,000 1,759,229 Grand Total 47,549,085 46,168,437 1,380,647 50,710,418 105 Comptroller /Schedule of Revenues 36,144,282 SCHEDULE OF REVENUES 33,577,286 Charges for Services JULY 1, 1987 to JUNE 30, 1988 154,378 Fire special Special Water Utility Charges 2,098,517 General Revenue Assessment Agency & Totals 1,755,361 Fund Fund Fund Trust 1988 1987 Tax Collections 20,480 Water House Connections (Net of Refunds) 24,151 215 Property 34,227,749 34,227,749 31,958,624 Tax Liens Redeemed 7,593 7,593 2,484 Sub 34,235,342 34,235,342 31,961,108 Motor Vehicles Excise 1,799,191 1,799,191 1,439,168 Penalties & Interest 109,749 109,749 177,010 Total 36,144,282 36,144,282 33,577,286 Charges for Services 181,373 154,378 Fire 1,310 358 Water Utility Charges 2,098,517 Sealer of Weights 2,098,517 1,755,361 Water Liens 77,856 1,659 77,856 20,480 Water House Connections 215 24,151 215 94 Water Miscellaneous 3,399 3,828 Sub 35,848 176,081 Sub 2,179,987 2,179,987 1,775,935 Sewer Utility Charges 1,391,835 1,391,835 1,055,706 Sewer Liens 70,884 70,884 13,345 Sub 1,462,719 1,462,719 1,069,051 Parking Meters 103,485 103,485 85,447 Parking Permits 33,099 33,099 34,902 Parking Lots 42,021 42,021 46,077 Sub 178,604 178,604 166,426 Total 3,642,705 178,604 3,821,310 3,011,412 Departmental: General Government Selectmen 18 12,875 12,893 18 Town Clerk 23,960 23,960 21,036 Treasurer Collector 21,759 21,759 32,526 Planning Board 27,492 27,492 27,943 Board of Appeals 6,687 6,687 8,746 Custodians -Off Duty 1,823 1,823 1,261 Miscellaneous 4,033 4,033 1,180 Sub 83,949 14,698 98,647 92,708 Public Safety Police 5,650 175,723 181,373 154,378 Fire 1,310 358 1,668 4,275 Sealer of Weights 1,024 1,024 4,726 Animal Control 1,659 1,659 3,348 Conservation Commission 24,151 24,151 19,128 Building Inspector 2,054 2,054 3,828 Sub 35,848 176,081 211,928 189,683 106 Comptroller /Schedule of Revenues SCHEDULE OF REVENUES JULY 1, 1987 to JUNE 30, 1988 Special Special 107 General Revenue Assessment Agency & Totals Fund Fund Fund Trust 1988 1987 Health & Sanitation Health 10,485 10,485 11,363 Sewer House Connections 15,996 15,996 15,996 Sewer Service Rental 3,047 3,047 2,917 Sewer MDC 6,675 6,675 6,675 Sewer Miscellaneous 31 31 3,418 Sub 29,558 6,675 36,233 40,369 Public Works Insurance Reimbursements 23,721 23,721 4,319 Off Duty Details 975 975 975 Other 16,242 82,466 98,708 83,857 Sub 16,242 107,162 123,404 89,151 Schools Rentals 95,545 95,545 38,757 Cafeteria 624,907 624,907 645,979 Athletics 21,925 21,925 32,310 Off Duty Custodians 12,642 12,642 22,685 Other 146,672 146,672 159,456 Sub 95,545 806,147 901,692 899,187 Recreation Programs, etc. 119,125 119,125 107,699 Self Supporting 71,486 71,486 56,756 Gift 68,371 68,371 700 Sub 119,125 139,858 258,983 165,155 Cemetery Sale of Lots 39,510 39,510 37,881 Care of Lots & Graves 41,629 41,629 41,629 Other 58,145 58,145 56,831 Sub 58,145 39,510 41,629 139,284 136,340 Unclassified: Municipal Bldg. Rentals 67,993 67,993 114,961 Ambulance Service 32,173 32,173 19,064 Workmen's Comp. Recovery 12,240 12,240 12,240 Salary Related Recoveries 83 83 83 Sale of Real Estate Miscellaneous 78,583 509,797 588,380 588,380 Hotel/Motel 272,411 272,411 100,747 Sub 463,481 509,797 973,279 835,474 Totals for Departmentals 901,894 1,799,928 48,015 2,749,836 2,448,067 107 Comptroller /Schedule of Revenues SCHEDULE OF REVENUES JULY 1, 1987 to JUNE 30, 1988 special spacial General Revenue Assessment Agency & Totals Fund Fund Fund Trust 1988 1987 Licenses & Permits Alcoholic Beverages 37,292 37,292 39,097 Other: Selectmen 3,492 3,492 3,492 Town Clerk 5,529 5,529 5,529 Police 5,666 5,666 5,666 Fire 12,750 12,750 1,055 Inspections 432,304 432,304 284,571 Health 8,592 8,592 8,592 P.W. Drain Layer 150 150 633 P.W. Street Openings 3,159 3,159 3,547 Total 508,934 508,934 352,182 Revenue From Fed. Gov't Special Revenue Fund 277,813 277,813 284,689 Revenue From the State Special Revenue Funds 1,616,256 1,616,256 1,679,011 Education: Aid for Education 2,270,549 2,270,549 2,166,464 Tuition for State Wards 18,060 18,060 Transportation 876,420 876,420 248,432 School Bldg. Assistance 715,617 715,617 Residential 143,244 143,244 Other Purpose: Local Aid 1,156,657 1,156,657 1,871,335 Highways 421,937 421,937 82,556 Recreation Special Needs 2,288 2,288 2,288 Aid to Libraries 29,126 29,126 30,133 Loss of Taxes 54,862 54,862 152,634 Various 6,502 6,502 30,702 Total 5,666,136 1,923,195 7,589,331 6,716,035 Revenue From Other Local Governments County: Dog Fund 450 3,019 3,469 3,516 Court Fines 187,933 187,933 137,673 MBTA 80,000 80,000 80,000 Other Municipalities: Pension Recoveries 45,090 45,090 35,773 Total 233,473 83,019 316,493 256,962 Miscellaneous Revenue Special Assessment: Sewer 87,922 87,922 100,128 Sidewalk 384 384 1,037 Street 17,678 17,678 46,893 Water 200 200 190 Sub 106,183 106,183 148,248 108 Comptroller /Schedule of Revenues SCHEDULE OF REVENUES JULY 1, 1987 to JUNE 30, 1988 Special Special General Revenue Assessment Agency & Totals Fund Fund Fund Trust 1988 1987 Committed Interest 33,619 33,619 37,035 Parking Violations Earnings on Investment Trust Funds: Conservation Seedling Forest Unemp. Compensation School Energy Alice Ferguson Cemetery Remembrance Arts Lottery Council Total Other Financing Sources: Municipal Indebtedness State Anticipation Notes Bond Anticipation Notes Premium Accrued Interest/Premium Proceeds from Bonds Total 87,362 87,362 90,999 1,403,845 1,403,845 1,214,260 27,532 27,532 17,006 10 10 38 5,146 5,146 20,365 435 435 435 393 1 1 4 17,138 17,138 12,030 1,491,207 139,802 50,654 1,681,663 1,540,420 281,313 281,313 20,000 875 875 27,164 0 13,640,000 282,188 282,188 47,164 Total Revenue & Other Financing Sources 48,588,631 4,266,934 139,802 98,669 53,094,037 61,589,527 109 Comptroller /Schedule of Accounts Receivable SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988 Uncollected Abatements & Adjusted Apportionments Collections Uncollected July 1, 1987 Commitments Adjustments Collectible & Transfers Net of Refunds June 30, 1988 General Fund Personal Property Taxes: Levy of 1988 Levy of 1988 676,142 241 675,901 673,593 2,308 1987 3,236 2,544 693 (1,536) 2,229 1986 3,533 180 3,353 94,033 3,353 1985 4,747 27,140 (22,393) (26,914) 4,521 1984 3,846 46,962 3,846 29 3,818 1983 3,721 1,768 3,721 28 3,692 1982 1,656 1,656 222 1,434 1981 1,771 454,965 1,771 416,460 1,771 Real Estate Taxes: Levy of 1988 34,204,289 309,037 33,895,253 33,682,802 212,451 1987 286,777 68,764 218,013 207,396 10,617 1986 94,033 5,734 88,299 16,879 60,091 11,328 1985 48,015 1,053 46,962 17,035 20,012 9,915 1984 2,851 1,768 1,082 22 1,060 1983 779 779 0, 779 Totals 454,965 34,880,432 416,460 34,918,937 33,914 34,615,745 269,277 Deferred Property Tax Rec. 16,229 20,782 37,011 3,310 33,701 Tax Title 28,238 47,612 75,850 7,593 68,257 Motor Vehicle Excise: Levy of 1988 1,562,187 45,141 1,517,046 1,077,715 439,332 1987 74,213 783,637 60,166 797,684 694,697 102,988 1986 53,154 16,838 3,575 66,416 21,804 44,612 1985 41,826 202 41,624 2,650 38,974 1984 30,126 29,828 299 308 (10) 1983 17,541 17,004 537 (92) 629 1982 20,860 20,762 98 594 (496) 1981 and Prior 15,275 (1,184) 16,459 1,515 14,944 Totals 252,996 2,362,661 175,493 2,440,164 1,799,191 640,973 Departmental: Sewer Other 1,580 370 1,209 1,209 Ambulance Service 97,533 69,265 75 166,723 32,173 134,549 Animal Control 260 180 440 180 260 Assessors in Lieu of Taxes 191,303 98,581 289,885 254,116 35,769 Fire 7,400 11,100 18,500 12,750 5,750 Sewer Service 3,000 3,000 3,047 (47) Sewer House Connections 1,101 1,101 31 1,070 Street Opening Permits 477 2,959 3,435 3,159 277 Unaccepted Streets 1,050 1,050 150 900 Totals 300,703 185,085 445 485,343 305,606 179,737 110 Comptroller /Schedule of Accounts Receivable SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988 Enterprise Fund - Water Uncollected Abatements & Adjusted Apportionments Collections Uncollected User Charges: July 1, 1987 Commitments Adjustments Collectible & Transfers Net of Refunds June 30, 1988 Sewer: 1,867,300 8,095 2,365,478 (77,161) 2,098,517 189,799 House Connections 662 User Charges 409,657 1,213,001 12,233 1,610,424 (70,760) 1,391,902 147,763 Liens Added to Taxes 88 70,760 (4) 70,760 90 69,252 1,508 Liens Added to Taxes 87 571 90 Liens Added to Taxes: 571 1,032 (461) Liens Added to Taxes 86 680 1988 1987 1,521 680 2,562 599 (2,481) Total 410,908 1,283,761 12,233 1,682,436 (68,198) 1,462,786 146,328 Enterprise Fund - Water User Charges: Rates Other Services: 506,272 1,867,300 8,095 2,365,478 (77,161) 2,098,517 189,799 House Connections 662 662 165 497 Miscellaneous (4) 50 (4) In Lieu of Betterment 90 90 90 Liens Added to Taxes: 1988 1987 1,521 77,161 77,161 75,773 1,389 1986 1,027 1,521 1,027 (161) 1,166 868 355 (2) 1985 458 458 (297) 49 111 1983 263 263 1,051 (1,051) 263 Totals 510,289 1,944,512 8,095 2,446,705 (77,620) 2,177,639 191,447 111 Comptroller /Schedule of Accounts Receivable SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988 Uncollected Abatements & Adjusted Apportionments Collections Uncollected July 1, 1987 Commitments Adjustments Collectible & Transfers Net of Refunds June 30, 1988 Apportioned Assessments Sewer: Unapportioned (24,329) 54,993 24,329 54,993 54,847 146 Added to Taxes 1988 Added to Taxes 1987 1,566 1,566 708 859 Added to Taxes 1986 358 358 229 (215) (122) 143 41 66 Added to Taxes 1985 229 21 21 Added to Taxes 1984 21 Sidewalk: Unapportioned 201 201 336 Added to Taxes 1988 336 336 7 Added to Taxes 1986 7 7 Street: Unapportioned 5,886 (5,886) 14,996 61 Added to 1988 15,058 1 23 123 Added to Taxes 1987 123 48 48 Added to Taxes 1986 48 44 44 Added to Taxes 1984 44 Water3 Unapportioned (930) (930) 1 1 Added to Taxes 1988 160 Committed Interest: Added to Taxes 1988 33,374 33,374 32,947 427 Added to Taxes 1987 600 600 268 (125) 436 192 164 (49) Added to Taxes 1986 Added to Taxes 1985 268 206 206 (66) 44 96 Added to Taxes 1984 54 54 54 Apportioned Assessment Not Yet Due 1988 -2004 Sewer 528,804 (24,329) 504,474 (54,993) 29,366 420,116 Sidewalk 3,065 157,962 (201) (5,886) 3,266 163,848 (336) (15,058) 2,606 2,930 146,184 Strom Water 679 930 (251) (160) (411) Suspended Assessments: 90,271 90,271 2,802 87,469 Sewer Street 790 790 790 3,068 Water 3,068 3,068 Suspended Assessment on Town Owned Land: Sewer 133,812 133,812 133,812 Sidewalk 8,952 8,952 4 8,952 41,336 Street Water 45,336 1,714 ,336 1 1,714 1,714 Totals 958,805 103,920 (11,773) 1,047,667 (71,075) 139,748 851,902 112 Comptroller /Schedule of Cash Payments General Government Town Clerk Appropriation Committee Selectmen Town Manager Printing of Town Report Town Insurance Town Comptroller Registration Election Law Treasurer /Collector Assessors Board of Appeals Planning Board Historic District Commission Misc. Committees & Boards Conservation Commission Town Celebrations Committee Total Public Safety Police Parking Meter Maint. Fire Disaster Services Inspections Animal Control Total Health & Sanitation Health Mys. Val. Ment. Health Visiting Nurse & Comm Health Rabies Clinic Veterans Administration Veterans Assist Community Service Council on Aging Lezpress Human Services Total Public Works Total SCHEDULE OF CASH PAYMENTS JULY 1, 1987 to JUNE 30, 1988 710,000 121,415 831,415 1,181,097 8,487,078 366,704 2,515 85 8,856,382 8,709,665 113 Special Capital General Revenue Projects Agency & Totals Fund Fund Fund Trust Fund 1988 1987 95,706 95,706 77,115 950 950 598 49,338 49,338 47,131 386,169 16,835 403,004 397,204 5,996 5,996 5,181 1,093,903 1,809,572 2,903,475 2,316,327 276,279 6,000 282,279 277,204 24,067 24,067 25,789 15,959 15,959 16,388 201,000 201,000 172,616 175,321 175,321 157,717 116,209 116,209 110,342 22,140 22,140 22,746 88,342 88,342 100,068 2,098 2,098 1,974 5,907 38,953 44,860 3,678 53,397 6,943 60,340 55,015 9,976 9,976 9,155 2,622,758 22,835 1,855,469 4,501,061 3,796,248 2,298,502 189,025 2,487,527 2,378,087 3,678 3,678 3,640 2,314,430 2,314,430 1,946,259 500 500 500 133,152 133,152 113,623 27,177 27,177 23,200 4,777,439 189,025 4,966,464 4,465,309 103,803 103,803 90,030 11,250 11,250 15,750 4,342 4,342 3,825 1,047 1,047 888 16,171 16,171 15,222 5,104 5,104 11,821 93,323 8,179 101,502 78,067 131,235 32,106 163,341 116,791 255,069 81,130 336,200 279,454 88,656 88,656 569,249 710,000 121,415 831,415 1,181,097 8,487,078 366,704 2,515 85 8,856,382 8,709,665 113 Comptroller /Schedule of Cash Payments SCHEDULE OF CASH PAYMENTS JULY 1, 1987 to JUNE 30, 1988 114 Special Capital General Revenue Projects Agency & Totals Fund Fund Fund Trust Fund 1988 1987 Education Salaries & Maintenance Current Year 22,035,279 4,873,450 26,908,729 22,133,652 Prior Year 158,523 158,523 396,045 Grants & Revolving Federal /State 1,852,351 1,852,351 1,527,097 Cafeteria 597,886 597,886 675,033 Local 150,932 150,932 176,592 Voc. Educ. Assess. 377,024 377,024 305,309 Total 22,570,826 2,601,169 4,873,450 30,045,445 25,213,728 Libraries Salaries & Maintenance 986,482 986,482 878,880 State Aid 30,314 30,314 23,286 Total 986,482 30,314 1,016,796 902,166 Recreation Salaries & Maintenance 340,964 340,964 150,056 Self- Supporting 115,558 115,558 129,081 Other 1,791 Total 340,964 115,558 456,521 280,928 Pensions & Retirement Non - Contributory 220,545 220,545 188,922 Contributory Pension Fund & Exp. 1,818,887 1,818,887 1,604,940 Additional Funding 300,000 300,000 300,000 Total 2,339,432 2,339,432 2,093,862 Municipal Indebtedness 1,943,935 1,471,834 895,719 Total Expenditures and Temporary Loans 44,778,914 3,447,019 4,875,965 1,855,553 54,485,350 47,538,722 State & County Assess. County 533,806 533,806 536,853 State 759,183 759,183 720,363 Total 1,292,989 1,292,989 1,257,216 Transfers to Other Funds Unemployment Conservation 25,000 25,000 Insurance 1,398,297 1,398,297 Stabilization 200,000 200,000 Total 1,623,297 1,623,297 Total Cash Payments 47,695,200 3,447,019 4,875,965 1,855,553 57,401,637 48,795,937 114 Comptroller /Balance Sheet, General Long Term Debt BALANCE SHEET - GENERAL LONG TERM DEBT JUNE 30, 1988 Liabilities Amount to be provided: General Long Term Debt Payable for payment of bonds 12,715,000 Inside debt limit: Conservation 1,645,000 Outside debt litnit: School 11,070,000 Total Assets 12,715,000 Total Liabilities 12,715,000 DEBT STATEMENT INCLUDING INTEREST Date of Rate of Amount of Balance Principal Balance Interest Due in FY 1989 Year of Purpose of Loan Issue Interest Issue 7 -1 -87 Paid 1988 6 -30 -88 Paid 1988 Principal Interest Maturity Sewer 8 -15 -6 3.8% 75,000 35,000 35,000 665 6 -15 -8 6.2% 75,000 150,000 150,000 9,300 General: Conservation 8 -15 -8 6.3% 1,770,000 1,770,000 125,000 1,645,000 107,167 125,000 99,354 2001 Total General 1,920,000 1,955,000 310,000 1,645,000 117,132 125,000 99,354 School: School Renovation 8 -15 -8 6.3% 11,870,000 11,870,000 799,403 11,070,000 720,010 800,000 670,010 2001 Total School 11,870,000 11,870,000 799,403 11,070,000 720,010 800,000 670,010 Total long Term Debt 13,790,000 13,825,000 1,109,403 12,715,000 837,142 925,000 769,364 115 Boards and Committees The Waste Management Task Force, which spearheaded the town's recycling program in conjunction with the DPW and thousands of par- ticipating residents. The group now has its eyes on expanding the program to further reduce the town's waste disposal costs. Front row: Judy Marshall, Mary Miley, Kate Fricker. Back: Ted Gentile and Joe Dubois of CRINC, Rick Reibstein, Chairman Robert Fantasia, Joe Medlin, Jackie Weinstock, Jacquelyn Smith. Absent: Dick Spiers. Photo: Stephen wade Lexington Center Committee The Lexington Center Committee focused on issues of pedestrian safety, design, traffic /parking and neighborhood preservation. The committee has regularly reviewed and commented to the selectmen on all proposed changes in the central business district. Particularly important this year was the Grace Chapel Forest Street proposal which the LCC opposed because the mass and scale of the proposed building and the anticipated traffic and parking problems threatened the integrity of the neighborhood as well as the vitality of the Center. Our efforts during the winter and spring were concentrated on obtainin Town Meeting approval -four proposals for a Parkin Utilization Study and, with the Design Advisory Committee (DAC), a Center Design Plan. Town Meeting rejected the former and accepted the latter. The committee worked with DAC to develop a Request for Proposals and to recommend, subject to Selectmen's approval, the design consultants to prepare guidelines for the improvement of Lexington Center an d, as directed by Town Meeting, the outlying commercial areas of the Town. David Dixon and Associates were the choice of our joint committees. The Selectmen concurred. Both LCC and DAC will monitor the work of the consultants. In the area of design the committee also participated in selecting designs for the intertown bikeway gates. Under the direction of Bob Ossman the center base map was completed with the help of Minuteman Tech Regional Vocational School and the DPW. Since monies for a Parking Utilization Study were not appropriated by Town Meeting, members of the committee personally undertook the onerous task of inventorying and mapping all the existing public and private parking spaces in the Center. An effort will be made to identify mayor parking trouble spots and times. Much energy and thought went into improving pedestrian safety in the Center. In the spring an anti - jaywalking crosswalk poster contest was sponsored for school children by the LCC and the Chamber of Commerce. Winners received handsome monetary awards from the Chamber; their entries were displayed in Cary Library and the lobby of Town Meeting. The entry receiving first prize was printed by the Chamber as a poster for display in local stores and offices to remind pedestrians to "Use the Crosswalks ". Joint meetings were he with the Chief of Police, Town Manager, Superintendent of Schools, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Minuteman Newspaper to devise strategies to educate the walking and motoring public and improve enforcement of the crosswalk laws. Many of the suggestions will be instituted during 1989. In order to make the committee more effective and credible membership was expanded to include two residents of abutting neighborhoods. They have provided an invaluable perspective. Committee Members: Margery M. Battin, Chairman, Edward Barsamian, Norma Bogen, William Bowen, Fay Bussgang, Carla Fortmann, Morton Kahan, Mary Hastings, Robert Ossman, Marian Powell and F. David Wells. 116 Boards and Committees Transportation Advlsory Committee The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) continued to oversee transportation services available to Lexington citizens in 1988. In addition to its primary responsibility of supervising operation of the LEXPRESS mini -bus system, it also monitored the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) bus routes, chair -car service for the disabled and mobility- limited, and commuter bus service to Boston. A comprehensive Lexington transit guide describing these transportation services was mailed to all residences and businesses in September and is available year -round in the town offices and libraries. LEXPRESS provided intra -town transportation six days a week serving Lexington neighborhoods, businesses, schools, recreation areas, shopping centers, bus line connections and the senior center. The MBTA considers LEXPRESS to be one of the best suburban mini -bus operations in the Metropolitan Boston area. In the second full year of a three -year contract, E1Dorado Transportation Corporation provided steady, dependable LEXPRESS service with 99.6% reliability. In the twelve months ending June 1988, LEXPRESS transported 161,954 riders, including 30,166 senior citizens. This past year LEXPRESS publicity included an October passholder raffle, distribution of a contest - generated bookcover to middle and high school students, newspaper and school newsletter articles, and a holiday newspaper advertisement and coupon. To accommodate holiday shoppers between Thanks$ving and Christmas, a new Friday and Saturday evening service was initiated to the Burlington Mall. The TAC was successful in obtaining funding from the Burlington Mall for this additional service. The MBTA continued to provide regular daily bus service through Lexington via two routes to Alewife Station in Cambridge and one route to Central Square, Waltham. Share -A -Ride, Inc., a non - profit corporation providing chair - car service, has been serving elderly and handicapped residents on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The LEXPRESS budget included $11,000 in 1988 to fund this service for the frail and mobility - impaired who are unable to use LEXPRESS. The service was used primarily for medical appointments, shopping, errands, and trips to the Senior Center for meals, activities and the Social Day Care Program. An additional service for disabled Lexington residents was the expansion of "The Ride" to seven days a week including evenings and weekends. "The Ride" is a separate chair -car service provided by the MBTA and administered locally by Share -A -Ride. It offers trips for eligible handicapped residents to neighboring towns as well as within Lexington. The committee meets regularly to review the Town's public transportation needs and to address issues raised in overseeing the various services. Its goal is to try to meet the citizens' transportation needs with reliable service while keeping budget constraints foremost in mind. TAC welcomes interested residents to work on these and other transportation issues affecting the local community. LEXPRESS Financial Statement - FY 1988 EXPENDITURES: Cost of Buses $341,747.99 Coordinator Salaries 17,796.46 Marketing & Administration 2,492.49 Miscellaneous (Bank S /C) 177.62 LEXPRESS Subtotal 362,204.56 Capital Expend. (Computer) 4,198.75 Chair Car (Share -A -Ride) 11.000.00 Total Expenditures $377,403.31 INCOME: Farebox and Tickets Passes Miscellaneous (Map Receipts) Total Fares MBTA Grant Town of Lexington Total Income Article 38 $ 48,181.60 13,889.00 765.48 62,836.08 17% 80,000.00 21% 234,567.23 62% $377,403.31 1987 Appropriation $246,500.00 Expended Amount 234.567.23 Available Balance $ 11,932.77 (to be returned to town E & D) Commuter bus service to and from Boston continued to be The Transportation Advisory Committee. Sarah Arnold, Sally provided by Hudson Bus Lines, Inc., a private carrier. This Castleman, Bill Mix, student representative Jennifer Haskell and ad- included four trips in the morning to Park Square and five ministrator Pauline Burke. Absent: Elaine Draitch, Donald Grahm, trips in the afternoon to Lexington. Eugene Lee, Charles Stevens. . Photo: Stephen wade 117 Boards and Committees Council for the Arts The Lexington Council for the Arts concentrated its efforts this year on expanding existing successful programs and representing the artistic and aesthetic concerns of the town. For its endeavors, the Council is proud to have been acknowledged by the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council "for exemplary services to its community." The Arts Council made recommendations for Massachusetts Arts Lottery funding of projects totalling $9,300. Under a new initiative this year to reach individual visual artists, applications for general support were solicited and awards were granted to fabric artist Erica Licea -Kane ($600) and painter Sheryl White ($400). Additional grants were made to The Dance Prism ($1000) for pre - performance workshops in the Lexington elementary schools: Folio ($250) for publication of a student literary and art magazine at LHS; Masterworks Chorale ($900) for Messiah sings; The Master Singers ($1150) for a concert featuring Lexington musicians and the LHS Concert Choir; Follen Community Opera ($1000) for its production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. New England Sculptors Association ($250) towards publication of Public Art in Greater Boston; Cary Memorial Library ($500) towards acquisition of the Filipowski garden sculpture; Lexington Council for the Arts ($500) to match town funding for a town -wide mailing; Jennifer Smith ($300) for a storytelling program at Pine Manor Nursing Home; Alan Cohen ($250) for a workshop for visual artists; Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association ($1200) to support programming for Chinese Cultural Day in Lexington; Lexington Pops Chorus ($500) for operating support; and author Len Lyons ($500) for the purchase of photographic rights for his book Portraits in Jazz. The Council grappled with the mechanics of the Lottery decision - making process and instituted a number of innovations. As of the July funding cycle, applicants are now invited to meet with the Council. The Council also made major revisions to our local guidelines which affected our fall deliberations for January 1989 funding. In order better to address the needs of individual artists in all disciplines, the Council now solicits Artist Support Grants as well as Project Grants for Lottery funds. Through the PASS Program (Performing Arts Student Series), the Council distributed a total of $2239 to enable 511 students to attend a variety of live performances. New state guidelines now expand eligibility to include private school students or effectively any child in grades K -12. Applications for this funding have increased substantially such that the Council has had to establish a priority of funding new applicants and making partial awards in some cases. In an effort to increase public awareness of the activities of the Lexington Council for the Arts, increase circulation of the Lexington Arts Calendar and expand our patron base, this spring the Council mailed its fourth annual appeal along with the May - August issue of the Calendar to residents town - wide. The response has almost doubled the number of patrons with receipts of $5800 to date. Patron money is used to sustain continuing Arts Council projects like the Calendar and the Newsletter, and is re- granted as a supplement to applicants for state lottery funds. Patron - funded programs Council for the Arts. Seated: Robert Frank, Elizabeth Parson. Standing, L /R: Robert Gartside, Melinda Vinton, Barbara Crane, Kerry Brandin, Penelope Hart, Eunice Alberts Nicholson. Photo: Stephen Wade 118 Boards and Committees Council for the Arts this year included a concert by the Lyricum Ensemble at First Parish Church with patron reception following at Depot Square Artists /Gallery on the Green; a supplemental award of $1000 to Arts /Lexington for their new arts education program; $548 to supplement PASS funding; and $250 in continuing support to Folio, the arts /literary magazine at LHS. As a champion of arts in our community, the Council participated in meetings of the Lexington Bikeway Committee to advocate for the aesthetic concerns of signage, fencing, etc. The Council also made a presentation to Town Meeting in support of Arts /Lexington and its importance as a focus for the arts in the town. As a result of continuing concern about the aesthetics of Depot Square, the Council will work with the Design Advisory Committee and become involved in the development of new town design guidelines. Human Services Committee Continuing the efforts to address needs identified in 1986, the Human Services Committee undertook further planning on issues of youth, elderly, and parents of individuals with special needs. The committee offered encouragement and consultation to RePlace, the major youth - serving agency in the town. This led principally to a significantly increased fund- raising capacity. Moreover, RePlace moved to better define its central mission as one of prevention of problems ranging from depression and suicide to domestic violence. In conjunction with the Council on Aging, the program concept of visiting nursing as a way to monitor the health status of elderly persons at risk of becoming in was significantly expanded through joint Human Services /Council on Aging planning. Case management, the intervention of a professional to investigate need and help locate services, was added to the health monitoring component while costs and utilization were projected. Through a one -time planning grant made available through Town Meeting, a group of parents of individuals with special needs was supported in their systematic investigation of community resources -- LexHab, Lexington Housing Authority, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, etc. -- which could ultimately be brought together to provide programs and housing. This fall, the Selectmen appointed two new members to the Arts Council. Robert Frank, a teacher and writer, will be responsible for the LCFA Newsletter, replacing outgoing member Philip McFarland. Elizabeth Parsons, whose background is in arts and media management, will take over as editor of the Calend . Melinda Vinton was reappointed to a two -year term and will become Treasurer, replacing Fred Rosenberg who served in that position for four years. Also reappointed to two -year terms were Mary Ann Armstrong as Vice Chairperson, Robert Gartside, and Penelope Hart, Secretary. Looking ahead to 1989, the Council will continue pursuing the same priorities as this year: expanding arts offerings and working with other town boards and community organizations. The committee continued to review requests for human service appropriations. Funded in 1988 were: Cooperative Elder Services, Inc. ($3,000); Central Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens ($10,000); RePlace $73,500) and Visiting Nurse and Community Health, Inc. ($33,000). The Human Services Committee. L/R: Steve Baran, Co- Chairmen Renee Chochin and Bob Cushman, Leonora Feeney, Seymour Man- del, Sheila Martin. Absent: Harvey Lowell, Richard Dougherty, Beth Klarman, Sylvia Perlman, Janet Eustis. Photo: Stephen Wade 119 Boards and Committees Design Advisory Committee The purpose of the Design Advisory Committee (DAC) and its larger group of design professionals called the Design Advisory Group (DAG) is to assist the selectmen and other town officials in applying professional design standards and criteria to town structures, sites and facilities, and to projects supported by Town funds. The primary accomplishment of the Design Advisory Committee in 1988 was joint sponsorship with the selectmen and the Lexington Center Committee (LCC) of Town Meetins Article 34 for engaging a professional design firm to provide guidelines to the Town. The purpose of these gwdelines is to show how new construction, renovation and landscape improvements can make Lexington Center even more visually attractive and economically vital than it is now. The proposal was approved by Town Meeting with an increase in funding to $25,000 and an expanded scope to include the other commercial districts of the Town. The DAC and the LCC reviewed 19 proposals and made a unanimous recommendation to the selectmen to retain the design team of David Dixon and Associates. The committee participated in the review of artistic designs for installations on the Minuteman Bikeway and endorsed the Buckman Tavern removal of shutters and color change from white to ochre /tan. Because of concern about the spread of high pressure sodium lights into Lexington, which presently uses mostly the more pleasant mercury vapor and incandescent lights, the DAC recommended that the Historic Districts Commission The Lexington Historic Districts Commission is responsible for reviewing plans for construction, demolition, exterior renovations, color changes, and signs in the four Historic Districts. In 1988 the Commission dealt with over fifty five applications, ranging in significance from simple color changes to the design of new buildings. The most significant single project to come to the Commission's attention continues to be the Salter Building in Lexington Center, replacing the buildings lost to fire in the late fall of 1986. Various aspects of the building design were presented to the Commission as the project evolved. We continue to review signage, lighting and tenants changes. A project which will have a major impact on the East Village Historic District is the Housing Authority's two family barrier free house, the design of which was reviewed on a selectmen not allow any more conversions to sodium lights until a thorough analysis is made. To inject added visual vitality into Lexington Center, the Committee recommended approval of a special permit to allow five projecting signs on the new Salter Building, and advised selectmen of its concerns about Grace Chapel's proposal for constructing a large Christian Fellowship/ Recreation Building on the site of the Old Belfry Club. Design Advisory Committee. Elaine Adler, Chairman John Frey, Betsy Whitman, Jack Eddison, Norma Bogen. Absent: Don Olson, Robert Bradley, Walter Pierce, Thomas Coffman. Photo: stephew wads preliminary basis at the end of 1988. The design -task being undertaken by the Authority's architect is to produce a single story building that will fit apapropriately among the more imposing two story indiginous structures of the East Village. Partly as a result of conversations with the Commission, the building as currently proposed will have a roof structure similar to its neighbors, and will be built of the traditional materials of the area. Into 1989 the membership of the Commission remained unchanged, but the expiration of several terms will result in some personnel chanages in the coming year. John L. Davies, Linda J. McAulay, Richard S. Morehouse, Stephen M. Politi, John E. Ryan, Mary Harding Nye, Walter S. Pierce, Albert T. Pitt, and Walter H. Bergler. 120 Boards and Committees Enablement Committee The Enablement Committee, a subcommittee of the Human Services Committee, promotes accessibility to community facilities. In 1988, its members worked closely with loca state, and federal officials and other interested persons to: * make an apartment at the Franklin School more convenient for a resident with a physical handicap; * arrange for the entrance to the Town Office Building to be operated automatically; * create greater ease for drivers with handicaps in parking in the Muzzey Street /Waltham Street parking lot; * cause a ramp to be installed for voting and other purposes at the Harrington School; * advocate for greater accessibility at Lexington High School, Diamond Middle School, and the post office. North Lexington Committee The North Lexington Road Improvement Committee retreated from the struggle to unsnarl traffic jams plaguing the area around Hartwell Avenue, Bedford Street and Eldred Street. The committee declared, "the state's suggested cures were worse than the disease." It does not anticipate further action unless Massport expansion plans at Hanscom encourage unilateral action by the state. George Burnell is chairman of the committee. Joint Re eional Transportation This 15- year -old committee advises the six agencies that comprise the Metropolitan Planning Organization on transportation matters in the Boston area. Among other activities, the group collects citizens' input and reviews documents required for federal funding. During 1988, Lexington's representative, Eugene E. Lee, voiced Lexington's concerns about Route 128 traffic, Alewife station, the proposed MTA Blue Line /Red Line connection, and Logan airport traffic as it affects Hanscom Field. 121 The Enablement Committee. L/R: Vincent Bucca, Chairman Dave Enman, Steve Baran, Bob Harris. Absent: Carolyn Luterman, Joanne C. Fray, Anne Powers. Photo: Sinn wade Town Report Committee This was the first year in the last ten that Erna Greene wasn't racing around, whipping Town Report into shape, and the committe missed her. The old obstacle to getting Town Report out on time - late copy - was joined by a new peril, computer incompatibility. The new desktop publishing system took to mangling any copy containing columns of data. However, readers should find the darker, fatter type on most pages a tad easier on the eyes, and it does save space. Look for more surprises next year. Committee newcomers were Marsha Baker, Judi Ozuransky, Frek Wischhusen. Holdovers were Judy Dandison, Win Friedman, Ruth Karpinski, Bob Morrison, Steve Wade. Our steadfast computer consultants: Ben Levy in the High School and Candy McLaughlin in Town Hall. The 1987 report cost $5,996, up $670 from '86, due to increased printing charges. Boards and Committees MAPC The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) created by the legislature in 1963 coordinates the planning concerns of 101 cities and towns within the Rte. 495 boundary. Funding comes from limited Federal grants and a per capita assessment of .19 cents on member communities. Each member community has a representative and an alternate. MAPC serves as an effective early- warning system through its environmental review assessments as it coordinates and plans for growth within the area. A major responsibility of MAPC representatives is to respond to state and federal impact assessments as they apply to the community. In 1988, the Town commented on a continuing review of One Tracer Lane, a development adjacent to the Cambridge Reservoir with access from Waltham into Lexington, a regional project indeed. Lexington Historical Commission The Lexington Historical Commission received 30 requests for site reviews under the demolition delay by -law of 1986, and granted 26 without a hearing. Four requests required public hearings, and in two cases the Demolition Delay Act was invoked. One of the two structures the commission sought to preserve has found a new owner, and it is still trying to seek alternative arrangements for the other. The first of these, the 18th century Allen- Swenson farmhouse, was saved from destruction by invocation of the Demolition Delay Act and by the cooperation of many citizens and organizations. It was moved from its old site to a new home on Kendall Road on October 31, 1988. The second is a 19th century barn, one of the few remaining in Lexington. The commission is still working with concerned parties to facilitate preservation of the barn in situ. The commission continues its work on long -range projects devoted to preserving historic structures. It is the starting point for those seeking National Register nomination for their buildings or neighborhoods. It is involved in attempting to define and locate an East Village historic district, and in studying the feasibility of single parcel historic districts. An important project, which has drawn much community interest, is the plan to establish a revolving loan fund for preservation restoration of privately -owned structures in Lexington. The Town has also reviewed the environmental impact of Hanscom Field Airport Improvements in relation to increased traffic on the ground and in the air, as well as run off and drainage problems. Regional planning participation was required as the Minute Man Bikeway Project reached its final design with construction expected for spring, 1989. The MAPC representative also attended the Lexington Center Committee meetings as a non - voting member, appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Recently, small MAPC sub - region groups have been formed to generate effective dialogue on issues of common concern. Lexington has been invited to join a sub -group with towns to the west and north and the selectmen are presently reviewing this request. Meanwhile, MAPC has recognized the importance of HATS Il, the Hanscom Area Towns Study, by providing technical assistance to this established and effective group representing Lincoln, Bedford, Concord and Lexington. Members: Roland Gubisch, Chairman (term expired mid- year); Dawn McKenna, Chairman; Martin Gilman; Isabella Hagelstein; Brucia Witthoft; Maureen Phillips; John L. Davies; Linda J. McAulay; Richard S. Morehouse; Stephen M. Politi; John E. Ryan; Mary Harding Nye; Walter S. Pierce; Albert T. Pitt; Walter H. Bergler. The Historical Commission won its fight to save the old Allen -Swen- son farmhouse from demolition. The solution: new owners, Bill and Pat De Bonte, who had it moved 1-5 miles to their property on Ken- dall Rd. The house dates back to the 1700's. 122 Photo: Hillary Levin, Minute -man Boards and Committees CableTV /Communications Committee The Cable Television and Communications Advisory Committee had a very busy agenda. The Committee advises the Board of Selectmen in matters pertaining to cable television and related communications. The committee meets monthly and works hard to gain quality cable services for resident subscribers and those in town who make use of the institutional cable. This latter group makes up a significant and increasing number of users. Below are some of the milestones covered by the committee in 1988. A meeting was held in the fall of 1988 with the selectmen to discuss a draft charge to the committee and to report on its organization. The charge was approved by the selectmen and it was agreed that the committee would deal with the following issues: public access /local origination complaints federal and state regulations advanced technology franchise administration institutional cable regional liaison Representatives ofAdams- Russell (Cablevision) attended the committee meeting on 25 March and described activities in local origination and public access. New channel assignments and rates were described. The committee objected that sufficient notice had not been given. The committee's study of the license documents suggested that all rate increases since 1984 had not been in conformance with the license. This issue was raised by the committee at the Selectmen's meeting on 16 May 1988. The Selectmen voted to take no action. The original plans of the CATV license provided for installation of the A -, B- and I- Cables at the Minuteman Vocational School. This provision has not been fully executed. The committee called some of the problems to the attention of the licensee and several sets of outlets were installed. It is expected that this installation will enable a number of cooperative projects between the Vocational School and other institutions in Lexington. Pilot demonstrations of interactive video between Cary Memorial Library and schools (Clarke and Diamond) were given in early June. Interactive video will be pursued on a regular basis at other sites in the future. Frank DiGiammarino, Chairman 123 Personnel Advisory Board The Personnel Advisory Board continues to serve as a resource for the Selectmen, Town Manager, and other boards and committees on a broad range of personnel related issues. Drawing upon their professional background, the members advise on such matters as recruitment, wage and salary administration, personnel policy, benefits, employee relations and employee development. During the past year the board has been consulted on salary administration and job classification by the Library trustees and by the Town Manager's office on salary administration, salary surveys, personnel policy, and benefit changes. In addition board members assisted in the recruitment for the Assistant Town Manager. The Personnel Advisory Board continues to believe that coordinated personnel policies applying to all town employees are important to the future of the Town of Lexington. It will work with the appropriate town officials to help accomplish this objective. Lexington's links with Latin America: The Waspam Sister Cities Committee collected enough baseball gear to field six teams, then shipped it all to Waspam, Nicaragua. The committee, standing: Ken Hale, Marcia Butman, Bob Bond, Ruth Pike, Martin Diskin; seated: Dr. Howard Smith, Eric Rehm, Ellen McDonald, Mathilda Holzman, Marjorie Middleton. Absent: Chairman Tobey Sackton, Jacquelyn Ward, Donna Bosco, Wally Leutz. The town's other Latin America link, the Sister Cities Committee, sent five delegates to Dolores Hidal- go to celebrate Mexican Independance Day. Participating were Wil- liam and Eleanor Noz, Gloria Holland, and Claire and Nancy Bercovitz. Photo: Police Department Boards and Committees Battle Green Guides Fair Housing Committee "I studied about the American Revolution, but it's really good to come to Lexington and see the historic battleground firsthand." This is a remark quite often made by tourists who come from the United States and abroad to see the historic Battle Green, where the first shots of the Revolution were fired on April 19, 1775. For these visitors, the Battle Green Guides outline the causes of the Revolution and tell the story of Paul Revere and William Dawes, John Hancock and Sam Adams, and finally about the Battle of Lexington where eight Minutemen were killed and 10 wounded. In 1988, nine guides received their licenses from the Board of Selectmen -- five senior guides and four junior guides. Boys and girls 14 years of age and older may obtain applications as new guides at the Visitors Center, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue. Any Lexington group wishing to have a free tour of the Battle Green should call Cornelius P. Cronin, Director of Guides. Veterans' Services In 1988, the Human Services Coordinator, acting as Veterans' Clerk, provided information and referral and arranged financial relief and medical benefits for veterans and their families. During the year ending June 30, 1988 three single veterans and four widows were served along with one family. Personal services amounted to $15,604 and other expenses were $5,429. Cary Lecture Series The Cary Lecture Committee planned three informative programs for last year's series. The first was a lecture and slide show by historian Thomas Boylston Adams on the "Personalities that Made the Constitution." The second was a colorful folk dance presented by the Mandala Dancers. And last was a performance by Ray Smith's popular Paramount Jazz Band. Committee members, Connie Devereau, Miriam Butts, Raymond J. Culler. In 1988 the Fair Housing Committee realized the following accomplishments in relation to its fair housing plan: * educated the community about what fair housing means through articles in the Lexington Minute -man on reasons why minorities chose to settle in Lexington (a comfortable racial climate and active welcome); * encouraged local developers at Countryside Manor and Katandin Woods to support minority citizens in seeking Lexington housing; * encouraged town officials and committees to promote affordable housing as a way to combat segregation and discrimination; * actively participated in townwide debate on purchase of a golf course and related properties, promoting the need for affordable housing and recommending that concerted action be undertaken to plan for affordable housing; * began the preparation of a brochure featuring Lexington as a fair housing community; * made recommendations for introducing in the school curriculum material pertaining to discrimination and racism in the interest of fair housing. In 1988 the members of the committee were Gerri Weathers, Chairman; Robert Pressman; Leona Martin; William Spencer; Vidya Bhatia; Florence Baturin; James Brannon; Albert Huang; and Muriel Morrissey Spence. Stephen Baran, Fair Housing Director, staffed the committee. The Youth Commission carried on its program, including al- coholldrug discussions in the schools, a fund- raising carnival and collecting Toys for Tots. Back row, L/R: Charles Shaw, Oscar O'Leary, Jeff Wood, Joe Angelo, Michael Burke. Second row: Laura Ryan, Alex Drane, Nikki Marques, Debbie Bernstein, Jen Connor, Lauren Capelotti. That's Co- chairman Nancy Barter and her surprise birthday cake in front. Absent: Co- chairman Tony Porter, Cynthia Calvin, Dan Murphy. Photo: Stephen Wade 124 Boards and Committees Town Celebrations Committee The Town Celebrations Committe greeted 1988 with planning already in progress for the 213th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. This ear's activities were preceded on Sunday, April 17, by the biennial Battle Road Retreat of the British, staged by the Massachusetts Council of Minute Men and Militia. Patriot's Day -- Monday, April 18, 1988 The alarm from the Belfry announced the Reenactment of the Battle of Lexington by the Minute Men and the British 10th Regiment. Following this were several pancake breakfasts sponsored by the Rotary Club, Masonic Temple and St. Brigid's; a memorial service jointly conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and Minute Men; and a special ceremony dedicating five bronze plaques in honor of ships of the U.S. Navy named "Lexington." This memorial project was the culmination of a joint effort by the Lexington Lions Club and the World War II crew of the USS Lexington CV -16. At 1 p.m. "Paul Revere" was greeted at the statue of Capt. Parker by the Board of Selectmen and Minute Men. The "Youth of Lexington Sunrise Parade" was led by Chief Marshal Jeff Hagopian, president, Lexington High School, Class of 1988; and aides Tara Ippolito, John Niland, Carol Saunders, Debbie Murphy and Ben Root. Ceremonies on the Green included greetings from the Board of Selectmen and reading of the Governor's Proclamation by board chairman, John Eddison, along with greetings from the Commonwealth by Rep. Stephen Doran. The Cecil K. Harris Award was presented to LHS Marching Band member Matthew Goode, by Capt. Commanding James Hart, Lexington Minute Men. The following awards were also presented: Lexington Youth Recognition Awards to Tara Ippolito, Patrick Marshall and Carol Saunders, bySelectman Leo McSweeney; Distinguished Eagle Scout Award to Frank Rynes by Charles Grossimon Jr., LMM; and the White Tricorn Hat to Lincoln Cole, former Moderator, by Lexington Lions Club President William Donahue. Invocation and benediction were offered by Rev. Brian Dixon of the First Baptist Church. Neil Cronin and his committee judged the floats that best depicted the theme for 1988's parade: "Our Town -- Lexington." In the youth category first place went to the Lexington DeMolays and second place to the Lexington Youth Commission. In the civic division first place was awarded to Lexington Community Playground and second place to Lexington Elks. First place in the commercial division went to Wilson Farms. Our special thanks to sponsors recruited by the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, whose donations guaranteed an outstanding parade. They were: Amoroso & Co., Inc.; Bellino Bakery, Inc.; Century 21 Realty-Owren Corp.; Coldwell Bankers Real Estate; Doran Greenhouses Inc.; Lexington Kitchens Unitd.; Marshall Bartlett, Inc.; Michelson's Shoes; Norma Perry & Assoc.; Robin S. Richman, M.D.; Shawmut Bank, NA; Wales Copy Center; Battle Green Inn; C &W Transportation; Chadwick's Ice Cream Parlour; Depositors Trust; International Travel Associates; Lexington Hardware; The White Tricon Hat award went to former Moderator Linc Cole, here with past recipients Ruth Morey and Richard Michaelson. Photo: Hillary Levin, Minute -man Lexington Toyota; McDonough Electric Construction Corp.; Raytheon Company; Rotary Club of Lexington; Stanley Hill Post 38, Inc.; Wilson Farm, Inc.; Lawton Irrigation, Inc. Memorial Day -- Monday, May 30, 1988 Memorial services at Westview Cemetery preceded the morning parade. Chief Marshal George Gabriel, Past Captain Commanding, and Aides John E. Ward and Charles H. Price, Jr., Lexington Minute Men, led the parade to Munroe Cemetery for a short program that included recitations of Gen. Logan 's Order of the Day for the First Memorial Day and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Commemorative services were also held at Cary Hall and Colonial Cemetery. Veteran's Day — Friday, November 11, 1988 A special ceremony was held at Munroe Cemetery -- the placing of a bronze plaque on the grave of Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, Thomas Cosgrove, to correct an oversight made in 1912! At the conclusion of the program , William Fitzgerald, TCC Chairman, revived a Civil War tradition by GAR veterans to wave the American flag three times over the grave of a Civil War veteran. Resignations were regretfully accepted from Karen Gaughan, Gerald Hagerty, Nancy Cannalonga, Mary Ann McKenna and Dawn Dztokonski. Dawn McKenna and Mari]yn McWeeney were appointed to the TCC from the subcommittee; Adrienne Della Perna and John Hayden were new appointments to the subcommittee. Committee members are: William P. Fitzgerald, chairman; Winston E. Flynn; Raymond J. Flynn; Marilyn McWeeney; C. Jean Cotes; Charles T. Hyde; Robert C. Jackson; Paul W. Jenkins; and Dawn E. McKenna. Subcommitte members include: Marian H. Snow, John R. Holt, Adrienne Della Penna, and John Hayden. 125 Town Meeting Members Members at Large Margery M. Battin, 15 Paul Revere Norman P. Cohen, 56 Coolidge Ave. William J. Dailey, Jr., 1 Bushnell Stephen W. Doran, 315 Bedford St. John C. Eddison, 20 Nickerson Rd. Bernice H. Fallick, 4 Diehl Rd. Paul W. Marshall, 6 Chandler St. Leo P. McSweeney, 84 Shade St. Jacquelyn R. Smith, 4 Clematis Rd. Precinct One Term Expires 1991 Rd. Dr. Joel A. Adler, 22 Village Cir. James E. Barry, 10 Crescent Hill Ave. Frederick H. Hagedorn, 17 Fiske Rd. Ruth Joyce Nablo, 15 Fiske Rd. Sam V. Nablo, 15 Fiske Rd. Ruth J. Walton, 27 Maple St. Judith L. Zabin, 1 Page Rd. Term Expires 1990 Nancy M. Adler, 22 Village Cir. *Nathan M. Becker, 28 Emerson Gardens * *Chang Chih Chao, 4 Page Rd. ** *Ronald Levy, 15 Bryant Rd. David Radlo, 3 Fiske Rd. Ellen Doyle Sullivan, 8 Rindge Ave. Albert P. Zabin, 1 Page Rd. *Resigned 6/30/88 * *Resigned 3/18/88 ** *Resigned 3/21/88 Term Expires 1989 *Chang Chih Chao, 4 Page Rd. Lois J. Barry, 10 Crescent Hill Ave. David A. Bell, 6 South Rindge Ave. * *Francis V. Busa, 36 Lowell St. Nancy C. Gordon, 10 Fiske Rd. John W. Maloney, 157 Emerson Gardens William H. McAlduff, Jr., 18 South Rindge Ave. Barry E. Sampson, 8 Brandon St. ** *Ronald Christopher Russo, 369 Lowell St. +James S. Wilson, 17 Spencer St. + +James A. Nicoloro, 4 Winship Rd. *Replaced Becker 7/13/88 * *Resigned 3/28/88 ** *Replaced Levy 3/25/88 +Replaced Chao 3/25/88 + +Replaced Busa 3/28/88 Precinct Two Term Expires 1991 Michael J. O'Sullivan, 12 Aerial St. Edna M. Welch, 10 Bird Hill Rd. Alan B. Wilson, 33 Oak St. Donald D. Wilson, 36 Fern St. Term Expires 1990 Leonora K. Feeney, 4 Moon Hill Rd. John R. Holt, 736 Massachusetts Ave. Daniel A. Lucas, 3 Tower Rd. John T. Sackton, 8 White Pine Ln. Arthur C. Smith, 51 Follen Rd. Christina J. Welch, 41 Locust Ave. Carolyn C. Wilson, 33 Oak St. Term Expires 1989 Eric T. Clarke, 29 Moon Hill Rd. Karen A. Docks, 5 Mohawk Dr. Ronald A. Laing, 1024 Massachusetts Lilliam T. MacArthur, 33 Charles St. William W. Welch, Jr., 10 Bird Hill William S. Widnall, 22 Summit Rd. Lynda A. Wik, 56 Robbins Rd. Precinct Three Term Expires 1991 Bruce Collier, 2 Barberry Rd. Jacqueline B. Davison, 86 Spring St. Dan H. Fenn, Jr., 59 Potter Pond Donna M. Hooper, 50 Valleyfield St. Christopher A. Kenney, 2 April Ln. Paul V. Rifffin, 6 Field Rd. Vicky L. Schwartz, 3 Lawrence Ln. Term Expires 1990 Ave. ME Joy C. Buchfirer, 237 Worthen Rd. East John P. Carroll, 43 Blossomcrest Rd. Jean Gaudet, 12 Stedman Rd. Erna S. Greene, 25 Bridge St. Rd. Gloria V. Holland, 38 Webster Rd. Paul A. LaPointe, 250 Concord Ave. Ira Richer, 22 Normandy Rd. Richard D. Briggs, Jr., 922 Massachusetts Ave. Elizabeth H. Clarke, 29 Moon Hill Rd. Marita B. Hartshorn, 28 Locust Ave. Term Expires 1989 Carol J. Grodzins, 15 Barberry Rd. Marilyn K. Mairson, 29 Lawrence Ln. Mary Edna Neumeier, 2 Pitcairn P1. Marian C. Reilly, 25 Walnut St. Robert I. Rotberg, 14 Barberry Rd. Francis W. K. Smith, 4 Clematis Rd. Robert C. Whyte, 11 Allen St. Precinct Four Term Expires 1991 Gerald L. Abegg, 261 Waltham St. Katherine G. Fricker, 93 Marrett Rd. Audrey J. Friend, 3 Wachusett Cir. Carol B. Hartman, 16 Bloomfield St. 126 Town Meeting Members Peter C. J. Kelley, 24 Forest St. Patricia W. McLaughlin, 64 Baskin Rd. Karsten Sorensen, 1 Vine Brook Rd. Term Expires 1990 Nancy M. Cannalonga, 120 Kendall Rd. L. Gail Colwell, 127 Kendall Rd. Ronald W. Colwell, 127 Kendall Rd. Peter David Enrich, 35 Clarke St. Georgia S. Glick, 21 Eliot Rd. Margaret F. Rawls, 9 Winthrop Rd. Martin K. White, 50 Bloomfield St. Term Expires 1989 Nyles Nathan Barnert, 142 Worthen Rd. Julian J. Bussgang, 2 Forest St. Angela E. Frick, 9 Tavern Ln. Gale H. Nill, 16 Bennington Rd. Sandra J. Shaw, 51 Wachusett Dr. Ruth S. Thomas, 10 Parker St. Judith J. Uhrig, 15 Vine Brook Rd. Precinct Five Term Expires 1991 Cynthia L. Blumsack, 15 Holmes Rd. Marjorie M. Daggett, 9 Burroughs Rd. Guy W. Doran, 168 East St. Sam Silverman, 18 Ingleside Rd. Melinda D. Vinton, 11 Leonard Rd. Mary Kathryn Wolf, 62 Webb St. JoAnn B. Wortman, 45A Ridge Rd. Term Expires 1990 Wallace Cupp, 141 Woburn St. Elaine Dratch, 2 Maureen Rd. John Hayward, 358 Woburn St. Judith C. Leader, 17 Fairfield Dr. Eugene E. Lee, 9 Carnegie P1. Ephraim Weiss, 462 Lowell St. David G. Williams, 1433 Massachusetts Ave. Term Expires 1989 Florence A. Baturin, 11 Alcott Rd. Howard Cravis, 6 Rogers Rd. William M. Fraser, 533 Lowell St. Paul E. Hamburger, 18 Cooke Rd. Eric Jay Michelson, 1475 Massachusetts Ave. Stephen W. Miller, 22 Saddle Club Rd. Paul Newman, 35 Grant St. Precinct Six Term Expires 1991 Marshall J. Derby, 23 Suzanne Rd. Edmund C. Grant, 27 Grove St. Joyce A. Miller, 17 Oakland St. Edith Sandy, 353 North Emerson Rd. Frank Sandy, 353 North Emerson Rd. Marcia M. Stills, 5 Hawthorne Rd. Jacquelin D. Weinstock, 81 Hancock St. Term Expires 1990 Margaret N. Brooke, 26 Hancock St. Elizabeth C. Haines, 33 York St. Morton G. Kahan, 44 Hancock St. Judith B. Marshall, 6 Chandler St. H. Bigelow Moore, 50 Hancock St. William T. Spencer, 32 Hancock St. John S. Willson, 16 Hathaway Rd. Term Expires 1989 Peter Diamond, 15 Franklin Rd. Robert H. Domnitz, 14 Oakland St. Michael W. Golay, 6 Oakland St. Florence Koplow, 9 Brent Rd. Alan J. Lazarus, 22 Woodland Rd. Setha G. Olson, 3 Brigham Rd. Susan S. Solomon, 4 Whittier Rd. Precinct Seven Term Expires 1991 Marsha E. Baker, 46 Burlington St. George A. Burnell, 4 Eaton Rd. Jennie S. Oberholtzer, 187 Grove St. John E. Taylor, 11 Linmoor Ter. Jeanette P. Webb, 7 Eaton Rd. Iris G. Wheaton, 5 Hadley Rd. Robert V. Whitman, 9 Demar Rd. Term Expires 1990 Catherine M. D. Abbott, 38 Eldred St. Esther S. Arlan, 56 Turning Mill Rd. Lloyd Gilson, 35 Partridge Rd. Martin L. Hagerty, 301 Bedford St. Deborah G. Kearney, 44 Harding Rd. Jacquelyn H. Ward, 15 Robinson Rd. Martha C. Wood, 51 Gleason Rd. Term Ex Tres 1989 John R. Campbell, 100 Bertwell Rd. *Sally T. Castleman, 7 Mountain Rd. Renee T. Cochin, 7 Partridge Rd. Stan N. Finkelstein, 9 Drummer Boy Way Winifred L. L. Friedman, 176 Grove St. John E. Ward, 15 Robinson Rd. Richard B. Wolk, 5 Jeffrey Ter. * *Linda Horowitz, 123 Blake Rd. *Resigned 3/10/88 * *Replaced Castleman 3/11/88 127 Town Meeting Members Precinct Eight Term Expires 1991 Donald L. Bailey, 84 Reed St. Richard H. Battin, 15 Paul Revere Rd. Benjamin H. Golini, 35 Balfour St. *Donna J. W. Griffiths, 11 Minute Man Ln. Gordon R. Osgood, 52 Ward St. Sheldon A. Spector, 27 Columbus St. Carolyn H. Tiffany, 109 Reed St. *Resigned 3/28/88 Term Expires 1990 Roger F. Borghesani, 24 Hastings Rd. Florence E. Connor, 12 Cedar St. William P. Fitzgerald, 65 Liberty Ave. Richard A. Michelson, 54 Asbury St. Jack Sarmanian, 330 Bedford St. Margaret Schwartz, 18 Harbell St. Dennis Sullivan, 28 Homestead St. Term Expires 1989 Ione D. Garing, 157 Cedar St. Gerald A. Heggie, 12 Carley Rd. Sharon MacDonald, 10 Milk St. James M. McLaughlin, 55 Asbury St. Susan G. Plumb, 13 Milk St. John Adams Taylor, 21 Harbell St. Stanley E. Toye, 30 Balfour St. *Kathleen Vogt Kissel, 17 Manning St. *Replaced Griffiths 4/25/88 Precinct Nine Term Expires 1991 Jane P. Buckley, 46 Middle St. Richard L. Canale, 29 Shade St. Shang -Chao Liu, 25 Phinney Rd. Paul E. Mazerall, 32 Roosevelt Rd. Janet Perry, 16 Ellison Rd. Simon Prensky, 222 Lincoln St. Fred D. Rosenberg, 165 Wood St. Term Expires 1990 Alice J. Adler, 10 Nickerson Rd. Kenneth 0. Alves, 62 Wood St. Diane C. Aronson, 34 Stimson Ave. Neil Gray, 83 Spring St. Richard M. Perry, 16 Ellison Rd. James J. Scanlon, 10 Springdale Rd. Richard Schaye, 7 Jean Rd. Term Expires 1989 Brian Michael Adley, 11 Roosevelt Rd. Gordon E. Barnes, Jr. 6 Woodpark Cir. Margaret E. Coppe, 12 Barrymeade Dr. Frank J. Kava, 60 Shade St. Louise V. T. Kava, 60 Shade St. Eleanor H. Klauminzer, 8 Lincoln Ter. Louis F. LeBlanc, 456 Marrett Rd. 128 Town Officers and Committees Elected Town Officers Director of Guides Cornelius P. Cronin Board of Selectmen John C. Eddison, Chmn.* 1990 Board of Appeals Paul W. Marshall 1990 Natalie H. Riffin, Chmn. 1989 William J. Dailey, Jr. 1991 Robert M. Gary 1991 Jacquelyn R. Smith* 1989 , Francis W. K. Smith 1992 Leo P. McSweeney 1989 Ann Scigliano 1993 *Jacquelyn Smith Chrmn. from June Clarence D. Turner 1990 to December Board of Appeals Associates Moderator William C. Hays 1989 Margery M. Battin 1989 Eric T. Clarke 1989 Susan Beck 1989 Lexington Housing Authority Mary W. Miley 1989 William T. Spencer, Chmn. 1990 Robert V. Whitman 1989 Donald D. Wilson, V. Chmn. 1989 John J. McWeeney 1989 Ruth J. Nablo 1992 James F. McLaughlin 1991 Lex, Housing Assistance Board Leona Martin (State) 1992 William C. Hays, Chmn. 1988 Jean Gaudet 1989 Planning Board Marshall J. Derby 1989 Judith J. Uhrig 1992 Donald D. Wilson 1989 Martha C. Wood .0—"' 1993 David F. Eagle 1988 David G. Willi ams 1989 Sherry B. Edmonds 1990 Karsten Sorensen 1990 Paul Marshall, Selectman Liaison Eleanor Klauminzer 1991 Historic Districts Commission School Committee John L. Davies, Chmn. 1991 Paul Newman, Chmn. 1989 + (Historical Society) Judith C. Leader i992 Linda McAulay 1989 Florence Koplow 1989 + (Arts & Crafts) Polly Woodworth 1993 Richard S. Morehouse 1992 Albert Zabin 1993 + (Selectmen) Stephen M. Politi 1990 Selectmen Appointed + (Cary Memorial Library) John E. Ryan 1988 + (Historical Society) Town Manager Richard J. White 1990 +Nominating Organization Comptroller John J. Ryan 1989 Historic Districts Commission Associate Members Walter H. Bergler 1988 Town Counsel + (Library Trustees) Palmer & Dodge Molly Nye 1989 Norman P. Cohen 1988 + (Arts & Crafts) Walter S. Pierce 1989 Executive Clerk + (Historical Society) Marion H. Snow 1988 Albert T. Pitt 1989 Fence Viewers Town Celebrations Committee Martin Gilman 1988 William P. Fitzgerald, Chmn. 1989 William H. Sullivan 1988 Raymond J. Flynn, V. Chmn. 1989 . Nancy M. Cannalonga 1990 Registrar of Voters Gerald Hagerty 1990 Mary Abegg 1988 Karen M. Gaughan 1988 Connie Foster 1989 C. Jean Coates 1989 Luanna E. Devenis 1990 Paul W. Jenkins 1988 Bernice H. Fallick, Clerk Robert C. Jackson 1989 Winston E. Flynn 1988 129 Town Officers and Committees Selectmen's Advisory Committees 1989 Cable TV and Communications Personnel Advisory Board 1989 Advisory Committee 1989 Elmer S. Guilmartin, Chmn. 1990 Frank P. DiGiammarino 1990 Kendall Wright 1989 Stella Liu 1990 Lewis M. Rambo 1988 Martha Stanton 1990 Deborah R. Myers 1988 Kenneth E. Arnold 1989 Charlotte H. Evans 1988 John E. Ward 1990 Isabel G. Besecker 1988 Theodore Mairson 1988 Jason Berger 1988 William T. Spencer 1988 Selectman Liaison 1988 Leo McSweeney, Selectman Liaison 1900 Police Manual Policy Committee William J. Dailey, Jr. 1988 Fair Housing Committee B William C. Hays 1988 Robert Pressman, Chmn. 1988 Gerald L. McLeod 1988 Fred D. Rosenberg 1988 Edith E. Flynn 1988 Muriel M. Spence 1988 Chief Paul Furdon 1988 Leona Martin 1988 William T. Spencer 1988 Town Report Committee Vidya Bhatia 1988 Erna Greene, Chmn. 1988 Gem C. Weathers 1988 Robert Morrison, V. Chmn. 1988 Florence A. Baturin 1988 Ruth Karpinski 1988 James R. Brannon 1988 Elaine Sullivan 1988 Albert Huang 1988 Winifred Friedman 1988 Jacquelyn Smith, Stephen W. Wade 1988 Selectman Liaison Judith Dandison 1988 Human Services Committee Traffic Safety Advisory Committee Harvey Lowell, Co -Chmn. 1988 Peter M. Chalpin Chmn. 1988 Robert Cushman, Co -Chinn. 1989 Eric T. Clarke 1988 Seymour Mandell 1989 Myla Kabat -Zinn 1988 Renge Cochin 1989 William E. Mix 1988 Leonora Zola 1988 Robert Trask 1988 Marion B. Shepp 1988 Paul E. Furdon, Police Chief 1988 Janet Eustis 1988 Robert Raposa, Pol. Designee 1988 Sylvia Perlman 1988 Robert Bowyer, Planning Dir. 1988 Sheila Martin 1990 Paul Marshall, Selectman Liaison Transportation Advisory Committee Sally Castleman, Chmn. 1989 Lexington Center Committee William Mix, Co -Chinn. 1989 Margery M. Battin, Chmn. 1989 Elaine Dratch 1988 Mary M. Hastings 1989 Lawrence P. Chait 1989 F. David Wells 1989 Webb Sussman 1988 Norma R. Bogen 1988 Donald M. Graham 1990 Carla V. Fortmann 1988 Lilli Silvera 1990 Marian M. Powell 1988 Charles W. Stevens 1990 William Bowen 1990 Jacquelyn Smith, 1988 Robert L. Ossman 1990 Selectman Liaison 1988 Edward Barsamian 1900 Lex. Council for the Arts Kerry Brandin, Chmn. 1988 Waste Management Task Force Barbara Crane 1988 Judith B. Marshall 1990 Eunice Alberts Nicholson 1988 Jacquelyn H. Ward 1990 Maryanne Armstrong 1988 Mazy W Miley 1990 Robert Gartside 1988 Robert E. Fantasia, Chmn. 1990 Fred D. Rosenberg 1988 James H. Chambers 1990 Deborah Kassman 1988 Katherine G. Fricker 1990 Penelope Hart 1988 Philip McFarland 1988 Melinda Vinton 1988 130 Town Officers and Committees Hanscom Field Commission Robert Domnitz John E. taylor Graydon Wheaton Benjamin Obear Hanscom Area Traffic Committee John C. Eddison Judith Uhrig John E. Taylor (at Large) Metropolitan State Hospital Land Task Force Angela Frick Natalie Riffm David Williams Jacquelyn Smith Lex, Housing Assistance Board William C. Hays, Chmn. Jean Gaudet Marshall J. Derby Donald D. Wilson David F. Eagle Sherry B. Edmonds Paul Marshall, Selectman Liaison North Lexington Road Improvement Study Committee George Burnell Lawrence N. Smith Howard A. Smith William J. Scouler Myron L. Miller Harold G. Schmickley, Jr. Robert E. Fitzmaurice Sally T. Castleman Edmund C. Grant Trustees of Public Trusts Frank T. Parrish, Jr. Chmn. Alan Fields John R. Packard, Sec. Bridgeicharitabie Fund Frank T. Parrish, Jr. Chmn. John R. Packard, Sec. Alan S. Fields Gammel Legacy Trust Leona W. Martin `Elizabeth M. Flynn Moderator Appointed Capital Expenditures Copmmittee 1989 Town Manager Appointed 1991 Appropriation Committee 1988 Michael J. O'Sul ivan,Chmn. 1989 Richard M. Perry, V.Chmn. 1989 George A. Burnell 1988 John R. Campbell 1988 Lloyd Gilson 1989 Marilyn K Mairson 1990 'van Lazarus 1991 Diana MacLean 1991 Wilma L. Ronco 1990 John J. Ryan, Ex- officio E. Cary Youth Commission Nancy L. Barter, Chmn. Cynthia K Calvin Ronald E. Marble Daniel Murphy Anthony Porter Joseph O'Leary Charles Shaw 1988 Capital Expenditures Copmmittee 1992 Town Manager Appointed Sheldon A. Spector, Chmn. 1988 Paul E. Hamburger, V.Chmn. 1990 Robert A. Leone, Chmn. Nicholas A. Cannalonga 1989 1988 Karen A. Dooks 1990 1988 Richard A. Perry 1989 1989 1989 Committee on Lectures Under Wills 1989 of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna Deborah A. Radway Appt. 10/88 1988 E. Cary 1990 Raymond J. Culler, Chmn. 1989 Miriam W. Butts 1989 Deborah Kassman 1989 Regional School District Committee (Minuteman Tech) Nyles N. Barnert 1990 Youth Commission Nancy L. Barter, Chmn. Cynthia K Calvin Ronald E. Marble Daniel Murphy Anthony Porter Joseph O'Leary Charles Shaw 1988 1992 Town Manager Appointed 1990 Board of Assessors Robert A. Leone, Chmn. Robert N. Foster 1988 Barclay E. Hayes 1990 David C. Stusse, Assessor 1989 Assistant to the Town Man e Susan P. Adler 1988 Deborah A. Radway Appt. 10/88 1988 Town Clerk Bernice H. Fallick 131 Revenue Officer James R. Kane 1989 1988 1990 1988 1989 1990 1991 1990 1989 1991 Town Officers and Committees Planning Director* Forest Warden Robert A. Bowyer John D. Bergeron *With approval of the Planning Board Constrables George D. Anderson 1989 Health Director Roy J. Murphy 1989 George A. Smith, Jr. Ronald B. Wells 1989 William J. Young 1989 Director of Public Works/ En 'neermg Town Assessor Richard E. Spiers David C. Stusse Town Engineer Conservation Administrator Francis X. Fields Charles D. Wyman DPW Manager - Administration and Recreation Director Facilities Joan D. Halverson Emanuele Coscia, Jr. Council on Aging Director Cemetery Superintendent Linda Crew Vine Warren M. Monsignore Chief of Police Town Manager Appointed with Paul E. Furdon Selectmen's Approval Board of Health Fire Chief Stan N. Finkelstein, Chmn. 1989 John D. Bergeron Dr. Linda Roemer 1990 Civil Defense Director Donald A. Goldmann 1991 John D. Bergeron Conservation Commission Joyce A. Miller, Chmn 1991 Animal Control Officer John A. Oberteuffer,V.Chmn. 1990 Kathy P. Fox Joel A. Adler 1991 Lisa A. Baci 1989 Supervisor of Parks &Trees Angela E. Frick 1990 Paul E. Mazerall William A. Lahey 1989 Richard Wolk 1990 Building Commissioner John Willson 1989 Steven R. Frederickson Council on Aein¢ Building Ins Rector —p Dorothy Boggia, Chmn. 1989 Philip Harris Terrance Gent, V. Chmn. 1988 Ednund C. Grant 1991 Electrical I ns ector P Barbara Rubin 1990 William E. Corcoran Louis Tropeano 1991 Dr. Kevin C. Grimes 1990 Sealer of Weights & Measures Susan Nordemo 1989 Richard W. Ham, Jr. George Doughty, Jr. 1989 Connie Foster 1990 Director of Veterans Services Ruth Butler 1990 Veterans Graves Officer John E. Curry 1991 John J. Ryan Human Services Coordinator/ Historical Commission Dawn E. McKenna, Chmn. 1989 Veterans Clerk Martin Gilman 1990 Stephen Baran Isabella D. Hagelstein 1990 Bruce Witthoft 1989 Field Drivers Maureen K. Phillips 1991 James F. Con 132 Town Officers and Committees Recreation Committee CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Judith Marshall, Chmn. 1989 Brian M. Adley 1989 As stipulated by bequest of Maria Hastings Cary. Sam Nablo 1991 Carolyn C. Wilson 1991 TRUSTEES Donald A. Chisholm 1990 Director (appointed by Trustees) Robert C. Hilton 133 All members Board of Selectmen All members School Committee Local Building Code Board of "Settled Clergy" of the Town Appeals Anthony B. Casendino _EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Emanuel Coscia, Jr. Charles P. Hagenah Elected from the Board of Trustees for one year terms. William P. Kennedy William H. Sullivan William J. Dailey, Jr., Chairman Rev. Peter Meek, Vice Chairman Permanent Building Committee Rev. David Chobar (to September 1988) William P. Kennedy, Chmn. 1990 Florence Koplow Theodore M. Edson 1991 Jacquelyn Smith John F. Kennedy 1990 James J. Scanlon 1991 ADVISORY COMMITTEE David B. Smith 1989 Peter Johnson* Appointed by the Executive Committee each year. Mary Lou Touart* ** Ann Wallace" Vicky L. Schwartz, Chairman Elizabeth H. Clarke, Secretary *Appointed by School Committee Charles A. Butts, Jr. * *Appointed by Library Trustees Timothy P. Hart Theodore Mairson Ann Wallace Director (appointed by Trustees) Robert C. Hilton 133 Town Officers and Committees School Committee Appointed perintendent of Schools Philip E. Geiger Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Isa Kaftal Zimmerman Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and Adminstration Richard M. Barnes Assistant Superintendent for Business Affairs James R. Madnnes Director for Planning Frank DiGiammarino Coordinator of Guidance Peter Burke Coordinator of Evaluation Studies and Publications Georgia Glick Volunteer Coordinators Isabel Besecker Betty Taylor Advisory Budget Subcommittee Alice Adler Esther Arlan Niles Barnert Frederick Hagedorn Sam Nablo Michele May Interview Advisory Committee for the Superintendent Search Jane Attanucci Thomas Delbanco Dolores Donovan - S Janet Doherty - P Dan Fenn Ned Goodell - P David Kaloupek Joseph Kelley - S Bruce MacDonald - S Bruce Mallory - S Mary Neumeier Debra Packard - S Cheryl Prescott - S Phyllis Sonnenschein Bruce Storm - S C.L. Albert Wang S - Public Schools' Staff Member P - Student PTA Council Self Appointed Bowman PTA Nancy Berman Carol Hartman Helen Schauffler Vicky Schwartz JoAnne Wortman Bridge, Parent Teacher Organization Herb Baker Anne Frymer Jane Halverson Mary Papantonis Joan Schoellner Clarke PTA James Bunting Joseph Petner Loretta Porter Diamond PTA Helene Kamen Alice Klein Marsha Lannquist Parents and Teachers of Estabrook Marsha Baker DeDee Connor Betsy Garland Carol Rutti Mary Woessner Fiske PTA Janis Colangelo Barrie Peltz Christine Roth Elin Schultz Harrington PTA Marsha Byrnes Ruth Carlson Jean Cole Bonnie Knapp High School PTA Barbara Bailey Karen Dooks Patricia Maier 134 Kathy McKenzie, Pres. Jennie Oberholtzer Pre - School PTA Peggy McHugh Sue LaLone Mary Ann Young Parent Advisory Committee Self Appointed Kay Bell Cindi Blumsack Kerry Brandin Elaine Brenner Cris Carter, Pres. Barbara Chandler David Dickinson Donna Mack Pat Needham Mary Paone Mary Radz Beverly Rudeen Marsha Stringer Mancy Thompson Melinda Vinton Joan Yarmovsky Mary Ann Young Special Needs Parent Advisory Committee Self- Appointed Jeanne Abrons Edie Barbieri, Co -Chair Gary Barnes Lucy Barnes Karen Blair Adelaide Braun Vibeke Christensen Nancy Coda Christine Connor Lynne Fisher Gretchen Fox Sonny Fox Judi Gottlieb Joan Halverson Maria Haynes Jennifer Huntington Paul Lombard Barbara Manfredi Sal Pace Debra Packard John Passarini Robert Renna Olga Skinner Susan Staecker, Co -Chair Pamela Varrin Nora Wells Alternates Chip Giller - P Elizabeth Lentz Peter Mackie Deborah Perry - S Sylvia Schatz - S Guidance Advisory Committee Senior High Subcommittee Appointed by Coordinator of Guidance Jean Abrons Michael Alexander Sara Arnold Barbara Bailey Fay Bussgang Carol Cohen Nannette Feurzeig Sandra Frohman Carol Goldberg Maria Haynes Janet Howell Judith Klein Anne Lamantia Ben Levy - S William Levison Jan Kassler - S Carol Murphy Susan Orenstein Carol Snell Sarah Wildasin Judy Zabin Linda Zahn Lydia Zimmer Pat Zorn Judy Mosca Barbara Ramsey Joy Gilbert - S Krista Johansen Larry Robinson - S Dick Shohet - S Philip Geiger - S Middle School Subcommittee Jennifer Coplon Loretta DiMascio Gresh Lattimore Betsy Speicher Marsha Stringer Melinda Vinton Beth Ribeiro Michael Kon Paule Daum John Friedman Joanne Hennessy Town Officers and Committees School Improvement Cable TV and Communications Diamond Councils Advisory Committee Leslie Ciampi Bowman School Julian J. Bussgang Rudi Groblewsky Theodore Mairson - C Frank P. DiGiammarino, Chair Betsy Leutz Maureen C. Kasparian - P Stella Liu Judith Newman Patricia M. McClure - P Theodore Mairson Jan Whittemore Joseph N. Petner, Jr. - P Leo P. McSweeney Selectman Liaison Estabrook Bridge School William T. Spencer Rudi Groblewski Elizabeth Westfall - C Martha Stanton Joanne Pressman Jane Halverson - P Sidney Whiting Deborah Repici Gail Hanson -Mayer - P Phyllis Wilner Rani Sarin Diane Nosnik - P Early Education Committee Fiske Estabrook School Sharon Burr - Estabrook Mary Clinton Rajini Srikanth - C Nancy Christensen - Bridge Lois Coit Cris Carter - P Bonnie Clarke - Estabrook Janet Paroskie Sharon MacDonald - P Ann Crogan - Fiske Susan Plumb - P Linda Crosby - Harrington Harringion Lillian Dinklage - SPED Pan Awrach Fiske School Susan Gordon - Bridge Judy Friedlich John R. Bevan - C JoAnne Granger - Bridge Fran Miles Cindy Bellini - P David Horton - Estabrook Marjorie Pechet Francesca Galloccio- Sue Anne Hurder - Bowman Carolyn Powers Steele - P Bonnie Knapp - Harrington Edward McCarty - P Barbara Lockwood - Bridge High School Linda Murbach - High School Mary Ann Armstrong Harrington School Susan Orenstein - Estabrook Jill Delbanco Cheryl Kelly - C Debra Packard - Special Needs Jean Hart Ruth Walton - C John Papadonis - CRC Ruth Carlson - P Libby Reed - Fiske Universal Life Skills Jean Cole - P Joe Walsh - CRC Committee Carol Harris - P Nancy Wilson - Estabrook Barbara Bailey Launa Zimmaro - Bridge Arnis Burger Clarke Middle School Isa Zimmerman - Central Office William Blout Salvatore J. Abbadessa - C Peter Burke Myla Kabat -Zinn - P Arts Created Together Rev. Carol Flett Loretta A. Porter - P (ACT) Committee Lynn Fisher Marcie A. Theriault - P Bowman Alfred Fruscione Marcia Butman Dr. Donald Goldman Diamond Middle School Debbie Neumann Nancy Gordon Barbara Bailey - C Mary Nolan James Hathaway Edith Burge - P Jeremy Riddell Jeffrey Geltman Patricia Scully - P Vicki Rothbaum Jan Kassler Margaret M. Quinn - P Bonnie Selway Louise Drieutziger Lexington High School fidd= Ralph Lord Claire O'Leary Katherine G. Fricker - C Dominique Vo Dr. Daniel Palant Carol L. Cohen - P Susan Brissette Beth Ribeiro Maria Haynes - P Rachel Rosenblum Ellen K. Mahlowitz - P Clark Maureen Rowe Bryan O'Connor - S Marge Albin Kenneth Totas Jennifer Delbanco - S Carol Hartman David A. Wilson Chair C - Community Representatives Debbie O'Hara Dr. Isa Zimmerman P - Parent Representatives S - Student Representatives 135 Voters' Information Voter Registration: Residents may register at the Town Clerk's office on any business day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Town Clerk will provide additional registration sessions (including one Saturday) in advance of each election; times will be published in the local paper. Voting Places: Precinct 1, Harrington School Precinct 6, Diamond Middle School Precinct 2, Bowman School Precinct 7, Estabrook School Precinct 3, Clarke Middle School Precinct 8, Central Fire Station Precinct 4, High School Precinct 9, Maria Hastings School Precinct 5, Cary Memorial Hall WHERE TO FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES Senators in Coneress (Statewide): Edward M. Kennedy Office: 2400 -A JFK Federal Building, Boston, 02203 John F. Kerry Office: Room 3220, Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston 02116 Representative in Coneress: Seventh District Edward J. Markey, 7 Townsend Street, Malden, MA 02148 Office: 2100 -A JFK Building, Boston 02203 Councillor (Governor's Executive Council): Sixth District Joseph A. Langone, III, 190 North Street, Boston, MA 02113 Office: Room 184, State House, Boston, MA 02133 Senator in General Court (State Le¢islature): Fourth Middlesex District Richard A. Kraus, 1 Watermill Place, Arlington, MA 02174 Office: Room 511, State House, Boston, MA 02133 Representative in General Court: Fifteenth Middlesex District Stephen W. Doran, 315 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA 02173 Office: Room 472, State House, Boston, MA 02133 Lexington office hours - First Thursday of the month: 7:30 am - 9:00 am: J House, Lexington High School 9:00 am - 10:30 am: Selectmen's Office, Town Office Building 10:30 am - 12 noon: Senior Center, 1475 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington Gazetteer Settled in 1642 as Cambridge Farms — Incorporated as the Town of Lexington in 1713 Population: 1988 census - 29,294 1,080.00 1987- 29,361 1970 - 31,886 1985- 29,224 1960 - 27,691 1980- 29,479 1950 - 17,335 Area of town in acres ...................... 10,650.42 Area of town in square miles ................... 16.64 Extreme length in miles ........................ 5.80 Extreme width in miles • 4.85 Highest elevation (feet above mean sea level) ....... 374. Lowest elevation (feet above mean sea level) ....... 110. Animal Shelter Westview Street Cary Memorial Building 1605 Massachusetts Avenue Cary Library 1874 Massachusetts Avenue East Lexington Branch Library 735 Massachusetts Avnue Population density (per square mile): 1,760.4 565 -3170 565 -8519 565 -2900 727 -2795 722 -1432 861 -7566 722 -2120 Town -owned conservation land in acres .......... 1,080.00 Public streets (accepted) in miles ............... 122.26 Public streets (unacepted) in miles ............... 11.53 Streets under sub - division control ................. 4.67 Condominium and private drives .................. 4.54 State highways .............................. 18.98 j y Trunk sewers ............................... 34.09 \ r Street sewers .............................. 121.66 Water mains ............................. 1508.08 Major Town Building Locations Fire Department Headquarters 45 Bedford Street Lexington Public Schools 1557 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington Senior Center 1475 Massachusetts Avenue Police Department Headquarters 1575 Massachusetts Avenue 136 Public Works Building (DPW) 201 Bedford Street Town Office Building (TOB) 1625 Massachusetts Avenue Visitors Center /C of C 1875 Massachusetts Avenue Westview Cemtery Off Bedford Street (NW of Hartwell Avenue) Emergency Information Police Fire Ambulance 862 - 1212 862 -0270 862 -0270 (emergency only) Give name and address Describe the problem Make sure message is understood Emergency Signals on Town Fire Whistle 4444 - Alert Warning: Turn on your radio or television to receive emergency information. 2222 - Final Warning. Handy Information Place Telephone Hours Town Offices 862 -0500 weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Public Works 862 -1618 when Town Offices are closed Fire (non - emergency) 862 -0272 24 hours Schools & School Department 861 -2300 weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. NO SCHOOL & recorded messages 862 - 7581 24 hours (do NOT call Police or Fire) Minuteman Tech 861 -6500 Community Education 862 -7150 Cary Memorial Library 862 -6288 Monday- Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Branch Library 862 -2773 Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Council on Aging 861 -0194 weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Housing Authority 861 -0900 weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Countryside Village) Human Services 862 -0500 Monday, Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon LexI LAB, Inc. 863 -5362 Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 a.m. to noon LEXPRESS 861 -1210 weekdays 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (or leave message on tape) I Iolidays for Town Offices, Libraries and trash collection: New Year's Day: Martin Luther King's Birthday George Washington's Birthday Patriots' Dav: Memorial Day Independence Da); Labor Da v Columbus Da v Veterans' Day Thanksgiving Dar: Christmas Da v. Following a holiday, all trash collections will be one day later that week.