HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-Annual Report1991 Annual Report
Town of Lexington
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Housing Assistance
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Town Celebrations
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Trustees of Public
Trusts
Director of Guides
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Committees
Town
Moderator
Appropriation
Capital
Expenditures
Cary Lectures
3epresentative to
School
Superintendent
Staff
School
Volunteers
Town Manager
'fanning
Board Town
Meeting
Members
Appropriate
Legislate
Planning
Revenue Officer
Director
❑ Paid Employees
unpaid Volunteers
Town Clerk
Revenue Officer
Comptroller
Board of Health
Local Building Code
Health Director
Board of Appeals
PublicWorks/
Conservation
Engineering Director
Town Counsel
Commission
Permanent Building
Chief of Police
Council on Aging
Committee.
Westview Cemetery
Fire Chief
Registrars of Voters
Historical
Developement
Building
Commission
Committee
Commissiner
Executive Clerk
Recreation
Committee
MAPC
Town Assessor
Representative
Youth Commission
Board of Asessors
Conservation
Administrator
Recreation Director
COA Director
❑ Paid Employees
unpaid Volunteers
Finances at a Glance
1991 Lexington Overview
Board of Selectmen
Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
Town Manager
Moderator
MAPC
Town Meeting
Personnel Advisory Board
Elections
TMMA
Lexington Public Schools
Minuteman Tech
Cary Memorial Library
Department
Public Works
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Department of Public Works
Waste Management Committee
Fire
Police
Health
Planning Board
Lighting Options Committee
Permanent Building Committee
Conservation Commission
Design Advisory Committee
Board of Appeals
Lexington Center Committee
Heavy Equipment Noise Committee
Building /Inspection
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Lexington Housing Authority
Transportation Advisory Committee
Human Services Committee
Sister City Committee
LexHAB
Veterans' Services
Fair Housing Committee
Council on Aging
Town Celebrations Committee
Town Counsel
Town Clerk
Town Report
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Appropriation Committee
Capital Expenditures Committee
Retirement Board
Board of Assessors
Trustees of Public Trusts
Comptroller
Financial Data
Town Meeting Members
Town Officers and Committees
Voters' Information
Gazetteer
Emergency Phone Numbers
The financial accounts in this report are based on the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1991.
All other statistics and narratives are based on the calendar year 1991.
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Cable Advisory Committee
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LexHAB
Veterans' Services
Fair Housing Committee
Council on Aging
Town Celebrations Committee
Town Counsel
Town Clerk
Town Report
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Appropriation Committee
Capital Expenditures Committee
Retirement Board
Board of Assessors
Trustees of Public Trusts
Comptroller
Financial Data
Town Meeting Members
Town Officers and Committees
Voters' Information
Gazetteer
Emergency Phone Numbers
The financial accounts in this report are based on the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1991.
All other statistics and narratives are based on the calendar year 1991.
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Finances at a Glance
The purpose of these two pages is to put the
town's finances, spending in particular, in some
perspective; to show the fiscal relationship of each
major town operation to all others, along with gross
dollar amounts.
More complete spending detail can be found under
"Appropriation Accounts" in the back of this report.
Summarizing anything as complex as a $50 million
municipal budget has its limitations. On these two
pages, total expenditures and total revenues do not
come out even as they do in balance sheets because of
such factors as overlays and capital expenditures.
Please note one change from last year; water /sewer
and recreation expenses are included in operating
expenses under "Enterprise Accounts."
Revenue Sources 1991
How to read the
Operating
Expenses
Graphic
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The vertical column
shows how big a !share
of the town's operating
budget goes to each
major category.
Data on the right,, shows'''
expenditures in dollars,
and in more detail.
Source:
Comptroller's Office
Residential Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate $10,099,000 $29,249,000
Industrial Real Estate � $2,488,000
Personal Property 1$482,000
Local Receipts $4,904,000
State $4,979,000
Available Funds E $1,086,000
Available Surplus � $2,815,000
Enterprise Fund Water $2,915,000
Revenues Sewer $2,830,000
Recreation p $768,000 Total Revenue $62,615,000
Enterprise revenues are collected outside the tax levy. They are shown here in scale to
traditional revenue sources.
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1991 Operating Expenses
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Personnel 22,068,517
Exp
ration enses & Equipment 1,481,210
Contracted Services 3,741,405
MM Tech 603,212
27,894,344
Personnel
Admin. Expenses
D.P.W. Highways
Parks & Grounds
Refuse Collection
Town Building Maint.
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503,867
492,579
133,905
1,520,369
234,983
5,178,944
iblic Safety Police 2,723,025
Fire 2,580,077
& Health Health 150,649
5,453,751
ibraPersonal Services 887,269
ry Expenses 230,399
1,117,668
Executive 463,686
,Irnment Legislative 1,088
Financial 582,594
State & County Assess. 888,862
1,936, 230
Employee Pensions
Employee Insurance
�penses Funded Debt
Interest
Exempt Debt
2,608,901
4,060,598
925,000
736,226
1,567, 000
9,897,725
rise Water 2,452,117
'prise 2,701,171
Recreation 718,491
5,871,779
Total Operating Expenses $58,649,898
Town Counsel
251,272
Legal
Town Clerk
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Bd. of Registrars
21,946
Elections
58,977
436,565
Planning Board
111,455
:)nment
Building & Zoning
154,686
Board of Appeals
24,259
Conservation Comm.
66,788
Historic Dist. Comm.
1,690
358,878
Council on Aging
174,905
'eople
Veterans
Human Services
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81,000
Celebrations
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LEXPRESS
188,157
504,014
Executive 463,686
,Irnment Legislative 1,088
Financial 582,594
State & County Assess. 888,862
1,936, 230
Employee Pensions
Employee Insurance
�penses Funded Debt
Interest
Exempt Debt
2,608,901
4,060,598
925,000
736,226
1,567, 000
9,897,725
rise Water 2,452,117
'prise 2,701,171
Recreation 718,491
5,871,779
Total Operating Expenses $58,649,898
1991 Lexington Overview
The town entered the year wondering if the numbers would get
worse, and they did, with municipal finances taking a double hit.
First, the state again cut the revenue - sharing pie into ever thinner
slices, and that drove the town into Special Town Meeting to
balance its budget. Then, as the economy continued to stumble so
did activities that feed local receipts. Everything from new auto
sales tax receipts to parking fees shrunk so precipitously that in
December officials clamped a spending freeze on all departments,
a chilling precursor of what Town Meeting faces in the spring of
1992.
In the midst of all this the town revenue officer left to become the
top money man in bankrupt Chelsea. Sad signs of the times, "for
lease" and "vacancy" notices, sprouted in a few store windows and
many commercial properties, driving down their values. Home
values also slid, although not as severely. Everything, it seemed,
was going downhill, except real estate taxes, and they switched to
a quarterly payment schedule in a move to even out cash in -flow
for the town and out -flow for payers.
Not all the financial news was bad. True, sagging interest rates ate
into the town's income from investments, but when the town
borrowed $5,000,000 in April it was the lowest rate in years - 5.9
percent. The town's top Aaa credit rating, earned over many
years of prudent fiscal policies, helped gain the favorable rate.
Meantime, officials rolled up their sleeves and went about making
the town's pinched dollars work harder. The DPW experimented
with two different ways to rebuild streets by recycling old street
surfacing material; the police and fire departments tapped private
pockets - the police to support the anti -drug program in the schools
and firefighters to buy life saving defibrillators.
And the town -owned Pine Meadows golf course netted $214,589
that was chipped into the Recreation Enterprise Fund to support
other programs.
The stumbling economy also raised hob with many residents.
Lexington's unemployment rate rose to 5 percent; the Interfaith
Food Pantry, begun the previous year, saw increasing demand for
the groceries donated by citizens; the Human Services Committee,
working with selectmen and the Trustees of Public Trusts,
established a fund to help tide over needy families with modest,
short term loans.
Affordable housing advocates temporarily shelved their plans. The
Interfaith Housing group which started the whole initiative back in
the '70's closed its books and folded its assets into LexHAB.
However, LexHAB was able to start one new home, another joint
project in which Rotary Club members provided supervision and
Minuteman Tech students pounded nails.
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Lexington residents were newsmakers as usual. Former Town
Manager Bob Hutchinson joined the new governor's command
staff; Edward O. Wilson, PhD., Harvard, won his second Pulitzer
for a book, "The Ants," Jacquelyn Ward won the White Tricorn
Hat for outstanding service to the town, and former teacher Pearl
Brenchick, 84, was awarded the Minuteman Cane for setting a
frisky example for all elderly folks.
The elderly also appeared in a Planning Board examination of the
1990 Federal Census which noted the town's population is greying,
and also becoming more ethnically diverse.
On the environmental front, Hurricane Bob caused minor damage,
and anyway, DPW crews had tree damage cut and swept up in jig
time. Center and design advisory committees led an effort that
produced sturdy oak benches for the sidewalk in the center -
welcomed assets for visitors and residents alike.
The Persian Gulf War came and went, sparking a handful of
protestors and far more jubilant supporters at the victorious end;
there were no casualties among Lexingtonians who served.
Controversial School Superintendent Philip Geiger returned to New
Jersey and 81 hopeful replacements sent in their resumes. A study
of the school report reveals that students and faculty continued
their winning ways, copping championships and awards over a
broad band of scholastic and athletic endeavors.
At year end, the list of unresolved matters ranged from what color
the street lights to where's the money to come from. Overall,
citizens appeared happy; only 28.6 percent of registered voters
turned out for town elections.
About the cover graphics
The graphics on the cover, and used inside to spiff up the page
headings, came out of a project involving Minuteman Tech's
Graphic Communications Department.
Post graduate student Judy Snell designed the page graphics
and the various charts throughout the report, except for the
financial charts on pages 2 and 3, which were the work of the
Town Report Committee's own Bob Haffman. Janet Eichorn, a
Minuteman Communications junior, fleshed out Judy's charts
with text and data.
This marks the first time the report committee has tapped
Minuteman Tech's Communications Department for a special
project. The exercise benefitted both parties,- Town Report got
fresh graphics and the students got some practical experience.
The committee is grateful for Minuteman's cooperation and the
student's work.
Future report covers will have photographs, graphics or both.
Government/ —
Administration
Board of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen: seated, William Dailey, Paul Marshall, Chairman Jacquelyn Smith, Executive Secretary Marion
Snow, Jack Eddison, Leo McSweeney; Standing, Town Counsel Norman Cohen and Town Manager Richard White. The board
was again unchanged from the previous year, but Marion Snow announced her retirement in '92. Photo; Joyce Fearnside.
1991 once more saw the town in a precarious financial condition.
Through the year efforts to fund municipal services that residents
expect were hampered as financial trends worsened.
Financial Picture
First, local aid was cut for the third year in a row. The cuts
amounted to a 37 percent decrease (or $3 million dollars) in aid no
longer coming from the state to help fund our municipal budget.
The traditional state policy of returning to local government a
portion of the taxes paid by the community's residents had meant
a state contribution of about eight percent to our revenue stream
each year. Now, with lower revenues at the state level, this policy
has been set aside. We can expect steadily decreasing state aid,
not just this year, but for the foreseeable future.
The 1991 cut in local aid forced us to call a Special Town Meeting
in November to balance the budget. Town Meeting voted to
reduce the school budget by $69,427 and the Retirement Fund by
$270,000 to achieve this balance. These cuts were in addition to
a number of cuts made within the existing budget.
Another source of revenue which is still.,in a downward spiral is
local receipts. With the weakened state economy, people are not
buying cars or staying in motels as often, lowering excise income.
Tax payments are slow and interest income is much less than in
previous years. Parking meter receipts are also down, since
people are shopping less. All this translates into decreased
revenues for the town from local sources.
Declining revenues have meant curtailing some services already.
This trend definitely points to major service cuts next year and the
years following, unless the Legislature provides some new ways
for towns to generate additional revenues.
Goals
As in previous years selectmen organized their year's work
through a goal- setting process. High on our list is continuing to
develop good working relationships with our legislators, the many
committees that serve the town, the School Committee and the
Town Meeting Members Association.
In the area of public safety, selectmen support completing the
Police Accreditation Program. Under the guidance of Sgt. Mark
Corr we hope to have the program completed in 1992. However,
application for accreditation may be held up at that point because
some capital improvements to the police station must be made
before accreditation can take place, and we have not budgeted for
those improvements as yet.
Support for the Police Department D.A.R.E. program of drug
education and prevention is also top priority. This program has
received high praise from teachers, students, parents and citizens;
in fact from everyone who has come in contact with it. We salute
Brian Spencer who heads up this important new program for the
town.
Another major priority for the board is our involvement in regional
planning as projects at or near our borders continue to have an
impact on our residents. We will deal with this priority in more
detail later in this report.
Selectmen continued to seek a better way to recognize the valuable
contributions made by volunteers to the town. The benefits of
their talents and time cannot be measured, but it can be seen in the
professionalism and caring these volunteers bring to many town
programs. The selectmen's goal is to find a fitting way of
recognizing this enormous volunteer effort in a more public way
than we have in the past.
Board of Selectmen: continued
The Board
The make -up of the Board of Selectmen remained the same in
1991, with Selectman William Dailey reelected for a third term
and Jacquelyn Smith continuing to serve as chairman. However,
toward the end of the year there were major changes in staffing.
Marion Snow, Executive Clerk to the board for over ten years,
announced her retirement in January 1992. In her role as Clerk,
Marion represented the board on a daily basis helping the many
citizens who come to our office looking for information or advice
on any number of issues. Her grace and knowledge of the
workings of the town have been invaluable to the board. She will
continue her involvement with the Town Celebrations Committee
and the Historical Society so the town will still have the benefit of
her talents -- but the board will truly miss her.
At the same time, Audrey Deshler our assistant clerk announced
she would be leaving, too. Audrey decided to trade in her office
duties for the totally new experience of a position with VISTA in
Texas. We will miss her.
Major Events
1991 was not a year for new initiatives, but rather for just holding
on. However, there were a number of events of note even in these
hard times.
Cornelius "Neil" Cronin, the Director of Guides on the Green,
resigned after over a decade of leading this historic program for
the town. Fortunately, Neil was willing to become Director
Emeritus, which, in this instance, is not just an honorary title. He
will continue his involvement with the program, but to a lesser
degree.
Neil's knowledge of the town, its history and of the young people
who act as guides is legendary. He has trained ten to 20 new
guides each year, putting them through a rigorous learning
program so they can tell our many visitors about the events that
took place on the Green. We are grateful to Neil for his many
years of service and are pleased that he will continue to be
involved in the program.
The contribution of Lexington residents to Operation Desert Storm
was commemorated in a number of ways during the year. Thanks
to Sondra and John Lucente, the Green was decorated in honor.of
our service people. For several weeks before Patriots Day the
town was festooned with yellow ribbons, thanks to Marion Reilly
and other relatives of service people. The yellow ribbons denoted
our pride and gratitude to those who served in Operation Desert
Storm. Several returned veterans rode in the Patriots Day Parade
as a focal point of the parade, and a welcoming banner was hung
across Massachusetts Avenue for Memorial Day.
Student Government Day
The School Committee, Board of Selectmen and the Manager's
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Office organized a Student Government Day at the High School to
show high school students how town government works. Students
were paired with the manager, fire and police chiefs, selectmen
and School Committee to learn about their functions.
This exercise culminated in a meeting of the two boards to discuss
the upcoming budget to be presented to town meeting. A lively
discussion and some radical solutions to budget problems resulted
from this meeting. Everyone left with a better understanding of
our problems and how we go about solving them. All those
involved in the program would like to see it continued and
expanded. Knowing how government works and how citizens
influence the process is critical to the smooth running of a
democracy. We hope that Student Government Day made a
contribution to this knowledge.
The Human Services Committee and Trustees of Public Trusts
identified a growing need in the community for small loans to help
people having temporary financial troubles. With some financial
help from the board and the trustees, the Human Services
Committee embarked on an effort to raise money for a Human
Services Fund to provide this service. Even in these difficult
financial times, the committee had some success, and the fund has
served a growing number of citizens. We are grateful to the
committee for making this extra effort on behalf of the town.
Scattered Sites Program
Although the board does not have the resources for any major
additions to the town's affordable housing stock, we are proud to
report the town added one more home to our Scattered Sites
Program. Again with the winning team of Selectman Leo
McSweeney, Lexington Rotary and the Minuteman Voc -Tech
School students, a new home was built on Bruce Road on a lot
owned by the town. The board and LexHAB hope to continue this
scattered site housing program as funds and lots become available.
In November the Appropriation Committee held a symposium on
town finances. The program was very successful in the exchange
of information, and participants asked that this format be continued
as we move into planning for next year's budget. The selectmen
agreed to convene such a forum with broad representation from
town boards and organizations as well as staff. This is another
opportunity for citizens to come to the town's aid through better
understanding of problems and the opportunity to suggest solutions
or options.
In July Boston Edison designated Lexington as an Edison Encore
Program community. The utility will analyze the town's use of
electricity in its buildings and retrofit or replace out -of -date
equipment with more energy efficient systems. They estimate this
program will save $24,000 for the municipal buildings and
$48,000 for the schools. Being chosen as an Encore Program
Community will not only mean substantial savings to the town in
dollars, but also in energy conservation which we strongly support.
Board of Selectmen: continued
While on the subject of energy, one of nature's most spectacular
shows of energy, Hurricane Bob, visited Lexington in August.
Along with widespread destruction of trees, the storm substantially
damaged the town's fire alarm system. The process of repairing
it goes on.
Parallels From the Past
In rereading the Selectmen's Annual Reports from the Great
Depression of the 1930's, we find many parallels to our current
condition and, surprisingly, some very heartening words that apply
today as well as 60 years ago. It is Lexington's good fortune to
have so many residents active in town affairs or concerned about
them. We are further blessed to have a town staff that has met the
challenge of additional work load with no additional pay, and with
an undaunted spirit which says that Lexington can weather hard
times now as in the past.
Our human resources, volunteers and staff are there to help the
town through these troubled times. Along with the support of our
residents, that makes a winning team.
Enhancing the Environment
Following up on the recommendations contained in the "Town of
Lexington Design Guidelines for Commercial Districts " prepared
in 1990 by David Dixon Associates, the Selectmen initiated and
supported a number of projects of town enhancement. Because of
increasing constraints on the town's budgetary resources, it was
not possible to free up adequate town funding for such projects and
it became necessary to look to other sources for help. At the
initiative of Selectman John Eddison, a coordinated effort was
undertaken which combined the resources of the Town Manager,
the Town DPW, the Design Advisory Committee (DAC), the
Lexington Center Committee (LCC), a volunteer "Tree Commit-
tee", individual landscape architects and neighborhood groups.
Among the products of this effort were the following:
Countryside Park
At the intersection of Lowell and Woburn Streets, a small and
underutilized parkland was rehabilitated, reshaped and planted with
bordering street trees. The plan for the project was given by
designer Barbara Hulsizer, a member of the DAC; funding was
raised by a neighborhood committee and through a grant from
Massport; and the work of relocating a path and sidewalks and of
planting the trees was done by the town DPW.
Lexington Center
Through the combined resources of the LCC, the DAC and the
Selectmen, and under the leadership of architect Steven Hurley,
funds were raised to provide 16 teak benches plus attractively
designed trash receptacles in Lexington Center. These were placed
by the DPW at selected locations on the tree shaded sidewalk of
Massachusetts Avenue in the main shopping area. They wore
immediately put to use and enjoyed by patrons of the Center.
Depot Square
While it was recognized that funding for a major remodeling of
Depot Square was unlikely to be available for several years, the
groundwork for undertaking such a reshaping of this key park area
proceeded through 1991. A comprehensive questionnaire soliciting
the views of the Lexington public was prepared, circulated and its
results analyzed by the Emery Park and Depot Square Study Group
formed by the DAC and headed by architect Don Olson. A
detailed base map of the square and an interim plan to make its
northern side a more friendly terminal location for the users of
Lexpress were also prepared by landscape architects Robert
Ossman and Roger Kallstrom. This work was supplemented by
the town's Engineering Department which provided engineering
plans and specifications for the area.
The Battle Green
With a view to protecting and enhancing the natural beauty of the
Battle Green area, a volunteer Tree Committee made up primarily
of members of the DAC, prepared a set of recommendations
entitled: "Planting Guidelines - Lexington Battle Green and
Environs." These guidelines accentuated the importance of
preserving the Green as a visual as well as historic space and
recommended that future plantings adhere to explicit specifications
as to location, size, form and species. They were submitted to the
Planning Board and the Historic Districts Commission for
comment and approval before being approved by the Selectmen.
East Lexington
A collaborative effort to improve the landscaping of the Massachu-
setts Avenue commercial strip in East Lexington was begun in the
fall of the year. Under the sponsorship of the East Lexington
Beautification Committee, business owners in East Lexington met
with town officials, members of the Design Advisory Committee
and residential neighbors to discuss town /business cooperation in
improving the appearance of the commercial area. Following
these meetings, arrangements were made with the owners of three
of the larger parking areas on the north side of the avenue to have
landscape architects from the Design Advisory Group draw up
plans for the beautification of the area between those lots and the
street. It was understood that, once the plans were completed and
approved, the town DPW would work with the respective owners
and the East Lexington Association in common efforts to imple-
ment those plans as funding became available.
Inter -Town Cooperation
The Board continued to be actively involved in working with
Board of Selectmen: continued
representatives of neighboring towns, regional organizations and
government agencies on issues of common concern.
Through its participation in HATS II, the Hanscom Area Towns
Committee (comprised of Bedford, Concord, Lexington and
Lincoln) and the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission (HFAC),
the Board sought to mitigate the impact on the Lexington commu-
nity of aircraft noise and highway traffic generated by activity at
Hanscom Field and the Hanscom Air Force Base.
Among the major concerns of HATS II and the HFAC in 1991
was the effective implementation of the so- called Part 150 Noise
Compatibility Study being conducted at Hanscom Field by
Massport, the Massachusetts Port Authority. During Phase 1 of
the study, the evaluation of noise levels, HATS attempted to insure
the integrity and effectiveness of the noise measurements being
conducted through negotiations with Massport.
Acting through counsel, HATS also submitted in early April
detailed comments on proposed federal regulations for airport
noise and access restrictions. In late September, the prospects for
improved noise restrictions at Hanscom were placed in jeopardy by
the unveiling of a new federal noise policy which made much more
difficult the imposition by local airports of noise controls more
stringent than those planned by the Federal Government. Recog-
nizing that federal acceptance of future noise restrictions at
Hanscom would be contingent on the successful conclusion of the
Part 150 Study, the HATS leadership increased its efforts to
achieve that goal.
In response to pressure from HATS to ameliorate the traffic
generating effects of the planned 750,000 sq. ft. of new building
construction on the Air Base, the Air Force offered to facilitate the
payment of impact fees by non - government entities at the Base.
As a prerequisite to such payments, a new organization legally
authorized to receive funds would have to be established. The Air
Force proposed that such an organization should be made up of
representatives of the four HATS towns plus those of the Air
Force.
During 1991, repeated efforts were made to fashion such an entity
as an adjunct to HATS. The organizational form that seemed most
suitable for this purpose was that of a Growth and Development
Policy Committee under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 42. This proposal provoked some opposition among
representatives of the Lexington Town Meeting Members Associa-
tion. As the year ended, attempts were being made to meet the
concerns of the TMMA while still enabling the HATS towns to
receive impact fees for traffic alleviation measures.
Following up on the Hanscom area traffic study completed for
HATS in 1991 by MAPC transportation specialists, the HATS
leadership called to the attention of the recently elected Weld
administration the conclusions and priorities of that study. This
was done through a letter followed by a personal meeting in June
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with Secretary Richard Taylor of the Executive Office of Trans-
portation and Construction. The HATS representatives were
assured by Secretary Taylor and Commissioner James Kerasiotes
that they would check on the HATS priority projects and see that
they were kept moving.
The HATS leadership also played an active part in negotiations in
the spring of 1991 over the proposed updating of the Hanscom
Field Generic Environmental Impact Report (GEIR). It added its
voice, speaking for the four towns, to the calls from citizens
groups and town boards and committees to Secretary Susan
Tierney of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs,
requesting the preparation of a full Environmental Impact Report
as an integral part of the updating of the GEIR. Secretary Tierney
agreed and determined that an EIR should be prepared.
In an action involving Lexington and another of its municipal
neighbors, the Town Meeting approved the expenditure of $10,000
for legal services to oppose the location by the U.S. Postal Service
of a regional mail processing center on Smith Street in Waltham,
just over the Lexington town line. Waltham had previously
initiated legal action to challenge this move by the Postal Service
and had asked Lexington to support its suit. At the direction of
the Selectmen, Lexington's Town Counsel intervened in the case
in support of Waltham's position. Although Waltham had lost its
preliminary motions to oppose the facility, final disposition of the
case was still pending as the year ended.
The Traffic Safety Advisory Committee investigated 39 letters
from citizens reporting perceived hazardous traffic conditions
or requesting changes in traffic controls. The committee's
investigations were followed up by recommendations to the
selectmen. Members, front: Robert Trask, Myla Kabat -Zinn,
Catherine England; rear, Chairman Peter Chalpin of the DPW
and James Kilmartin of the Police Department. Not included,
Eric Clarke and William Mix.
Town Manager
The Town Manager is the Chief Executive Officer of 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 $9,828,364 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1992 (FY 92), covering 279 full -time and 102
part-time employees. The total appropriated town budget for
Fiscal Year 1992 is $64,826,224.
Finances
Financial instability and budget problems on the state level have
made it difficult for Lexington to balance its fiscal priorities and
fund existing municipal services. A decrease in revenues has
forced the state to withdraw from its commitment to fund local
government. State aid to Lexington has been reduced during the
last four years by approximately $2.9 million or 37 percent. The
loss of state aid has been exascerbated by a sluggish economy.
Local receipts, or revenue generated for services the town
provides, showed a decrease for the first time in recent memory.
Sound financial planning can only be achieved when revenue can
reasonably and realistically be predicted. Unfortunately, circum-
stances beyond local control have made it impossible to reasonably
and realistically predict revenue in Lexington.
Changes in state regulations, underestimates, budget reversions,
and court settlements have allowed Lexington to accumulate
healthy balances in its "Free Cash" account. Free Cash represents
the unreserved fund balance less the outstanding taxes at the end
of the fiscal year. This free cash balance is certified annually by
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Revenue,
Bureau of Accounts. Unfortunately, the town has used its free
cash during the last four years to replace the loss of State Aid and,
most recently, a reduction in local receipts. The town took a
tremendous risk in balancing recurring operating appropriations
with cash reserves that it knew could never be replaced. As a
result, the primary focus of the FY 92 budget process was to
inform and warn Town Meeting that future free cash balances
would not be large enough to support existing town appropriations
and that a reduction and /or elimination of town services, an
increase in revenue or combination of each would be required to
balance the FY 93 budget.
The FY 93 budget process will require a complete and thorough
re- examination of the town's priorities. Services must be reduced
or eliminated and new revenues created if the town is to continue
to respond to the problems presented by a sluggish economy and
a state government in crisis. It is very difficult to predict with
certainty Lexington's financial future. Much of what is done at the
municipal level is controlled by state government. To date, it does
not appear that state government has developed an agenda for local
government. Developing and implementing state policy for
economic development, education, public safety, and public works
requires vision and ideology. Lexington's financial stability will
continue to be vulnerable despite our best efforts until state
government sets its vision and identifies an agenda for cities and
towns.
In the past, the implementation of a centralized purchasing system,
reorganization and consolidation of all financial operations, new
computer software, new technology, and recycling have helped
town government meet new or expanded service demands while
at the same time reducing costs. A recent consolidation of
departments including Building Inspection, Conservation, Health,
Historic Districts Commission, and Zoning Board of Appeals
resulted in the creation of the Inspectional Services Department.
Space has been reallocated in the Town Office Building to locate
all of these functions and former departments in one convenient
area. This reorganization has already resulted in budget savings
through the reduction of two staff positions. The coordination of
interests and centralized review and coordination of the develop-
ment process will increase communication, accelerate the review
process, and provide a better product at a lower cost to the citizen.
Every effort will be made in the future to look at the cost savings
and efficiencies gained through consolidation. Some school /town
consolidation regarding building maintenance, personnel, and
financial operations are more than feasible and could result in
substantial budget savings in the near future. A consolidation of
all public safety operations must be considered soon if the town is
to maximize its public safety resources and achieve budget savings
in the long term.
Despite this fiscal uncertainty, the town was able to maintain its
Aaa bond rating. Moody's Investor Service visited the town to
examine its financial strength, resources, and its management
capabilities in the summer of 1991. Moody's was especially
impressed with the town's ability to respond to changes in State
Government as well as those in the economy. Our biggest
challenge will be to continue these efforts in 1992, 1993 and
beyond.
Environment
Lexington's mandatory curbside recycling, the first in the state,
continues to expand. Yard waste, tree branches, yard clippings,
plastics and white goods (stoves, washers, driers, and refrigera-
tors) were added to the list of items in the town's recycling
program. Refuse collection and disposal costs have benefitted
from the town's successful recycling program and over 35 percent
of Lexington's waste has been diverted away from the NESWC
incinerator facility in North Andover and almost 100 percent of
Lexington's households are recycling. The town's recycling
efforts has buffered dramatic increases in refuse collection and
disposal costs.
Hurricane "Bob" visited the town on August 19th inflicting
tremendous damage to public and private property. Town
personnel throughout the organization (general government, police,
Town Manager: continued
fire, and public works) worked long and hard to repair the damage
to public facilities and to assist private property owners.
Enterprise Funding
Lexington established enteprise funding for water and sewer
operations in 1988. All operational (direct and indirect) and
capital appropriations for water and sewer services are raised
through user fees. Leak detection, water conservation, water main
replacement, and water main relining programs have helped
maintain the quality of the town's water and sewer system, as well
as reduce water consumption. The operation of the water and
sewer departments on a fee- for- sevice basis has allowed the town
to continue to invest in its infrastructure. A dedicated revenue
source for capital improvements has provided funds necessary for
water and sewer capital improvements despite financial limitations.
Although the water and sewer capital and operating budgets are
funded 100 percent through user fees, Lexington's combined water
and sewer rate for the average is substantially lower than other
MWRA communities.
Recreation
1991 marked the first year in which the Recreation Department
was funded and operated as a fee- for - service enterprise. Revenue
generated from the Pine Meadows Golf Course has provided the
town with some flexibility in how it funds recreation operational
and capital costs. Town Meeting appropriated funds to expand
recreation programs and for capital improvement projects such as
the irrigation system at the Pine Meadows Golf Course, play
apparatus for existing play areas and portable bleachers for use at
the Center and Lincoln Street ball fields.
Infrastructure
The town continued to maintain its infrastructure despite limited
resources. Funding was provided for underground tank testing, a
new roof for the Cary Library, replacement of some DPW
equipment, a new North Lexington Sewer Pump Station, water
main relining, replacement of the irrigation system at the Pine
Meadows Golf Course, and new recreation playground equipment.
In total, over $5 million was appropriated in FY 92 and almost
$500,000 in grants from the State were received to repave local
roads.
Property Tax Revenues
The town switched from semi - annual to quarterly tax bills in 1991.
Lexington's first quarterly tax bill was mailed in August, 1991.
Property values continue to decline. The total residential assessed
valuation for 1991 decreased by approximately 5 percent. The tax
rate set in December, 1991, was $12.23 for residential and $23.80
for commercial/industrial property per $1,000 assessed valuation.
The total taxable valuation is $3.05 billion. The continuing decline
in commercial/industrial property values is cause for concern.
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Residential property values seem to be stabilized; yet it is estimat-
ed that commercial/industrial values will continue to decrease by
15 percent to 20 percent in 1992. This shift will result in a lower
tax rate for commercial/industrial property owners and a higher
rate for residential property owners. Real estate classification will
no longer help abate this valuation shift as the classification level
is just short of the legal maximum level.
Personnel
The town experienced an overall work force turnover of 2.5
percent in 1991, a decrease from the 4 percent in 1990. In
November, Revenue Officer Bob Ebersole assumed the position of
Director of Finance for the City of Chelsea. Bob was responsible
for many improvements in the town's financial operations and his
presence and skills will be missed. In December, Amy Holt left
the town's employ as Appraiser /Analyst in the Assessors' Office
to devote time to her family. Amy served the town well during
her tenure.
Collective Bargaining
The Public Works and Police contracts are settled through the end
of Fiscal 1992. Negotiations with the Fire Union for FY 92 and
FY 93 are ongoing. Non -union employees received an average
merit increase of 3 percent for FY 92. The town rates all
employees' performance and does not provide automatic step
increases for its work force.
Inquiries and comments regarding the administrative operations of
town government are encouraged. Special thanks are extended to
all citizen volunteers. The town's work force has been able to
forge a special working relationship with citizen volunteers. Much
has been achieved because of this partnership. The dedication and
competence of citizen volunteers and town staff has no equal.
Richard J. White, Town Manager
Moderator
The Moderator worked with boards, committees, TMMA and
concerned citizens to improve the town meeting process. Mea-
sures were instituted to expedite proceedings while ensuring that
everyone was treated fairly, all viewpoints heard, and all issues
thoughtfully and thoroughly considered.
The following practices were continued: (1) A pre -Town Meeting
planning session with the moderator, article sponsors, town
counsel, town clerk and finance committee chairmen to review
timing, procedural matters, anticipate scheduling difficulties, audio
visual requirements, probable amendments and potential areas of
disagreement; (2) A two hour workshop for new Town Meeting
members held by the Moderator, Town Counsel, Appropriation,
Capital Expenditures, Planning Board and TMMA chairmen to
answer questions, clarify financial and planning terms and
concepts, and explain legal issues and parliamentary procedures.
The Moderator sent written instructions to the sponsors of citizen
articles to help them prepare for Town Meeting. She wrote a
newspaper article explaining the protocol regarding citizen par-
ticipation. The description of Lexington Town Meeting practices
and procedures and a summary of Lexington's parliamentary
procedures were updated and distributed.
As a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts
Moderators' Association, the Moderator continued to work to
improve the conduct of Massachusetts Town Meetings. At the
annual meeting of the Association she conducted a panel session
for new moderators and was elected Treasurer.
The Moderator thoroughly enjoyed working with the diverse,
intelligent, committed, citizens who give so much time and thought
as town meeting members. The quality of Lexington's citizen
participation is unparalleled.
1991 Annual Town Meeting
The 1991 Town Meeting included the Annual Town Meeting,
which began March 25 and continued for six sessions, and the
Special Town Meeting on November 4. These meetings are
summarized in two sections, the "Index to Articles ", which
references and cross - references by topic or jurisdiction, and the
"Article Action Summary ", which reports the disposal of each
article in sequence.
These reports are designed for quick reference. These are derived
from the Town Clerk's official minutes available at the Town
Clerk's Office.
Lexington has 199 Town Meeting members. Ten at -large
members include the five members of the Board of Selectmen,
Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Counsel, School Committee
chairman and the representative to the General Court. Twenty -one
representatives are elected from each of the town's nine precincts
for terms of three years or to fill unexpired terms.
All sessions were called to order by Town Moderator Margery M.
Battin at 8 p.m. in Cary Memorial Hall. Time was taken at the
beginning of Town Meeting sessions to remember those who have
passed away or to recognize outstanding achievements of Lexing-
ton residents.
This year, a moment of silence was observed for James McLaugh-
lin, a longtime member who could be counted on to "move the
question" when debate seemed to be dragging. Mr. McLaughlin
was also a member of the Lexington Housing Authority and served
on numerous town committees.
The Student Government Day Proclamation was read and student
government leaders applauded, and Senator Robert Havern
introduced the National Merit Scholarship semi- finalilsts.
Margery Battin Robert Hilton was recognized for 25 years of service as director
of the Cary Memorial Library, and a proclamation was read
recognizing the servicemen and women serving in the Persian Gulf
MAPC and their families.
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) was created by
the legislature in 1963 to coordinate planning concerns of 101
communities within the Rt. 495 boundary. It reviews and
comments on projects supported by state and federal funds to
assess their environmental impacts.
During 1991, MAPC continued its involvement in several ongoing
studies of area transportation problems, collected data for an
analysis of economic development along Rt. 128, and participated
in a Hanscom Area Towns Study traffic report and various
MetroPlan 2000 studies.
Joe Marino, Lexington's assistant planner, was appointed the
town's representative to MAPC in 1991. He succeeded Angela
Frick and Myla Kabat -Zinn, who had split the post in recent years.
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Article Index
Topic
Appropriations
Building Repairs
Article(s)
4,5,6,7,8,12,14,16,17,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28, 47
Cary Library roof
High School and Diamond Middle School
High School Field House roof
Cary Lectures Committee
Conservation Fund
Education
Minuteman Regional Vocational
Technical School
Hazardous Waste Collection
Housing
Minuteman Regional Vocational
Technical School
Muzzey Condominiums Resale
Land Acquisition
Bates Road
Financial (in addition to Appropriations
above)
$10,000 Bid Limit
Highway Reimbursement Notes
Operating Budget (all town
departments /services)
Prior Years' Unpaid Bills
Reduction of Tax Rate
Reserve Fund
Salary Adjustments and Collective
Bargaining Settlements
Supplementary Appropriations for
Current Fiscal Year
Supplementary Appropriations for
Capital Improvement Projects
Tax Anticipation Borrowing
Unemployment Compensation Fund
Legal Amendments
Acts of 1929 - Representative
Town Meeting
Acts of 1990 - Enhanced 911 Emergency
Telephone System
27
26
28
3
15
37
25
37
38
36
44
18
4
10
47
12
5
9
11
13
14
General Town By -Laws - Expired Dog
License Fees
Mass. General Laws
Automatic Sprinklers
$10,000 Bid Limit
Creditable Service Time
(See also Zoning By -Law Changes)
Parking Lot Operation and Maintenance
Public Works Department
Equipment
North Lexington Pump Station Replacement
Sewer Operations
Streets
Acceptance and Construction
Improvements
Lighting Alternatives
Water
Mains
Operations
Recreation Department
Improvements and Equipment
(Center Playground)
Operations
Pine Meadows Golf Course Irrigation System
Reports - Town Boards and Committees
Trust Funds, Transfer
Underground Fuel Storage Tank Testing
Zoning By -Law Changes
Day Care Centers
Exemption for Agricultural Uses
Parking Factors
Pet Grooming Services
Private Postal Services
Religious and Educational Institutions
Institutions
Technical Corrections
Special Town Meeting
Fees
46 Reduction of Operating Budget
(Annual Town Meeting)
41 Reports
12
42
40
44
43
21
17
20
7
19
18
39
16
6
23
8
24
2
45
22
33
32
31
34
35
30
30
29
3
2
1
Article Action Summary
Article 1. Annual Town Election. Reported under that heading.
Article 2. Reports: presented, accepted and placed on file from:
Appropriation Committee, Capital Expenditures Committee, Cary
Lecture Committee, Comptroller, LexHAB, Planning Board,
Recreation Committee, Town Manager, Lexington Center Commit-
tee, and Waspam Committee.
Article 3. Appointments to Cary Lecture Series. Adopted.
Moderator to appoint a committee of three to run lectures under
the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary. March 25.
Article 4. Operating Budget. Adopted. Appropriated from tax
levy, transfers, or borrowing. May 20. (Also see Special Town
Meeting, November 4.)
Article 5. Salary Adjustments and Collective Bargaining
Settlements. Adopted. $287,612 appropriated from tax levy to
be distributed among the personal services accounts as authorized
by the Board of Selectmen. May 22.
Article 6. Water Operations. Adopted. $3,653,244 appropriat-
ed (transferred from Water Enterprise Fund) for operating the
Water Division of the Public Works Department. March 25.
Article 7. Sewer Operations. Adopted. $3,449,340 appropriat-
ed (transferred from the Sewer Enterprise Fund) for operating the
Sewer Division of the Public Works Department. March 25.
Article 8. Recreation Operations. Adopted as amended.
$773,902 appropriated (transferred from the Recreation Enterprise
Fund) to fund operating the Recreation Department. April 3.
Article 9. Supplementary Appropriations for Current Fiscal
Year. Indefinitely postponed. March 25.
Article 10. Prior Years' Unpaid Bills. Indefmitely postponed.
March 25.
Article 11. Supplementary Appropriations for Authorized
Capital Improvement Projects. Indefinitely postponed. March 25.
Article 12. Reserve Fund. Adopted. $250,000 appropriated from
the tax levy. May 22.
Article 13. Tax Anticipation Borrowing. Adopted. Town
treasurer, with approval of the selectmen, authorized to borrow in
anticipation of revenue. March 25.
Article 14. Unemployment Compensation Fund. Adopted.
$80,000 appropriated from the tax levy. May 22.
Article 15. Conservation Fund. Indefinitely postponed. March 25.
Article 16. Water Mains. Adopted. $220,000' appropriated
(transferred from the Water Enterprise Fund) for new or replace-
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Article 16. Water Mains. Adopted. $220,000 appropriated
(transferred from the Water Enterprise Fund) for new or replace-
ment mains and to reline mains, and for land acquisition when
necessary. March 25.
Article 17. Public Works Equipment. Adopted. $150,000
appropriated (transferred from the Sewer Enterprise Fund).
March 27.
Article 18. Street Improvement. Adopted. Town Treasurer,
with approval by selectmen, authorized to issue Highway Reim-
bursement Notes under G.L. c.44, sec. 6, as amended, in anticipa-
tion of state reimbursement. March 25.
Article 19. Street Acceptance and Construction. Adopted. (see
official minutes, Page 454, for list of streets). March 25.
Article 20. North Lexington Pump Station Replacement.
Adopted. $3,900,000 appropriated. Treasurer, with approval by
selectmen, authorized to borrow and issue bonds or notes under
Section 7 (1) of Chapter 44 and /or Chapter 29C of the General
Laws. March 27.
Article 21. Parking Lot Operation and Maintenance. Adopted.
$90,000 appropriated (transferred from Parking Funds). March 25.
Article 22. Underground Fuel Storage Tank Testing. Adopted.
$20,000 appropriated from the tax levy. May 22.
Article 23. Recreation Improvements and Equipment. Adopted.
$37,000 appropriated (transferred from the Recreation Enterprise
Fund) for Center Playground. March 27.
Article 24. Pine Meadows Golf Course Irrigation System.
Adopted. $65,000 appropriated (transferred from the Recreation
Enterprise Fund). March 27.
Article 25. Hazardous Waste Collection. Adopted. $40,000
appropriated from tax levy; selectmen authorized to set user fees.
May 22.
Article 26. Miscellaneous School Article. Adopted $690,000
appropriated for remodeling, reconstruction and repairs to school
buildings. Treasurer authorized to borrow, with selectmen
approval, under Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, or
under G.L. c.44, sec. 7, as amended; and $21,000 appropriated
for issue expenses and first year debt service (transferred from the
Unreserved Fund Balance). May 22.
Article 27. Cary Library Roof Repair. Adopted. $80,000
appropriated for reconstruction and repairs (transferred from the
Stabilization Fund). May 22.
Article 28. Senior High School Field House Roof. Adopted.
$80,000 appropriated for reconstructing and repairing field house
roof (transferred from the Stabilization Fund). May 22.
Article 29, Zoning By -Law Technical Corrections. Adopted.
(See pages 464 -466 of the official minutes.) April 1.
Article 30. Zoning By -Law, Religious and Educational Institu-
tions. Adopted. (See pages 458 -459 of the official minutes.)
March 27.
Article 31. Zoning By -Law, Parking Factors. Adopted as
amended. (See official minutes, Pages 466 -468 and 476 -477.)
April 1, 8.
Article 32. Zoning By -Law, Exemptions for Agricultural Uses.
Adopted. (See official minutes, Pages 468 -469.) April 1.
Article 33. Zoning By -Law, Day Care Centers. Adopted as
amended. (See official minutes, Pages 459 -462.) March 27.
Article 34. Zoning By -Law, Pet Grooming Services. Adopted.
(See official minutes, Pages 469 -470.) April 1.
Article 35. Zoning By -Law, Private Postal Services. Defeated.
April 3.
Article 36. Land Transfer, Bates Road Parcel. Adopted.
Conservation Commission authorized to acquire Lot 68 on
Assessors' Property Map 66 for conservation purposes including
outdoor recreation. March 27.
Article 37. Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School
students to construct one- or two- family dwellings for persons
of low income. Adopted. March 27.
Article 38. Muzzey Condominiums Resale. Indefinitely post-
poned. April 3.
Article 39. Alternative Streetlighting. A resolution encouraging
the town to pursue multi -year energy and money- saving alterna-
tives. Adopted. April 3.
Article 40. Acceptance of M.G.L. Chapter 148, s. 261 -
Automatic Sprinklers. Adopted. April 8.
Article 41 Acceptance of Chapter 291 of the Acts of 1990 -
Enhanced 911 Emergency Telephone System. Adopted. April 8.
Article 42. General By -Laws Amendment - Expired Dog
License Fee. Section 2 of Article XXVIII Adopted. April 8.
Article 43. Approval of Acceptance by Lexington Retirement
Board of M.G.L. Chapter 32, s.90G 3/4 - Creditable Service
Time. Adopted. April 8.
Article 44. General By -Laws Amendment - $10,000 Bid Limit.
Section 1 of Article XXII Adopted. April 8.
Article 45. Transfer of Charles Lyman Weld Fund to Lexington
Education Association. Adopted. April 8.
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Article 46. Authorization to Selectmen to Petition General
Court for Act to Amend Section 8 of Chapter 215 of the Acts
of 1929 - Representative Town Meeting. Adopted. April 8.
Article 47. Use of Funds to Reduce Tax Rate. Adopted.
$2,500,000 appropriated to reduce the tax levy (transfer from
Unreserved Fund Balance). May 22.
Special Town Meeting
Article 1. Report regarding Article 2 presented, accepted and
placed on file from Appropriation Committee. November 4.
Article 2. Reduction of Operating Budget approved at 1991
Annual Town Meeting. Article reduced School Operating budget
by $69,427 and Contributory Retirement Fund by $270,000 to
make up for shortfall in state revenue. Adopted. November 4.
Article 3. Acceptance of Section 22F of Chapter 40 of the
General Laws - Fees. Adopted. November 4.
Personnel Advisory Board
The Personnel Advisory Board (PAB) serves as a resource for
town boards, committees and employees in establishing a competi-
tive and contemporary program of personnel planning, relations
and administration. Board members draw on their own profession-
al backgrounds to provide policy guidance and advice on organiza-
tional development, salary and wage classification and administra-
tion, affirmative action, benefits management, risk and safety
management, employee relations and development, and personnel
policies and procedures. The PAB is appointed by the Board of
Selectmen.
In 1991, the School Committee requested that the PAB take on a
major responsibility in the search process for a new Superintendent
of Schools. The members of the PAB served as the application
screening committee and reviewed the 82 resumes received by
early fall. The screening committee then presented to the School
Committee's appointed interviewing committee nine candidates to
meet for further review. PAB Co- Chairs Jason Berger and Debbie
Myers also served on the interview committee, which presented
three finalists to the School Committee at the end of the year.
The Personnel Advisory Board is available to consult with town,
library and school boards and committees on personnel related
matters. Additionally, individual members can provide specific
subject expertise in specialized areas such as labor law, benefits
administration, risk management, and compensation strategies.
In addition to Co- Chairs Deborah Myers and Jason Berger,
members are Charlotte Evans, Kendall Wright, Vahe Dermanue-
lian and Janet Perry. Staff support is provided by Assistant Town
Manager Deborah Radway.
Annual Town Election, March 4, 1991
Winners Designated by • 28.6 percent of the registered voters voted.
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TOTALS
PR1
PR2
PR3
PR4
PR5
PR6
PR7
PR8
PR9
VOTE COUNTS
5614
541
627
532
640
699
638
697
694
546
Selectman
• William J. Dailey, Jr.
3583
328
427
363
450
418
412
402
442
341
Robert L. Higgins
1002
108
90
91
94
148
113
120
124
114
Moderator
• Margery M. Battin
3819
350
435
349
445
454
449
483
478
376
Marlyn Richter
1
1
School Commitee
• Albert P. Zabin
2815
296
359
290
287
286
308
369
343
277
• Polly Woodworth
2689
242
323
263
271
247
333
391
370
249
Melinda D. Vinton
2260
173
210
209
306
342
269
258
259
234
Casimir R. Groblewski
2064
164
223
168
264
312
260
251
232
190
Ruth M. Tocci
509
92
52
50
36
71
34
49
63
62
Planning Board - S Years
• Edmund C. Grant
3245
315
360
294
362
381
426
401
391
315
Planning Board - I Year
• Jacqueline B. Davison
3303
224
371
396
387
380
379
417
399
350
George E. Cooper
1113
179
127
72
112
161
134
105
120
103
Lexington Housing Authority
• Nicolas Santosuosso
1721
180
162
165
240
207
165
180
250
172
William W. Welch, Jr.
1103
98
192
136
115
98
137
124
93
110
Frank E. Kirkland
894
105
84
64
67
140
129
100
115
90
William J. Dudley
504
35
35
44
91
65
51
67
70
46
Winners Designated by • 28.6 percent of the registered voters voted.
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Town Meeting Members
PR -1 Town Meeting Members PR -4 Town Meeting Members PR -7 Town Meeting Members
• Ruth J. Walton
334
• Peter C.J. Kelley
400
• Jennie S. Oberholtzer
444
• Joel A. Adler
326
• Carol B. Hartman
368
• Polly Woodworth
442
• Judith L. Zabin
312
• Karsten Sorensen
359
• Marsha E. Baker
384
• Jean W. Cloe
281
• Nicholas A. Cannalonga
348
• Fred H. Martin
376
• Ronald Levy
280
• Katherine G. Fricker
347
• Jeanette P. Webb
369
• Frederick M. Hagedorn
233
- Patricia W. McGlaughlin
329
• Casimir R. Groblewski
367
• Chaur -Ming Chou
231
• Lisa A. Baci
305
• Iris G. Wheaton
361
• Sam V. Nablo
207
• Michelle L. Ciccolo
302
• Robert M. Farias
347
• Daniel Ziedelis
185
Mason Irving, IlI
220
• John E. Taylor
331
John P. Breen
170
William L. Keeney
179
• George E. Burnell
248
Paul Neseda
165
Kenneth A. Collins
175
William E. Fallon
221
Henry D. Zuemdorfer
1
George A. Psyhojos
147
Clark A. Cowen
219
PR -2 Town Meetong Members
PR -5 Town Meeting Members
PR -8 Town Meeting Members
• Marita B. Hartshorn
422
• Melinda D. Vinton
410
• Susan A. Blieden
430
• Elizabeth H. Clarke
384
• Mary Katheryn Wolf
376
• Carolyn H. Tiffany
420
• Michael J. O'Sullivan
337
• Cynthia L. Blumsack
353
• Steven J. Hurley
392
• Edna M. Welch
329
• Marjorie M. Daggett
344
• Richard H. Battin
385
• Alan B. Wilson
327
• Joann B. Wortman
338
• Donald L. Bailey
373
• Donald D. Wilson
320
• Joseph J. Dini
334
• Kathleen Vogt Kissel
321
• Ellsworth H. Fisher
398
• Sam Silverman
314
• Charles M. Cullen
391
• William S. Widnall
295
Charles T. Vail
284
• Gordon R. Osgood
286
Thaddeus P. Kochanski
210
Carole O. Sonduck
230
Gerald A. Heggie
237
PR -3 Town Meeting Members
PR-6 Town Meeting Members
PR -9 Town Meeting Members
• Jacqueline B. Davtson
360
• Edmund C. Grant
351
• Jane P. Buckley
287
• Vicky L. Schwartz
294
• Edith Sandy
339
• Janet Perry
280
• Caleb Warner
282
• Jane Pagett
335
• Fred D. Rosenberg
279
• Dan H. Fenn, Jr.
272
• Sheldon A. Spector
334
• Richard L. Canale
256
• Elizabeth C. Haines
255
• Joyce A. Miller
323
• James J. Scanlon
241
• Samuel Berman
250
• Frank Sandy
319
• Simon Prensky
198
• Jeanne K. Krieger
246
• Marshall J. Derby
305
• Paul E. Mazerall
195
• John P. Carroll
245
• Jacquelin D. Weinstock
297
Robert E. Smith, Jr.
183
• Bruce Collier
217
Peter Diamond
258
William L. Keeney
179
Paul V. Riffin
215
Setha G. Olson
235
Kenneth A. Collins
175
Jonathan Rawle
150
George A. Psyhojos
147
Robert C. Whyte
135
Chistopher A. Kenney
121
Winners Designated by •
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Town Meeting Members Association
The Town Meeting Members Association (TMMA) is a voluntary
association open to all town meeting members. The association is
directed by an Executive Board which meets on the second
Wednesday of each month except when town meeting is in session.
The Executive Board is made up of the three officers of each
precinct and the four board officers elected by all town meeting
members at the TMMA annual meeting in March.
Primary purpose of the TMMA is to provide information to its
members to help town meeting operate more efficiently in reaching
its decisions. Prior to the start of the annual town meeting the
executive board hosted an orientation meeting for new Town
Meeting Members. A videotape presentation of an actual town
meeting article showing the debate, amendments, and voting
procedures, provided an overview of the process that leads to the
disposition of a warrant article. Each new member received a
large packet of materials ranging from the zoning bylaw to copies
of the enabling act establishing our Selectmen /Town Manager form
of government.
A warrant information booklet was prepared for the Annual Town
Meeting and provided to each town meeting member, the Town
Manager, and to others involved. Three information meetings
were held and a bus tour provided prior to the Annual Town
Meeting.
An information booklet was not prepared and information meetings
were not held prior to the Special Town Meeting in November
because of limited time and the lack of information available prior
to the session.
During the year, the executive board had representatives attending
the meetings of several town boards as our liaison. We continued
to meet with town boards and officers on a regular basis to become
more knowledgeable on their duties. We appreciate the time they
afforded us. During the past year we also met with several
neighborhood associations to become more aware of local con-
cerns.
The TMMA has the responsibility for appointing two community
representatives to each of the Site Based Management Council of
our schools. The executive board established guidelines to
promote diversity on these councils. A new executive board
subcommittee was formed this year to handle the on -going
activities of this responsibility. At the present time, each school
has community representative volunteers on its council.
Always concerned with the financial condition of the town, the
TMMA joined with the Appropriation Committee, Capital
Expenditures Committee, School Committee, Selectmen, and Town
Manager's office in presenting a Forum on the town's finances on
November 16th. This forum provided an overview of the state of
our town and what future funding looks like. Other topics covered
ranged from new sources of revenue to enterprise funds to
managing costs.
The Executive Committee of the
TMMA: seated, Peter Enrich, Precinct 4;
Margaret Brooke, 6; Chairman Iris
Wheaton, 7; Marsha Baker, 7; Sam
Powers, 5; standing, Sara Schoman, 6;
Diana Garcia, 8; Deborah Green, 9;
Richard Canale, 9; Linda Horowitz, 7;
Bea Busa, 2; Edna Welch, 2; Jeannette
Webb, 7; Alan Levine, 8 and Andrew
Friedlick, 5.
1991 -1992 Executive Committee
Precinct
Chairman
Clerk
Alternate
One
Joel Adler
Chaur -ming Chou
Ruth Walton
Chairman: Iris G. Wheaton
Two
Edna Welch
Kristin O'Sullivan
Bea Busa
Three
Jeanne Krieger
Erna Greene
Sam Berman
Vice Chairman: Peter D. Enrich
Four
Peter Enrich
Sandra Shaw
Carol Hartman
Five
Sam Powers
Katy Wolf
Andrew Friedlich
Clerk/Secretary: Linda Horowitz
Six
Dan Greenwood
Margaret Brooke
Sara Schoman
Seven
Marsha Baker
Jeanette Webb
Jennie Oberholtzer*
Treasurer: Melinda Vinton
Eight
Diana Garcia
Susan Blieden
Alan Levine
Nine
Richard Canale
Deborah Green
Isabel Mroczkowski
*resigned 10/31, vacancy filled by Theodore Chuang
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I
School Committee Superintendent Resigns
For the Lexington School Committee, 1991 was a year of
challenge, change and consultation. The Committee accepted
the resignation of its superintendent, elected a new chairperson,
and managed to keep the major programs and structure of the
schools intact despite a significantly worsening financial
climate. The emergence of site -based school councils and
continuing meetings with the Lexington Education Association
(LEA) saw the beginning of a new direction in shared
responsibility for the operation of the school system.
In January of 1991, Lois Coit was elected chairperson of the
School Committee replacing Polly Woodworth who had ably
served in that position since March of 1989. John Oberteuffer
was elected secretary of the committee, a position previously
held by Mrs. Coit. Mrs. Woodworth and Al Zabin were elected
to second terms in March. Oberteuffer continued to represent
the School Committee at Cary Memorial Library, and Sheldon
Spector continued to represent the Town at EDCO. Zabin
worked in the fall with the Recreation Committee on a townwide
plan for playgrounds. Woodworth served as representative to
the PTA Council and on the Site Based Management Steering
Committee.
Budget Deliberations
The early months of 1991 were largely devoted to deliberations
on the budget. Facing a budget increase of about 3 percent, the
School Committee sought to maintain quality and diversity in
Lexington's academic and extracurricular programs within the
constraints of available funds. The reduction of state funds, the
limitations imposed by Proposition 2 1/2, contractual
obligations, and the rise in other costs in the school system
resulted in modest staff reductions and transportation fees to
raise revenue.
Reductions in the budget for materials, professional
development, and maintenance were voted. Some high school
classes with small enrollments were eliminated. Summer
employment for coordinators was terminated, and several
coordinator positions were combined. No major program cuts
were required. An unprecedented agreement by the LEA
(teacher's union) to forego a significant portion of their
contractual raise allowed teaching positions to be reduced with
no involuntary reduction -in- force.
In addition to the school's operating budget of $28.1 million,
which was passed by Town Meeting, a recommended capital
budget of $687,000 was also accepted by Town Meeting. These
expenditures included several new roofs for school buildings,
asbestos, lead, and radon abatement, and the refurbishing of
antiquated laboratories at the High School and Diamond Middle
School.
Despite financial constraints, the School Committee and town
boards continued to feel that the town's investment in school
buildings and property must be protected by capital
expenditures to maintain these buildings. Capital expenditures
are based on a five -year, $10- million capital requirement
estimate for school buildings and property developed for the
committee last year.
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In late April, Superintendent Philip Geiger notified the
committee that he would resign effective July 1 to take the post
of Superintendent of Schools in Piscataway, New Jersey. In its
final meeting with Superintendent Geiger in June, the
Committee praised Dr. Geiger, who had served three years in
Lexington, for his strong fiscal and administrative leadership
and his long hours and hard work. His implementation of an
open and detailed budget - making process and his focus on the
maintenance of the physical plan were cited as major
contributions. Richard Barnes, Assistant Superintendent for
Administration and Personnel, was appointed Acting
Superintendent for the 1991 -92 school year.
During the summer, the School Committee hired Lyle Kirtman, a
management consultant with previous experience with the
system, to oversee the process of hiring a new superintendent.
A committee of Lexington citizens was appointed by the School
Committee to screen resumes for the superintendent's position,
and to interview 10 -15 semi - finalists prior to the School
Committee's final review of five or six candidates. Eighty -one
candidates from 13 states applied for the position. The
committee will make a decision on the new superintendent by
the end of February, 1992.
Fiscal Outlook
In the fall, under the leadership of Acting Superintendent
Barnes, the committee plunged into problems of the 1993 fiscal
year budget. The current economic downturn and further
reductions in state funding made these deliberations even more
difficult and painful than those on the 1992 budget.
Rather than facing a small budget increase, the committee faces
a budget decrease of as much as $1 -1.4 million. Contractural
pay increases and rising costs for health insurance, fuel, and
other items mean that nearly $1 million of cuts will have to be
made in other parts of the school budget. The total reductions
needed to fund the budget could rise to $2.1 million, if the
School Department shares in any additional Town deficit.
The Committee has been working with the selectmen's finance
committees and with school administrators, and continues to
consult with the LEA to develop a budget that will minimize the
impact on students of these major cuts. The imposition of
broad -based student activities fees in some form, and the
elimination of a number of academic and extracurricular
programs seem inevitable.
In October, the Committee voted to accept the contract
negotiated with the secretaries; union, LESA. In November, the
committee voted to accept the contract negotiated by members
Lois Coit and Sheldon Spector with the newly formed
Association of Lexington Administrators, ALA. Both contracts
call for pay increases for the current 1992 fiscal year which had
already been budgeted, but the contracts provide for no increases
in the second and third years of the contract with the provision
to reopen on salary. The Committee believes that these
contracts reflect an understanding by these groups of the very
difficult current financial climate.
School Committee: continued
In October, the Committee voted to appoint a Budget and
Strategic Advisory Committee of Lexington citizens. This
committee will consider both long term and short term financial
and policy concerns of the school system, offering advice,
counsel, and new ideas for long term directions for the school
system. The School Committee is represented on this
committee by Al Zabin, who was instrumental in its
establishment, and John Oberteuffer.
In December, the committee, at the request of the Board of
Health, appointed the STD /AIDS Education Committee to plan
and run a program of parent education, a need identified in a Task
Force report done for the Board of Health. Mrs. Woodworth and
Mr. Zabin represent the School Committee.
In appointing these committees and the committee working on
the Superintendent's Search, the School Committee has been
gratified at the willingness of Lexington residents to contribute
their time and considerable talents.
The budget impacts on the school system will be significant,
but the committee is encouraged by the positive attitude of the
administration and staff in facing these difficulties and working
with the Committee to minimize impacts on teaching.
School Superintendent
To begin my annual report to the citizens of Lexington as the
Acting Superintendent of Schools, I would like to thank Dr.
Philip E. Geiger, former Superintendent of Schools, for his
support these past three years, especially during the last several
months of his tenure, and for his assistance and concern for
providing for the smooth transition in July 1991.
This year has seen many excellent student and faculty
accomplishments. Among them are:
National Merit Scholarship Program
Twenty -seven Lexington High School seniors were named semi-
finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition
Program. This was the highest number of Merit semifinalists of
any public high school in New England. In addition, 89.2
percent of the graduating class of 1991 went on to two and four
year institutions of higher learning.
Lexington Drama Program
Steven Bogart and his troupe of players received a national
award for a play they wrote and acted and.submitted to the Bravo
Competition; their prize: $2,400. The High School Drama
Team was awarded first place at the Globe Festival, first place
for outstanding production at the Emerson Festival, and
additional accolades for various actors named to all -star casts at
the Emerson Festival.
The Learning Through Drama Program received $5,000 from
outside funding sources to support classroom teachers for
integration of drama into the classroom.
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Mathematics Team
Jonathan Weinstein, a Clarke Middle School 8th grader, and
Andrew Brecher, a high school junior were named to the
National Mathematics Olympiad Team, and spent a week at West
Point studying in June. Edith Sparre, Clarke Middle School
mathematics teacher, was named a Massachusetts Presidential
Award winner in mathematics, an outstanding achievement.
The Math Team achieved second place in Region I of the
Continental Calculus League, with Jonathan Weinstein as the
league top scorer with a perfect score for the year. It also took
fifth place in the nationwide Mandelbrot Competition and
second place in the New England Mathematics League.
English and Science
Mary Todd, an English teacher at Diamond Middle School,
received an NEH Fellowship to study at Oxford in the summer of
1990.
Seetha Ramnath was chosen one of only four Massachusetts
students to compete in a week long International Science and
Engineering Fair in Orlando, Florida. David Olney of the high
school Science Department was chosen co- recipient of the
American Chemical Society's annual award for Excellence in the
Teaching of High School Chemistry. At the middle school
level, eighth grade teams at Clarke Middle School were chosen
for first and third place in this congressional district in a
national geography awareness competition.
Professional Development
Forty -five faculty participated in a professional development
effort at the Efficacy Institute with the goal of improving work
with students from diverse backgrounds. Staff members also
participated in developmental education at Eliot- Pearson
Children's School at Tufts and at the Northeast Foundation for
Children.
Whole language classroom workshops, process writing strategy
workshops, and cooperative learning workshops were presented
to many staff members throughout the school year.
Multicultural literature for children and its impact on children
was a presentation by Gail Willete of Savanna Books,
Cambridge.
School Based Programs
The Bowman School Publishing Center, complete with
computers and other related equipment to facilitate the
publication of children's original stories into book form, was
set up at that school. At Estabrook, some exciting professional
developments occurred in cooperative learning and multi-
cultural education.
Spanish instruction was introduced at the fifth grade level,
following last year's introduction at the fourth grade level. The
instruction involves listening, speaking, reading and writing.
American Sign Language was introduced as anew four -year credit
subject. Teachers are also participating in this opportunity to
learn American Sign Language. An unprecedented number of
Education =
School Superintendent: continued
Honors French 12 students (28) took the Advanced Placement
Exam in French in May to qualify them for college credit. More
than half, 19 students, achieved the optimum grade of five, and
nine achieved the grade of four.
The student bank at Lexington High School operated under new
owners, the Sterling Bank, this year. It is a popular program
and enrollment in banking has increased 70 percent. In
addition, expansion of business courses at the high school led
to the introduction of Economics and Business Management
which stress thinking skills and problem solving. Lotus 123
was also introduced in selected courses.
Music Program
Over 20 students were selected by competitive audition for the
Northeast District Band, Chorus and Orchestra, and 12 students
were selected by audition for All -State Band, Chorus and
Orchestra. Six students were selected for the All -East Band,
Chorus and Orchestra.
The Jazz Combo won first place in the UNH Jazz Festival, first
place in the Berklee Jazz Festival, and a Gold Medal in the All -
State Festival. The Jazz Ensemble won a Gold Medal at the
Norwood Jazz Festival, and a Silver Medal at the Northeast
District Festival. The Student Vocal Ensemble placed first at the
Berklee Jazz Festival. The High School Wind Ensemble and
Concert Band received a Silver Medal in the Mass. Instrumental
Conductors' Association Concert State Finals. The High
School Madrigals and Concert Choir were medal winners in the
State ACDA Festival.
Social Studies
The Lexington Education Foundation awarded a grant to the
Social Studies Department to create a Mock Lexington Town
Meeting which will be presented in February 1992.
The Carr Social Studies Resource Center has been created in B
House at Lexington High School. This facility will serve the
entire Social Studies staff, K -12. Staff, students, and the
community may browse in the extensive curriculum materials
located in the Center.
Seth Theriault was one of two national finalists from
Massachusetts in the "Close -up Foundation's Citizens Bee ", and
Nicole Silverman won first place in Massachusetts in the
National Peace Essay Contest.
The Social Studies Department, like other departments, has been
participating in strategic management planning for the
schools. Among the issues they addressed were multi - cultural
education, student awareness of the independent world, and
critical and creative thinking.
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts Department participated in the Globe Art
Festival. Many students received awards and honorable
mentions.
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Library -Media Department
A new library media curriculum was introduced which
emphasized achieving goals in cooperation with classroom
teachers. CD ROM stations are in all schools, and secondary
students have access to on -line databases.
The school system's satellite dish, provided by the
Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunication,
was installed last year and used to downlink over 100 interactive
teleconferences.
Lexington's school library program received national
recognition when its representatives were invited to speak at
the National School Board Association's Institute for the
Transfer of Technology to Education, the International
Conference on Technology and Education, and the Cable in the
Classroom Conference. The Lexington Education Foundation
funded four grants to the school library program.
Athletic Department
Middlesex League Champions (January 1991- December 1991)
Girls Indoor Track (undefeated 9 -0)
Boys Basketball (co- champions)
Girls Softball (co- champions)
Girls Tennis
Girls Cross Country (co- champions)
Boys Cross Country (undefeated)
State Champions
Girls Indoor Track - Class A Champions
Softball - Division I North Finalist
Special Education
In 1991 -92, Lexington will receive $231,990 in 94 -142 federal
funds, and $43,200 in 89 -313 federal funds. These funds
provide the following services to special needs students:
Transition to employment provides comprehensive
occupational evaluation, instruction in career exploration, job
finding and job behavior. It also helps with part -time job
placement, and supervision and counseling for high school
students.
Special Services Program provides adapted physical education
for special needs students K -12, and salary for personnel
handling out -of- district placements.
Project Enhance is an alternative substantially separate
education program for middle school students with special
needs.
Restructuring of Schools for the Integration of All Students is
supported by funds for supplies, for consultation to teachers and
for conferences and inservice seminars.
Project Mainstream provides a Generic Special Teacher to work
with eligible children to facilitate mainstreaming and
integration back to the public schools.
School Superintendent: continued
The Lexington Children's Place was initiated this year. This
preschool program is designed to promote children's cognitive,
language, physical, social and emotional development through
an integrated approach to learning. It provides special and
regular education services in an integrated classroom.
Adult Community Education
In 1990 -91, enrollment in the Community Education classes
increased by 500 students to 2789 students.
METCO
This year 288 Boston resident students attended Lexington
schools, including two at Minuteman Regional Vocational
Technical School. In 1991, the Lexington High School
graduating class included 13 METCO students, 12 of whom
entered a college or university.
METCO is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education
which pays Lexington for staff salaries, transportation, special
education and multi - cultural programs.
Volunteer Program
For the last two years Lexington residents Isabel Besecker and
Betty Taylor have coordinated the Lexington Volunteers School
Program. In June their administration came to an end. Their
service to the students, staff, and citizens of Lexington has been
outstanding. They were totally committed in this endeavor and
they have a lasting quality impact on the lives of many. The
program continues to offer many different volunteer
opportunities to Lexington citizens.
Facilities and Support Services
Building renovations continued during the school year, with
several major projects. The three covered walkways at
Lexington High School were reconstructed, and the underground
heating lines to the Field House were replaced. Interior painting
was* done at the high school, as well as upgrading of the
heating, ventilation and air conditioning controls there. At
Diamond Middle School a new emergency generator was
installed, and reroofing of the Estabrook, Hastings, and Fiske
Elementary Schools continued.
The benefits of a planned maintenance /custodial program have
started to show by improving the cleanliness of the buildings
and grounds. Focus on the reduction of energy consumption
continued throughout the school system.
Enrollments
Enrollments in the schools continue to rise. As of October 1,
1991, the student population in grades K -12 totaled 4586.
Projections indicate that by 1995 the Lexington Schools will
enroll 5215 students or an increase of 629 students in grades K-
12.
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Education
Enrollments
Actual
Projected
91 -92
92 -93
Bowman School
471
476
Bridge School
488
501
Estabrook School
530
541
Fiske School
345
360
Harrington School
365
407
Total Elementary
2199
2285
Clarke Middle School
640
665
Diamond Middle School
453
460
Total Middle School
1093
1125
Lexington High School
1294
1355
Grand Total
4586
4765
In November, the Lexington school committee, concerned with
the increase in enrollments and the need to provide proper space
for quality instruction, voted unanimously to open the Hastings
Elementary School for the 1994 -1995 school year. An advisory
committee will be appointed for the reopening to provide a
smooth transition for students, staff, and parents in 1994.
1993 Budget
In July, the challenge of building the 1993 budget began. Town
revenue projections looked bleak, and no definite educational
reform measures were being initiated at the state level to fund
education at a higher level than in previous years. Budget
development began in earnest early in September with the
District Administrative Team (DAT) working to produce a level
funded program budget consistent with school committee
guidelines and with the Town/School agreements.
With increasing enrollments and increasing costs, providing
quality education for all students becomes an increasingly
difficult challenge. A variety of program reductions, staff
reductions, institution of fees, etc. are being reviewed by the
DAT and the school committee. The events of the next few
months will determine the comprehensiveness and the quality of
programs to be offered.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the school
committee, the staff of the schools, the town manager and his
staff, and the citizens of Lexington for their support and many
constructive suggestions during this transition period. It has
been a privilege and an honor to serve the town in this capacity.
Richard H. Barnes
Acting Superintendent of Schools
School Superintendent: continued
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES BY LINE ITEM
PERSONAL SERVICES
1988 -1989 1989 -1990 1990 -1991
Administrative Offices
188,192
381,316
363,271
Principals and Assistants
770,125
870,333
869,786
Supervisors, Coordinators and Department Heads
893,542
785,871
858,787
Classroom Teachers
10,488,369
11,897,753
12,645,506
Degree Changes
11,774
7,000
7,000
Severance Pay
48,372
38,628
65,000
Special Needs Staff
1,463,867
1,646,433
1,758,915
Tutors
204,599
129,915
209,683
Stipends (extra duty)
60,119
138,849
111,707
Nurses
165,435
179,207
178,932
Instr. Materials Specialists
368,890
384,050
380,019
Guidance Counselors
702,777
705,783
603,340
Psychologists
1 18, 682
1 15, 621
95,948
Doctors
3,703
0
15,685
Aides
362,028
447,688
498,478
Special Needs Assistants
165,300
213,421
198,099
Secretarial and Clerical
628,912
909,992
982,063
Computer Center Technical
33,367
35,903
39,392
Computer Center Student Programmers
10,815
12,500
10,100
Custodians and Maintenance
1,078,977
1,311,193
1,473,699
Switchboard
19,792
18,818
- - - -
Crossing Guards
56.000
60.000
6, 000
Total
EXPENSES
17,843,637
20,290,274
21,428,410
Fuel
221,896
239,800
257,580
Vehicle Parts, Gas, Oil
1,589
5,000
6,000
Towels
473
800
800
Office Supplies
38,179
88,661
110,698
Teaching Supplies
240,147
370,266
376,186
Other Supplies
69,142
119,023
147,864
Textbooks
95,803
219,665
240,986
Library Books and Cataloging
32,646
44,353
45,300
Periodicals and Newspapers
6,738
10,8341
18,860
Recruiting Materials
7,393
4,700
4,700
Program of Studies
1,355
2,500
2,650
Report Cards /Progress Reports
500
1,950
2,466
Handbooks
2,793
5,158
7,773
Professional Books and Subscriptions
804
6,200
10,392
Student Publications
7,627
9,250
9,350
Film Rental
5,019
6,150
7,578
Media Purchase
7,266
22,663
43,921
Computer Software
19,766
46,098
48,144
Repair of Plant (Supplies)
57,255
62,531
72,830
Repair of Grounds (Supplies)
1 ,71 1
1,000
7,200
Alarm Systems
LIU
0
_ 0
Sub -Total
818,836
1,266,602
1,421,278
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School Superintendent: continued
EQUIPMENT PURCHASE AND RENTAL
New Equipment
Replacement of Equipment
Sub -Total
Consultant Services
Special Testing
Built -in Items (Repair of Buildings)
Electrical (Repairs)
Plumbing (Repairs)
Heating (Repairs)
Painting
Roofing (Repairs)
Glass (Repairs)
Other Property Services (Repairs
Mop Rental
Electricity
Water
Gas (Bottled and Natural)
Telephone
Insect Control
Elevator Service and Repair
Pupil Transportation (Regular)
Pupil Transportation (Special Needs in Lexington)
Pupil Transportation (Special Needs out of Lexington)
Field Trips
Other Transportation
Travel and Meetings Intrastate
Travel Out of State
Travel Within Lexington
Printing
Newsletter
NEASC Evaluation
Equipment Service and Maintenance
Tuition Special Needs
Membership
Other General
Sub -Total
GRAND TOTAL
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1988 -1989 1989 -1990 1990 -1991
125,156 229,473 307,654
70.825 81.471 115.562
195,981 310,944 423,216
258,001
279,893
321,455
20,415
8,800
8,300
43,203
1 1 2, 598
157,988
104,105
30,000
38,450
39,197
20,000
20,500
21,540
11,000
29,000
907
30,000
27,150
6,543
5,000
10,000
3,734
10,000
6,350
25,177
24,000
28,070
5,139
4,750
5,365
290,789
472,900
500,965
18,811
20,500
58,850
4,569
5,600
5,500
1 1 1 ,1 69
115,247
124,130
2,459
2,900
5,250
1,545
5,200
5,600
428,559
456,000
386,600
115,340
1 30,500
105,000
161,648
1 56,124
120,000
11,897
1 1,146
19,644
29,878
125,093
141 ,1 56
24,582
63,795
73,010
1,606
72,500
76,012
1,902
7,500
7,168
8,823
21,165
19,887
6,260
23,611
11,879
5,635
250
- - - -
144,760
218,748
245,032
1,026,335
1,143,841
1,067,926
14,533
31,026
38,524
32.062
80.602
76.644
2,971 ,123
3,700,289
3,741 ,405
21,829,577 25,568,109 27,014,309
School Superintendent: continued
1990 -91 SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE FUNDING
These funds enable the school system to provide services beyond the scope of the regular budget. Applications are filed for
1991 -92 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
LEXINGTON USE
AMOUNT
FEDERAL
PL 89 -313
Special Education
Mainstreaming
37,700
PL 94 -142
Special Education
Project Enhance
24,990
PL 94 -142
Special Education
Lexington Special Services
74,894
PL 94 -142
Special Education
Transition Program
92,119
PL 94 -142
Early Childhood
Mainstreaming for Pre - School
48,114
PL 94 -142
Special Education (Tech Assistance)
Social Integr. of Child. with Sp.Nds
975
PL 97 -35
Disadvantaged
Summer Language Arts
63,016
PL 97 -35
Instruction
SIMMS
15,136
PL 98 -524
Occupational Education
Work Stations
3,239
PL 99 -570
Governor's Alliance
Drug /Alcohol Abuse Prevention
19,720
PL 100 -297
DDE Math /Science Education Act
Science
5,035
STATE
Chapter 188
Horace Mann
Teaching Resources
2,580
School Improvement Council
Building Needs
7,705
Chapter 636
METCO
848,454
Comprehensive Health
Education and Human Services
Life Skills
36,597
FEDERAUSTATE
Commonwealth Inservice Institute
Special Needs
Special Needs
Special Needs
Special Needs
Language Arts
OTHER
Boston University Teacher Training
Speech /Language Consultation 863
Psychological Consultation 3,050
Planning Team Model 3,000
Reg.Ed.lnitiative in Early Child. 1 ,238
Publish It 3,000
Building Needs 7.044
Total Outside Funding 1,298,469
Lexington School Committee: front, Polly Woodworth, Chairman Lois Coit, student representative
Sheila Cannon,- rear, Albert Zabin, John Oberteuffer, Acting Superintendent Richard Barnes and Sheldon
Spector. Elected members were unchanged from last year. Photo: Eva Heney, Lexington Minute -man.
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Minuteman Regional Tech
Hosting 24 Russian students and faculty, establishing new biotech-
nology and automated manufacturing programs and greatly
expanding college articulation opportunities for students were
among the major projects carried out by Minuteman Tech staff
during the past year.
A new Biotechnology Training Program, the first of its kind in a
Massachusetts high school, was also set up with grants from the
Bay State Skills Corporation, the state Department of Education
and a number of local biotechnology firms who expect to hire
program graduates as manufacturing technicians. During its first
year, the program is for adults only, but it will be available to high
school students in the future.
Automated manufacturing using computer control, robots and /or
vision devices, and electromechanical systems will platy an
increasing role in industry, and received a National Science
Foundation grant to set up an automated manufacturing laboratory.
The 4 -year $150,000 grant was used to set up a lab which is
producing a speech synthesizer previously manufactured by Digital
Equipment Corporation as a service to handicapped persons.
Minuteman Tech is currently expanding its articulation contracts
with selected colleges. This will give Minuteman students in some
study areas an opportunity to begin college study in the senior year
of high school, in some cases at greatly reduced tuition. Minute-
man students will also have opportunities to enroll in community
colleges after finishing high school with up to 15 college credits
already completed. In addition, Minuteman students will be able
to enroll in a private college after two years of community college
with the private college tuition lowered to the same rate available
in a public university.
Equipment and curriculum in all of the Minuteman school's
vocational - technical programs are constantly being updated. For
example:
With funding from a Department of Education grant,
computer simulation equipment was installed for training in
automotive electronics.
Printing and Commercial Art were merged into a new
Graphic Communications Technology program, using a new
curriculum developed by the Printing Industries of America.
Students receive training in electronic publishing and may
be certified by PIA when they successfully complete the
program.
With the help of a donation from the Boston Litho Club, the
Graphics program now has a new two color state -of -the art
press.
Minuteman Tech's Child Care Center just became the first
technical high school program in the state to receive
accreditation from the National Academy of Early Child-
hood Programs.
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Minuteman Tech's culinary arts faculty, along with Endicott
College and Newton North High School, have formed an
international academic alliance with the help of a grant from
the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The
schools will share resource materials, and explore new
technologies.
Lexington's representative on the Minuteman Regional Vocational
Technical School Committee is Nyles N. Barnert, Vice Chairper-
son, and Lexington's graduates of the class of 1991 were: Edward
L. Andrade, Electronics; Carolyn Ann Cagliuso, Retail Merchan-
dising; Daniel Casella, Auto Body; Janet Collins, Cosmetology;
Kelly Donovan, Printing; Brandy Lee James, Health Occupations;
Alexis D. Malone, Auto Mechanics; Scott E. Marble, Carpentry;
Brian Rooney, Carpentry; Derek Seaquist, Carpentry; Gary W.
Silva, Electrical Wiring; Nicole Soparkar, Cosmetology; Robert
Soparkar, Printing.
Lexington Enrollment FY89 FY90 FY91
All Grades 65 51 46
Budget
Continuing the fiscal partnership it has with town in its district, the
Minuteman Tech School Committee voted, for the third year, to
reduce assessments.
The committee also passed along an extra $340,000 which the
district received due to higher than estimated state aid, plus
savings realized by delaying a portion of teacher salary costs into
the next fiscal year.
Lexington assessment $603,212
Lexington students at MinutemanTech. Melanie
Shanks is an auto body junior and Ryan DiBacco, simulating an
electromechanical process, is a technology senior.
Cary Memorial Library
At this year's White House Conference on Libraries, Barbara Bush
stated that "... libraries really are one of the greatest gifts the
American people have ever given to themselves. They are a gift for
all of us, no restrictions of age or gender or class or interest."
Lexington's 1991 library use reflected an appreciation of this.
Cary's home circulation and library attendance continue to set new
records each year, as indicated in the following charts:
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
1987 1988 1989" 1990 1991
*main entry closed for renovations
Mrs. Bush went on in her talk to state that libraries are "... a gift
that needs our constant care and attention, like everything that's
precious and valuable to us." Cary's major challenge continued to
be accommodating increased use at a time of declining resources.
A number of steps were taken to help meet this challenge. The
library joined the Metro- Boston Library Network (MBLN), an
integrated and online system with the public libraries of Boston,
Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Newton and Malden. Membership
allows the Library to share resources and computerization costs.
Several smaller projects also increased efficiency. A new phone
system that does away with the need for an operator for most calls
was installed. Windows that open were placed in the Reference area;
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these help reduce dependency on air conditioning. A new security
system is helping to make circulation of the very popular audio and
video tape libraries self - service. The town has kept up basic support
during a time when many other municipalities have begun to neglect
this.
A new roof was approved by Town Meeting for the main library this
year; the estimated cost is $80,000. Maintenance and development
of services required a renewed emphasis on planning with a view to
further focus on basic needs. Cary also benefitted from an active
Friends of the Library, many volunteers, several grants, and gifts of
library materials.
New shelving was installed in all areas of the library. The "new"
1975 addition has accommodated such growth several times. This is
the last substantial shelving project that can be accommodated within
the present building. The literacy program at the Branch continues
to flourish. State funding was withdrawn, but a $23,750 grant was
awarded through the federal Library Services and Construction Act,
and fund raising by the Eastern Mass. Literacy Council continues.
About 450 volunteers are helping over 500 people learn English.
Work on another Library Services and Construction Grant, for a
community information and referral file, was completed this year.
The award was for $16,500, and resulted in the publication of The
Resource, a directory of Lexington's community organizations The
information is also available and updated online.
pluuling
A revised long range plan was approved by the Trustees. It was the
result of a year long study by a committee consisting of Advisory
Committee members, patrons and staff. A summary of its
conclusions follows:
1) Resources and staff ought to concentrate on services to the
individual, except in the case of children, where group activities such
as story hours fill an important need.
2) Main library services demand thoughtful and continued attention
in order to supply collections, services, and space in line with
increasing use and needs.
3) If Cary continues a policy of doing away with manual routines as
they are automated, technical services would require no further staff
or space. Reductions have been made in these areas already.
4). Branch service is highly cost effective and ought to be maintained
at its current level. The need for a program of building restoration
is apparent.
5) Professional improvement should be given a higher priority.
With the advent of integrated and automated library systems, training
of the public is also required.
6) A goal of $1,000,000 for the year 2000 was established for the
Cary Library: continued
New Century Fund. This is an endowment fund for new materials
and services.
7) The library should continue to work with the schools and town
towards providing such desirable programs as home access to shared
databases.
Copies of the full report are available at the main and branch
libraries.
Many patrons generously gave their time to help the library improve
services. An active volunteer program is managed by the Friends of
the Library. Literacy tutors are trained by the Eastern Mass.
Literacy Council at the literacy library in the East Lexington Branch.
The Trustees would particularly like to thank the Advisory
Committee which was active in helping to complete the long range
plan. Advisory Committee Chairman, Vicky L. Schwartz, was
elected a Massachusetts delegate to this year's White House
Conference on Libraries.
The Trustees set up a Finance Committee in order to obtain advice
on library investments. Through Alan Fields, who also serves on the
Trustees of Public Trusts, this committee was able to provide
increased funds for purchasing materials. The Field and Garden
Club once again donated labor and materials for seasonal plantings
and decoration.
Gifts to the New Century Fund, an endowment for purchasing
materials, approached the $50,000 mark. Lexington Citizens for
Conservation gave $100 for conservation materials and $595 was
donated in memory of Lloyd Gilson for materials on sailing. The
Lions again gave $1,000 for updating of its books in large type
collection, and the Trustees of Public Trusts again gave $1,000
towards purchasing the Filipowski garden sculpture - the library now
owns this handsome work.
The Japanese Association of Greater Boston donated 40 books on
Japan. Ruth Wathen -Dunn generously donated her fine line drawing
of Cary Library; it is used on the attractive note cards for sale at the
Main Desk. The Library and Friends received numerous other
smaller gifts, including enough used books to net $6,307 for new
materials.
Executive Committee (Elected by Board of Trustees)
William J. Dailey, Jr., Chairman; Rev. Peter H. Meek, Vice
Chairman;
Rev. Brian S. Dixon, John A. Oberteuffer, and Jacquelyn R. Smith.
Advisory Committee (Appointed by Executive Committee)
Vicky L. Schwartz, Chairman; Charles A. Butts, Jr., Ione D.
Garing, Timothy P. Hart, Susan E. LaLone. Theodore Mairson, Ann
Wallace, and Nancy R. Winsten.
Director (Appointed by Trustees)
Robert C. Hilton
The Cary Library Executive Committee: Director Robert Hilton, Rev. Peter Meek, Selectman
William Dailey, Chairman Jacquelyn Smith of the Board of Selectmen, Rev. Brian Dixon and School
Committeeman John Oberteuffer. Library use continued to rise last year Photo: Joyce Feamside.
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Education (�
Cary Library: continued
Sub Total Transfers In 57,050.00
Total Receipts, Transfers In,
and July 1, 1991 Balance
June 30, 1991
Balance on hand July 1, 1990
54,521.76
NOW Account (Lexington Savings)
104,056.16
RECEIPTS
2,512.17
Fines, fees, etc.
75,543.05
Books Sold
6,306.70
Copy Service
6,491.10
Interest NOW Account
1,704.57
Investment Dividends
52,838.92
Toy Bags
549.30
Book Rentals
1,831.89
Audio /Visual
11,884.21
Friends of the Library
2,790.00
Sub Total Receipts
159,939.74
TRANSFERS IN
227.00
From Fidelity Cash Reserves
55,000.00
John N. Pierce Fund
50.00
From Trustee of Public Trusts
1,000.00
From the Lions Club
1,000.00
Sub Total Transfers In 57,050.00
Total Receipts, Transfers In,
and July 1, 1991 Balance
271,511.50
EXPENSES
Library Materials
104,056.16
Children's Room Program
2,512.17
NELINET
26,629.57
Professional Improvement
3,352.78
Exhibits
574.89
Custodial Mileage
909.66
Custodial Uniforms
1,547.13
Filipowski
1,166.67
Recruitment
127.15
Friends of the Library
1,211.97
Shelving
1,746.29
MBLN
7,383.00
Note Cards
227.00
Miscellaneous
1,728.21
Sub Total Expenses 153,172.bb
TRANSFERS OUT
To MMD Trust 10,000.00
To Bear Stearns 55,000.00
Sub total Transfers
Total Expenses
Balance on hand June 30,
Mass
MMD Trust Balance July 1
Interest
Purchase
Out 6b,000.UU
218,172.65
1991 53,338.85
Municipal Depository Trust
38,251.92
3,459.20
10,000.00
Balance on hand June 30, 1991 51,711.11
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Cary Library: continued
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INVESTMENTS
June 30, 1991
SHARES OR
NAME
FACE VALUE
VALUE
INCOME
Amoco
0
(SOLD)
$ 564.84
Bank of Boston
0
(SOLD)
663.00
Bristol Myers
200
15,550.00
240.00
Citicorp
0
(SOLD)
712.00
Coca Cola
400
21,800.00
96.00
Cyprus Minerals
0
(SOLD)
11.20
Eastern Enterprises
0
(SOLD)
379.40
Exxon Corporation *
700
40,863.00
2,685.52
General Electric Company * 500
37,063.00
2,250.00
W.R. Grace & Company
1200
40,350.00
1,680.00
Health Care
500
19,375.00
401.25
Johnson & Johnson
200
16,700.00
148.00
J.P. Morgan
200
10,425.00
99.00
Northeast Utilities
0
(SOLD)
1,056.00
Nynex
0
(SOLD)
214.32
Royal Dutch Pet.
200
15,500.00
401.40
Schlumberger
300
17,663.00
90.00
Sears Roebuck & Co.
0
(SOLD)
1,800.00
Shawmut National Corp.
0
(SOLD)
553.50
State Street Boston Corp.
500
22,375.00
350.00
Thermo Electron
200
7,250.00
0
U.S. West
392
13,867.00
791.48
Waste Management
200
7,325.00
9.00
Xerox
0
(SOLD)
1,650.00
Yankee Energy
0
(SOLD)
45.60
Fannie Mae: 5/11/98
$100,000.00
98,531.00
0
Fannie Mae: 11/10/99
100,000.00
98,844.00
4,175.00
Northern Pacific: 1/1/97
4,000.00
3,115.00
160.00
US Treasury: 1/15/91
(35,000.00)
- - --
4,112.50
US Treasury: 2/15/96
100,000.00
103,719.00
8,875.00
US Treasury: 11/15/18
3,000.00
3,151.00
270.00
US Treasury: 8/20/90
(80,000.00)
- - --
0
US Treasury: 11/1/90
(80,000.00)
- - --
0
US Treasury: 2/15/94
150,000.00
148,595.00
0
Bear Stearns
Cash Account
73,516.91
73,516.91
7,201.55
Boston Federal
1,000.00
1,000.00
86.08
Fidelity Cash Res.
36,767.93
36,767.93
1,541.81
Lex. Savings Bank
38,926.38
38,926.38
3,298.08
Lex. Say. (Beals)
1,100.00
1,100.99
88.28
TOTALS
$893,372.22
$46,699.81
Pmt. from Bear Stearns
6,139.11
TOTAL
$52,838.92
* 676 shares
of Exxon and
700 shares
of
GE were
sold during FY
1991.
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Cary Library: continued
June 30, 1991
FUNDS PRINCIPAL
Leroy and Geneva Brown
4,000
Beals
1,100
Maria Cary
400
Book Purchase
1,000
Alice Butler Cary
2,958
Jane Phinney
300
Goodwin Musical
1,100
Laura M. Brigham
3,100
George W. Sarano
300
War Parents Book Memorial
1,800
Nelson W. Jenney
2,000
Paulina Burbank Peirce
1,000
Caira Robbins
300
Wellington Library
1,100
Emma Ostrom Nichols
1,000
Sarah Elizabeth 'Raymond
2,528
Abbie C. Smith
1,000
Lewis L. Hoyt
1,000
Sue Medeiros
949
Pearl Toback Feld
666
Ann E. Ferry
3,370
The Rev. Harold T. Handley
1,938
Beryl M. Safford Memorial Fund
1,484
The Stanley Hill Amer. Leg. Post 38
2,500
James Stuart Smith
11,072
Warren Sherburne
4,020
Manfred Friedman
3,024
John N. Pierce Fund
2,013
William F. Buckley Fund
5,100
Robert Wendell Hannam
2,700
Evelyn and Samuel Borshay Fund
3,000
New Century Fund
48,837
Edith J. Childs
300,810
TOTAL $417,469
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DPW/Engineering
DPW /Engineering continued to innovate, conserve and cooperate
in its drive to maintain high levels of service in the face of budget
restraints.
Measures were taken in all divisions to get the work done with
fewer dollars. The single major effort involved rebuilding several
streets using new paving methods. Other notable accomplishments
will be found throughout this report.
Engineering
In the first paving project, Wood Street was rebuilt using a "cold -
in- place" process that cost 45 percent less than the old process.
In the new process, the old bituminous concrete surface and some
of the underlying gravel was torn up and mixed in a hammermill
to create a new stabilized base course. Using the conventional
method, the old pavement would have been torn up, carted away
and dumped.
The other project used "hot -in -place recycling" which cost 40
percent less. This was a multi -step process which involved
cooking the old pavement in place before mixing it with new
materials.
Unfortunately, the heat used in the process also cooked adjacent
greenery. Streets included in this project were Alcott, Castle,
Chadbourne, Franklin and Somerset roads, Lowell Street and
Whitman Circle. Judicious selection of streets will allow the
continued use of this cost - saving method.
The two projects were done under Contract 91 -1 by LoRusso
Corporation for $861,957.
A State Grant of $431,314 allowed two additional water main
cleaning and lining projects to be completed this year. There were
four contracts:
Contract 90 -6 Cedar Street area, 6800 feet of pipe, Biszko
Contracting Company,
Total Cost: $241,552
Contract 91 -6, Follen Road area, 6900 feet of pipe, W. Walsh
Company, Inc.,
Total Cost: $224,904
Contract 91 -7, Locust Avenue area, 4200 feet of pipe, W. Walsh
Company, Inc.
Total Cost: $198,486
Contract 91 -8, Oakland Street area, 3900 feet of pipe, Biszko
Contracting Company,
Total Cost: $197,686
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Department of ■�
Public Works
Equipment Division
The Equipment Division maintains the Department of Public
Works equipment fleet currently valued at $3,909,918. This
division also provides preventive maintenance and minor repairs
on all Fire Department vehicles and School Department vehicles.
All vehicles and equipment are serviced and checked under a
scheduled preventive maintenance program.
As part of the vehicle restoration program, 11 DPW vehicles were
completely restored and painted. Six police vehicles were repaired
and painted. A mezzanine was purchased and installed in the
mechanic's shop by employees for additional storage space.
Facilities
The exteriors of the Police Station, Cary Memorial Building and
The Town Office Building were painted. Also, roof slate repairs
were completed on the three buildings. The Police Station garage
roof was replaced.
Steam trap elements were replaced in Cary Memorial Building's
heating system to conserve fuel. The exterior double door
entrance to the Council on Aging lunchroom was replaced. One
exterior door at the Police Station and one at the Town Office
Building were replaced. The Town Clerk's office at the Town
Office Building was renovated into a larger office.
Boston Edison's Retrofit Program upgraded existing lighting in the
following buildings: Council on Aging, Police Station, Town
Office Building, Visitor's Center, DPW Building, both fire
stations, animal shelter, and the Westview Cemetery Building.
Boston Edison installed newer and more energy efficient lamps,
ballasts, and motion detectors for controlling some lights. The
estimated annual saving is $10,000.
DPW employees painted miscellaneous interior walls in the Town
Office Building and Police Station.
Park Division
The Park Division is responsible for the maintenance and general
care of all parks and community playgrounds, including public
property, historical grounds, sport fields, school grounds and
conservation areas.
The division staff of 16 full time employees routinely mows and
trims turf, lines sport fields and picks up rubbish. They also
construct and /or maintain signs, trails, playground apparatus, site
furniture, sport fields and the swimming pools.
In 1991 a number of projects were completed. Some of these
included continued improvements to parks and playgrounds.
New sod was installed on the high school football field. At
Lincoln Park, mounds were built to control motor vehicles in the
Department of [1i
Public Works 1�''®
mi .,
DPW /Engineering: continued
parking area. At Lincoln Field, the little league field is being
reconstructed and one of the soccer fields was overseeded. At
Fiske and Diamond Schools the skinned infields were refurbished.
At Countryside Park new site furniture was installed and 13
Sophora Japonica were planted. Park staff also rebuilt the fences
around the monuments at the Green, Buckman Tavern and the
Belfry. Staff members were inspectors of the beach work at the
reservoir.
The Park Division received a donation of a Rain Kannon Sprinkler
from the Lexington Youth Soccer Association. It will be used for
watering soccer fields.
Shade Trees
This division is responsible for the care and preservation of all
woody plant material in parks and on public ways; it is staffed
with six full time employees. The division annually participates in
Arbor Day ceremonies and again this year gave away 2,200
seedlings to elementary school children. Due to this effort, the
Town has been recognized since 1984 as a Tree City USA.
Thirty eight trees were lost during Hurricane Bob last August.
The Public Works staff did an admirable clean up job.
In an effort to maintain the existing American Elm tree population,
13 trees were injected with a fungicide to provide some protection
from Dutch Elm Disease.
Water Division
The Water Division is responsible for the maintenance and repair
of the entire water system comprised of 154 miles of pipe, 1500 fire
hydrants and two water towers used to store 3.24 million gallons.
We also read 9969 water meters twice a year. Water is tested
weekly for bacteria /coliform, in compliance with the strict
Drinking Water Regulations of Massachusetts.
Water conservation was a major priority once again. Selectmen
voted to expand the present six (6) block inclining water rate to an
eight (8) block inclining structure as another means of promoting
water conservation. The division continued its leak detection
program, and displayed conservation materials at Emery Park
during Discovery Day and again during water conservation week.
Pamphlets relating to water conservation are available in the water
billing office in Town Hall and the Public Work's Building at 201
Bedford Street.
During the past year, 19 water main breaks and eight service leaks
were repaired, 224 water meters installed or replaced, seven fire
hydrants replaced, 17 repaired, and 35 curb boxes and gate boxes
repaired or replaced. Twenty water services were renewed from
lead to copper as part of our lead service replacement program.
A six inch water main and a fire hydrant were installed at the end
of Cedar Street for Pine Meadows.
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So far, seven of the original ten phases outlined in the 1984 Water
System Analysis have been completed. Since this program has
been so successful in eliminating water quality complaints, the
program has been expanded to 21 phases. A total of $1,922,274 in
capital projects was supervised by the Division in 1991.
Highway Division
The Highway Division is responsible for the safety and mainte-
nance of 280 lane miles of streets and sidewalks, drains and
brooks, leaf composting, recycling and rubbish complaints.
In 1991, the Highway Division used over 1100 tons of asphalt on
various street maintenance operations. Two major projects were
constructing a traffic island at the intersection of North and Lowell
Streets, and installing a hot top berm along Winchester Drive.
Other work included support for the Water Division on repaving
projects resulting from water breaks at Pleasant, East, and Cedar
Streets.
New drains were installed on Diamond Road and Woburn Street
to relieve severe icing problems, and over 1000 feet of drain pipe
was replaced on Whipple Hill to alleviate flooding problems there.
Extensive work was done at Westview Cemetery, installing
drainage and regrading several acres to expand that facility.
Other projects included installing several handicap ramps along
Massachusetts Avenue, concrete sidewalk repairs, catch basin /drain
system repairs and cleaning, street sweeping, street line painting
and traffic sign replacements.
Three men were on loan to the Engineering Department as
inspectors for the street resurfacing contract, most notably on
Wood Street, where a new sidewalk was installed and guardrail
replaced.
The leaf composting operation continues to expand; over 6000
cubic yards of leaves and yard waste were collected at the
recycling facility on Hartwell Avenue. Also, white goods and
metal are now being recycled at this site. The Highway Division
utilized the Middlesex House of Correction's Community Work
Program to perform considerable painting throughout the Town,
including DPW snow plows, traffic signal posts and several
wooden guardrails. This program is state funded, with the town
paying only for materials and lunches, and frees up DPW employ-
ees for other tasks.
Finally, several teak benches, obtained through private funding,
were installed in the center of town.
Snow Removal
During the winter of 1990 -91, there were 14 snow and ice storms.
Three required plowing. In addition, there was one snow hauling
operation conducted. Total snow fall for the season was 25 inches
and the division used 3500 tons of sand and salt mixture for snow
and ice control.
DPW /Engineering: continued
The Sewer Division is responsible for maintaining the entire sewer
system and insuring the safe and proper discharge of our waste-
water. The system has 34 miles of trunk line sewers, 119 miles of
street line sewers and 9159 sewer services. There are nine sewage
pumping stations within the town. The main pumping station is
located off Bedford Street near Route 128.
Byron Avenue pump station was eliminated in November by
connecting it to the Millbrook Valley Sewer Relief Line. Exten-
sive work was completed on four satellite pump stations.
Constitution Road and North Road stations were completely
rebuilt. New controls and a new pump were installed in the
Concord Avenue and Worthen Road stations. Repairs were also
made on the Brigham Road station (new controls and new air
system), and a new air system installed at the Hayden Avenue
pump station.
The sewer division responded to ten sewer main blockages, 14
sewer service blockages, and repaired ten sewer services. There
were 82,255 feet of sewer mains cleaned with a high pressure
water machine.
Parking
The DPW oversees parking services at the Meriam Street Parking
Lot. LAZ Parking, Ltd. of Boston and Hartford is the contracting
manager.
Operating all off - street parking is a DPW responsibility. Annual
parking permits for three leased and two town -owned areas are
sold at the DPW office in the Town Office Building. The lease
with Grace Chapel for the Belfry Club Lot was cancelled Novem-
ber 1st because the property was sold. All Belfry Club permit
holders were relocated to other lots or received a refund. The
Department of ■,�
Public Works
parking permit program helps resolve the business community's
employee parking problem.
Receipts:
FY90
FY91
Meters
$111,730
$169,285
Permit Parking
31,954
32,410
Meriam St. Lot
40,316
63,475
Totals
$184,000
$265,170
Cost:
Leases: off - street
Belfry Club Lot
$ 7,800
$ 7,800
Arts & Crafts Lot
5,000
5,000
Ch. of Our Redeemer
2,000
2,000
Totals
$14,800
$14,800
Cemetery Division
A cemetery expansion project has begun at the rear of Westview
Cemetery. A large sloped area, utilizing compost from our yard
waste recycling programs as cover, was planted with wild flowers
as a beautification screen while this project is in progress.
A painting project on the exterior of the Westview Cemetery
Service Building was completed.
The electric heat system at Westview Cemetery has been converted
to a new highly efficient fuel -oil heat system. A savings of $800
per year is anticipated.
There were three interments at Munroe Cemetery and 202 at
Westview. At Westview 92 lots were sold, totaling 126 graves.
Ninety deeds were issued for graves and 122 foundations for flush
markers were approved and the markers set.
Richard E. Spiers, Director
Public Works /Engineering
The Waste Management Committee: Erna Greene, TMMA observer; Chairman Mary
Miley, Meg Himmel, Health Director George Smith, Gina B/aber and DPW representatives
Joe Medlin and Dave Turocy. Not pictured, DPW Director Dick Spiers. Jackie Weinstock,
Rick Reibstein, Bill Redpath, Kate Fricker and Associate Member Jackie Ward.
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Fire Department
On March 13, 1991 of this year the Fire Department successfully
extinguished a serious fire at the historic John David House, a bed
and breakfast adjacent to the Lexington Battle Green. The fire
started in the basement and quickly spread through the walls to all
three floors of this victorian style home.
Three alarms were necessary, summoning help from many
surrounding towns. The department's new positive pressure
blower proved a great asset in injecting cool air into the structure
while at the same time removing hot gases and smoke.
This tactic greatly assisted firefighters by lowering interior
temperatures and increasing visibility. Four local firefighters and
one from an adjoining community were treated and released at a
neighboring hospital for exhaustion as a result of this incident.
In 1991 the Fire Department responded to 2,758 calls for all types
of emergency assistance. Of these, 1,318 were for emergency
ambulance service, of which 994 required transporting patients to
nearby hospitals.
This represents a 14% increase in total calls and a 15% increase
in ambulance calls, and a 16% increase in persons transported over
the previous calendar year. The department averaged .5 serious
fires per month.
After one full year of providing backup ambulance service, the
department is pleased to report the program has filled a major
need. The second ambulance was used many times when our
primary ambulance was already on call. In the past, these calls
would have been handled by an ambulance from a neighboring fire
department or a private ambulance service. This enhancement of
our emergency medical service was accomplished without adding
any new personnel, as the aerial ladder crew is primarily used to
deliver this service.
In response to the financial constraints facing the community, the
department sponsored its first ever public fund drive to purchase
two portable heart defibrillator machines. The $15,000 plus cost
for the machines and training was achieved through the generosity
of many individuals, organizations, and corporations. In particu-
lar, Raytheon and W. R. Grace Company were major contributors.
A total of 85 other individuals and organizations also participated.
The Engine Company at the East Lexington Fire Station and
town's primary ambulance at Headquarters will carry these units.
The devices analyze cardiac rhythms and prompt a specially
trained emergency medical technician to apply a sychronizing
electric shock. Patients in ventricular fibrillation cannot be saved
without this type of emergency equipment. Plans call for buying
a third machine to equip the backup ambulance.
The department continues to accept donations to this "Heart Saver"
program, another major stride forward in the department's attempt
to be as progressive as possible in meeting the needs of its citizens.
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On August 19th the Town experienced a glancing blow from
Hurricane Bob. The Fire Department was called numerous times
to assist citizens with storm related problems, including water and
tree damage along with many downed electrical wires. The town's
fire alarm system received heavy damage, but service was restored
within a couple of days. Long term repairs to this system are now
being evaluated.
In the aftermath of the storm, the department coordinated the
Town's Federal Disaster Aid Chaim to secure reimbursement for
some of our hurricane expenses. The town expects to receive
$142,720 in federal aid which represents 75% of our total claim.
The State and town will split the balance of remaining costs.
Grateful owners of the B &B on Mass. Ave. near the
Battle Green thanked firefighters for their skillful work in
knocking down a serious fire by having this sign put up by
the front door. Photo. Fire Department.
Fiscal Concerns
The department's expense budget was cut 16 percent from the
previous year's appropriation.
As a result, the department canceled safety details for Town
Meeting, the monthly department officers meetings, some non-
essential maintenance and the scheduled replacement of the shift
commander's car.
During the last quarter of FY '91, cuts were made in outside
training. Plans for additional and previously requested training
programs were put aside.
The department continues to have a low per capita cost compared
to similar communities. In FY /92 our cost was $88.66 per capita.
This compares to a high of $133.46 and a low of $72.02. It is
noteworthy that some communities with higher costs than Lexing-
ton do not provide ambulance service.
Fire Department: continued
The Fire Prevention Bureau manages testing town owned under-
ground fuel storage tanks. Nine tanks were tested during the year.
As part of this effort the town was able to remove four tanks as
they were no longer needed or were converted to gas. One large
fuel oil tank was leaking and replaced. The bureau also hosted our
annual fire prevention open house which this year attracted the
largest crowd in the 15 years we have conducted this event. In
addition to the usual parents and children, many individuals who
donated to the Heart Saver Fund Drive attended and saw a
demonstration of the new defibrillation equipment. Local insur-
ance companies once again donated door prizes.
Educational programs along with fire drills were conducted in all
elementary schools. Institutional and educational buildings were
inspected according to state requirements. The Department also
successfully proposed town adoption of permissive legislation to
require sprinklers in all new multi - family dwellings, hotels, and
motels.
Lastly, the Bureau coordinated the national Change Your Clock/
Change Your Battery Campaign sponsored by the International
Association of Fire Chiefs. This program ties changing clocks
back to Eastern Standard Time in the fall with the time to
remember to change smoke detector batteries. The department
conducted a random voluntary inspection of approximately 200
homes. Detectors were tested and residents advised of any
deficiencies. Our experience shows that Lexington homes are well
protected by operating smoke-detectors.
During the year Firefighter Alan Campbell retired due to a job
connected back injury. He had served with the department since
1974.
Officer Brian Spencer of the
Police Department's popular
D. A. A. E. program is shown here
with Bridge School fifth graders
Lisette Silva, Earl Faulk, Nina
Brandin, Maelle Olivola and Nate
Myers. Photo: Police Department.
0 Fire ® Ambulance
TYPE OF ALARM:
Fire, Explosion
177
Over Pressure Rupture
7
Rescue Call
1,318
Hazardous Condition
116
Service Call
114
Good Intent Call
305
Malfunction /False Call
583
Hazardous Material
10
Mutual Aid
128
ESTIMATED FIRE LOSS
Buildings /Vehicles $565,673
JOHN D. BERGERON
Fire Chief
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Police Department
It was a difficult year for the Police Department, challenged with
maintaining quality services in the face of budget restraints.
Allocating Resources
In recognition of the challenging fiscal constraints on the Town,
the department took several measures to reduce spending and
maximize the use of limited resources. The cost saving measures
included:
Reducing overtime costs by operating with lower staffing
levels, reassigning certain Center foot patrols to cruiser
patrol, and by limiting outside training programs, whenev-
er possible;
Not filling one detective and one clerical position made
available through the retirements of Detective Lloyd Baylis
and Traffic Clerk Elizabeth Rycroft.
Additional restrictions on criminal investigations based
upon the seriousness of the offense and the solvability of
the crime.
National Accreditation
The department is continuing to pursue national accreditation from
the National Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Agencies. One of the most important and timely goals of the
program is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the
department. Most of the year was spent reviewing, drafting and
rewriting the department's policies and procedures. Projects
requiring capital funds were postponed to fiscal year 1993.
A quality policy and procedure manual is the signature of a truly
professional police department. To date, forty -eight policies have
been drafted or revised. Two of the more important policies
prepared this year were, "Domestic Abuse" and "Internal Affairs
Investigations."
D.A.R.E. Program
The Drug Awareness Resistance Education Program (D.A.R.E.)
continued to be a top priority for the department. The generous
contribution of $3,722 in money, supplies and services from
Lexington residents and businesses proved invaluable to the
program.
D.A.R.E. Officer Brian Spencer organized many special functions
to demonstrate to students that they can have fun and socialize
without using artificial stimulants such as alcohol and drugs. Some
of the more successful events included a "Fun- Night" at the
Hayden Recreation Center and a basketball game between the
varsity High School team and members of the School and Police
Departments.
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At the end of the 1990 -91 school year, 350 fifth graders received
D.A.R.E. diplomas for completing the 17 week course. Officer
Spencer also assisted at Hanscom Air Force Base to graduate 75
students whose D.A.R.E. instructor was temporarily assigned to
the Persian Gulf during the war.
Grant Money
Throughout the year, the department aggressively sought alterna-
tive funding for important programs. As a result, the following
two grants were awarded:
$4,000 from the Commonwealth's Committee on Criminal
Justice. This grant was offered as an incentive to local
police departments to purchase computer equipment and
report crime statistics in the new "National Incident Based
Reporting System."
$3,950 from the Governor's Alliance Against Drugs. This
grant was offered as an incentive to any community
involved in D.A.R.E. to maintain and expand their existing
program. The money was used to purchase T -shirts and
finance part of the 1991 -92 D.A.R.E. budget.
Auxiliary Police Program
During 1991, the department's six auxiliary police officers
volunteered 335 hours over 68 weekend nights. The officers were
instrumental in checking 450 homes reported vacant during the
year. The officers also assisted by patrolling public buildings,
schools, churches and synagogues.
Crime Reports and Statistics
The department's statistical reports presented each year in the
Town Report have been modified in 1991. The new central
computer system, installed in October 1990, allows the department
to prepare many different kinds of reports. As a cost saving
measure, these automated reports have been used for this, and
future, publications of the Town Report.
The crime trends for a community can often reflect difficult
economic conditions. In 1991, it was not unexpected that the
department would respond to an increased number of assaults and
other disputes. Breaking and entering of homes and businesses, an
important impact crime in this community, increased by 16% over
1990 with a total property loss of $576,324. The department's
limited ability to do follow -up investigations has resulted in fewer
house breaks being solved (18 percent in 1991 versus 63.5 percent
in 1990) and less than 30 percent of the stolen property being
recovered.
Paul E. Furdon, Chief of Police
Police Department
Classification of Serious Offenses /Property Stolen in Lexington
Classification
No. of
No. Persons
Value of
$105,639
Offenses
Charged
Prop. Stolen
Rape
1
1
0
Assualts, inc. weapons
46
27
0
Robbery
1
0
$40
Burglary - B &E
89
6
$230,765
Larceny - except vehicle
329
29
$246,019
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
1
$99,500
Total
480
64
$576,324
01 04 o3 04 00 00 of 00 ow 0u ai
Property Stolen in Lexington and Recovered
Type of Property
Stolen
Recovered
Currency, Notes, Etc.
$105,639
$648
Jewelry and Precious Metals
76,556
4,025
Clothing
9,999
200
Locally Stolen Motor Vehicles
99,500
69,500
Office Equipment
73,418
50,050
Televisions, Radios, Stereos, Etc.
22,293
2,990
Household Goods
67,538
1,656
Consumable Goods
7,940
2,815
Miscellaneous
113,191
40,369
Total
$576,074
$172,253
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91
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1
1
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Other Charged Offenses
Disorderly
8
Protective Custody
14
Liquor Law Violations
28
Malicious Damage/Vandalism
19
Trespassing
8
Receiving Stolen Property
14
Narcotic Drug Law Violations
10
Miscellaneous
24
Total
125
Calls for Service
Animals Cared for (sick, injured or dead)
192
Alarms - Subject to Service Fee
2,245
Alarms - All Others
488
Reports of Fire Investigated
148
Medical Assistance
582
Lockouts & Disabled MV
1,143
Missing Persons Investigated
11
Disturbances & Disputes
279
Sudden Deaths Investigated
11
Other Crimes & Services
6,623
Vacant Houses
481
Total
12,203
Total milage recorded annually
on vehicles: 376,322
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Public Safety
Police Department
Motor Vehicles Recovered
Motor Vehicles stolen locally
and recovered locally 2
Motor Vehicles stolen locally and
recovered in other jurisdictions 9
Motor Vehicles stolen out of town
and recovered locally 12
Traffic Offenses (Moving Violations) Offenders Fines
Operating to Endanger
36
Persons Injured
Operating after Revocation or after
Fatal Accidents
4
Suspension of License
150
Pedestrians Injured
Operationg w/o License
74
0
Operating Under Influnce
61
Total 1991 Accidents
Hit & Run Property/Personal Injury
12
17
Using Motor Vehicle w/o Authority
3
Bedford St. @ Hartwell Ave.
School Bus Violation
10
24
Unregistered Motor Vehicle
263
$17,600
Speeding
981
$86,000
U -Turn Violation
383'
$6,105
Pedestrian/Crosswalk Violation
204
$3,560
Miscellaneous Traffic Violation
2,222
$45,205
Total
4,399
$158,470
*Denotes Fines Determined by Court
Traffic Enforcement Summary
Parking Violations 3,539
Parking Meter Violations 9,736
Total 13,275
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Motor Vehicle Accident Analysis
Personal Injury Accidents
217
Persons Injured
270
Fatal Accidents
4
Persons Killed
5
Pedestrians Injured
9
Pedestrians Killed
0
Motor Vehicle Accident Types
Motor Vehicle vs. Pedestrian
11
Motor Vehicle vs. Bicycle
13
Motor Vehicle vs. Fixed Object
98
Motor Vehicle vs. Parked Vehicle
62
Motor Vehicle Overturned in Road
8
Motor Vehicle vs. Motor Vehicle
518
Unidentified
10
Total 1991 Accidents
720
81 82 83 b4 Ub bb ti/ 66 U9 9U V1
1991 High Accident Locations (10 or more accidents)
Marren Rd.@ Rte. 128
10
Bedford St. @ Worthen Rd.
10
Waltham St @ Vinebrook Rd.
11
Lowell St. @ Woburn St.
12
RTE 128/95 @ RTE 2
12
Bedford St. @ Harrington Rd.
13
Lowell @ Maple @ Winchester
13
Maple St. @ Mass Ave.
16
Hartwell Ave. @ Maguire Rd.
17
Marrett Rd. @ Mass Ave. (Minuteman Tech)
19
Bedford St. @ Hartwell Ave.
23
Bedford St. @ RTE 128/95
24
Center; Grant St. to MM Statue
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NOTE: Starting in 1991, accident statistics reflect only those
accidents which meet or exceed state mandated reporting levels.
Board of Health
The most compelling matter before the Board of Health in 1991
was the issue of STD /AIDS. The board and staff, working with
the STD /AIDS Task Force appointed last year, completed a report
in July. The report includes recommendations for education and
interdiction measures to deal with this serious problem. Since
1984, 9 cases of AIDS have been identified in Lexington. No
AIDS cases were identified in 1991.
In other board matters, Barbara Marshall was elected Chairperson,
and Stan Finkelstein and Donald Goldmann continued as board
members. Mary Jane Kemper continued as an associate member,
serving as an adviser and liaison between the board and other town
boards and committees.
In August, Dr. William Cosgrove passed away. Dr. Cosgrove had
been Board of Health member and Chairman. He retired in 1981
after 33 years of dedicated service.
Highlights of 1991
Hurricane Bob - Power outages affected private homes, restaurants
and retail food stores. In the aftermath of the storm Health
Department staff provided assistanceand advice on the wholesome-
ness of food products and evaluated the need for disposal. Some
residential homes were also inspected because of flooding prob-
lems.
Food Service Programs - Inspection of all eating places continued
to be high priority. Eleven new establishments opened. Sanitarian
Stan Sosnicki was actively involved in food service worker
training. Complaints were resolved, and two outbreaks of food
borne illnesses requiring epidemiological study, were investigated.
One establishment closed, and several administrative hearings were
held. Citations and fines were levied under the provisions of the
non - criminal disposition by -law to effect compliance with the
sanitary code.
Again for 1991 elements of our sanitation education program were
featured in "The Food Protection Report", "The Environmental
News Digest, Food and Drug Administration" "Bibliography of
Training Materials and Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation
Journal ".
Commodity Recalls - Commodity recalls in 1991 involved milk
and ice cream products, pudding and pie filling, problems with
cantaloupes, and evidence of black widow spiders in grapes.
Concerns about lead in ceramic ware were also addressed.
Swimming and Bathing Places. The health department monitors
sanitation and safety practices at public and semi - public swimming
areas through inspection and verification of credentials for
lifeguards. Water samples are also collected, and bacteriological
and chemical tests made for each pool. In 1991, seven pools were
temporarily closed for not meeting water quality standards or for
equipment malfunction.
KIl
The "Old Res" is an important part of the town's recreation
program, and its water quality is closely monitored. No major
physical or bacteriological problems were encountered this year,
but water treatment for aquatic nuisance vegetation, which can
cause safety problems was required.
Housing Inspection Program - A number of complaints were
received throughout the year. These were primarily for asbestos,
lead paint, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, and malfunctioning
or overflowing of septic systems. Several order letters were issued
against owners of property where code violations were identified.
Environmental Incidents - The Health Department investigated 35
environmental incidents in 1991. The Health Director, as
Lexington's Hazardous Waste Coordinator, investigates these
complaints to insure that incident reports and response actions are
coordinated. The response actions require a cooperative effort
between town and state agencies.
Oil and chemical spills, environmental accidents, leaking fuel
systems at private residences, as well as asbestos, radon and lead
problems were all handled by the department. All told 27
incidents were investigated in 1991.
Groundwater Protection Regulations - In October 1991 the
Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Bureau promulgated regula-
tions that were designed to protect ground water sources of public
drinking water from non -point source pesticide contamination.
Commensurate with the passage of these regulations the Board of
Health was designated the repository of location map for public
water supply wells and /or recharge zone I1 aquifers. This map is
available to pesticide applicators in helping them to meet the
requirements of these new regulations.
Asbestos Hazards - Plans for 68 asbestos hazards abatements were
approved in 1991. Two companies were prohibited from working
in the town, and several violation notices were issued. Illegal
dumping of asbestos waste was investigated on three occasions,
necessitating initiation of emergency remedial cleanup action.
Approximately 200 inspections were completed.
Lead Hazards - Under the revamped 1988 law, lead abatements
must be inspected and monitored. Several complaints were
received about the de- leading of bridge structures along Routes 2
and 128. A number of orders were issued to abate lead hazards
and against companies performing improper lead hazard abate-
ments. New State regulations are expected in 1992 which will
address both lead hazard abatement and paint removal from
commercial structures.
Community Health /Communicable Diseases
The investigation of reported communicable diseases is a tradition-
al and important public health function. Nurses, provided by a
contract with the Visiting Nurses Association of Cambridge,
perform this for Lexington. They also staff our public health and
elderly clinics.
Health: continued
The annual flu clinic and the weekly elderly clinics continued to
be well attended in 1991. Flu vaccine was administered to 1900
people. The board and Lexington Lions Club again co- sponsored
the glaucoma clinic and pre - school hearing /vision screening.
To aid in disease prevention, the Health Department distributes
biological and diagnostic test kits to residents through local
physicians. The distribution of Haemophilus B vaccine for infants
was expanded in 1991, and the availability of universal Hepatitis
B vaccine for infants was announced for the first time.
STD's /AIDS Task Force
As disease categories STD's /AIDS are presenting an overwhelming
challenge to our nation's health care systems. Recognizing that
these diseases are epidemic, the Board of Health appointed a task
force in late 1990 to examine the extent of the problem within
Lexington and to report with an action plan to address the
problem. The task force prepared their report and presented it to
the Board of Health in July. As the year comes to an end, the
Board of Health is looking at ways it can adapt the plan and its
recommendations to the needs of -the community. Members of the
task force included Barbara Neustadt, Chair, Julian Perlman, Bill
Blout, Stan Schultz, Mary Ann Mitchner, Steve Baran and Barbara
Smith.
Report of the Biosafety Committee
Biotechnology uses genetic engineering to produce chemicals or
living organisms with new characteristics for commercial use.
Lexington's Biosafety Committee (LBSC) provides oversight and
guidance on the use of rDNA technology to the Board of Health.
It makes recommendations on the issuance of rDNA permits, and
keeps the board current on regulatory requirements and technologi-
cal changes.
A Lexington company, Repligen Sandoz Research Company
(RSRC) was granted a renewal of its current license to operate.
Two additional companies have expressed interest in relocating to
Lexington.
In 1991 the Biosafety Committee completed an audit and review
of the Board of Health biotechnology regulations to insure their
efficacy. Recommendations were made, and, at years end, the
consultants' report was being reviewed.
In 1991, Dan Fenn was reelected chairman of LBSC. Dr. Harry
Orf, and Iclal Hartman PhD, and Dr. Stan Finkelstein continued
as members of the committee, as did Health Director, George A.
Smith.
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Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Household hazardous waste includes any product classified as toxic
(poisonous), corrosive, flammable or reactive (explosive).
Improperly disposed of these products can poison the human and
natural environment. Often these products can be identified by
their labels which read: "Poison, corrosive, caustic, volatile,
flammable, explosive, danger, caution or warning ". Whenever
possible, these products should be avoided.
On October 26th, Lexington conducted its tenth household
hazardous waste collection day sponsored by the Boards of
Selectmen and Health, the Waste Management Task Force, and the
League of Women Voters.
Lexington's collection day continues to be New England's largest
full scale one day event. This year, 128 barrels (55 gallon drums)
of toxics were collected from 780 households. Seven barrels of
automotive batteries were collected for recycling by the J.P.
Carroll Co. of Lexington. As a fast time initiative, 30 cubic yards
of cardboard were collected for recycling.
The cost of this collection was just under $45,000. Over the past
10 years, 880 55- gallon drums of hazardous waste have been
collected.
Health: continued
Health Director Smith continues to serve as chairman of the State
Department of Environmental Management /Department of
Environmental Protection (DEM /DEP) Joint Advisory Committee
on Household Hazards Waste.
The Board of Health wishes to thank other agencies and individu-
als for their continued cooperation and assistance. In particular,
Dan Fenn, chairman, Lexington Biosafety Committee, Barbara
Neustadt, chairperson STD /AIDS Task Force, and Everett Penny,
Walter Galvin and John Locke, Health Directors of Andover,
Arlington and Brookline.
Mosquito Control Project
Mosquito populations fluctuated in 1991 with nuisance Ievels
occurring in late spring and after Labor Day due to Hurricane
Bob. The threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) did not
reach the dangerous levels of 1990.
The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project conducts a program
in Lexington. It consists of mosquito and wetland surveillance,
larval control, water management and public education. It also
serves as a component of the state's newly developed Vector
Control Plan to prevent EEE.
For survey purposes larval mosquito population data is collected
during the spring and summer and adult mosquito populations are
monitored regularly at three trap sites around the town. The state
uses this data to monitor species associated with EEE.
Larval mosquito control program relies on the non toxic biological
larvicide, "Bti" which was increased in 1991. A helicopter was
used to apply "Bti" in August 1990, for the first time, to control
Animal Control
Kathy Fox, Lexington's Animal Control Officer (ACO), is
responsible for enforcing state and local dog control laws, she also
serves as the Town's Animal Inspector and maintains the town dog
shelter.
Among her duties is the care and disposal of impounded dogs. If
their owners do not pick them up after ten days, the ACO makes
a concerted effort to find homes for them. In 1991 all abandoned
dogs were adopted. She also takes part in the hearing process
conducted by the Police Department in cases of difficult dog
complaints.
Dogs must also be licensed every year. Licenses go on sale
January 1 and are good until December 31. An amendment to the
General By -laws, Section 2, Article XXVIII, was approved at this
years town meeting. The ACO can now use non - criminal
dispositions to fine unlicensed dog owners. effective for the
1992 licensing period.
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a summer mosquito species over 52 wetland acres at Great
Meadows. In 1991 the helicopter included in its aerial 'Bti"
application the Great Meadows, Five Fields, Pine Meadows,
Concord Avenue at the Belmont Border, and the Tophet Swamp.
,Field personnel sprayed 22.75 wetland acres.
Water management to eliminate stagnant water also continued.
Existing ditches in wetlands were cleared to eliminate blockages
and 633 feet of ditch adjacent to Brookhaven off Waltham Street
were maintained.
Board of Health: Donald Goldman, M.D., Chairman
Barbara Marshall, Stan Finkelstein, M.D., and Director George
Smith. Not pictured, Associate Member Mary Jane Kemper
and staffers Stan Sosniki and Lorraine Salto.
Residents are reminded that the town leash law is enforced by the
ACO. All dogs must be vaccinated against rabies every three
years. Puppies should be vaccinated at six months, a vaccination
which is good for only one year. The second vaccination the
puppy receives is effective for three years.
Another major responsibility of the ACO is insuring that all dogs
over six months are vaccinated and licensed. A data base
containing dog licensing information is maintained in conjunction
with the Town Clerk's Office. This supplies up -to -date informa-
tion on the town's dog population. The annual rabies clinic was
held on Saturday for the first time, and 162 vaccinations given.
With the threat of rabies expected in the state in the spring of
1992, all cat owners are urged to have their pets vaccinated for
rabies and distemper. In addition, if the cat roams outside,
spaying or neutering should be considered.
Public Safety
Health: continued
Licenses & Permits
1989
1990
1991
Communicable Diseases
1989
1990
1991
Motel license
3
3
3
Scarlet Fever
4
4
1
Nursing Home permits (F
4
5
6
Shigella flexneri
1
2
1
Rest home permits (FS)
1
1
2
Tuberculosis
2
3
4
Portable toilet permits
12
6
8
Yersiniosis
1
0
0
Recreation camp permits
2
3
5
Rubbish disposal permits
26
23
26
Animal Control Statistics
Sewage disposal permits
10
15
22
Licensed canine
1903
1864
1860
Swimming pools (to oper
20
24
23
Rabies Clinic
160
208
69
Wading pools
7
6
6
Whirlpools (Special purp
1
1
1
Animal Bites
Septic tank installation
Canine
20
22
13
Repair
4
0
2
Feline
4
2
3
New
0
2
2
Other
7
3
3
Syringe licenses
3
1
1
Trailer permits (temporar
3
1
0
Inspection of Livestock
Frozen desserts
3
5
5
Horses
32
32
32
Catering permits
10
9
6
Beef cattle
3
3
2
Temporary food permits
45
55
66
Goats
24
24
24
Methyl alcohol license
23
23
22
Deer
15
15
15
Asbestos abatements
46
65
68
Lab facilities
0
1
1
rDNA permits
1
1
1
Barns and facilities
20
20
19
Massage Establishment
0
2
3
Poultry
10
10
11
Massage Therapist
0
3
7
Canine Data
STD's and AIDS are reported to
Lexington by the
Violations
835
808
792
State. There have been an aggregate
total of
Leash law violations
49
46
47
nine cases of AIDS reported
from 1984 to date.
Unlicensed dog violations
268
232
237
Unlicensed dog notices
518
530
526
STD's /AIDS
1989
1990
1991
Complaints of violations filed
Gonorrhea
4
13
5
in Concord District Court
0
2
0
Syphillis
0
1
1
Chlamydia
14
18
17
Complaints
AIDS
0
1
0
Biting Dogs
20
17
19
Nuisance mammals
0
20
23
Communicable Diseases
Dog hearings IAW Chapter 140
2
0
0
Animal bites
31
27
20
Lost or stray dogs
200
182
187
Campylobacter
9
11
11
Dogs picked up and redeemed
Chicken pox
24
34
18
at the shelter
42
39
28
Giardiasis
20
3
5
Dogs killed by cars
2
2
1
Hepatitis
4
0
3
Dogs cared for at kennel
49
46
42
Measles
0
1
0
Dogs released to Humane Society
1
1
0
Meningitis
0
1
3
Dogs adopted
7
6
2
Salmonella
14
8
5
Cats adopted
2
0
0
Purtussis
5
1
0
Various other complaints
28
24
26
Fifth Disease
9
6
0
42
Health: continued
Board of Health
Immunization Clinics
1989
1990
1991
Flu clinic - Town emplyees
71
92
97
Flu clinic - Chronically ill
49
48
52
Flu clinic - 65+ years
1180
1564
1593
Diagnostic Clinics
10
10
11
Glaucoma eye screening
286
323
272
Diabetes
0
265
214
Additional Clinics
10
12
12
Influenza clinic (make -up)
1
2
1
Elderly clinics
58
58
48
Rabies clinic
1
1
1
Public Health Nurse
The following services and investigations were
performed by personnel of the VNA of Cambridge
on behalf of the Health Department
Environmental Samples Collected
Milk samples analyzed
1989
1990
1991
Elderly Health Promotions
275
52
48
Communicable Disease
52
30
29
Tuberculosis follow -up
6
8
4
Environmental Samples Collected
Milk samples analyzed
6
6
4
Pool water bacterial analyses
300
320
360
Pool water chemical analyses
270
280
320
Drinking water chemical analyses
3
2
4
Bacterial swab testing
10
10
11
Food samples analyzed
12
16
22
Asbestos related
15
12
14
Paint samples analyzed
10
12
12
Complaints & Nuisances
Environmental Complaints
Air pollution
Water pollution
Noise pollution
Epidemiological Investigations
Foodborne
Waterborne
Food Service Establishments
Restaurants
Markets
1989 1990 1991
Complaints & Nuisances
1989
1990
1991
Drainage (water /sewer)
28
25
12
Housing complaints
20
21
18
Garbage /rubbish complaints
153
158
147
Rodents
33
28
21
Sewage disposal
10
18
14
Food, milk & drinking water
82
90
85
Mosquitoes & biting insects
97
103
111
Swimming pools
30
38
28
Drugs & devices
22
19
14
Smoking in restaurants
4
12
6
Insect infestations
48
57
61
Smoking in the workplace
5
15
18
Environ. /Inspection Statistics
Food service estab. - kitchens 248 256 262
Mobile food servers
16
18
14
Temporary food service
45
48
63
Lead paint inspections
7
12
14
Vending machine facilities
24
24
24
Asbestos abatements
144
195
203
Occupied buildings
51
41
28
Police lock -up
4
4
4
Summer day camps
3
8
10
Day care centers - kitchens
18
18
18
Day care centers - lead paint
4
4
2
Theaters
6
6
6
Housing inspections
20
21
22
Structures condemned
2
2
1
Demolished
1
0
0
Rehabilitated
1
2
0
Insufficient or no heat
2
3
3
Nursing home inspections
8
10
12
Rest home inspections
2
2
2
Public, semi - public pool / "Old Res
148
162
168
Rubbish vehicles /Septage haulers
28
35
70
Environmental events
28
31
48
21
18
17
Licenses & Permits
1989
1990
1991
75
81
73
Animal permits (Inc. poultry)
24
24
27
6
6
5
Burial permits
149
180
194
Installers /disposal works
6
7
6
33
27
18
Food establishment permits
143
167
178
22
18
14
Mobile food servers
2
3
3
Funeral directors licenses
5
4
4
38
41
45
Market registrations
23
32
29
22
18
17
Milk license - dealer's
7
1
1
Milk license - store
76
90
94
Milk license - vehicle
4
4
2
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V1W
Planning Board
Due to the economic recession, it has been a quiet year for devel-
opment applications. This lull has enabled the Planning Board to
catch up on some of its long postponed work, such as the subdi-
vision regulations, which were last partially revised in 1986.
Zoning Amendments
The Planning Board proposed, and Town Meeting approved,
several amendments to the Zoning By -Law to bring it into con-
formity with recent court rulings and amendments made by the
Legislature to the Massachusetts Zoning Act dealing with: changes
governing agricultural, religious and educational uses, and changes
to allow day care centers in all zoning districts.
Other zoning amendments which the Planning Board proposed, and
Town Meeting approved, included: changes to parking require-
ments for restaurants, fast food and other eating establishments;
and changes enabling the Board of Selectmen to authorize the
placement of temporary seats on the sidewalk within the public
right of way of Lexington Center streets.
A citizen's petition to amend the Zoning By -Law was approved to
allow pet grooming as a use incidental to a pet accessory store in
the Center Business zoning district. A citizen's petition to allow
the operation of private mailing services in the Center Business
and Retail Shopping zoning districts was not approved. The
Planning Board will submit an article to the 1992 Town Meeting
to permit that use in several commercial zoning districts but not in
the Central Business district.
Revision of Subdivision Rules and Regulations
The Planning Board has started on a comprehensive revision of its
Subdivision Rules and Regulations which provide the design
standards and procedures for new subdivision developments. The
Rules and Regulations are required by the State Subdivision
Control Law. This effort is a complete revision of the Regulations
which last had a major overhaul in 1965. Newly prepared
computer data bases on subdivision development (see below)
permit the Board to evaluate the effectiveness of Subdivision Rules
and Regulations.
United States Census (1990)
The Board has received the first printed report of data about
Lexington from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing. The
information contained in this report is the result of the questions
asked of 100 - percent of the population (also known as the short-
form), and includes: household relationship, sex, race, age,
marital status, and hispanic origin. The Planning Department will
publish a series of reports which compare the 1990 US Census
data for the Town of Lexington, with the State, County, and eight
surrounding towns and cities. The reports will also compare the
results of earlier census years for the same study group.
C!I
The returns released by the US Census Bureau showed there were
28,974 residents and 10,841 housing units in Lexington in April,
1990 when the US Census was taken. Lexington's median age is
now 41.1; the highest among the eight surrounding communities.
In 1970 the median age of Lexington's population was 30.7 years.
The changes in age group characteristics have important implica-
tions for the type of public services the Town provides. Lexington
has mostly large single family homes; the town's population
characteristics have changed, but its housing stock has not.
Land Use Change in the Eighties
The Planning Department is now completing a report entitled Land
Use Change in the Eighties which contains information on: Town
owned land, vacant land, housing constructed in subdivisions and
the characteristics of commercial development. This report utilizes
an integrated computer data base developed from many pieces of
data that were obtained from various Town Departments. The
integrated data base is used primarily to look at trends and patterns
of land use over the past ten years, and provides an analysis of
what changes have occurred in land use (open space, institutional,
commercial, and residential) during the last decade. This report
is an essential step toward the preparation of the Land Use
Element of the Comprehensive Plan.
The highlights of the four principal categories of land use during
the eighties are:
Open Space - 254 acres of land were acquired by the Town
for conservation purposes; conservation restrictions were
placed on an additional 165 acres on various parcels of
privately owned land scattered around town. The Pine
Meadows golf course property, totalling 103.4 acres, was
acquired to be used for open space purposes.
Institutional - Three new churches were begun, the Chinese
Bible Church off Route 2, St. Paul's on Lowell Street and
Jehovah's Witnesses on Woburn Street; and additions to
four private schools were completed.
Commercial - 1,500,282 square feet of commercial floor
space was added to the 4,589,151 square feet of commercial
floor space which existed in 1980. 91 percent of the floor
space added during the decade of the eighties was office
space.
Residential - Building permits were issued for 313 houses
constructed in new subdivisions, and for 187 homes
constructed on individual lots on existing streets. 696
apartments or condominium units were built in multifamily
buildings. The largest condominium development is Potter
Pond, near Concord Avenue, with 100 units; the largest
rental apartment complex is Katandin Woods, at Wood
Street and Hartwell Avenue, with 128 units. Brookhaven,
a retirement community off Waltham Street near the Town
line, with 221 units, is the largest high density development.
Planning Board continued
Members and Staff
In the 1991 Annual Town Election, Edmund Grant was elected for
a five year term. Jacqueline Davison was elected to complete the
remaining year of Judith Uhrig's five year term. The Board
acknowledges the contribution of Eleanor Klauminzer made during
her five term which ended in March.
At its meeting on June 10, 1991, the Board elected David G.
Williams, Chairman; Robert H. Domnitz, Vice - Chairman; and
Edmund C. Grant, Clerk.
The following members served as the Board's representative to
other committees: Edmund Grant on the Hanscom Area Towns
Committee (HATS II) composed of members from Bedford,
Concord, Lexington and Lincoln; David Williams on the Cam-
bridge Reservoir Watershed Advisory Committee, the Metropolitan
State Hospital Land Use Task Force and the Lexington Center
Committee; Robert Domnitz to the Lighting Options Committee;
Martha Wood to the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway Implementa-
tion Committee; and Jacqueline Davison, as liaison to the
Lexington Center Committee and the Metropolitan State Hospital
Land Task Force.
Joseph Marino, a former intern in the Planning Department and a
former Zoning Officer in the Building /Inspection Department, was
promoted to the position of Assistant Planner in March 1990,
replacing Marilyn Nordby who was promoted to Conservation
Administrator.
Permanent Building Committee: completed one
major project, renovations to the library, and worked with the
schools on ongoing maintenance projects. David Smith.'s
resignation from the committee was accepted with great
reluctance. Other members, appointed by the Town Manager:
seated, Theodore Edson, Mary Lou Touart, School Committee
appointee, Chairman William Kennedy, James Scanlon;
standing, Peter Johnson, Erna Greene, clerk, John
J. Mohnihan, Director of School Building Operations and Brian
Rowlands, consultant. Not pictured, John Kennedy.
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Subdivision Plans
Preliminary Subdivision Plans Approved: Taylor Lane, off
Revere Street - 4 lots
Preliminary Subdivision Plans Disapproved: Munroe Village,
off Woburn Street near Vine Street - 7 lots
Definitive Subdivision Plans Approved:
Valod's Way off Concord Avenue near Scott Road - 2 lots; Taylor
Lane - 4 lots
Revision and Amendment to the Approved Definitive Plan:
Orchard Crossing, off Lowell Street near Sanderson Road, Lot 16
- 8 units.
Planning Board: seated, Robert Domnitz, Jacqueline
Davison, Edmund Grant, Chairman David Williams and Martha
Wood.; standing, Robert Bowyer, Planning Director and Joseph
Marino, Assistant Director. Not pictured, Sally Peters, clerk.
Lighting Options Committee
The Lexington Lighting Options Committee continued to advise the
Selectmen on lighting issues. We submitted a detailed financial
analysis of the pros and cons of buying and owning our street
lights. The committee also recommended the use of color
corrected street lights rather than the orange colored Standard High
Pressure Sodium Vapor lights offered by Boston Edison.
As the year ends, the town manager is in the process of negotiating
with Boston Edison for a reasonable rate on a color corrected
energy efficient streetlight. We have been sharing information
with other towns interested in finding energy efficient streetlighting
that preserves their nighttime character. We have also been
concerned with outdoor floodlighting problems such as overlight-
ing, light glare and light spill. The committee continues to stay
abreast of new developments in lighting technology.
Members: Myla Kabat -Zinn, Chair; John Davies, Peter Kovner,
Don Olson, Jacquelyn Smith, Selectman Liaison, Robert Domnitz,
Planning Board Liaison.
Conservation Commission
Summary 1964 - 1991 Year(s) Reimbursements Net Cost
Voted /Given Acres Total Cost Federal State to Town
TOTAL LAND ACQUISITION
1122.2
,4
1,1 1
Concord Avenue Area
'71,'79#
29.9
102,890
- --
49,534
53,356
Whipple Hill
'63'66 - 7'74'77*
119.6
142,489
47,487
35,020
59,982
Willard's Woods Expansion
'64'66'67'79*
36.2
116,786
32,906
17,997
65,883
Dunback Meadow
'65- 6'72'77 -8- 9'80 -1 *#
170.5
374,147
87,100
87,050
199,997
West Farm
'66'76'77'85*
12.8
323,000
- - --
12,100
310,900
Meagherville
'66'77 *#
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 *#
98.5
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
- - --
- --
6,000
Burlington Strip
'71'77*
8.6
106,097
- --
--
106,097
Waltham Street Farms
'72'76 -7 *#
41.5
300,450
- - --
154,225
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*
5.5
9,596
--
4,618
4,978
Great Meadow Expansion
'74'82
1.9
3,857
- - --
- --
3,857
Paint Mine
'75'77+
35.5
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 Woods
'77'80
33.3
185,000
- - --
85,000
100,000
89#
4.2
gift
- --
- --
- --
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
8l •
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
'77'78'85#
9.7
5,000
- - --
- - --
5,000
Munroe Brook Pond
'85#
3.1
gift
- - --
--
- - --
Tower Park Expansion
'87
2.3
180,000
- - --
- - --
180,000
Turning Mill Road
'89#
4.4
gift
- - --
- --
- - --
Woodland Bird Sanctuary
'89#
7.2
gift
- - --
- - --
- - --
Orchard Crossing
88'89#
8.5
gift
- - --
--
--
Philbrook Terrace
89#
2.0
gift
- - --
- - --
- --
Pheasant Brook Estates I
'85'89#
4.6
gift
- - --
- - --
- --
Pheasant Brook Estates II
'90#
29.7
gift
- - --
- - --
--
Brookhaven
89#
3.3
gift
- - --
- - --
--
Bates Road
91 *
9.3
transfer
- - --
- - --
- - --
Meagherville Lots
91#
0.4
gift
- - --
- - --
- - --
* All part Town -owned transfer # All part gift
Another 150 acres are protected by restrictions and easements given to the town by residents. The largest are: Munroe Brook, 65.7 acres;
Tophet Swamp /Kiln Brook, 34.3 acres; Potter's Pond, 15.1 acres and Vine Brook, nine acres. The others are small tracts ranging on down to
0.1 acre. Boston Edison Company licenses 26.4 acres.
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Conservation Commission: continued
In 1963 Town Meeting voted to accept the Conservation Act
passed by the legislature to promote and protect open space in the
Commonwealth. The selectmen then appointed a Conservation
Commission to put together a plan for land acquisition and
protection. The Wetlands Protection Act, passed in 1965, gave the
commission additional regulatory powers in protecting wetlands
and wildlife habitats.
In recent years, the commission has found most of its energy being
devoted to regulatory responsibilities in protecting wetlands. In
addition, it is working on issues such as environmental pollution
control, open space, and better protection for remaining wetlands.
Our quality of life depends on careful management of the environ-
ment and judicious use of the remaining open space. We are
running out of open land, and the solutions for maintaining a
quality environment are not easy.
To promote environmental awareness, the commission, with the
help of Arts Created Together (ACT), sponsored a series of
concerts by Walkin' Jim Stoltz. His program featured songs,
stories and slides about nature. It was presented to children in the
Clarke Middle School and Bowman Elementary School, and a
performance for the general public was held at Cary Hall with
over 250 people attending.
Land Acquisition
Because of tight fiscal restraints on the town, the commission did
not actively pursue land acquisition in 1991. However, it contin-
ues to talk to landowners who wish to keep their land open and
seeks to develop ways of achieving protection for the remaining
open land in Lexington. One option the commission is pursuing
is the transfer of town -owned land to Conservation as part of our
master plan.
Wetlands Protection
In 1991 the commission spent much time working to protect
wetlands under its regulatory responsibility. It acted on 23 Notices
of Intent and 17 Requests for Determinations. One of the more
challenging projects to come before the commission for review was
the Town Recreation Committee's proposal to control nuisance
weeds in the Old Res to maintain its viability as a Town recre-
ational resource. The steps necessary included the drawdown of
the water level by several feet during the fall and winter, cleaning
the detention pond, and installing a benthic barrier in the swim-
ming area. The commission and the committee worked closely
together to ensure that the project would accomplish its goals with
minimum negative impacts such as increased downstream flooding.
The project also provided an opportunity for students at the Bridge
School to learn about the effects of this type of work on wildlife
in the area.
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Land Management
The Lexington Conservation Commission is indeed fortunate to
have the support, enthusiasm and assistance of the Stewardship
Committee and the Citizens for Lexington Conservation. These
volunteers monitor the conservation lands, keep the commission
informed of problems, suggest judicial uses of the land, and
provide maintenance assistance.
For many years the commission has hired high school and college
students to work in the conservation areas during the summer.
This summer, the three positions were held by Chris Plummer,
Jonathan Speare and Andrew McWeeney, all Lexington residents.
Their accomplishments included clearing existing trails, building
and installing bridges and conservation area signs, and rebuilding
trails. The crew also had the assistance of Lexington High School
student volunteers and Eagle Scouts, who were fulfilling their
community service and project program requirements.
Community Gardens and Agriculture
Paul Riffin, Associate Commissioner of the Conservation Commis-
sion, John Garing and Richard Canale continued their successful
community garden program, in which over 40 gardeners grow
flowers and vegetables on conservation land in Dunback Meadow
and Idylwilde. These garden plots are pesticide -free, and are
available for a modest fee to Lexington residents.
Some of the land managed by the commission was used for
agricultural purposes before it was acquired by the town. The
commission actively encourages the continued agricultural use of
these lands. In 1991 the comntiss:on leased land off Waltham and
East Streets to farmers who grew vegetables and flowers. The
commission hopes to continue, and possibly expand this activity in
1992.
Conservation Commission: front, Lisa Baci, Chairman
Joyce Miller, Administrator Marilyn Nordby; back,
Administrative Assistant Linda Gaudet, David Langseth and
Robert Stewart. Not pictured, Joel Adler, Angela Frick and
Richard Wolk. Photo: Joyce Fearnside.
Conservation Commission: continued
Lexington Nalure'Trust. fund
The commission established the "Lexington Nature Trust Fund" to
be administered by the Trustees of Public Trusts for donations to
benefit conservation and open space in Lexington. The fund will
be used for the maintenance, management, acquisition and
beautification of open space in Lexington. Donations to support
the fund will be greatly appreciated by the commission and all who
enjoy Lexington's open space, particularly at this time when other
ftmds are not available for the summer student crew program.
Conservation Administration
The commission was at ftill strength during much of 1991. Joyce
Miller and Lisa Baci served as chairman and vice - chairman,
respectively. Bill Lahey and Markus Pinney resigned and were
replaced by Robert Stewart and David Langseth. The other
members are: Joel Adler, Angela Frick and Richard Wolk. The
commission is also well served by its hard- working and capable
staff: Marilyn Nordby, Conservation Administrator, and Linda
Gaudet, administrative assistant.
Design Advisory Committee
The Design Advisory Committee (DAC) was appointed by the
Board of Selectmen to assist it, other boards and people of the
town in applying professional design standards to new structures,
renovations and landscape improvements.
With motivation from the Lexington Center Committee and with
DAC recommendation, the selectmen approved the donated
London teak benches and handsome steel trash receptacles and
their proposed locations in Lexington Center. Sixteen benches and
four trash receptacles are now in place along the north side of
Massachusetts Avenue. More are being considered elsewhere.
The DAC supported the Lighting Options committee recommenda-
tions on Boston Edison's proposed conversion of Lexington street
lights to high pressure sodium by sending two letters and a follow -
up memo to selectmen and by DAC members speaking at the
January 23, 1991 selectmen's meeting. Recommendations were to
explore money- saving alternatives to the orange glare of high
pressure sodium, and possible buyout of Boston Edison fixtures in
Lexington.
The Emery Park /Depot Square study group sent a questionnaire to
town committees, departments, abutters and interested parties and
received useful responses. They analyzed them and combined
them into a report, which includes a Program of Action Priorities.
Where design input was relevant, Board of Appeals applications
were reviewed by the DAC employing the Town's new "Design
Guidelines ". Applications included the "Sweet Peppers" hanging
sign, Battle Green Shell's tree planting proposal, OUl's proposed
oversized wall sign, and Sherwin Williams' two sign requests.
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DAC member Barbara Hulsizer presented a draft landscape plan
for "Countryside Green" to the Countryside Neighborhood
Association and concerned town boards. Good input from
neighbors, town officials, DPW and DAC members resulted in a
well conceived park, paid for in part by private donations solicited
by the Association and implemented by the DPW.
With Bob Ossman, the DAC worked with the Transportation
Advisory Committee on an interim improvement to the Lexpress
waiting /loading area at Depot Square, specifically brick paving and
benches, that would be in harmony with future Emery Park
improvements.
The Tree Committee, a small group of interested citizens including
several DAC members, prepared the document "Planting Guide-
lines for The Battle Green and Buckman Tavern" which has been
approved by the DAC, Historic Districts Commission and the
Board of Selectmen.
Members of the larger Design Advisory Group are currently
working with East Lexington merchants for site improvements and
tree planting to improve the visual appeal of the commercial strip
along Massachusetts Avenue in East Lexington.
Committee members are: John Frey, chairman, Elizabeth
Whitman, clerk, Richard Bechtel, Kerry Brandin, Thomas
Coffman, Barbara Hulsizer, Steven Hurley, Margaret Read and
John Vinton. John C. Eddison, selectmen liaison.
Associate members are Elaine Adler, Robert Bradley, Albert
Huang, Don Olson, Robert Ossman and Walter Pierce. Myla
Kabat -Zinn serves as liaison with the East Lexington Association.
Design Advisory Committee: front, Barbara Hulsizer,
Peg Read, Chairman John Frey, Kerry Brandin and Betsy
Whitman; rear, Richard Bechtel, Steven Hurley, Robert
Ossman, Selectman Jack Eddison, Tom Coffman and John
Vinton. Photo: Joyce Fearnside.
Board of Appeals
Evidence of the country's depressed economy was apparent in the
slackened activity of the Board of Appeals during 1991.
With fewer resources available and retail sales down, fewer home-
owners, developers and potential new merchants petitioned the
Board for special permits and variances from the Lexington Zoning
Bylaw.
The Board's average total of 100 hearings annually over the past
several years dropped to 72, and twice monthly meeting schedules
(the second and fourth Thursdays) were decreased to once monthly
during several months.
Statistics for the past year are as follows:
Special Permits: 46 petitions, of which 41 were approved and
five denied. Fourteen were renewals, seven each for new signs
and new food establishments, six to expand nonconforming
dwellings, three to establish common driveways, and two to allow
new offices in homes.
Variances: 20 petitions, of which 17 were approved and three
denied. Shape of lot, soil conditions and /or topography must be
satisfied in each of these approvals. Most variances granted were
from dimensional controls. Two were to enlarge legally noncon-
forming two- and four - family dwellings.
The Board also heard three appeals of decisions of the Building
Commissioner, upholding him in two cases. (One, related to the
landscaping of the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Woburn
Street, was withdrawn.) The other appeal was continued to 1992.
Three other petitions were withdrawn at the request of the
petitioner, and two requests were considered minor revisions of
permits previously granted, thus negating the necessity for new
hearings.
The Board held its annual election of officers on November 21.
Anne R. Scigliano was re- elected chairman and Francis W. K.
Smith, vice chairman. The Board expresses appreciation to Robert
M. Gary, who completed 18 years of service on the Board,
including two five -year terms as a regular member. The depth of
his considerations and his equitable decisions, often introducing
points no one else had thought of, served the town well.
Associate Edwin Whittemore, Jr., was appointed a regular
member. Other regular members are John McWeeney and Robert
Whitman.
Appreciation is also expressed to Susan Beck for her seven terms
as an associate. Because of commitments of new employment, she
asked not to be reappointed. Associates Eric Clarke, William
Hays, Nyles Barnert and Judith Uhrig were all reappointed for
one -year terms. New associates are Robert Sacco and Arthur
Smith. Elinor Greenway was reappointed administrative cierK.
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1991 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
196 Woburn St., Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. Reconsideration of an appeal
of a decision of the Zoning Officer was withdrawn with the board's
approval.
44 Downing Rd., Sally Nye - Sestokas. A five -year special permit for the
continued use of a home office was granted. (Expires 1/12/96)
15 Richard Rd., Barbara Holleman. A five -year special permit for the
continued use of a home office was granted. (Expires 1/26/96)
4 Winston Rd., Patricia Austin. A special permit to extend the second
floor of a nonconforming dwelling was granted.
442 Marrett Rd., Joseph Bridge Realty Trust II. A variance from the
sideyard setback to extend a roof and overhang on a commercial building
was granted.
371 Massachusetts Ave., Mighty Sub & Convenience Store. A special
permit for a take -out deli in the CRS District in conjunction with a
convenience store was granted. The request to internally illuminate the
wall sign was denied.
1768 Massachusetts Ave., The Food Emporium. A special permit to
allow seating for consumption of food on the premises was granted.
438 Bedford St., Denny's Restaurant. The request to increase the
permitted hours of operation to 5:00 AM until 1:00 AM, seven days a
week, was denied.
February
1707 (Rear) Massachusetts Ave., Craft Cleaners, A special permit for a
projecting sign was granted.
14 White Pine Ln., Timothy Dugan, M.D. A special permit for a home
office ten hours a week was granted. (Expires 6/14/92)
165 Waltham St., LexHAB. A special permit for a driveway from Park
Drive to a dwelling was granted and will expire when property is no longer
owned by the town.
54 Ledgelawn Ave., F. Williams & Valerie Sarles. Variances from
frontyard setback to enlarge a nonconforming dwelling were granted.
Vacant Lot on Butterfield Rd., Deck House, Inc. A request for a variance
to allow construction of a dwelling with an insufficient front yard was
denied.
Vacant Lot between 1 & 9 Vine Brook Rd., Appeal of Karsten Sorensen.
Appeal was denied; decision of Building Commissioner that the lot is
buildable was upheld.
March
148 Wood St., August Schumacher, Jr. A variance was granted to
increase the net floor area in a nonconforming four -unit dwelling.
Board of Appeals: continued
20 Waltham St., Sweet Peppers. Special permits were granted for a
projecting sign and the temporary use of a wall sign as installed.
Interchange, Bedford St. /Route 128, Lexington DPW /Engineering.
Variances from side and rear yard setbacks to replace North Lexington
Pump Station were granted.
7 Depot Sq., Appeal of Warm Hearts /Cold Noses. Appeal denied;
decision of Building Commissioner that pet grooming is not allowed in CB
District upheld.
April
399 Lowell St., Lexington House of Pizza. A three -year special permit to
continue a fast food and take -out food service was granted. (Expires
4/13/94)
32 Hill St., Peter Janney. A three -year special permit for the continued
use of a home office 20 hours a week was granted. (Expires 4/26/94)
201 Massachusetts Ave., Movies & More. A three -year special permit to
continue the internal illumination of a wall sign was granted. (Expires
3/22/94)
215 Follen Rd., Naiff & Jessica Bethoney. A variance from the sideyard
setback requirement to expand a one -car garage into a two -car garage was
granted.
1841 Massachusetts Ave., Fancy Flea Antiques, Inc. A special permit for
a projecting sign was granted.
May
271 Lincoln St., Joseph Bridge Realty Trust I1. A special permit for a
free - standing sign was denied.
18 Winchester Dr., Achille Messac. A special permit to install a satellite
receiving antenna on the roof of a dwelling was denied.
321A Woburn St., Pizza Express. A one -year special permit to operate
a fast food and take -out food service at Countryside Plaza was granted.
(Expires 6/15/92)
8 Abbott Rd., Donald Booker. A variance from the setback to a side
street for an addition was granted.
46 Downing Rd., John & Anne Wilson. A variance from the sideyard
setback for the continued use of an addition was granted.
1721 Massachusetts Ave., Frozen Yogurt Ventures of New England. A
one -year special permit to operate a take -out and fast -food service selling
frozen yogurt products in Lexington Center was granted. (Expires 6/15/92)
7 Bedford St., Julie Schauman. A three -year special permit for the
continued use of a home office 15 hours a week was granted. (Expires
6/22/94)
294 Woburn St., Mary C. Pedrotti. A five -year special permit to continue
a telephone answering service from her residence was granted. (Expires
5/14/96)
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54 Munroe Rd., Clint Robertspn. A variance from the frontyard setback
to replace nonconforming front steps with new steps and a landing was
granted.
17 Gleason Rd., Dorothy Bramhall, Susan & Gregory Orr. A special
permit to convert a one - family dwelling to a two - family dwelling was
granted.
June
26 Vine Brook Rd., Janis Gogan. A variance from the sideyard setback
for an addition to the front of a nonconforming garage was granted.
80 Hayden Ave., OUI Offices Unlimited. A special permit to install an
oversized internally - illuminated wall sign facing Route 2 was denied.
94 Winter St., Frank & Janet Kern. A variance from the setback to a side
street to expand a nonconforming porch was granted.
46 Bedford St., Shell Oil Company. A special permit was modified to
allow an addition to the Battle Green Shell Station for the sale of conve-
nience goods and to increase the parking capacity.
July
24 Lincoln St., Hayden Recreation Centre. A five -year special permit for
the continued use of a free - standing sign three times a year was granted.
(Expires 6/9/96)
703 Massachusetts Ave., Jeffrey Alpert. A special permit for a free-
standing sign to replace two wall signs was granted.
343 Marrett Rd., Christine Klostermann. A one -year special permit for
a home office one day a week was granted. (Expires 8/15/92)
8 Marshall Rd., Peter Orlov, M.D. A request for a special permit for a
home office was allowed to be withdrawn with the board's approval.
August
20 Waltham St., Sweet Peppers. A special permit to allow a temporary
sign to remain as the permanent wall sign was granted.
1088 Massachusetts Ave., Wendy Tighe- Hendrickson. A five -year special
permit for the continued use of a home office was granted.
1666 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington Square Pizza. A one -year special
permit for a restaurant and take -out service in Lexington Center was
granted. (Expires 12/31/92)
Board of Appeals: continued
22 -24 Charles St., Patricia Costa, Charles & Marjorie Guthrie. Variances
were granted for an addition to the second unit of a nonconforming two -
family dwelling.
21 James St., Kwi -yung Jung. A variance to allow a deck to remain as
constructed was granted.
27 Massachusetts Ave., Mobil Oil Co. The board determined that an
addition to the free - standing sign was a minor revision to the special permit
and a public hearing will not be required.
29 Hartwell Ave., MIT Lincoln Lab. The board determined that a card -
access gate was a minor revision to the special permit and a public hearing
will not be required.
September
1710 Massachusetts Ave., Lemon Grass. A special pen-nit to continue to
operate a restaurant and take -out service in Lexington Center was granted.
413 Waltham St., Bruegger's Bagel Bakery. A one -year special permit to
operate a fast -food and take -out service was granted. (Expires 12/31/92)
9 Deering Ave., Scott Kendall. A variance from the sideyard setback was
granted to allow a deck, without the overhang, to remain as constructed.
2 Briggs Rd., Howard Rossman. A variance to allow a shed to remain
as constructed was denied.
10 Camellia Pl., Sherwin- Williams Co. A special permit for a free-
standing sign at the entrance to Camellia Place at Bedford Street was
granted. The request for an oversized sign on the building was withdrawn
with the board's approval.
October
10 Colony Rd., Richard Schembor. A special permit to extend the second
floor of a nonconforming dwelling was granted.
90 Lowell St., Melvin Savage. A special permit to continue a part -time
dentist office for three years was granted. (Expires 10/27/94)
6 Cedarwood Terrace., Janet & Robert Legar. A variance from the
frontyard setback for an addition was granted.
10 Maguire Rd., Itek Optical Systems. A three -year special permit to
reserve 85 future parking spaces as green open space was granted.
(Expires 10/25/94)
181 Folleu Rd., James Gallagher. A special permit to reconstruct a
nonconforming shed was granted.
4 Lexington Ave., Robert & Linda McAulay. A variance to allow a fence
to exceed the height limit along a lot line was denied.
210 & 214 Marrett Rd., Brita Swensen & Margot Rushton. A special
permit for a common driveway was granted.
47 Bloolufield St., Stephen & Anne Manning. A variance from the
frontyard setback for a new porch and steps was granted.
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191 Spring St., 191 Spring Street Trust. The expiration date of a special
permit with site plan review for the development of two buildings with at-
grade and in- building parking was extended for an additional two years.
(Expires 4/20/94)
191 Spring St., 191 Spring Street Trust. The expiration date of a common
driveway special permit was extended for an additional two years. (Expires
4/20/94)
November
232 Lowell St., Irving & Helen Harrington. A special permit to add a roof
over nonconforming front steps was granted.
3 Watson Rd., William Wittenberg. A variance from the frontyard
setback for an addition was granted.
3 Watson Rd., William Wittenberg. A special permit to add a dormer to
a nonconforming dwelling was granted.
140 Cedar St., Larry & Suzanne Croes. A variance to allow a deck to
remain where constructed was granted.
1749 Massachusetts Ave., Steve's Ice Cream. A special permit to operate
an ice cream shop and to expand the menu to include sandwiches was
granted.
December
20 Charles St., Warren Hutchins. A special permit to enclose a noncon-
forming deck was granted.
1640 Massachusetts Ave., Alan Michael Cohen. A special permit for a
projecting sign was granted.
727 Marrett Rd., Sheraton Tara Lexington. A special permit to replace a
free - standing sign was granted.
Vacant Lot on Valleyfield St., Appeal of Richard & David Hamilton. An
appeal of a decision of the building commissioner that a lot is not buildable
was continued to January 9, 1992.
Board of Appeals: seated, Edwin Whittemore, Jr.,
Associate Judith Uhrig, Chairman Anne Scigliano and Robert
Whitman: standing, associates Eric Clarke and Nyles Barnert.
Not pictured, Vice Chairman Francis W.K. Smith, John
McWeeney, Associate William Hayes and Administrative Clerk
Elinor Greenway.
Lexington Center Committee
The Lexington Center Committee addressed a variety of issues,
some ongoing, others more immediate in nature.
An ongoing concern was parking and pedestrian safety. The
committee studied crosswalk safety, discussing means for improv-
ing pedestrian visibility, better signs for no parking spots near
crosswalks and better lighting for the center crosswalks.
Obviously, both parking and pedestrian safety will always require
attention; however, budget restraints make some solutions out of
reach for now.
The outstanding project of the year was the installation of 16
sidewalk benches in the center, following approvals from the
Historic Districts Commission and selectmen.
With advice from the Design Advisory Committee, a London Teak
Garden bench was selected, and "Friends of Lexington Center"
formed to raise funds.
The plan was launched in January with two benches dedicated to
Margery Battin, Moderator and Robert Hutchinson, former Town
Manager. In short time, donations for all 16 benches were
received, along with money for six trash cans.
The benches were installed in the spring and enthusiastically
received and used by residents and visitors; special appreciation to
Steve Hurley for his work in this project.
The committee was also involved in the project to enhance Emery
Park in Depot Square. Landscape architect Bob Ossman of the
Gathered at one of the popular new benches in the center
are members of the Lexington Center Committee which
sparked the bench project. Seated. Fay Bussgang, Chairman
David Wells, Judith Uhrig; standing, Morton Kahan, Peg Reed,
Bob Ossman, Carla Fortman, Marian Powell and Selectman
Jack Eddison. Not pictured. Steve Hurley, Ed Barsamian.
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committee made preliminary drawings for revitalizing the park,
and contributed significantly to designs for future changes to the
area around the Minuteman statue.
Committee members: Ed Barsamian, Bill Bowen, Carla Fortman,
Fay Bussgang, Steve Hurley, Morton Kahan, Marion Powell, Bob
Ossman, Judith Uhrig, Margaret Read and David Wells, chair.
Heavy Equipment Noise
The Selectmen's Heavy Equipment Noise Advisory Committee was
formed in 1989 to study the matter of noise control relating to the
use of heavy equipment in Lexington. In addition, we were to
determine whether there was a need for regulation and to bring our
recommendations to the selectmen.
The appointment of this Committee was in response to a situation
in South Lexington. A large construction project was being built
on a site abutting a residential neighborhood. During initial stages
of construction operators of heavy earth - moving equipment began
their activities at 5 a.m. On several occasions the police were
called to intervene, and the owner of the project was informed of
the disturbance. While adjustments were made, the results were
not consistently satisfactory.
The town does not have a general by -law that addresses the
operating hours of heavy equipment. Therefore, the committee
explored various state statutes and agencies that pertain to noise
regulation.
During the course of our research, we looked at four cities and
seventeen towns. Some communities rely on the "Good Neighbor
Policy" while others have comprehensive noise pollution laws or
zoning bylaws that stipulate hours of operation. In gathering our
information we interviewed building inspectors, planning directors,
town counsel and police officers. Locally we interviewed the
Health Director, Building Commissioner, Code Enforcement
Officer, Fire Chief, a representative of the Police Department,
Town counsel and Selectmen. The committee considered enforce-
ment options, such as penalties, fines, injunctions and revocation
of violators' permits.
We have completed our investigation and are in the process of
submitting our final report to the Board of Selectmen.
Committee members included: Joy C. Buchfirer, chairman;
Christopher A. Kenney, clerk; Thomas M. Spera, legal consultant;
James M. McLaughlin, heavy equipment expert; Istvan L. Ver,
acoustical engineer; Elizabeth M. Flynn, at -large representative;
with special thanks to Francis Field, Town Engineer.
Building /Inspection Department
The Building Department is responsible for the enforcement of the
State Building Code, Uniform State Plumbing and Gas Code and
the State Electrical Code. This involves plan review, permit
issuance, inspection of all building, electrical, plumbing, gas and
mechanical construction in the town, including new structures,
additions, alterations and repairs.
A high level of construction continued in 1991. Completed
projects include the Chinese Bible Church and the Lexington
Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. St. Paul's Evangelical
Church is still under construction.
Single family home construction continued in subdivisions at
Pheasant Brook Estates -Phase I and II, Holderness Court, Carriage
Drive, Royal Circle, Taylor Lane, and Orchard Crossing. Also,
a permit has been issued to the town to construct a low /moderate
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income house on Bruce Road. Similar projects on Waltham Street
and on Massachusetts Avenue were completed this year.
The Building Department is also responsible for enforcement of the
State Architectural Access Board regulations, involving handi-
capped accessibility to buildings.
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. Residents observing a problem with a measuring or
weighing instruments in town should contact this department for
investigation.
Steven R. Frederickson
Building Commissioner
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BUILDING ACTIVITY
CALENDAR
YEAR 1991
PART I - Total Permit Activity
Year
Bldg. Elec. Plbg. /Gas Reported value * Single Family Multi Family
Additions /Alterations
1991
777 875 690 $16,052,092
27 1
665
1990
743 768 708 $16,259,415
25 5
642
1989
782 859 749 $21,540,312
36 0
709
1988
828 848 698 $51,482,755
46 4 **
703
1987
795 910 678 $10,086,720
42 8 * **
662
*
Actual construction valuation in higher
**
Includes Choate /Symmes Life Care Facility - (205 dwelling
units, 1 nursing home)
* **
128 Apartments
PART II - Explicit Breakdown of Building Permits
New Units - Residential 29 (1 two - family)
Repairs /Alterations
258
New Units - Commercial 1 Church
Stoves
14
Additions - Residential 200
Swimming Pools
8
Additions - Commercial 6
Roofing /Siding
167
Miscellaneous 66
Garages /Carports
10
Shed
19
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Recreation Department
Recreation Enterprise Income FY91
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1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Fees
$108,515
$121,561
$124,190
$172,548
$397,037
Reimbursements
6,332
1,959
0
0
0
Revolving Fund
543
6,724
7,139
7,310
10,000
Gift Fund
700
9,200
•'63,542
18,794
6,919
Carryover
28,558
Interest
21,226
Golf Course
533,521
Start Up
50,000
Total
$116,090
$139,444
$194,871
$198,652
$1,047,261
"Committee fund raised for Lincoln Park Fitness Path
1991 Programs
Attendance
Cost
Income
Swim Programs Summer
Tags
4,826
$109,502
Lessons
1,397
24,893
General Swim Pool
742 /day
$79,744
8,902
General Swim Res
390 /day
23,579
7,770
Tennis Summer
Youth Lessons
363
2,102
6,013
Tournaments (2)
106
--
502
Tennis Booth
158
2,942
5,937
Spring Round Robin
22
102
315
Adult Programs
Adult Gym
83 /wk
6,603
10,148
AM Jogging
46 /week
439
2,270
Volleyball
35 /week
596
2,249
Summer Basketball League
24 /teams
1,186
1,760
Coed League Softball
14 /teams
adm
560
Ballfield Reservations
247+
adm
20,977
Indoor Soccer
30 /week
283
1,328
Basketball
42 /week
297
1,218
Tennis Lessons
204
4,006
8,352
Golf
98
1,639
2,585
Ballroom Dance
267
5,505
7,950
Youth Programs
Preschool Movement
45 /day
2,361
1,489
School Year Youth
237
4,870
7,041
Hershey Track Program
31
107
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Friday Ski Program
203
26,342
24,292
Thursday Ski Program
162
11,880
14,322
Fall Soccer
539
6,607
14,542
Sports Clinics
368
13,673
22,354
Busy Bees/Teddy Bears
251
6,395
9,305
Winter Preschool
171
2,443
5,055
Sp Baseball Clinic
137
3,448
4,414
Camp For All
162
24,107
28,286
Special Needs Programs
Activity Group
12
2,655
796
Extended Day
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1,562
19780
Friday Nite Live
28
3,669
2,420
Tennis /Bowling
22+
2,405
1,857
Pine Meadows Golf Couns 1991 Season March 24 - December 1
Weekday Rounds
24,088
245,060
Weekend Rounds
14,936
193,960
Jr /Sr Rounds
5,781
40,397
Cart Rentals
4,104
41,581
Total Golf Course Expenses
318,932
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Recreation: continued
Lexington's Recreation program provides a full range of quality
programs and facilities for all residents. The Enterprise Fund, in
existence for two years, requires that all program costs be offset
by revenues generated from fees or user charges.
Because fee -based recreational programs are viewed by the
taxpayer as discretionary, our challenge is to set a fee structure
that encourages full participation while generating sufficient
revenues to cover costs. The revenue generated by Pine Meadows
Golf Course helps us fund other important programs that are not
completely self - supporting. In 1991, net income from the golf
course was $214,589.
Camp for All, an integrated non - competitive day camp, enjoyed
even greater success in this its second year. Participation in-
creased to 40 youngsters per session, with all eight weeks
oversubscribed. Once again, Human Services Committee
cooperation resulted in partial scholarships for several families.
Other new programs introduced this year included: Orienteering,
Junior Jazzercise, Tia Chi, Adult Low Impact and Toning, and
Women's Self- Defense.
The Pine Meadows Golf Course, managed by golf professional
Dick Baker and greenskeeper Orrin Ellis of Golf Facilities
Management Inc, had a very successful year financially and
operationally.
Day -to -day operations and golf programs ran smoothly, with
increasingly popular lessons, clinics and league play programs.
Grounds management and improvements included: the purchase of
a new greensmower, reconstruction of two greens, adding sand
bunkers, installing drains and undertaking some improvements to
the course's irrigation and sprinkling system.
Preliminary engineering site work was completed in preparation
for hearings with the Conservation Commission regarding the
planned major upgrading of the irrigation and sprinkler system
starting next year.
The Center Playground Oversight Committee continues to provide
invaluable voluntary service to the community. Every year since
the playground's completion in 1988, the Oversight Committee has
organized fall and spring maintenance days. This ensures the
playground's safety and full availability to an ever increasing
number of youngsters from Lexington and many surrounding
communities. Additional participation on the committee and its
activities is welcomed.
Another "all volunteer" project is the Fitness - Nature Trail, which
has continued to grow in popularity. The placement of fourteen
illustrated placards along the woodland pathways and boardwalk
describing the various ecology and wetland characteristics of the
site were graciously provided by Lexington Conservation Commis-
sion. A stone dust surface for the path through the wildflower
meadow area was added as part of the effort to increase wheelchair
access.
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Also completed, were a path rerouting to deal with persistent
erosion, the addition of another stone bench and the continued
development of the wildflower meadow under the guiding hand of
Nell Walker. Elsewhere at Lincoln Park, DPW crews started
upgrading the old Little League /Softball field near Lincoln St. and
improving the parking lot area.
A major refurbishing of the Old Res was undertaken this year.
Implementing recommendations of a 3 - 5 year Res Management
plan developed last year, webbing barriers were installed off -shore
in the main swimming area to hold down weed growth. The water
level was reduced by three feet for an over - winter drawdown
intended to kill weed growth near shore all around the Res. This
will be repeated for the next two winter seasons. Sediments were
removed along the full extent of the beach area and replaced with
several tons of new beach sand.
Recreation Committee: front. Karen Boudreau
representing Pre - School PTA, Chairman Donald Chisholm,
Sandra Shaw; standing, Margie Keeping, Program Director
Maggie Whitesell and Lynn Wilson. Not pictured, Harvey
Lowell, appointd in December and Director Joan Halverson.
Also, Judy Marshall and Sam Nablo who completed their
distinguished terms in 1991.
Also, the detention pond was drained and some 500 cubic yards of
sediment removed to ensure cleaner and more enjoyable swim-
ming.
The proximity of the Old Res to Bridge School provided an
opportunity to use this project as an educational adjunct for the
science curriculum at Bridge. At the same time, the concerns of
the Conservation Commission that the project proceed with due
concern for ecology and woodlands issues were addressed.
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Recreation: continued
Fran Ludwig, science consultant for the Lexington schools, and
aquatic biologist Nancy Palmstrom of IEP, Inc. presented an hour
long assembly for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students at Bridge before
major work began. In addition, two high school students are
conducting water monitoring tests which will be used in their
biology honors program.
At the direction of Town Meeting, an ad hoc committee was
established to review the status and responsibilities regarding
playground areas adjacent to active school sites. The committee,
representing Recreation, DPW and the schools, will make
recommendations in a report to the March, 1992 Town Meeting.
After a year long hiatus, the Pre - School Drop -in Center has found
a new home at the Hastings School where it is open for business
on Mondays and Fridays from 9:30 am to 11:30 am.
Joan Halverson, Recreation Director since December, 1977,
started a four -month sabbatical in October. Margaret Whitesell
filled in during Joan's absence.
Committee members: Donald A Chisholm, Chairman; Lynne
Wilson, Margaret Keeping, Sandra Shaw, and Harvey Lowell.
Special recognition to Judy Marshall and Sam Nablo who ended
their involvement on the Committee this past year after more than
eight years service each. From the committee and staff: many
thanks.
The Lexington Historical Commission approved
seven permits to demolish structures, and continued to study a
proposal to make standardized historic markers available at
cost to owners of historic homes. Members, from left, Isabella
Hagelstein, Chairman Martin Gilman, Alfred Mattes and
Virginia Nicholson. Not pictured, Bruccia Witthoft. Photo:
Joyce Feamside.
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Historic Districts Commission
The Historic Districts Commission is responsible for granting or
denying Certificates of Appropriateness for all exterior changes to
residential and commercial buildings, signs, or other structures
within the Town's four contiguous Historic Districts -- Battle
Green, Hancock - Clarke, Munroe Tavern and East Village.
Fifty -five Certificates were issued in 1991. Signage and architec-
tural changes to commercial properties accounted for 29 of these.
Nineteen certificates were issued for architectural or color changes
to residential properties, two to churches, one to the Transporta-
tion Advisory Board for improvements to Emery Park, and one
each to the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, and East Village
Square.
Walter S. Pierce was appointed to replace retiring member John
L. Davies. Stephen M. Politi, Chairman; Linda J. McAulay,
Secretary; Richard S. Morehouse and John E. Ryan served as
commissioners. Clark Griffith was appointed an Associate
Commissioner, joining Walter H. Bergler, Jr., Elisabeth B. Cotten
and Molly H. Nye. Chris Gelling was hired as the new HDC
Clerk.
Historic Districts Commission: seated, Chairman
Stephen Politi, Christine Gelling, clerk; and Molly Nye;
standing, Wafter Bergler, John Ryan and Richard Morehouse.
Not pictured, Walter Pierce.
Waspam
After two years of fund raising, the Waspam Sister City Commit-
tee bought and delivered a portable sawmill to residents of
Waspam, Nicaragua. Delivery was carried out by Matthew Foti
and Jon Fobert. The two stayed around to train residents and
negotiate a contract for the mill's continued use. The men also
delivered books, written by students at Bowman, Estabrook,
Bridge and Fiske schools and translated by high school students,
to school kids in Waspam. The committee plans to continue
monitoring the sawmill operation and helping the children.
Council for the Arts
This year the council awarded almost $12,000 in state lottery fund
grants to artists, cultural groups and students in Lexington. Patron
funds donated to the annual appeal by Lexington residents and
businesses reached almost $4,000.
Nine lottery grants were awarded to the following projects. Cary
Memorial Library received funds to produce a catalog of the
original art prints available for circulation. The Master Singers
concert of J.S. Bach's "Mass in B Minor" was supported as a
farewell to Director, Betsy Burleigh. The chamber music
ensemble Aequalis presented 'New American Music' to audiences
at both Bowman Elementary and Lexington High Schools. Bridge
Elementary families and teachers participated in an evening of
Contra Dancing as part of a year -long program on the art and
diversity of dance.
Marilyn Wallin presented a free recital and demonstration of a
matched string quartet, a rare occurrence in any violinmaker's
lifetime. The Bluegrass band Southern Rail performed two
concerts for Lexington senior citizens in nursing homes. Yankee
Notions entertained audiences with stories and tunes of New
England ancestors and The Lexington Bicentennial Band was
supported in two concerts of international band music at the
Museum of Our National Heritage. Foreign Language Month was
celebrated at Lexington High School with the Los Mariachis De
Guadalajara singers from Mexico.
Three Artist's Recognition Awards were approved. The Master-
works Chorale was funded for its celebration of its 29th year of
Messiah Sings at Cary Hall. Sharon McCartney received recogni-
tion for her paintings of water and natural subjects depicting
surface patterns over layers of texture. Peter Maeck was recog-
nized for work on a new play exploring questions of ethics and
morality.
The Performing Arts Student Series (PASS) program was supple-
mented by the Council's Patron funds to help support over 600
students town -wide attending live theatre and dance performances
in the metropolitan area. Elementary school students saw perfor-
mances such as "Play to Win ", "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "The
Wizard of Oz ". Lexington High school students saw "The Three
Sisters" and "Iphigenia in Aulis and Taurus ".
The Council's Patron Fund continued to support the arts and
inform Lexington residents about cultural activities; the Newslet-
ter, published twice a year, and the Arts Calendar, published three
times a year were mailed to Patrons and were available free at
Cary Library and the Town Offices. Patrons were given special
thanks with a free invitation to the Council's benefit concert "In
Celebration of Mozart" at Lexington High School. Robert and
Rosalind Koff performed together on violin and piano with five
musicians playing cello, viola, violin and French horns. Free
tickets were distributed to all children studying music in the
Lexington schools. In an on -going program to coordinate activities
with Lexington community groups, the Council sponsored
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"sidewalk chalk- drawing" for children at the Chamber of Com-
merce's "Discovery Day" in May.
Funding available to the Lexington Council for the Arts from the
Massachusetts Cultural Council increased 33 percent this year over
last. The Council approved 45 percent of all applications received
and supplemented state funds with Patron contributions from
Lexington residents. The Council thanks the Lexington residents
and businesses who have given generously to support the arts this
past year.
The State's decision for this coming year to cut local funding for
the arts by 72 percent will make the Council depend on continued
support from town boards, groups, individuals and businesses to
support Lexington's cultural activities.
Deborah Radway, Assistant Town Manager and Melinda Vinton,
Council for the Arts Chair, gave a workshop at the Massachusetts
10th Annual Local Arts Lottery Conference entitled "Working
With Local Government ". Secretary Eunice Nicholson retired
after serving on the Council with great devotion for the maximum
6 years. Stephanie Reich resigned to resume work on a graduate
degree. Other members are: Melinda Vinton, Chair; Sam
Powers, Treasurer; Vivian Berman, Special Events; Bob Frank,
Newsletter Editor; Robert Gartside, Lottery Coordinator; Penelope
Hart, PASS Coordinator; and Donald Langosy, Calendar Editor.
Council for the Arts: front; Peggy Warner, Melinda Vinton,
Vivian Berman, Penelope Hart; rear, Robert Frank, Donald
Langosy, Sam Powers and Robert Gartside.
Battle Green Guides
The Guide's indominable Cornelius Cronin added the word
"emeritus" to his title of Director of Guides and stayed on the job,
training the high schoolers who guide visitors around the Battle
Green and lecture on this historic site and related revolutionary
events. Eleven new junior guides and six senior guides received
their guide licenses from the selectmen in 1991. Applications for
guides, who must be over 14 years old, are available at the
Visitors Center.
Cable Advisory Committee
The Cable Television and Communications Advisory Committee
continued its roles: 1) to advise on implementing cable television,
2) to watch over the performance of the licensee -- Cablevision,
Inc. and 3) to be ombudsman to cable system users.
Cable provides six types of service: a) re- distribution of local
broadcasts to produce higher quality images, b) wider spectrum of
entertainment programs, c) access to programs produced by
citizens, religious organizations and other town activities, d)
professional production ( "local origination ") programs of local
interest, e) communication between town and citizens, and f)
digital and video communication between various town depart-
ments -- schools, libraries, town offices, etc. This last service
produces significant cost savings to the town.
In the future, additional safety, communication and utilitarian
services may become available, since over 5,500 locations within
the town are already in the system.
The committee found last year that the licensee appeared to be in
contractual default. This year it pinpointed problem areas so that
the selectmen could initiate intensive negotiations with Cablevision,
Inc., toward contractual compliance. Negotiations are to be
completed by the end of 1991.
Since the cable industry remains unregulated, the town has no
control over subscriber rates or many programming decisions.
Some issues have been resolved with Cablevision for improving
service and signal (image) quality. Problem issues remain in
completion of trunk lines in commercial areas, and providing and
maintaining equipment for the town network.
Members: Julian Bussgang, Theodore Mairson, William T.
Spencer, Martha Stanton, Julie Triessl and Caleb Warner, with
Leo McSweeney serving as liaison from the Board of Selectmen.
The Cary Lecture Committee put on another outstanding
series; the local Concord Hill Quintet, a brass quintet from
Cambridge, a talk on the Appollo flight by Lexington's
Professor Richard Baffin, a yam about an around the word
power boat race and the Chinese Magic Revue. From left,
Associate Dana Regillo, Barbara Meek, Connie Devereux
holding a Magic Circus T -shirt ,and Chairman Ray Culler.
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All Ages benefit from the Youth
Commission's involvement in such activities
as a toy drive for battered women and
Lexington families in need, a bake sale to
support a senior citizen program and working
with D. A. R. E and the police in speaking
against drug and alcohol abuse in
elementary schools. Front, co- chairpersons
Mark Bellino and Nancy Barter, Beth Lager,
Coordinator Douglas Lucente, Dana Eaton,
Beverly Ray; rear, Keith Champagney, Brian
Skinner, Mededith Freeman and Patrick
McDonough. Not pictured, Police Officers
Mike O'Connel 1 and Dana Ham, Ruth
Walton, Secretary Heather Hintlian, Danielle
Ferullo, Sally Knappy and Liz Dubin.
Lexington Housing Authority
The Lexington Housing Authority (LHA) is a corporate political
body with five members serving five year terms; four are elected
and one is appointed by the Governor through the Executive Office
of Communities and Development (E.O.C.D.). The Authority
operates under Chapter 121B of the Commonwealth. It has the
power to sell its own tax- exempt bonds or finance through federal,
state or private sources to provide low- income housing.
Lexington's Housing Authority was established by Town Meeting
in 1965. In 1968 the first project for 100 elderly units was opened
at William Roger Greeley Village, named for the maker of the
motion establishing the Lexington Housing Authority. Since then,
LHA has expanded to include various State and Federal programs
providing rental assistanceto low income families and handicapped
individuals.
The LHA payroll and expenses are funded by the state and federal
governments. Rents received are applied to the operating expenses
of properties owned by the Authority, and building and refurbish-
ing expenses are provided by the state and federal governments.
Since properties owned by the LHA are not taxed, the Authority
pays an amount to the Town in lieu of taxes. This year it was
$18,400.
Ongoing responsibilities of the LHA include:
Greeley Village - 25 buildings containing four apart-
ments each plus the Community Building.
Vynebrooke Village - Four buildings containing 12
apartments each plus a Community Building, mainte-
nance office and garage.
There is a short waiting list for Greeley and Vyne-
brooke.
Countryside Village - Five buildings containing 12
apartments each plus the Community Building which also
houses the Housing Authority office, maintenance
workshop and a garage.
This year Minuteman Vocational School students provided many
hours of valued home care to seniors in the Villages, with
professional supervision by the school. In addition, Minuteman
students painted and refurbished units •at Greeley. Well- elderly
clinics were also held once a month in each Village.
In addition to elderly housing, LHA manages:
State 707 Program - Rental subsidies for 25 elderly,
handicapped and families.
State 705 Program - Rental subsidy for one low income
family.
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State 689 -1 - Rental subsidies for eight disabled persons.
State 689 -2 - Rental subsidies for two handicapped units.
State 689 -3 - Rental subsidies for six disabled persons.
HUD Section 8 Program - Rental subsidies for 68
elderly, disabled and families.
Federal 067 Program - Rental subsidies for 17 single
family LHA -owned homes.
Parker Manor Condominiums - Seven units of family,
handicapped and elderly housing. (LHA owned.)
Bedford Street - Duplex house for families. (LHA
owned.)
A detailed Financial Report of all LHA programs for the year
ending June 30, 1991 is on file at the Office of the Board of
Selectmen, as required by Chapter 121B, Section 29 of the General
Laws of the Commonwealth.
LHA meets monthly on the third Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at One
Countryside Village. All meetings are open and the public is
invited to attend. LHA office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and inquiries concerning housing assistance are
welcome.
Lexington Housing Authority: front row, Leona Martin,
Chairman Ruth Nablo and Executive Director Rita Sullivan;
back row, William Spencer and Nicholas Santosuosso.
Transportation Advisory Committee
The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) oversees the local
services available to meet the transportation needs of residents.
The town is served by two Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority (MBTA) bus routes, a privately operated commuter bus
to Boston and Share -A -Ride which accommodates mobility - limited
residents. In addition, the LEXPRESS mini -bus system serves
Lexington neighborhoods, schools, businesses, recreation areas,
shopping centers and the senior center. Because the town contracts
with private vendors for the latter two services, the committee
focused on ensuring that these programs are cost efficient and run
smoothly.
After a period of many changes in 1990, the year 1991 began with
a celebration welcoming A- Connoisseur Transportation Corpora-
tion, a new contractor who assumed the three -year LEXPRESS
contract. Passengers were greeted on January 2 with carnations
and assurances by TAC members that reliable LEXPRESS service
would continue. The transition to new vehicles and drivers was
smooth, and the service provided by A- Connoisseur continued to
be consistent and reliable. Throughout the year passengers praised
the professional and courteous drivers and the clean, well -main-
tained vehicles.
Ridership has increased steadily since the reduction to six routes
in September 1990. In the fiscal year ending June 1991, 114,791
rides were taken by LEXPRESS passengers. Senior citizens
accounted for 25 percent of these rides, or 29,032, and students
for 54 percent. LEXPRESS saw an increase in student ridership
in the fall of 1991, as more students used the mini -buses to and
from the high school and middle schools. In September, A-
Connoisseur responded to the need for increased seating capacity
by obtaining a larger back -up vehicle used on one route.
To accommodate shoppers between Thanksgiving and Christmas,
LEXPRESS operated Friday and Saturday evening service to the
Burlington Mall. In addition, for the first time service was
provided on Sunday afternoons during December. The Burlington
Mall management company, Pembrook Management, Inc.,
responded to the committee's request by donating funds to defray
the cost of most of this additional holiday service. A small profit
from the LEXPRESS map advertisements covered the balance.
Although LEXPRESS required most of TAC's attention, the
committee also monitored door -to -door wheelchair lift - equipped
van service for the frail elderly and disabled who were unable to
use LEXPRESS. Share -A -Ride, Inc.(SAR), a non - profit corpora-
tion in its eighth year is under contract through June, 1993.
For the fiscal year ending June 1991, funding in the LEXPRESS
budget provided a total of 1,584 trips by Share -A -Ride. Qualified
residents were transported in SAR vans for medical appointments,
shopping, errands, and trips to the senior center. Residents were
.charged $.50 for rides within Lexington and $1.00 for rides to
contiguous towns.
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While 1991 did not require specific attention to the MBTA or
commuter bus service, TAC maintained an interest in these opera-
tions, and supported the role they played in Town. The MBTA
maintained two bus routes between Lexington and the Alewife
subway station in Cambridge, and Hudson Bus Lines continued its
commuter bus service to Boston.
The Transportation Coordinator, Pauline Burke, facilitates the day -
to -day operation of LEXPRESS and furnishes schedules and
routing information to the public. The town offices and libraries
have supplies of the latest MBTA bus schedules, as well as the
comprehensive "Lexington Transit Guide" with LEXPRESS route
map and fare schedule. This is published each September and
mailed to all residents and businesses.
TAC members assist the Transportation Coordinator and act as
liaison with the selectmen and Town Meeting. The committee
welcomes interested residents who would like to work on local
transportation issues or assist in marketing the current services.
Transportation Advisory Committee: front, Elizabeth
Andrews, Chairman Sara Arnold and Coordinator Pauline
Burke, rear, William Mix, Carole Sonduck and Nicholas
Santosuosso. Not pictured. Lawrence Chait, Donald Graham,
Lynn Burgin and Sally Castleman.
Transportation Advisory: continued
After serving three years as chairman, William Mix turned the
chair over to Sara Arnold in September. Also serving on TAC in
1991 were Sally Castleman, Elizabeth Andrews, Laurence Chait,
Donald Graham, Nicholas Santosuosso, and Carole Sonduck.
Committee member William Murphy passed away in August, and
Lynn Burgin was named to fill the vacancy. As student represen-
tative, Alison Green brought her high school perspective to the
committee.
LEXPRESS Financial Statement - FY 1991
EXPENDUURFS:
Cost of Buses
$276,871
Coordinator Personnel
24,579
Marketing & Administration
12,824
Miscellaneous (Bank S /C)
455
LEXPRESS Gross Cost
314,729
Chair Car (Share-A -Ride)
12,000
Total Expenditures
$326,729
INCOME:
Farebox and Tickets
$40,526
Passes
16,127
Misc. (Ads, Donation, Rental)
1,918
Total Fare Revenue
58,5T } 18%
MBTA Grant
80,000 } 24%
Town of Lexington
188,158 } 58%
Total Income
$326,729
1991 Appropriation $232,500
Expended Amount 188,158
Balance $44,342
Human Services Committee
During 1991, the Human Services Committee educated the
community on indicators of growing poverty and hardship caused
by the recession. The number of people served by the Lexington
Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry went from 50 per week in
December 1990 to 150 in December 1991.
Unemployment rose from 2.9 percent in October 1990, to 5
percent in October 1991. In December 1989, 33 families received
Massachusetts' Aid to Families with Dependent Children, while in
December of 1991 the number of AFDC Families in Lexington
rose to 49.
The committee recommended a cost effective mix of human
services for youth and the developmentally disabled. Following
appropriation levels being set by Town Meeting at 3 percent less
than the previous year, the committee and the Human Services
Coordinator worked on designing competitive bidding procedures.
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A contract was awarded to Replace in the amount of $67,900 for
youth services, including crisis intervention, outreach and commu-
nity education, and peer leadership. Central Middlesex Associa-
tion for Retarded Citizens was awarded $10,670 for the supervi-
sion of developmentally disabled clients in a sheltered workshop
and in industrial work place settings.
Emergency Relief
The Committee initiated a set of procedures for the Lexington
Human Services Fund, which was set up in 1990 to give emergen-
cy relief and to receive donations. A brochure was designed and
partially distributed to explain these procedures. The brochure and
newspaper articles alerted citizens to the urgency of the problem
and resulted in generous contributions from the Trustees of Public
Trusts, private citizens and business organizations.
At the end of the year, there was $2,625 in an interesting- bearing
endowment fund, permitting the building up of principal to be
drawn upon over time. In 1991, $7,439 was collected for
emergency relief and $5,226 was spent.
The Americans with Disabilities Act, passed in July 1990, began
to receive greater attention during this year as the community
moved to recognize the needs of citizens with many different kinds
of disabilities. The committee supported the application of four
developmentally disabled persons to live in a private house made
available as affordable housing by LexHab.
This initiative represented a cooperative effort by many different
community groups. Advocacy groups were encouraged by the
committee to persevere in their efforts to secure rights and a better
quality of life for the disabled. These groups included the
Enablement Committee, which works for greater accessibility to
commercial and public structures, the Parents with Special Needs
Committee, and the Integrated Recreation Panel.
Renee Cochin and Robert Cushman were the co- chairpersons of
the committee this year. Toward the end of the year, Ann W.
Irving replaced Robert Cushman as a co- chair. Richard Dough-
erty, Jack Sarmanian and Seymour Mandel resigned from the
Committee in 1991, while new members were Mimi Aarens, Eva
S. Glick, Donna M. Hooper and Richard W. Safford.
Sister City
Twelve members of the Lexington /Dolores Hidalgo Sister City
Committee traveled to the Mexican city last year to participate in
its annual Independence Day Celebration. They brought with them
much needed sheets and blankets for the city's hospital, a facility
that serves those unable to pay. Funds for this sister city program
are generated from sales of Mexican handicrafts sold at the La
Tienda store on Meriam Street. Eleanor May is president and
Gloria Holland runs the store.
LexHAB
LexHAB, the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, was created in
1984 by Town Meeting and an act of the Massachusetts Legislature
to provide affordable housing to low and moderate income families
without many of the legal constraints placed on the Lexington
Housing Authority. It reports to the Board of Selectmen and is
appointed by them.
This was a very busy and productive year for LexHAB. We have:
Finished the four bedroom house on Waltham Street in
conjunction with Minuteman Technical School and the
Lexington Rotary Club,
Begun the construction of another 4 bedroom house on
Bruce Road on a tax title lot, again in conjunction with
Minuteman Technical School and the Lexington Rotary
Club,
Taken title and management of the six town house units
developed by Lexington Interfaith Housing on Garfield
Street.
This last action resulted when Lexington Interfaith Corpora-
tion voted to disband and donate the balance of their
corporate funds, approximately $17,000, to establish the
Lexington Interfaith Emergency Housing Fund. This fund
will be held and administered by LexHAB. Additional
donations may be made to this fund and will be gladly
accepted.
When the Bruce Road house is completed, LexHAB will own and
manage 26 attached units (6 one bedroom, 19 two bedroom, and
1 three bedroom) and 5 houses (2 three bedroom and 3 four
bedroom).
In addition to our development role, LexHAB represents the town
as the administrator of the Muzzey Condominium restrictions and
the reporting board for the privately developed rental projects with
affordable units.
This year LexHAB entered a new fiscal era. The Commonwealth
is no longer issuing Chapter 707 rent subsidy certificates and is in
fact recalling existing certificates as fast as it can. Also the federal
government is not issuing any new Section 8 certificates.
This means it will be very difficult for LexHAB to rent to new low
income families. Eighteen of our 30 tenants are currently
certificate holders.
In addition, LexHAB has used all of its seed capital from Brook-
haven and Potter Pond and must now rely only on its rental
income for future developments. Our cash flow is approximately
$100,000 per year however, and this should let us continue a
modest development schedule.
Current members of LexHAB are Marshall Derby, (Chairman),
David Eagle, William Hays, Gerald Howell, Eleanor Klauminzer,
Donald Wilson and Lynda Wik.
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Veterans' Services
This year the Veterans' Clerk continued to provide information,
referral and financial assistance to veterans and their dependents.
Assistance for food, housing, fuel, medical bills, prescriptions and
living expenses is given in response to unexpected crises such as
physical disability or unemployment.
The town annually budgets for veterans' financial assistance, and
it must pay for 25 percent of eligible expenses. The state reim-
burses the town for the remaining 75 percent of payments made to
veterans. Total expenditures in 1991 were $25,059. During the
year ending June 30, 1991, the town assisted 6 single veterans, 3
veterans' families and 4 widows.
Fair Housing Committee
In 1991, the Fair Housing Committee sought to promote diversity
as well as fair and affordable housing.
A poster campaign at the Fiske Elementary School generated more
than 50 posters depicting the emotional impact of unfair housing
practices upon people of color and the physically disabled.
In the fall the committee promoted a diversity awareness project
for the Town Management Team. During six hours of training
donated by the American Association of University Women,
management personnel learned to take pride in diverse cultural
heritages. They became more aware of the impact of discrimina-
tion and mistreatment upon others, and gained skills in dealing
with slurs directed at members of minority groups. There was a
commitment to continuing action.
The committee also took action to implement a Consent Decree
requiring greater efforts to promote fair housing in the greater
Boston area. It met with LexHab and the Lexington Housing
Authority to discuss ways to welcome members of minority groups
seeking housing in Lexington.
In order to make housing more affordable, the committee explored
the implications of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.
This act requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) to evaluate member banks' efforts to meet the credit needs
of communities which they serve, including low and moderate
income members of the community.
In 1991, members of the Fair Housing Committee were: Gerri C.
Weathers, chairman, Florence A. Baturin, James R. Brannon,
Peter G. Brown, Mary Haskell, Leona Martin, Robert Pressman,
and William T. Spencer. Stephen Baran, as Fair Housing
Director, staffed the Committee.
Council on Aging
The Council on Aging (COA), also known as the Senior Center,
1475 Massachusetts Avenue, runs more than 20 different programs
for the town's elderly.
The Senior Center is now in its sixth year. During that time, Senior
Center services have evolved to meet the changing needs of an older
population. The 1990 census shows that Lexington has an elderly
population of 6,500 people over the age of 65, an increase of 1,100
from the 1980 census.
With an increased aging population, the Senior Center has received
many more requests for long term care services such as in -home
services, additional support to families with aging relatives and better
access to services.
We are pleased to offer additional health promotion and prevention
programs at the Senior Center. The Center, in conjunction with area
hospitals, now offers a variety of screening programs for the
community. Last year these programs included cholesterol, hearing,
glaucoma, and mammography screening.
In addition to health related services, the physical fitness programs
at the center are increasingly popular. The center offers a broad
range of programs, from exercise classes and walking groups to body
awareness and dance classes..
Through the efforts of its many volunteers, the center was able to
offer several new programs this year: creative cooking, monthly
covered dish suppers, weekly backgammon lessons, tap dance
lessons, a literature class and a Senior Dance Band.
Another exciting program was the first Intergenerational Concert.
The Young At Heart Singers from the COA and fourth grade students
from Bowman School participated in this new event.
The theme of the concert was friendship and peace, and participants
were invited to share their original thoughts on the subject inbetween
the musical numbers.. The two groups rehearsed the music separately
and corresponded as pen pals. They met one another at a joint
rehearsal the week before the concert. The results were a terrific
concert and a wonderful experience for young and old alike.
The 1991 recipient of the Minute -Man Cane was 84 year old Pearl
Brenchick, a former teacher who is using her retirement years to
leave a positive mark on the community. Mrs. Brenchick keeps
active by swimming on a regular basis and teaching line dancing at
the Senior Center. Her energetic lifestyle has inspired others to be
as active as one can at any age.
Last year the Town appropriated $177,531 for COA salaries and
expenses. The following is a partial listing of basic programs, along
with the number of people served during the year.
Social Day Care for frail elders
45
Home Delivered meals
95
Congregate meals at the Center
284
U.S.D.A. food distribution
766
SHINE: health care benefits
counseling 264
Income tax assistance 135
Health programs 1,225
Recreation & Educational programs 1,239
Transportation, including MBTA passes 384
Library services at the Center 800
Fix -It Shop for small appliances 326
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Council on Aging: seated,
Monica Chang, Director Linda Crew
Vine, Barbara Rubin, Chairman
Dorothy Boggia, Treasurer Jim
Fenske, Secretary Harriet Onello;
standing, Jack Eddison, Selectmen
Liaison and Beth Klarman. Not
pictured; Vice Chairman Kevin
Grimes, Edmund Grant and Muriel
Taylor. Photo; Richard Dolbear.
Town Celebrations Committee
The Town Celebrations Committee (TCC) greeted 1991 with planning
already in progress for the 216th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.
Patriots' Day -- Monday, April 15, 1991
The alarm from the Belfry announced the Reenactment of the Battle of
Lexington by the Lexington Minute Men (LMM) and the British 10th
Regiment. Following this were several pancake breakfasts sponsored by
the Rotary Club, the Masonic Temple and St. Brigid's Church.
The Youth of Lexington Sunrise Parade was led by Chief Marshall John
Kiladis, President of the Lexington High School (LHS) Class of 1991. He
was assisted by Aides Srini Meka, Jennifer Trodella and Angela Marino.
The First Division Marshal was Alison Fields and the Second Division
Marshal was Matt McCormick.
John Kiladis served as Master of Ceremonies for the morning ceremonies
on the Green. The ceremonies began with greetings from the Board of
Selectmen and a reading of the Governor's Proclamation by Jacqueline
Smith, chairperson. The Outstanding Youth of Lexington Award was
presented to John Kiladis, Alison Fields and Matt McCormick by
Selectman Leo McSweeney and the White Tricorn Hat Award was
presented to Jacquelyn Ward by Lion's Club President Robert Vigorito.
The invocation and benediction were offered by Monsignor Keilty of Saint
Brigid's Church. The national anthem was led by TCC Member Adrienne
Della Penna.
Ceremonies were also held at 11:00 at the U.S.S. Lexington Memorial.
Captain Thomas J. Hunter, Commander of the Veteran's Services of
Massachusetts, was the featured speaker.
At 1:00 p.m., Paul Revere was greeted at the statue of Captain Parker by
the Board of Selectmen and the LMM. Neil Cronin and his committee
judged the floats that best depicted the theme for 1991's parade, "The
Lessons of Lexington." In the Youth Division, first prize was won by
Project D.A.R.E. and second prize went to Battlegreen DeMolay. In the
Commercial Division, first prize was won by Minuteman Repair, second
prize Mahoney's Rocky Ledge Farm and third prize Wilson Farm. In the
Civic Division, first prize was won by St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Church, second prize the Lexington Lodge of Elks and third prize Desert
Storm Support Group.
The Chief Marshal for the afternoon parade was Earl Blount, U.S. Marine
Corps. He was assisted by Aides James Leahy, Sean Mitchell and Joseph
Rooney. Barbara Blount, Staff Sergeant, U. S. Marine Corps, was Chief
of Staff, assisted by Aides Benjamin H. Golini, Mary Elizabeth Hughes and
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Paul Rouillard. The First Division Marshal was George H. Coblyn, Maj.,
U.S. Army (Ret.), and the Third Division Marshal was Robert Farias,
Teacher /Coach, Lexington High School.
The TCC would like to thank the following sponsors recruited by the
Chamber of Commerce: Arlex Oil Corp., Balston Filter Systems, Inc.,
Chadwicks Ice Cream, Depositor's Trust, Doran Greenhouses, Inc., Five
Forks Shell Station, Hopwood Custom Kitchens, Lexington Lodge of Elks,
Loral Infrared and Imaging Systems, Silva Brothers Construction, Inc.,
Stanley Hill Post #38, Wilson Farm, W.R. Grace & Co., and many other
Lexington businesses that supported the TCC in its efforts.
Memorial Day -- Monday, May 27, 1991
Memorial services at Westview Cemetery preceded the morning parade.
Chief Marshal Charles Price, Past Captain Commanding, LMM, led the
parade to Munroe Cemetery for a short program. Commemorative services
were also held at Cary Hall and Colonial Cemetery. The guest speaker at
the ceremonies on the Battle Green was David Herrelko, R.O.T.C. Col.,
Hanscom Air Force Base. The invocation and benediction were led by
Rev. George Papademetriou, Chaplain, L.M.M. "America the Beautiful"
and "The Star- Spangled Banner" were sung by TCC Member Adrienne
Della Penna.
Veterans' Day -- Monday, November 11, 1991
The morning parade, held in Cary Hall because of inclement weather, was
led by Chief Marshal Thomas Driscoll, VFW Post #3007, and Aides
Jerome Garrity and Cecil Jones. Ceremonies were also held at Cary Hall,
with special guest speaker Col. Raymond Murphy, Chief of Staff,
Massachusetts National Guard. "God Bless America" and the national
anthem were sung by TCC Member Adrienne Della Penna. The invocation
and benediction were offered by Father Eugene Curtin of Saint Brigid's
Church.
The Committee
The 1991 TCC members were William P. Fitzgerald, Chairman, Winston
E. Flynn, First Vice Chairman, Dawn E. McKenna, Second Vice
Chairman, John Hayden, Secretary, C. Jean Coates, Raymond J. Flynn,
Robert C. Jackson, Paul W. Jenkins and Marilyn McWeeney. The 1991
TCC subcommittee members were Eric H. Carlson, Adrienne A. Della
Penna, Walter Ellis, John Graham and Marion H. Snow. A resignation
was regretfully accepted from Robert C. Jackson. Adrienne A. Della
Penna and Eric Carlson were appointed to the TCC from the subcommittee.
Marilyn McWeeney resigned from the TCC and was appointed to the TCC
subcommittee. Sondra Lucente and Joseph Steinkrauss were appointed to
the TCC subcommittee.
Celebrations Committee: front, Marion
Snow, Adrienne Della Penna, Jean Coates
and Sondra Lucente; middle row, John
Hayden, Bill Fitzgerald and Pat Flynn; back
row, Joe Steinkrauss, Ray Flynn, John
Graham, Paul Jenkins and Eric Carlson.
Photo: Joyce Fearnside.
Town Counsel
December 31, 1991
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, 1991 to December
31, 1991. 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, 1991.
1. 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.
2. 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 installa-
tion of insulation in Public Works building.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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11. Bedford Construction Co., Inc. vs. Town of Lexington
et als, Land Court No. 125 -883. Petition to establish a right of
way.
12. Town of Lexington vs. Denis Carroll, Land Court No.
82830. Petition to foreclose tax lien.
13. Town of Lexington vs. Heirs of Jessie Bullock, Land
Court No. 82829. Petition to foreclose tax lien.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Harold Nahigian vs. Judith Uhrig et als, Land Court No.
128641. Appeal from decision of the Planning Board disapproving
a definitive subdivision.
17. Harold Nahigian vs. Town of Lexington, Land Court
No. 128641. Action to have certain provisions of the Zoning By-
Law declared invalid.
18. John F. Hubbard vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 89 -7782. Appeal from decision of the Board
of Appeals upholding a decision of the Zoning Officer and denying
a related Special Permit.
19. Deck House, Inc. vs. Joel A. Adler et als, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 89 -7707. Appeal from an Order of Conditions
issued by the Conservation Commission.
20. Harold Nahigian vs. Town of Lexington, Land Court
No. 134529. Appeal from decision of the Planning Board denying
a definitive subdivision plan.
21. Arlington Heights Congregation Of Jehovah's Witnesses,
Inc. et al vs. Joyce A. Miller et als, Middlesex Superior Court
No. 90 -1751. Petition for review of decision of the Conservation
Commission under the Wetlands By -Law denying an Order of
Conditions for proposed work.
22. Arlington Heights Congregation Of Jehovah's Witnesses,
Inc. et al vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als, Land Court No. 144576.
Appeal from two decisions of the Board of Appeals upholding the
decision of the Building Commissioner not to issue a building
permit and denying a special permit.
23. Town of Lexington vs. Briggs Associates, Inc. et als,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -3507. Action for damages
arising from the continued leaking of the high school field house
roof.
Town Counsel: continued
24. Vanda Ponte vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 90 -4229. Appeal from decision of the Board
of Appeals upholding a determination that certain lots did not meet
dimensional requirements for building.
25. Nicholas DeFelice et al vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 147228. Appeal from decision of
the Board of Appeals granting variance to allow construction and
operation of an automobile repair facility.
26. Nicholas DeFelice et al vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als,
Land Court No. 88 -3716. Appeal from decision of the Board of
Appeals upholding decision of the Building Commissioner which
would permit construction and operation of an automobile repair
facility.
27. Lexington Christian Academy Inc. vs. Lisa A. Baci et
als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -8334. Petition to correct
alleged errors in the issuing of an Order of Conditions.
28. Lexington Ridge Associates vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -8642. Appeal from decision of
Board of Appeals imposing certain conditions on the construction
of low and moderate income housing.
29. Lexington Ridge Associates vs. Lexington Board of
Appeals, Housing Appeals Committee No. 1990 -13. Appeal from
decision of Board of Appeals imposing certain conditions on the
construction of low and moderate income housing.
30. J.J. O'Brien & Sons, Inc. vs. Joyce A. Miller et als,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -5476. Appeal from a decision
of the Conservation Commission relating to the construction of a
soccer field in wetlands.
31. Joanne L. Vilasi, Trustee CLV Realty Trust vs. Martha
C. Wood et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -5058. Appeal
from decision of the Planning Board denying a definitive subdivi-
sion plan.
32. Akers Realty Trust - Alan Altman - AR Cable Services,
Inc. - ... and 55 additional plaintiffs vs. Board of Assessors,
Appellate Tax Board Nos. 177957, X253198, 177856 ....
Petitions for abatement of 1990 real estate taxes.
33. Eldorado Transportation Corp. vs. Town of Lexington
et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -7624. Action challenging
the award of a bid.
34. Joanne L. Vilasi, Trustee CLV Realty Trust vs. Martha
C. Wood et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -5783. Appeal
from decision of the Planning Board denying a special permit.
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(b) All actions brought by or against the Town during
1991:
1. Danahy Bloom vs. Paul E. Furdon, Middlesex Superior
Court No. 9000171. Appeal from a revocation of a gun permit.
2. Muriel E. Kendrix vs. Paul E. Furdon, District Court of
Central Middlesex No. 9047CV0910. Appeal from a denial of
gun permit.
3. Karsten Sorensen et als vs. Robert M. Gary et als,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 91 -2207. Appeal from decision of
the Board of Appeals upholding the ruling of the Building
Commissioner that a lot was buildable.
4. Town of Lexington vs. Michael P. Wolfe, District Court
of Central Middlesex No. 17691. Petition to deny defendant's
petition for appellate review of a decision citing defendant for
causing an automobile accident.
5. City of Waltham vs. United States Postal Service, United
States District Court No. 91- 11277 -Y. Intervention in action
seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the construction
of a regional postal facility.
6. Barbara J. Melideo et als vs. Town of Lexington,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 91 -3566. Suit for damages which
alleges that rescue squad was negligent in responding to a person
involved in an automobile accident and who subsequently died.
7. Paula Street vs. Golf Facilities Management Co. et al,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 91 -7606. Suit for damages which
alleges that plaintiff was hit by a golf ball as a result of negligently
laying out a golf course.
8. David Bakst - Brewsters, Inc. - ... and 14 additional
plaintiffs vs. Board of Assessors, Appellate Tax Board Nos.
192133, 191351.... Petitions for abatement of 1991 real estate
taxes.
(c) All actions settled or disposed of during 1991:
1. 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. Case discontinued.
2. 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. Case discontinued.
3. 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. Case discontinued.
Town Counsel: continued
4. 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. Case dismissed.
5. John F. Hubbard vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 89 -7782. Appeal from decision of the Board
of Appeals upholding a decision of the Zoning Officer and denying
a related Special Permit. Case dismissed.
6. Deck House, Inc. vs. Joel A. Adler et als, Middlesex
Superior Court No. 89 -7707. Appeal from an Order of Conditions
issued by the Conservation Commission. Case dismissed.
7. Arlington Heights Congregation Of Jehovah's Witnesses,
Inc. et al vs. Joyce A. Miller et als, Middlesex Superior Court
No. 90 -1751. Petition for review of decision of the Conservation
Commission under the Wetlands By -Law denying an Order of
Conditions for proposed work. Case settled and dismissed.
8. Arlington Heights Congregation Of Jehovah's Witnesses,
Inc. et al vs. Anne R. Scigliano et als, Land Court No. 144576.
Appeal from two decisions of the Board of Appeals upholding the
decision of the Building Commissioner not to issue a building
permit and denying a special permit. Case settled and dismissed.
9. J.J. O'Brien & Sons, Inc. vs. Joyce A. Miller et als,
Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -5476. Appeal from a decision
of the Conservation Commission relating to the construction of a
soccer field in wetlands. Case settled and dismissed.
10. Joanne L. Vilasi, Trustee CLV Realty Trust vs. Martha
C. Wood et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -5058. Appeal
from decision of the Planning Board denying a definitive subdivi-
sion plan. Case dismissed.
11. Akers Realty Trust - Alan Altman - AR Cable Services,
Inc. - ... and 55 additional plaintiffs vs. Board of Assessors,
Appellate Tax Board Nos. 177957, X253198, 177856 ....
Petitions for abatement of 1990 real estate taxes. Fifty-two cases
withdrawn, settled or tried.
12. Joanne L. Vilasi, Trustee CLV Realty Trust vs. Martha
C. Wood et als, Middlesex Superior Court No. 90 -5783. Appeal
from decision of the Planning Board denying a special permit.Case
dismissed.
13. Danahy Bloom vs. Paul E. Furdon, Middlesex Superior
Court No. 9000171. Appeal from a revocation of a gun permit.
Case dismissed.
14. Town of Lexington vs. Michael P. Wolfe, District Court
of Central Middlesex No. 17691. Petition to deny defendant's
petition for appellate review of a decision citing defendant for
causing an automobile accident. Decision for the Town.
Respectfully submitted, Norman P. Cohen, Town Counsel
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Town Clerk
Several years ago area town clerks received a bumper sticker from
a local census firm that read:
Town Clerks Never Die
They Just Lose Their Census
The Annual Town Census is a process from which a number of
significant procedures, such as the voter list, follow. This year the
system was brought "in house ". It allows us immediate data entry
ability and updates on an as- needed basis.
A major update is scheduled, with the Town Clerk's staff having
contributed their practical experience to the company that is
revising the software package.
In the March 4th Town Election, 28.6 percent of the registered
voters participated. The School Committee race with five
candidates running for two positions generated the most heated
contest. The two incumbents were returned to office.
The state election process began to accelerate during the fall as
Town and State Committee slates were chosen. Sixteen Initiative
Petitions were filed with the Secretary of State. Petitioners were
required to gather 70,286 signatures and submit the petitions to the
local election official in order to begin the process. Close to 1000
actual petition papers were submitted to Lexington for certifica-
tion. The petitions are listed below:
Protect consumer in sale of Petroleum Products.
Three petitions regarding No Fault Medical Malpractice
Insurance
Sale of Striped Bass
Access to Quality Higher Education (Constitutional Amend-
ment)
Term of Office State /Federal Officials (Constitutional Amend-
ment)
Act for Accountable Politics
Packaging Reduction and Recycling
Funding Cleanup of Hazardous Waste Sites
Graduated Income Tax (Constitutional Amendment)
Lowering the Income and Sales Tax
Corporate Income Tax Reporting
Northern Right Whale Recovery
Cigarette Excise Tax
Victims Rights (Constitutional Amendment)
Space in the clerk's office was enhanced by the removal of
partitions and the creation of a new counter.
Months of work culminated in the publication of the "Lexington
Map of Historical and Cultural Attractions." This first attempt to
provide a source for both Lexingtonians and visitors was the
product of many hands. Special thanks go to Joan French of the
Lexington Historical Society and the artist Sheryl L. White
(recommended and partially funded by the Council for the Arts)
for their patience, support and individual talents. The handsomely
Town Clerk: continued
designed and useful guide is available at Town Hall, Visitors
Center, Museum of Our National Heritage, Arts /Lexington, and
the Minute Man National Historical Park.
Town Clerk Bebe Fallick, serving on the Certification Committee
for the Massachusetts Town Clerks' Association, submitted the
final proposal to the Association where it received endorsement.
Bebe was appointed to the legislative committee of the association
and worked with the House Election Laws Committee to forge the
compromise on H6108, an act prohibiting the disclosure of names
of children under the age of eighteen.
Bebe is the MTCA representative to the Preservation Task Force
of the Board of Library Commissioners. This task force is
working on a plan for preserving public records statewide.
Bebe Fallick, Town Clerk
I L J Y U O / O `J
Precincts
Registered Registered Unenrolled
Registered Republicans Democrats
Town Report Committee
The Massachusetts Municipal Association judged last year's report,
the one with Fred Wischhusen's handsome photo on the red cover,
to be the best in its class - towns with a population from 10,000 to
50,000.
The question of what to put in and what to leave out of Town Report
is never answered to everyone's satisfaction. Last year the
committee dropped the directory section to save money and we heard
about that. It's back in this year, thanks to Erna Greene who
compiled it.
Last year's report again came in under budget. To save money this
year, we used fewer photographs and shrunk the type a tad. Any
EJ Births ■ Deaths Marriage
Licenses
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1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
significant cost cuts in the future can be made only through drastic
changes in content.
All town departments, and especially the Town Manager's office,
continued their excellent support by preparing the computerized
text. The committee continues to edge into the spooky world of
computers, and last fall enlisted computer graphics help from
Minuteman Tech, as explained on page 4.
Current members are Ruth Karpinski, Winifred Friedman, Joyce
Fearnside, photographer, Anne Scigliani, Bob Halfman, John
Ayvazian, Adrienne Bella Penna and Chairman Bob Morrison.
Appropriation Committee
The Town's by -laws define the role of the Appropriation Commit-
tee as that of making "...recommendations for the prudent
management of the financial affairs of the Town." At Town
Meeting, this mandate requires the committee not only to explain
the implications of financial articles in the warrant but also to
recommend to Town Meeting members how to vote on these
articles.
Organization
The nine members of the Appropriation Committee are appointed
by the Town Moderator for overlapping, three -year terms,
ensuring a balance between the infusion of new ideas and stabiliz-
ing continuity. Annually, successors are appointed (or re- appoint-
ed) for full terms when a three -year appointment has expired.
Individuals may also be appointed to complete unexpired terms.
The committee re- elected Jane Pagett chair and George Burnell
vice chair. Burnell and Ruth Souza were re- appointed to 3 -year
terms, and Sam Nablo was appointed to replace Alan Lazarus who
retired in order to offer his talents to the school system. The other
members: John Curry, Marilyn K. Mairson, Michael J. O'Sul-
livan, Richard Perry and Ronald Levy.
Goals
In addition to its statutory responsibilities, the Appropriation
Committee instituted, as its primary short-term goal, the improve-
ment in the financial decision - making process both in Town
Meeting and in other financial planning activities in the town.
Steps we have taken to attain this goal have involved promoting
the clear and accurate presentation of financial information to
members of Town Meeting; encouraging the timely distribution of
financial information to Town Meeting members and other
decision - makers, so information can be considered well in advance
of the vote; and maintaining connections with regional and
statewide organizations devoted to exploring solutions to municipal
finance and budgeting problems.
Financial ;\
Further, the Appropriation Committee's co- sponsorship of the
Symposium on Lexington Finances (described below) on Novem-
ber 16, 1991, was an additional step toward improving this
financial decision- making by involving a wide range of citizens in
seeking creative solutions to our impending financial problems.
Activities
The committee's recommendations during the Annual and Special
Town Meetings did not differ significantly from those presented in
the Town Manager's budget.
After the Annual Town Meeting, the Appropriation Committee
formed a Symposium Sub - committee to plan a forum for citizens,
Town Meeting members, representatives of state and municipal
government and Town officials to discuss financial issues and
brainstorm about possible solutions.
The committee was joined by the Town Meeting Members
Association, League of Women Voters, School Committee, Board
of Selectmen, and Capital Expenditures Committee in all phases of
planning and conducting the one -day event.
The ideas generated by this well- attended event were compiled into
a post- Symposium report that was made widely available. The
enthusiasm, creativity and capability of its citizens, as demonstrat-
ed during the Symposium, will serve Lexington well as it works
its way through this difficult, transitional period for municipal
finance.
Reserve Fund Transfers
During the fiscal year 1991, the committee approved the following
requests for transfers from the Reserve Fund for either extraordi-
nary or unforeseen expenses:
Legal expenses $80,000 Library 9,418
Insurance expenses 33,526 Police salaries 8,000
Fire salaries 25,000 Police expenses 7,800
Veteran's benefits 23,000 Total $200,344
Fire expenses 13,600
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The Appropriation Committee: seated,
John Ryan, secretary; Vice Chairman
George Burnell, Chairman Jane Pagett and
Marilyn Mairson, standing, Michael
O'Sullivan, Richard Perry, Ruth Suza and
John Curry. Not pictured, Ronald Levy.
Capital Expenditures Committee
The overall mission of the Capital Expenditures Committee, whose
members are appointed by the Moderator for terms of five years,
is to insure that the town's capital base is maintained in a cost -
effective manner and to provide Town Meeting with the informa-
tion necessary to make well - informed decisions on capital issues.
The capital base includes all the elements of municipal and school
infrastructure supported by enterprise funds as well as the tax levy.
The committee monitors the maintenance of all capital items and
evaluates replacement and acquisition of new ones.
Our responsibilities are to
Encourage continued development of and monitor changes
to long term capital plan;
Work with town and school officials to establish an invento-
ry of the capital and to estimate the depreciation and
maintenance cost of each significant item;
Review and make recommendations to Town Meeting on all
capital - related articles;
Monitor the status of approved capital projects;
Continue to promote early and good communications among
interacting committees on all capital Town Meeting articles.
In 1991 the committee worked with the School Committee to pare
down an initial capital budget request for $1,985,000 to a
$692,000 bare bones budget that would keep the school plant at a
level condition addressing urgent issues only. On the other hand,
the committee agreed with selectmen to a one -year moratorium on
road resurfacing since, although important, this expenditure was
deemed less critical than the school capital expenditure.
The committee will continue to evaluate the relative urgency of the
needs and proposals from all aspects of our capital base, and make
its recommendations based on all the information available. In this
regard, the committee unanimously supports the position that
capital items must not be neglected as funds become tight. It is
imperative that we not allow our infrastructure to deteriorate.
For fiscal 1992, over $4 million was appropriated from enterprise
funds. Although most of this was bonded, it still means that
significant increases in water and sewer fees will have to be made
to cover the repayment cost of the bond. Although the committee
supports the replacement of the 50- year -old pumping station for
$3.9 million, we do draw attention to the impact on fees which this
type of expenditure can have over the years. Alternatives to this
proposal were seriously considered but none were cost effective.
Members who served in 1991: Karen A. Dooks, chairman; Paul
E. Hamburger, vice chairman; Nicholas A. Cannalonga; Ronald
G. Grammont; and Gloria V. Holland: We invite participation at
our meetings by all interested individuals.
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Among the FY92 projects supported by the committee at the 1991 Town Meeting were the following:
Project Cost Funding Source
Replace /reline water mains $225,000 Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund
(Hayes Ave. neighborhood)
Truck - mounted sewer cleaner $150,000 Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund
North Lexington Pump Station $3,900,000 Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund
replacement (to be bonded)
Underground tank testing $20,000 Stabilization Fund
Recreation improvements /equipment $37,000 Recreation Enterprise Fund
Resurface /reline track
Upgrade play areas
Provide portable bleachers
Golf Course irrigation system $55,000 Recreation Enterprise Fund
Cary Library roof repair $80,000 Stabilization Fund
High School Field House roof $80,000 Stabilization Fund
Miscellaneous school improvements $692,000 Bonded
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Retirement Board
The Lexington Retirement Board has the fiduciary responsibility
for investing the assets of the Lexington Contributory Retirement
system. The goal of the system is to provide a rate of return on
retirement fund assets which meet or exceed the long -term benefit
liabilities owed town employees while acting prudently under the
Massachusetts investment statutes. The Board in 1991 was able to
increase the market value of the portfolio by approximately six
million dollars.
The 1990 Town Meeting voted to accept a funding schedule for the
retirement system, in accordance with Ch. 32, Sec. 22D of the
Massachusetts General Laws. This funding schedule is designed
to fully fund the retirement system by the year 2028. Under the
new funding schedule, the appropriation request is significantly
less than it would have been without the acceptance of Section
22D. This acceptance also afforded the community the flexibility
of reducing the appropriation at the Special Town Meeting in
November 1991.
Several new initiatives were established in 1991.
Adoption of Chapter 32, Section 90 G3/4 which enables
public employees over age 70 to continue accruing credit-
able service. This brings the town into accord with the
Federal Age Discrimination Employment Act.
Reduced the number of working hours required for member-
ship in the Lexington Retirement System from the current
25 to 18 hours per week.
A more aggressive desk review of all disability pensions
including a verification on actual earnings.
A system wide verification on the status of all retirees.
The Board now charges Custodian Bank expenses against
earned income from investment.
The Retirement System is administered by a three member board
consisting of an elected member, Robert Cunha, chairman, ex-
officio member, John Ryan and appointed member Robert Gary.
The large volume of details is handled by Barbara Glynn.
Robert W. Cunha, chairman
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Financial 'ice
Stock:
LEXINGTON RETIREMENT
Banks
SYSTEM PORTFOLIO
Chemicals
December 31, 1991
Short Term Investments 1,174,190
Government Securities 9,421,905
Bonds:
1,171,000
Corporate
l , 8w , 988
Utilities
517,629
Foreign
661,245 2,983,862
Stock:
Banks
624,375
Chemicals
823,063
Coal /Gas /Pipeline
211,500
Drugs
1,171,000
Electrical Equipment
810,500
Electronics
907,125
Environmental Control
277,250
Financial Services
639,000
Foods
463,000
Hospital Supply & Services
1,018,438
Insurance
170,100
Leisure Related
331,250
Metals & Mining
193,125
Office Equipment
399,000
Office Equipment Services
1,089,125
Oil Domestic
411,625
Oil International
669,625
Oil Supply & Construction
142,500
Photo & Optical
410,125
Printing & Publishing
669,000
Professional Services
420,625
Railroads
310,500
Retail - Food
168,875
Retail - General
609,750
Telecommunications
725,750
Utilities — Telephone
450,000
Unassigned
559,443
Total Stock 14,675,669
Total Approximate Market Value 28,255,626
Detailed list of securities
available for inspection
in Retirement Office
Retirement Board: continued
Lexington Contributory Retirement System
Comparative Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 30, 1991 NOVEMBER 30, 1990
ACCOUNT Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
Cash
515,677
Short Term
1,317,818
Equities
13,239,174
9,492,700
Fixed Income Bonds
11,377,848
10,069,325
Interest Due and Accrued
189,454
185,442
Accounts Payable
Annuity Savings Fund
7,277,871
6,580,925
Annuity Reserve Fund
3,483,628
3,328,910
Pension Fund
4,230,548
3,440,015
Pension Reserve Fund
8,767,597
7,943,640
Expense Fund
5,277
9,294
Investment Income Received
1,287,708
1,255,590
Interest Not Refunded
4,563
3,805
Paid Accrued Interest
80,526
172,472
Loss on Sale of Investments
185,562
341,256
Increase in Market Value of Equities
1,872,435
Decrease in Market Value of Equities
1,969,307
Profit on Sale
289,556
386,563
Members Deductions
779,144
772,190
Transfers from Other Systems
4,708
Members Make Up Payments
12,696
6,863
Pension Fund Appropriation
746,234
1,098,185
Expense Fund Appropriation
Pension Reserve Appropriation
150,000
Reimbursement from Other Systems
45,247
53,319
COLA Received
283,124
281,350
Salaries
1,375
1,375
Management Fees
99,808
85,128
Custodial Fees
12,842
15,134
Administrative
521
1,273
Furniture
Travel
1,998
1,059
Annuities Paid
285,089
266,247
Pension Paid
2,118,262
2,016,094
Reimbursement to Other Systems
39,965
52,253
Transfers to Other Systems
28,259
21,430
Refund to Members
107,127
109,185
Optional Refund
TOTALS 29,085,628 29,085,628 25,315,357 25,315,357
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Board of Assessors
In 1991, the Lexington Assessor's Office continued to make
progress in developing the management resources necessary to
maintain an annual program of assessment review and valuation.
Computer programs were developed to more efficiently measure
assessment levels and uniformity. By monitoring the relationship
of assessed valuations to prices of properties which have sold, the
Board of Assessors can direct the Town Assessor and staff to
target revaluation efforts in those classes of property needing
special attention.
Declines in both residential and commercial property values
prompted the Board to implement value reductions ranging from
0 to 5 percent on residential single family homes and 5 to 15
percent on most classes of commercial property. Two and three
family properties were individually reappraised, as were office
buildings, downtown and strip retail buildings, and industrial
properties.
The office undertook the in -house valuation of personal property,
including locally assessed public utilities.
Sarah Robinson replaced Barclay Hayes on the board, joining
Robert Foster and Robert Leone.
Harald Scheid
Assessor
FISCAL YEAR 1992 ESTIMATED COUNTY AND STATE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS
A. COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
1. County tax
B. STATE ASSESSMENTS AND CHARGES
1. Speciat education
2. State supervision of retirement systems
3. Motor vehicle excise tax bills
4. Retired employees
5. Air pollution control districts
6. Metropolitan area planning council
C. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES
1. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
D. PRIOR YEAR UNDERESTIMATES /OVERESTIMATES(NET)
TOTAL
FISCAL YEAR 1992 ENTERPRISE FUNDS
A. SEWER - ESTIMATED REVENUE
B. WATER - ESTIMATED REVENUE
C. RECREATION
TOTAL
73
$91,099.00
10,426.00
5,409.00
4,310.00
7,765.00
8,514.00
5,848.00
780,689.00
7,018.00
921,078.00
3,599,340.00
3,873,244.00
875,902.00
8,348,486.00
Board of Assessors: continued
FISCAL 1992 RECAPITULATION
1. AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
A. APPROPRIATIONS
1. Total appropriations as certified by the
Town Clerk to be raised by Taxation
2. Total appropriations voted to be taken
from available funds
B. OTHER LOCAL EXPENDITURES
1. Debt and interest charges
2. Final court judgments
3. Total of overlay deficits of prior years
4. Offsets to Cherry Sheet estimated receipts
C. STATE AND COUNTY CHARGES
1. Cherry Sheet estimated charges
D. OVERLAY RESERVE FOR TAX ABATEMENTS AND
STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS
E. TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
I1. 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)
B. LOCAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
1. Local receipts
2. Enterprise Funds
C. FREE CASH AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES APPROPRIATED
FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES
1. Free cash
2. Transfers
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 PROPERTY TAXATION
PROPERTY CLASS
Residential
Open Space
Commercial
Industrial
Personal Property
Total
$53,227,275.00
9,295,486.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,031,057.00
922,406.00
350,000.00
4,106,052.00
1,328.00
5,448,610.53
8,348,486.00
31,000.00
916,000.00
2,500,000.00
CLASSIFIED VALUATIONS, TAX RATES, AND LEVIES
ASSESSED VALUATION
LEVY %
TAX RATES
$2,519,321,000
70.8620
$12.23
-0-
-0-
-0-
379,126,000
20.7520
23.80
98,899,000
5.4134
23.80
54,052,800
2.9726
23.80
$3,051,398,800
100.0000
74
$62,522,761.00
1,031,057.00
922,406.00
350,000.00
64,826,224.00
4,107,380.00
13,797,096.53
947,000.00
2,500,000.00
21,351,476.53
$64,826,224.00
21,351,476.53
43,474,747.47
TAX LEVY
$30,811,295.83
-0-
9,023,198.80
2,353,796.20
1,286,456.64
$43,474,747.47
Trustees of Public Trusts
The Trustees of Public Trusts are responsible for the administra-
tion, investment and income disbursement of the 37 trusts be-
queathed or donated to the town for specific public purposes.
These purposes cluster around five objectives of the donors; i.e.
all purpose, beautification, celebration, human services and
scholarship. In addition the Trustees are responsible for the
perpetual care funds held separately for Munroe and Westview
cemeteries.
The oldest trust was established in 1873; the newest trusts were
established in 1990. Although established for various purposes,
collectively they represent the love the donors had or have for
Lexington and its citizens and their ultimate goal to contribute to
the betterment of the town. The funds dispersed honor the town
and its citizens, as well as the donors long after they have
established the trusts.
Total market value of the funds as of June 30 was $2,023,081.
During fiscal 1991, the Trust responded to a number of requests
by distributing the following amounts to specific areas of need:
Beautification
$2,867.00
Human Services
11,584.00
Scholarship
6,250.00
Cemeteries
5,054.00
Library
1,000.00
The Trustees are eager to talk to any citizen or group who feels
that the establishment of a trust is an idea that they would like to
explore. Additionally monies or securities can be received by the
Trustees to augment the principal in any Trust a donor may wish
to strengthen. We welcome suggestions from all residents on how
to best distribute the income to the benefit of the Town.
What follows, by objectives, are the specifics and statistics for
each Trust.
Respectively submitted,
Alan S. Fields, Chairiman
Thomas Taylor
David Williams
All Purpose
George L. Gilmore Fund - Established 1950, 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.
Disbursements $ 6,000
Principal balance $16,000
Income balance $36,700
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Beautification
Frederick L. Emery Fund - Established 1936, the income is to be used by
the Lexington Field and Garden Club for the work of grading, grassing and
keeping in order grass borders lying between sidewalks or footpaths and the
driveways on public streets, and in otherwise beautifying the public streets,
ways and places in said Town, preference be given to said objects in order
stated.
Principal balance $5,000
Income balance $ 399
Geneva M. Brown Fund - The income is to be used for improving and
beautifying the common and the triangular parcel of land in front of the
Masonic Temple.
Principal balance $3,000
Income balance 5,572
Orin W. Fiske - Battle Green Fund - Established 1899, income of this
fund is to be used for the maintenance of the Lexington Battle Green or the
monuments erected thereon.
Principal balance $500
Income balance $480
Charles E. French Colonial Cemetery Fund - Established 1905, the
annual income thereof to be devoted to the care of the older part of the
cemetery in which repose the remains of Rev. John Hancock and wife.
Principal balance $4,000
Income balance $1,380
Hayes Fountain Fund - Established 1895, the income is to be used for the
perpetual care of the fountain and grounds immediately around it.
Disbursements $ 300
Principal balance $1,000
Income balance $1,101
Hampton Road Tree Fund - Established 1986, the entire fund is available
for maintenance or replacement of trees within the public right of way
known as Hampton Road.
Principal balance $2,000
Income balance $ 706
Everet M. Mulliken Fund - Established 1948, the income shall be used
under the supervision of the proper town authorities, for the care of
Hastings Park in said Lexington.
Principal balance $6,000
Income balance $8,332
Teresa and Roberta Lee Fitness Nature Path - Established 1990, the
income, and, if necessary, the principal, are to be used by the Town of
Lexington Recreation Committee for the work of grading, planting,
beautifying and maintaining the Teresa and Roberta Lee Fitness - Nature
Path.
Disbursements $ 2,367
Principal balance $10,000
Income balance $ 1,308
Edith C. Redman Trust - Established 1928, the income only therefrom to
be used and applied for the care and maintenance of the Lexington
Common; known as the 'Battle Green."
Principal balance $500
Income balance $446
Trustees of Public Trusts: continued
George O. Smith Fund - Established 1903, the income thereof 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.
Principal balance $2,000
Income balance $ 159
George W. Taylor Flag Fund - Established 1931, 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.
Principal balance $2,000
Income balance $ 768
George W. Taylor Tree Fund - Established 1931, the income is to be
expended for the care, purchase and preservation of trees for the adornment
of said town.
Principal balance $2,000
Income balance $2,987
Albert Ball Tenney Memorial Fund - Established 1950, the income is to
be used to provide nightly illumination of the Lexington Minuteman Statue.
Disbursements $ 200
Principal balance $9,000
Income balance $2,147
William Augustus Tower Memorial Park Fund - The income thereof to
be applied by said town, in each and every year for the care, maintenance
and improvement of Tower Park.
Principal balance $12,000
Income balance $34,352
Celebration
American Legion Celebrations Fund - Established 1982, the income of
this fund is to be used towards defraying the town's cost for the Patriots'
Day, Memorial Day and Veterans' Day celebrations.
Principal balance $4,000
Income balance $1,436
Leroy S. Brown Fund - Established 1940, the income is to be used
towards defraying the expense of an appropriate and dignified celebration
of the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.
Principal balance $5,000
Income balance $2,523
Human Services
Beals Fund - Established 1891, the income of this fund is to be expended
for the benefit of worthy, indigent, aged men and women over sixty years
of age, American -born.
Principal balance $2,000
Income balance $1,774
Bridge Charitable Fund - Established 1880, the income from said trust
fund shall be annually distributed among the deserving poor of Lexington
without distinction of sex or religion.
Principal balance $30,000
Income balance $ 9.265
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Elizabeth Bridge Gerry Fund - Established 1885, the income from said
trust fund shall be distributed to the deserving poor of Lexington without
distinction of sex or religion.
Principal balance $2,000
Income balance $ 536
Jonas Gammell Trust - Established 1873, 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.
Disbursements $250
Principal balance $500
Income balance $451
Harriet R. Gilmore Fund - Established 1892, the income is to be
expended for the benefit of poor people in Lexington.
Disbursements $ 144
Principal balance $ 500
Income balance $1,047
Lexington Human Services Fund - Established 1990, to be funded by
transfers from other funds administered by the Trustees as well as private
contributions, to provide funds for the Lexington Human Services
Committee in its mission to help individuals in need.
Disbursements $6,190
Income balance $ 187
Scholarship
Matthew Allen Memorial Fund - 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 balance $20
Income balance $ 2
Amte E. Borghesani Memorial Scholarship Fund - Established 1990,
three- fourths of the annual net income is to be awarded to a woman in the
senior class of Lexington High School who has demonstrated a commitment
to the community.
Disbursements $ 500
Principal balance $6,909
Income balance $ 162
Hallie C. Blake Fund - Established 1920, the income is to be expended
annually in cash prizes to two seniors (a boy and a girl) of 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.
Disbursements $ 400
Principal balance $5,000
Income balance $ 206
Robert P. Clapp Fund - 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 composition.
Principal balance $980
Income balance $115
Trustees of Public Trusts: continued
Pooled Endowment Account for 37 funds
$49,605
Charles E. French Medal Fund - Established 1905, the income is to be
All balances as of 06/30/91.
used annually to purchase silver medals to be distributed to pupils in the
Principal securities and cash
senior high school for the best scholarship.
50,000 U.S. Treasury Notes
$52,156
Disbursements $ 100
9.000% 05/15/98 DTD 05/15/88
Principal balance $2,800
100 American Internation Group
$ 8,425
Income balance $ 276
50,000 U.S. Treasury Notes
$51,360
Harrington Memorial Fund - To the school comamittee of the Town of
8.500% 05/15/95 DTD 03/01/90
$ 15,188
Lexington for scholarships for needy children.
25,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$25,641
Disbursements $1,500
8.600% 02/27/95 DTD 02/26/90
$ 56,625
Principal balance $36,000
11.500% 05/15/95 DTD 10/14/80
Income balance $ 2,145
25,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$26,375
Richard Isenberg Scholarship Fund - Established 1986, the income of
9.150% 03/25/97 DTD 03/26/90
this fund is to be awarded annually to a member of the junior or senior
50,000 Federal National Mortgage Assn.
$51,813
class of Lexington High School who has demonstrated excellence in sports
9.250% 04/10/97 DTD 04/19/90
$ 52,156
writing.
9.000% 05/15/98 DTD 05/15/88
Disbursements $ 750
25,000 Ford Motor Credit Company
$20,294
Principal balance $8,525
9.300% 03/15/95 DTD 03/15/90
$ 51,360
Income balance $ 472
8.500% 05/15/95 DTD 03/01/90
Lexington Education Foundation - Established 1989, the fund is to be 200 Shares Coca Cola Co. $10,900
used to promote sound, innovative approaches to enhance excellence in 100 Shares Johnson & Johnson $ 8,350
education by funding projects in areas of creative program development,
innovative materials and instructional resources. 28 Shares Maxim Integrated Products $ 452
Principal balance $25,703
Income balance $ 263
100 Shares Schlumberger Limited $ 5,888
Elsa W. Regestein Fund - The income to be expended for awards to Shawmut Money Market Demand $27,559
members of the senior class of the Lexington High School.
Principal balance $1,000
Income securities and cash
Income balance $ 188
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50,000 U.S. Treasury Notes
$49,605
Mary and August Schlauscher Trust Fund - Established 1988, the
8.500% 05/15/95 DTD 03/01/90
income is to be used anmially to fund two scholarships, of equal value, to
seniors at Lexington High School who have been accepted at an accredited
Shawmut Money Market Demand
$75,282
college, have worked diligently on academic studies while perhaps not
being in the top 10 percent of the class and who have a need for funds to
100 American Internation Group
$ 8,425
obtain a college education.
Disbursements 1,000
500 FPL Group Inc. Comm
$ 15,188
Principal balance $26,000
Income balance $2,995
50,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds
$ 56,625
F. Foster Sherburne and Tetmey Sherburne Fund - Established 1956,
11.500% 05/15/95 DTD 10/14/80
the net income from said fund shall be awarded annually to assist in the
100,000 U.S. Treasury Notes
$105,406
education of such deserving young men or women domiciled in said Town
10.125% 05/15/93 DTD 05/16/83
of Lexington.
Disbursements $ 2,000
50,000 U.S. Treasury Notes
$ 52,156
Principal balance $25,000
9.000% 05/15/98 DTD 05/15/88
Income balance $ 1,241
Ella A. Stone Fund - Established 1890, the accrued interest is to be paid
50,000 U.S. Treasury Notes
$ 51,360
to the school committee who are to employ it in aiding needy and deserving
8.500% 05/15/95 DTD 03/01/90
young women of Lexington in obtaining a higher education.
100,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$105,344
Principal balance $2,000
10.700% 01/25/93 DTD 01/25/83
Income balance $ 335
Charles Lyman Weld Fund - Established 1946, the entire fund, both
50,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$ 54,313
principal and income are available upon a vote of the town; for educational
11.700% 07/26/93 DTD 07/25/83
purposes or, the chapel at Westview Cemetery.
100,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$104,125
Principal balance $10,000
10.350% 08/25/92 DTD 08/26/85
Income balance $ 1,585
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Trustees of Public Trusts: continued
Pooled Endowment Account for 37 funds
100,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$103,000
8.600% 08/25/94 DTD 08/25/89
$40,525
100,000 Federal National Mortgage Assn.
$101,750
9.000% 10/11/99 DTD 10/10/89
$51,500
50,000 Ford Motor Credit Company
$50,736
9.300% 03/15/95 DTD 03/15/90
$50,875
5,000 Hocking Valley Railway Company
$ 3,625
4.500% 07/01/99 1st Cons Mtg
$ 9,722
17,500 American Telephone & Teleg Co.
$ 17,235
8.750% 05/15/00 Unredeemed debenture
$97,424
50,000 GTE Corp DEB
$ 49,745
8.850% 03/01/98 DTD 03/01/91
$ 2,500
Shawmut Money Market Demand
$ 74,036
Shawmut Money Market Demand
$339,417
Colonial Cemetery - Perpetual Care Fund
$20,850
Principal balance
$2,000
Income balance
$ 845
Comptroller
In April 1991 the Town's credit rating was reviewed by Moody's
Investor Service in conjunction with the $5,000,000 bond issue
dated April 23, 1991. The bonds were issued for the following
purposes: installing and replacing water mains, golf course
acquisition, engineering for the sewer pumping station, sewer
mains and remodeling and repairs to school buildings.
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Munroe Cemetery Fund - Perpetual Care Fund
Principal securities and cash
Market Value
4(,000, U.S. Treasury Note
$40,525
7.750% 11/15/93 DTD 11/15/90
50,000 Federal Home Loan Banks
$51,500
8.600% 08/25/94 DTD 08/25/89
50,000 Federal National Mortgage Assn.
$50,875
9.000% 10/11/99 DTD 10 /10/89
Shawmut Money Market Demand
$ 9,722
Income securities and cash
Shawmut Money Market Demand
$97,424
Westview Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
Market Value
Disbursements
$ 2,500
Principal securities and cash
Market Value
300 Baybanks Inc. Comm
$ 4,125
400 Morgan 7 Co. J.P. Comm
$20,850
200 Security Pacific Corp Comm
$ 4,600
500 State Street Boston Corp Comm
$22,375
200 Suntrust Banks Inc.
$6,025
400 American General Corp. Comm
$15,150
Following an in depth review of the Town's finances and manage-
ment practices, Moody's assigned an AAA rating. In their review
Moody's highlighted some of the sound management practices
currently implemented by the Town. The annual revaluation of
property in a declining market, an automated lock -box collection
system and enterprise accounting were policies and procedures
identified as very positive steps taken by the town.
John Ryan, Comptroller
Comptroller /Combined Balance Sheet
June 30, 1991
OTHER RECEIVABLES &
& TAX TITLES
Motor vehicle excise
User charges and liens
Spec. assessm'ts- current
Spec. assessm'ts -long term
Departmentals
Tax titles
Due from other govts.
Other
Total
DUE FROM OTHER FUNDS:
PROPERTY &
EQUIPMENT -Net
AMOUNT TO BE
PROVIDED FOR:
Repayment of short -
term obligations
Retirement of bonds
Repaym't of grant & bond
anticipation notes
Total
TOTAL ASSETS:
203,900
530,615
75,350 5,355
365,011
330,851 53,523
33,078
58,310
975,112 0 0 622,571 58,310
250,000 1,225,794 3,585,270 1,874,993 68,224
38,130,877
0
203,900
530,615
80,705
365,011
0
384,374
33,078
58,310
1.655.993
7,004,281
38,130,877
2,727,000 2,727,000
20,516,000 20,516,000
175,000 0 175,000
0 175,000 2,727,000 20,516,000 23,418,000
$15,389,620 $1,409,912 $6,312,270 $44,574,311 $1,243,664 $20,516,000 $89,445,777
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General
Special
Capital Enterprise
Treasurer
Long Term Total
Fund
Revenue
Projects Funds
Trusts
Debt June 30, 1991
Assets
CASH &
INVESTMENTS:
Cash
$13,236,893
$9,118
$0 $3,945,870
$581,979
$17,773,860
Temporary investments
0
Other investments
535,151
535,151
Total
13,236,893
9,118
0 3,945,870
1,117,130
0 18,309,011
PROPERTY TAXES
RECEIVABLE:
Current year's levy
797,360
797,360
Prior yr levies
130,255
130,255
& deferred
Total
927,615
0
0 0
0
0 927,615
OTHER RECEIVABLES &
& TAX TITLES
Motor vehicle excise
User charges and liens
Spec. assessm'ts- current
Spec. assessm'ts -long term
Departmentals
Tax titles
Due from other govts.
Other
Total
DUE FROM OTHER FUNDS:
PROPERTY &
EQUIPMENT -Net
AMOUNT TO BE
PROVIDED FOR:
Repayment of short -
term obligations
Retirement of bonds
Repaym't of grant & bond
anticipation notes
Total
TOTAL ASSETS:
203,900
530,615
75,350 5,355
365,011
330,851 53,523
33,078
58,310
975,112 0 0 622,571 58,310
250,000 1,225,794 3,585,270 1,874,993 68,224
38,130,877
0
203,900
530,615
80,705
365,011
0
384,374
33,078
58,310
1.655.993
7,004,281
38,130,877
2,727,000 2,727,000
20,516,000 20,516,000
175,000 0 175,000
0 175,000 2,727,000 20,516,000 23,418,000
$15,389,620 $1,409,912 $6,312,270 $44,574,311 $1,243,664 $20,516,000 $89,445,777
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Financial
Comptroller /Combined Balance Sheet
June 30, 1991
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General
Special
Capital
Enterprise
Treasurer
Long Term
Total
Fund
Revenue
Projects
Funds
Trusts
Debt
June 30, 1991
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES
LIABILITIES:
Warrants payable
$1,234,705
$196,136
$169,688
$222,263
$13,675
$1,836,467
Accrued expenses
348,006
8,638
67,064
61,039
484,747
Accrued sick leave
0
Reserve for abatements
12,079
12,079
Deferred revenues
986,913
986,913
Deposits & other liabilities
32,442
21,291
593,461
647,194
Due to other funds
6,683,644
30,000
39,888
748
6,754,280
Due to other governments
1,333,004
1,333,004
Bond & grant anticipation
notes payable
175,000
2,727,000
2,449,000
5,351,000
Bonds payable
2,424,000
20,516,000
22,940,000
Other
0
Total liabilities:
$10,630,793
$379,774
$2,993,752
$5,217,481
$607,884
$20,516,000
$40,345,684
FUND BALANCES:
Contributed capital
36,982,380
36,982,380
Retained earnings
2,374,450
2,374,450
Fund balances:
Unreserved
1,456,407
928,338
635,780
3,020,525
Reserved for expenditures
2,500,000
2,500,000
Reserved for encumbrances
802,420
101,800
3,318,518
4,222,738
Total fund balances:
4,758,827
1,030,138
3,318,518
39,356,830
635,780
0
49,100,093
TOTAL LIABILITIES
& FUND BALANCES:
$15,389,620
$1,409,912
$6,312,270
$44,574,311
$1,243,664
$20,516,000
$89,445,777
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Financial
Comptroller /Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures
& Changes in Fund Balances — Year Ended June 30, 1991
Total revenues
Governmental Fund Tunes
Special Capital
General Revenue Projects
Fiduciary
Fund Tunes
Expendable
Trust
Proprietary
Funds
Enterprise
Funds
Combined
Totals
Memo Only
1991
REVENUE:
Education
Property taxes —net
$1,952,965
$485,118
$30,594,074
Public works
5,765,775
of abatement of
$42,172,500
4,525,995 10,536,439
Public safety
5,457,790
$42,172,500
Intergovernmental
4,977,130
1,626,360
2,661,984
6,603,490
Motor vehicle excise tax
1,950,455
2,554,133
25,362
1,950,455
Departmental and other
1,398,826
1,545,680
1,890,598
919,296
5,754,400
Interest
451,945
135,504
(27,269)
560,180
Water and sewer billings
5,693,481
6,315,727
Debt service
4,857,233
4,857,233
Special assessments
81,043
81,043
Total revenues
$51,031,899
$3,172,040
$0 $2,026,102
$5,749,260 $61,979,301
EXPENDITURES:
Education
$28,155,991
$1,952,965
$485,118
$30,594,074
Public works
5,765,775
244,669
4,525,995 10,536,439
Public safety
5,457,790
400,419
5,858,209
Pension
2,661,984
2,661,984
General government
2,554,133
25,362
2,579,495
Culture and recreation
1,276,786
4.9,601
57,821
675,601 2,059,809
State & county assessments
888,862
888,862
Health and human services
469,237
153,009
5,693,481
6,315,727
Debt service
3,238,212
8,638
67,064
3,313,914
Total expenditures
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
(USES):
Continued appropriations
Proceeds of bonds and grant
anticipation notes
Repayment of bond and grant
anticipation notes
Transfer from reserve for
abatements
Transfers from(to) other funds
$50,468,770 $2,834,663 $610,003 $5,693,481 $5,201,596 $64,808,513
($779,450)
1,505,043 175,000 3,803,000
(1,669,044)
(1,843,968) 81� 4,780)
($779,450)
5,483,043
(1,669,044)
0
3,282,024 34( 1,398) 281,878
Total other financing
sources (uses) ($2,787,419) ($639,780) $3,803,000 $3,282,024 ($341,398) $3,316,427
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES
OVER EXPENDITURES ($2,224,290) ($302,403) $3,192,997 ($385,355) $206,266 $487,215
FUND BALANCE, JULY 1, 1990 $6,983,117 $1,332,568 $125,521 $1,021,135 $1,428,245 $10,890,586
FUND BALANCE, END OF YEAR $4,758,827 $1,030,165 $3,318,518 $635,780 $1,634,511 $11,377,801
81
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Comptroller /Schedule of Appropriations
June 30, 1991
82
CARRY
TOTAL
ACCOUNT
BUDGET
TkANS.ER
EXPENDED
FORWARD
EXPENDED
BALANCE
Selectmen
Personal Services
$47,389
$2,859
$50,248
$50,248
$0
Expenses
12,200
9,258
9,258
2,942
Election P.S.
14,800
12,675
12,675
2,125
Election exp.
15,100
15,100
0
15,100
0
Town Manager
Personal Services
188,444
21,027
209,471
209,471
0
Expenses
12,850
10,100
10,100
2,750
Temporary Help & OT
36,750
(3,647)
32,652
32,652
451
Clerical Pool
17,434
(6,860)
10,574
10,574
0
Police & Fire Medical
36,444
32,016
617
32,633
3,811
Out of State Travel
7,000
3,533
0
3,533
3,467
Professional Services
79,000
7,601
80,382
125
80,507
6,094
Director of Guides
1,500
1,500
1,500
0
Tuition & Training
14,000
9,767
9,767
4,233
Travel in State
12,500
9,659
9,659
2,841
Art. 5 of 90
311,414
(311,414)
0
0
Appropriation Comm.
Expenses
950
578
578
372
Reserve Fund
Expenses
250,000
(200,344)
0
49,656
Finance
Personal Services
404,826
24,648
429,474
429,474
0
Expenses
144,298
45,139
189,197
240
189,437
0
Law
Legal Fees
143,360
80,000
219,632
219,632
3,728
Expenses
31,640
31,640
31,640
0
Town Clerk
Personal Services
95,331
6,801
102,132
102,132
0
Expenses
2,475
2,238
2,238
237
Election P.S.
25,641
24,693
24,693
948
Election Exp.
6,625
6,172
6,172
453
Registration
Personal Services
1,806
1,678
1,678
128
Expenses
32,920
20,268
20,268
12,652
Conservation Comm.
Personal Services
52,207
6,800
59,006
59,006
1
Expenses
9,650
7,782
7,782
1,868
Planning Board
Personal Services
96,439
9,836
106,270
106,270
5
Expenses
6,900
5,185
1,500
6,685
215
82
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Comptroller /Schedule of Appropriations
June 30, 1991
83
CARRY
TOTAL
ACCOUNT
BUDGET
TRANSFER
EXPENDED
FORWARD
EXPENDED
BALANCE
Board of Appeals
Personal Services
22,627
1,131
23,758
23,758
0
Expenses
900
501
501
399
Public Works
Personal Services
2,371,150
94,426
2,465,576
2,465,576
0
Expenses
3,110,801
15,064
2,826,558
53,611
2,880,169
245,696
Town Reports
Expenses
6,250
4,187
4,187
2,063
Police
Personal Services
2,400,154
58,395
2,458,548
2,458,548
1
Expenses
264,528
7,800
264,477
5,278
269,755
2,573
Fire
Personal Services
2,285,734
119,567
2,405,181
2,405,181
120
Expenses
180,770
14,083
174,896
0
174,896
19,957
Art. 26 of 90 -
27,000
2,906
2,906
24,094
Tank Testing
Building & Zoning
Personal Services
146,967
4,999
150,505
150,505
1,461
Expenses
4,225
4,181
4,181
44
Dog Officer
Personal Services
20,184
4,041
24,225
24,225
0
Expenses
5,000
86
2,960
107
3,067
2,019
Art. 28 of 91 -
80,000
77,103
2,897
80,000
0
School Roof
School
Personal Services
22,300,971
22,068,517
22,068,517
232,454
Expenses
5,326,595
(6,360)
5,285,288
5,285,288
34,947
Art.3 of 90
292,785
(160,252)
132,533
132,533
0
Vocational
710,652
603,212
603,212
107,440
Public Works
Art. 21 of 90
450,000
130,189
228,818
359,007
90,993
Art. 25 of 90
80,000
68,687
10,435
79,122
878
Art. 29 of 90
29,495
17,617
17,617
11,878
Board of Health
Personal Services
96,469
4,904
24,371
24,371
77,002
Expenses
30,950
21,136
4,653
25,789
5,161
Art. 30 of 90
40,000
39,907
39,907
93
Rabies Clinic
3,350
957
1,600
2,557
793
Council on Aging
Personal Services
65,292
13,867
79,159
79,159
0
Expenses
104,672
95,746
2,488
98,234
6,438
Human Services
Replace
70,000
70,000
70,000
0
Personal Services
18,148
728
18,876
18,876
0
Expenses
11,656
23,000
31,090
3,471
34,561
95
Develop. Disabled
11,000
11,000
11,000
0
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Comptroller /Schedule of Appropriations
June 30, 1991
ACCOUNT
BUDGET
TRANSFER
CARRY
EXPENDED FORWARD
TOTAL
EXPENDED
13ALANCE
Lexpress
(186,150)
2,363,002
10,304
2,373,306
161,857
Expenses
232,500
48,000
188,158 16,888
205,046
27,454
Misc. Boards & Comm.
7,400
1,021
509
509
7,912
Library
181,085
32,915
214,000
0
Personal Services
851,561
35,416
886,970
886,970
7
Expenses
230,700
295,877
230,398
230,398
302
Art. 32 of 90
150,000
9,418
159,418
159,418
0
Hi4or:a! Cimm.
92,805
92,805
9,195
Expenses
2,800
3,783
1,690
1,690
1,110
Public Celebration
20,313
7,687
28,000
0
Expenses
10,000
$2,098,732
9,986
9,986
14
Debt Service
262,432
262,432
21,759
Principal
2,075,000
317,704
1,925,000
1,925,000
150,000
Interest
1,392,739
$580,136
1,303,226
1,303,226
89,513
Pension/Retirement
Noncontrib.
198,000
154,001
154,001
43,999
Contributory
2,454,900
53,083
2,507,983
2,507,983
0
Insurance
Expenses
4,011,783
(3,375,742)
636,041
636,041
0
Total General Fund
Enterprise Funds
Sewer
Personal Services
Expenses
Art. 20 of 90
Art 19 of 90
Art. 24 of 90
Total Sewer Fund
Water
Personal Services
Expenses
Art. 20 of 90
Art. 16 of 90
Art. 23 of 90
Total Water Fund
Recreation Fund
Personal Services
Expenses
Total Recreation
$54,297,601 ($3,398,879) $49,280,107 $332,728 $49,612,835 $1,285,887
145,318
142,488
142,488
2,830
2,721,313
(186,150)
2,363,002
10,304
2,373,306
161,857
48,000
48,000
48,000
0
170,000
1,044
168,956
170,000
0
214,000
181,085
32,915
214,000
0
$3,298,631
($186,150)
$2,735,619
$212,175
$2,947,794
$164,687
301,386
295,877
295,877
5,509
2,157,710
(399,710)
1,685,954
1,131
1,687,085
70,915
102,000
92,805
92,805
9,195
645,000
3,783
641,217
645,000
0
28,000
20,313
7,687
28,000
0
$3,234,096
($399,710)
$2,098,732
$650,035
$2,748,767
$85,619
284,191
262,432
262,432
21,759
463,161
50,000
317,704
317,704
195,457
$747,352
$50,000
$580,136
$0
$580,136
$217,216
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Comptroller /Statement of Revenues, Expenditures & Fund Balances - Special Revenue
For the Year Ending June 30, 1991
Balance Transfers/ Balance
July 1, 1990 Adjustments Encumbrances Expenditures Revenue June 30, 1991
Schoollunch $1,815 $806,356 $738,947 ($65,594)
Totals 1 815 $0 $0 $806,356 $738,947 ($65,594)
HIGHWAY
DPW grant 6/7/82
57,640
26,936
30,704
Chapter 637 Acts of 1983
55,051
56,373
(1,322)
Chapter 811 Acts of 1985
92,921
(17,448) 75,344
129
Chapter 90 contract 33645
95,799 9,641 114,993
9,553
Highway layout
49,690
49,690
Ch 91 of 1991 contract 34133
80,000
73,799 73,799
0
Ch 90 of 88
0
1,781
0
Totals
$255,302
($17,448) $95,799 $242,093 $188,792
$88,754
OTHER
SPECIAL REVENUE
Spring St/Hayden Ave
80,000
80,000
H utchinson
875
875
Needy Family
100
100
Traffic imp- N.Lex.
5
5
Traffic imp- S.Lex.
80,000
80,000
Youth
1,781
1,781
LWV "Vote Today" Flag
66
66
Fitness
9,503
10,685
6,669
5,487
School Smoke Detection
30
30
Hats II
(1,360)
2,740
(4,100)
Playground
5,510
394
425
5,541
Benches Marge Battin
9,514
12,060
2,546
N.O.I. Fees /Local Share
865
3,945
4,810
Affordable Housing
4,371
1,760
2,611
Town Hall
270
(270)
Insurance Recovery Police
530
1,004
1,491
1,017
Suicide Prevention Grant
1,313
1,313
Off Duty Detail- Police
(5,363)
303,489
259,289
(49,563)
J.O.I.N.
0
50,000
50,000
0
Greater Boston Police Council
24,773
24,773
0
Lexington D.A.R.E.
3,619
5,072
1,453
Incident Based Rep Info Sys
4,000
4,000
0
Off Duty Detail Fire
3,812
2,850
691
1,653
Heart Defib Program
6,165
6,165
Jaws of Life
2,065
2,065
0
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Comptroller /Statement of Revenues, Expenditures & Fund Balances - Special Revenue
For the Year Ending June 30, 1991
Balance Transfers/ Balance
July 1, 1990 Adjustments Encumbrances Expenditures Revenue June 30, 1991
Insurance Reimb Fire
115
8,618
8,618
115
Sale of Cemetary Lots
40,513
39,831
80,344
Off Duty Custodian
1,648
2,850
2,923
1,721
Insurance Reimb DPW
11,316
54
11,370
Traffic Signs and Fences
5,147
766
5,913
Trees
171
171
Hydrants
11,853
(274)
2,157
14,284
Parking Meter
17,157
(17,157)
169,285
169,285
Parking Permits
155,893
(170,037)
32,410
18,266
Parking Lots
152,806
(152,806)
63,475
63,475
Council on Aging
19,229
19,229
COA- Social Day Care
18,807
25,678
22,431
15,560
COA Transportation Grant
(903)
6,028 5,975
10,570
(2,336)
Meals on Wheels
0
31,264
38,534
7,270
DEA Formula Grant
10,301
10,007
10,007
10,301
Fair Housing
11
85
74
0
MBTA Grant
0
80,000
80,000
0
State Aid to Libraries
21,686
21,483
20,379
20,582
Com Info Referral
7,861
9,511
1,650
0
Literacy Grant
74
74
7,602
7,602
CD -Rom DB
5
5
0
Literacy Grant
4,212
10,528
7,602
1,286
Literacy Gifts
0
0
0
County Dog Fund
1,020
1,020
0
Planning
8,000
8,000
0
Pine Meadows
100,717
(100,717)
0
0
Self Supporting Recreation
80,829
(80,829)
0
Munroe Paving
3,065
3,065
Total
$878,344
($521,546)
6 028 $631,987
$870,240
$589,023
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Comptroller /Statement of Revenues, Expenditures & Fund Balances - Special Revenue
For the Year Ending June 30, 1991
87
Balance
July 1, 1990
Transfers/
Adjustments Encumbrances
Expenditures
Revenue
Balance
June 30, 1991
SCHOOL
SPECIAL REVENUE
Off Duty Custodian
9,279
17,617
19,410
11,072
Adult Education
27,079
94,761
100,041
32,359
Summer Language 91
40,489
28,240
15,754
28,003
Gov Alliance Against Drugs
14,060
14,660
600
Nicaragua
1,640
1,640
0
Project Enhance 90
942
636
306
Comp Health Hum Svcs
6,414
1,432
4,982
Project Mainstream 90
885
271
614
School Imp Council 90
4,272
5,968
1,696
Early Childhood Ed 90
36,807
36,087
(720)
Project Mainstream 91
32,973
35,533
2,560
Metco 91
(220,000)
628,454
848,454
0
Driver Ed
8,228
40,040
44,708
12,896
Lex Spec Svcs 91
1,364
70,194
70,065
1,235
Proj Deep 91
0
Transition 91
86,443
86,513
70
School Bus Tickets
412
3,499
31,400
28,313
Proj Enhance 91
23,155
23,460
305
Lost Books
7,430
(28)
390
7,848
Athletics
(20,000)
452
29,107
8,655
SAT
(518)
1,440
2,400
442
Drama Foundation
12,972
(549)
13,521
Mainstream Preschool 91
0
Consul Speech Lang
70
933
863
0
Ch 1 Lang Arts 91
0
PL 98 -524 Occupational Ed
3,239
3,239
Health Ed Life Skills
36,597
36,597
0
Reg Ed Initiative in E.C.
1,171
1,238
67
Publish It
3,000
3,000
0
Psychological Consultation
3,050
3,050
0
Develop a Planning Team
2,927
3,000
73
Block Simms
119
15,136
15,017
School Consortium
2,500
3,000
500
Special Integration
874
975
101
Block Grant 90
4,422
4,422
0
Summer Lang 90
442
(442)
Eisenhower Science 91
2,938
5,319
2,381
Insurance Reimb School
375
(88)
16,340
16,803
PL 874
9,548
(10,000)
(452)
0
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Comptroller /Statement of Revenues, Expenditures & Fund Balances - Special Revenue
For the Year Ending June 30, 1991
Balance Transfers/ Balance
July 1, 1990 Adjustments Encumbrances Expenditures Revenue June 30, 1991
Materials Foundation
2,535
2,535
Horace Mann
2,328 2,580 252
Mastery in Learn -Drama
1,979
1,979
Susan Spencer Memorial Fund
1,287
39 1,248
Language Arts 92
44,274 44,274
Math Spec Needs
50
50
Spec Needs Spec Pot
(252)
(252)
Spec. Summer Lang
(800)
(800)
School Imp Council
3,605
3,605
Metco 89
358
358
ECIA Block Grant 89
53
53
Horace Mann
200
200
Professional Development
3,025
3,025
Transition 90
1,260
1,260
Desk Top Publishing
8,184
8,184
Ed. Tech. Grant
3,009
3,009
Life Earth Science
159
159
Mid Application Lab
1,288
1,288
Summer Language Low Inc
2,044
2,044
Drama Teach Meth
50
50
Sch. Imp. Council 88
2,359
2,359
Govt Alliance Against Drugs
11,830
11,830
Computer Foundation
230
230
Sch. Imp. Council 89
2,058
2,058
Comp Tech 90
(4,608)
(4,608)
Mainstream Spec Need Teach
100
100
Desk Top Publishing 90
66
66
Early Child Alloc 90
3,681
3,681
Project deep 90
(1,647)
(1,647)
Teacher Math Eisenhower 90
5,266
5,266
Challenge Grant
22,050
22,050
Summer Language 90
442
442
Health & Fitness Ed
(519)
(519)
Total
$197,107 ($246,734)
$0 $1,146,609 $1,502,561 $306,325
SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND TOTAL
$1,332,568 ($785,728) $101,827 $2,827,045 $3,300,540 $918,508
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Christina J. Welch, 41 Locust Ave.
Sandra J. Shaw, 51 Wachusett Dr.
Carolyn C. Wilson, 33 Oak St.
Ruth S. Thomas, 10 Parker St.
Members at Large
Judith J. Uhrig, 15 Vine Brook Rd.
Term Expires 1992
Margery M. Battin, 15 Paul Revere Rd.
Beatrice E. Busa, 18 Philip Rd.
Precinct 5
Norman P. Cohen, 56 Coolidge Ave.
Eric T. Clarke, 29 Moon Hill Rd.
William J. Dailey, Jr., 1 Bushnell Dr.
Karen A. Dooks, 5 Mohawk Dr.
Term Expires 1994
Stephen W. Doran, 315 Bedford St.
Myla Kabat -Zinn, 58 Oak St.
Cynthia L. Blumsack, 15 Holmes Rd.
John C. Eddison, 20 Nickerson Rd.
William W. Welch, Jr., 10 Bird Hill Rd.
Marjorie M. Daggett, 9 Burroughs Rd.
Bernice H. Fallick, 4 Diehl Rd.
William S. Widnall, 22 Summit Rd.
*Joseph J. Dini, 17 Circle Rd. (Pct 1)
Paul W. Marshall, 6 Chandler St.
Lynda A. Wik, 56 Robbins Rd.
Sam Silverman, 18 Ingleside Rd.
Leo P. McSweeney, 84 Shade St.
Melinda D. Vinton, 11 Leonard Rd.
Jacquelyn R. Smith, 4 Clematis Rd.
Precinct 3
Mary Kathryn Wolf, 116 East Emerson Rd.
JoAnn B. Wortman, 45A Ridge Rd.
Precinct 1
Term Expires 1994
*Serves until 1992 local election
Samuel Berman, 11 Barbarry Rd.
Term Expires 1994
Jaqueline B. Davison, 86 Spring St.
Term Expires 1993
Joel A. Adler, 22 Village Circle Rd.
Dan H. Fenn, Jr., 59 Potter Pond
Wallace Cupp, 141 Woburn St.
Chaur -Ming Chou, 27 Whipple Rd.
Elizabeth Haines, 279 Concord Ave.
Elaine Dratch, 2 Maureen Rd.
Jean W. Cote, 23 Whipple Rd.
Jeanne K. Krieger, 44 Webster Rd.
Andrew J.Friedlich, 22 Young St.
*Frederick H. Hagedorn, 17 Fiske Rd.
Vicky L. Schwartz, 3 Lawrence Ln.
John Hayward, 358 Woburn St.
Ronald Levy, 15 Bryant Rd.
Caleb Warner, 546 Concord Ave.
Judy C. Leader, 17 Fairfield Dr.
Ruth J. Walton, 27 Maple St.
Ephraim Weiss, 462 Lowell St.
Judith L. Zabin, I Page Rd.
Term Expires 1993
David G. Williams, 1433 Massachusetts Ave.
Joy C. Buchfirer, 237 Worthen Rd. East
Term Expires 1993
John P. Carroll, 29 Allen St.
Term Expires 1992
Nancy M. Adler, 22 Village Circle Rd.
Don J. J. Cordell, 76 Grassland St.
Howard Cravis, 6 Rogers Rd.
James A. Cataldo, 52 Bow St.
Erna S. Greene, 25 Bridge St.
Paul E. Hamburger, 18 Cooke Rd.
William A. Busa, 8 Farm Rd.
Gloria V. Holland, 38 Webster Rd.
Leona W. Martin, 19 Thoreau Rd.
Rona G. Cohen, 20 Peachtree Rd.
Richard L. Neumeier, 2 Pitcairn Pl.
Eric J. Michelson, 1475 Massachusetts Ave.
John E. Curry, 33 Sanderson Rd.
Ruth F. Souza, 542 Concord Ave.
Paul Newman, 35 Grant St.
Sam V. Nablo, 15 Fiske Rd.
Samuel L. Powers, 7 Dunham St.
Albert P. Zabin, 1 Page Rd.
Term Expires 1992
Jolley Anne Weinstock, 17 Thoreau Rd.
Daniel Ziedelis, 15 Tyler Rd.
Robert N. Cohen, 87 Bridge St.
Bruce Collier, 2 Barberry Rd.
Precinct 6
Term Expires 1992
Carol J. Grodzins, 15 Barberry Rd.
* *John P. Breen, 8 Crescent Hill Ave.
Marilyn K. Mairson, 29 Lawrence Ln.
Term Expires 1994
Daniel P. Busa, Jr., 6 Farm Rd.
Mary Edna Neumeier, 2 Pitcairn PI.
Marshall J. Derby, 23 Suzanne Rd.
George E. Cooper, 133 Emerson Gardens
Marian C. Reilly, 25 Walnut St.
Edmund C. Grant, 27 Grove St.
Nancy C. Gordon, 10 Fiske Rd.
Francis W. K. Smith, 4 Clematis Rd.
Joyce A. Miller, 17 Oakland St.
James A. Nicoloro, 4 Winship Rd.
Jane Pagett, 10 Oakmont Cir.
Ronald Christopher Russo, 369 Lowell St.
Precinct 4
Edith Sandy, 353 North Emerson Rd.
Barry E. Sampson, 8 Brandon St.
Frank Sandy, 353 North Emerson Rd.
James S. Wilson, 155 Emerson Gardens Rd.
Term Expires 1994
Marcia M. Stille, 5 Hawthorne Rd.
*Resigned 3/28/91
Gerald L. Abegg, 261 Waltham St.
* *Replaced Hagedorn 4/1/91
Katherine G. Fricker, 93 Marrett Rd.
Term Expires 1993
Carol B. Hartman, 16 Bloomfield St.
Margaret N. Brooke, 26 Hancock St.
Precinct 2
Peter C. J. Kelley, 24 Forest St.
*Michael W. Golay, 6 Oakland St.
Patricia W. McLaughlin, 64 Baskin Rd.
Daniel J. Greenwood, 74 Hancock St.
Term Expires 1994
Karsten Sorensen, 1 Vine Brook Rd.
Morton G. Kahan, 44 Hancock St.
Elizabeth H. Clarke, 29 Moon Hill Rd.
Judith B. Marshall, 6 Chandler St.
Ellsworth H. Fisher, 8 Great Rock Rd.
Term Expires 1993
H. Bigelow Moore, 50 Hancock St.
Manta B. Hartshorn, 28 Locust Ave.
Michelle L. Ciccolo, 11 Bennington Rd.
William T. Spencer, 32 Hancock St.
Michael J. O'Sullivan, 12 Aerial St.
Lois Coit, 32 Vine Brook Rd.
*Resigned 10/1/91
Edna M. Welch, 10 Bird Hill Rd.
L. Gail Colwell, 127 Kendall Rd.
William S. Widnall, 22 Summit Rd.
Ronald W. Colwell, 127 Kendall Rd.
Term Expires 1992
Alan B. Wilson, 33 Oak St.
Peter David Enrich, 35 Clarke St.
* *Peter Diamond, 15 Frankln Rd.
Donald D. Wilson, 36 Fern St.
Margaret F. Rawls, 9 Winthrop Rd.
Robert H. Domnitz, 14 Oakland St.
Martin K. White, 50 Bloomfield St.
Catherine S. England, 34 Grant St.
Term Expires 1993
Alan J. Lazarus, 22 Woodland Rd.
Leonora K. Feeney, 4 Moon Hill Rd.
Term Expires 1992
John A. Oberteuffer, 14 Glen Rd. South
John R. Holt, 736 Massachusetts Ave.
Nyles Nathan Barnert, 142 Worthen Rd.
Sara F. Schoman, 11 Hancock Ave.
Daniel A. Lucas, 3 Tower Rd.
Julian J. Bussgang, 2 Forest St.
Jacquelin D. Weinstock, 81 Hancock St.
Kristin S. O'Sullivan, 12 Aerial St.
Nancy M. Cannalonga, 120 Kendall Rd.
Robert V. Whitman, 5 Hancock Ave.
Arthur C. Smith, 51 Follen Rd.
Nicholas Santosuosso, 2 Washington St.
* *Replaced Golay 10/7/91
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Precinct 7
Alan Mayer Levine, 54 Reed St.
Lexington Housing Authority
Sharon MacDonald, 10 Milk St.
William T. Spencer, Chmn.
1995
Term Expires 1994
Gordon Osgood, 52 Ward St.
Donald D. Wilson, V. Chmn.
1994
Marsha E. Baker, 46 Burlington St.
Dennis Sullivan, 28 Homestead St.
*Leona Martin
1992
Casimir R. Groblewski, 23 Dewey Rd.
Ruth J. Nablo
1992
Fred M. Martin, 29 Dewey Rd.
Precinct 9
Nicholas Santosuosso
1996
*Jennie S. Oberholtzer, 187 Grove St.
*State appointed
Jeanette P. Webb, 7 Eaton Rd.
Term Expires 1994
his G. Wheaton, 5 Hadley Rd.
Jane P. Buckley, 46 Middle St.
Appointed by Selectmen
Polly Woodworth, 26 Bertwell Rd.
Richard L. Canale, 29 Shade St.
*Moved out -of -town 10/91
Paul E. Mazerall, 32 Roosevelt Rd.
Town Manager
Janet M. Perry, 16 Ellison Rd.
Richard J. White
1993
Term Expires 1993
Simon Prensky, 222 Lincoln St.
Catherine M. D. Abbott, 38 Eldred St.
Fred D. Rosenberg, 165 Wood St.
Comptroller
Robert M. Farias, 21 Eldred St.
lames J. Scanlon, 10 Springdale Rd.
John J. Ryan
1992
Audrey J. Friend, 84 Fifer Ln.
John E. Taylor, 11 Linmoor Ter.
Term Expires 1993
Town Counsel
Jacquelyn H. Ward, 15 Robinson Rd.
Alice J. Adler, 10 Nickerson Rd.
Palmer & Dodge,
James C. Wood, Jr., 51 Gleason Rd.
Diane C. Aronson, 34 Stimson Ave.
Norman P. Cohen
1993
Martha C. Wood, 51 Gleason Rd.
Deborah B. Green, 17 Fairbanks Rd.
James A. Hester, Jr. 66 School St.
Executive Clerk
Janice A. Kennedy, 135 Wood St.
Sara Peters
1993
Term Expires 1992
Isabel H. Mroczkowski, 4 Frances Rd.
Richard Schaye, 7 Jean Rd.
Fence Viewers
#John P. Attanucci, 191 Grove St.
Martin Gilman
1992
Theodore D. Chuang, 11 Carriage Dr.
Term Expires 1992
William H. Sullivan
1992
Renee T. Cochin, 7 Partridge Rd.
Kenneth O. Alves, 62 Wood St.
* *Clark A. Cowen, 104 Fifer Ln.
Margaret E. Coppe, 12 Barrymeade Dr.
Keeper of the Lockup
*Stan N. Finklestein, 9 Drummer Boy Way
Frank 1. Kava, 60 Shade St.
Paul E. Furdon
1992
+ +William E. Fallon, 20 Eaton Rd.
Louise V. T. Kava, 60 Shade St.
+Winifred L. L. Friedman, 176 Grove St.
Eleanor H. Klauminzer, 8 Lincoln Ter.
Registrars of Voters
Linda Horowitz, 123 Blake Rd.
Louis F. LeBlanc, 456 Marren Rd.
Mary Abegg
1994
Richard B. Wolk, 5 Jeffrey Ter.
Richard M. Perry, 16 Ellison Rd.
Luanna E. Devenis
1993
#Replaced Oberholzer 11/4/91
Connie Foster
1992
*Resigned 9/13/91
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Bernice H. Fallick, Clerk
* *Replaced Finklestein 4/2/91
+Resigned 3/26/91
Director of Guides
+ +Replaced Friedman 4/2/91
Elected Town Officers
Cornelius P. Cronin (to 10/91)
Precinct 8
Board of Selectmen
Board of Appeals
Jacquelyn R. Smith, Chmn.
1992
Anne R. Scigliano, Chmn.
1993
Term Expires 1994
William J. Dailey, Jr.
1994
Francis W. K. Smith, V.Chmn.
1992
Donald L. Bailey, 84 Reed St.
John C. Eddison
1993
John McWeeney
1994
Richard H. Battin, 15 Paul Revere Rd.
Paul W. Marshall
1993
Robert V. Whitman
1995
Susan A. Blieden, 39 Reed St.
Leo P. McSweeney
1992
Edwin P. Whittemore, Jr.
1996
Charles M. Cullen, 6 Gerard Tern
Steven J. Hurley, 70 Reed St.
Town Moderator
Board of Appeals Associates
Kathleen Vogt Kissel, 17 Manning St.
Margery M. Battin
1992
Nyles N. Barnett
1992
Carolyn H. Tiffany, 109 Reed St.
Eric T. Clarke
1992
School Committee
William C. Hays
1992
Term Expires 1993
Lois J. Coit, Chmn.
1992
Arthur C. Smith
1992
Roger F. Borghesani, 24 Hastings Rd.
John Oberteuffer
1992
Judith Uhrig
1992
Florence E. Connor, 12 Cedar St.
Sheldon A. Spector
1993
Maria Constantinides, 32 Bellflower St.
Polly H. Woodworth
1994
Representative to MWRA
Ione Garing, 157 Cedar St.
Albert P. Zabin
1994
James P. Reilly
Richard A. Michelson, 54 Asbury St.
Jack Sarmanian, 330 Bedford St.
Planning Board
Joint Regional Transportation Committee
Margaret Schwartz, 18 Harbell St.
David G. Williams, Chmn.
1994
Policy Advisory Group to MAPC
Jacqueline B. Davison
1992
Carole O. Sonduck, Lexington Rep.
Term Expires 1992
Robert H. Domnitz
1995
Diana Garcia, 3 Gerald Ter.
Edmund C. Grant
1996
Bridge Charitable Fund
Charles Hornig, 67 Reed St.
Martha C. Wood
1993
Alan S. Fields
1994
Jay R. Kaufman, 1 Childs Rd.
Thomas G. Taylor
1994
David G. Williams
1993
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Cable TV and Communications Advisory
Committee
Caleb Warner, Chmn.
1993
Julian J. Bussgang
1992
Theodore Mairson
1993
William T. Spencer
1993
Martha Stanton
1994
Julie Triessl
1994
Sydney K. Whiting
1993
Leo P. McSweeney, Selectman Liaison
1994
Condominium Conversion Board
Diane T. Lund, Chmn.
Catherine M. Deans
Thomas Gouzoule
Daniel J. Griffin, Jr.
Marjorie Weerts
Design Advisory Committee (DAC)
John Frey, Chmn.
Richard Bechtel
Kerry Brandin
Thomas Coffman
Barbara Hulsizer
Stever Hurley
Margaret D. Read
John Vinton
Elizabeth Whitman
John C. Eddison, Selectman Liaison
DAC Associates
Elaine Adler
Robert Bradley
Albert Huang
Don H. Olson
Robert Ossma
Walter S. Pierce
Fair Housing Committee
Gerri C. Weathers, Chmn.
Florence A. Baturin
James R. Brannon
Mary Haskell
Leona Martin
Robert Pressman
William T. Spencer
Paul W. Marshall, Selectman Liaison
Gammel Legacy Trust
Elizabeth M. Flynn
Leona W. Martin
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Hanscom Field Working Committee
Frank Sandy
Heavy Equipment Noise Committee
Joy C. Buchfirer, Chmn.
Elizabeth M. Flynn
Thomas M. Spera
Istvan L. Ver
Historic Districts Commission (HDC)
#Stephen M. Politi
1995
+Linda McAulay
1994
* *Richard S. Morehouse
1996
*Walter S. Pierce
1996
*John E. Ryan
1993
HDC Associate Members
Human Services Enablement Subcommittee
#Walter H. Bergler
1993
+Elizabeth B. Cotten
1994
*Clark L. Griffith
1996
+Molly Nye
1993
*Lexington Historical Society appointee
Human Services Enablement Subcommittee
+Arts & Crafts Society appointee
Robert J. Harris, Chairman
* *Board of Selectmen appointee
Eileen D. & Natalie Cohen
#Cary Library appointee
Joanne C. Fray
Human Services Committee
Ellen C. Hall
Renee Cochin, Co -Chair
1992
Ann W. Irving, Co -Chair
1993
Mimi Aarens
1994
Robert M. Cushman
1992
Eva S. Glick
1992
Donna M. Hooper
1993
Dennis T. Murakami
1994
Richard W. Safford
1993
Paul W. Marshall, Selectman Liaison
1992
Human Services Enablement Subcommittee
1992
Robert J. Harris, Chairman
1992
Eileen D. & Natalie Cohen
1992
Joanne C. Fray
1992
Ellen C. Hall
1992
Cari Luterman
1992
Thomas A. McKinnon
Richard & Karen Safford
Nancy P. Schock
Marion Shepp
1992
Gary Strome
1992
Martha Ziegler
Hanscom Area Towns Committee (HATS II)
John E. Eddison, Selectman Rep.
John E. Taylor, at large & HFAC liaison
Edund C. Grant, Planning Board Rep.
Hanscom Field Advisory Commission
(HFAC)
John Taylor, Selection's Rep. 1993
Robert Domnitz 1993
Benjamin Obear 1993
Graydon Wheaton 1993
Lexington Center Committee
F. David Wells, Chmn.
Edward Barsamian
William Bowen
Fay Bussgang
Carla Fortmann
Stever J. Hurley
Morton Kahan
Robert L. Ossman
Margaret D. Read
Judith Uhrig
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Lexington Council for the Arts
Melinda Vinton, Chmn.
Vivian Berman
Robert Frank
Robert Gartside
Penelope Hart
Donald Langosy
Elizabeth Parsons
Samuel L. Powers
Stephanie S. Reich
John C. Eddison, Sel. Liaison
Lexington Housing Assistance Board
Marshall J. Derby, Chmn.
David F. Eagle, Treas.
William C. Hays
Gerald W. Howell
Eleanor Klauminzer
Lynda A. Wik
Donald D. Wilson
Paul W. Marshall, Selectman Liaison
Lexington Lighting Options Committee
John Davies
Myla Kabat -Zinn
Peter Kovner
Don H. Olson
Metropolitan State Hospital Land Task
Force
Leo McSweeney, Chmn.
Jacqueline Davison, Planning Bd. Rep.
Angela E. Frick
Jacquelyn R. Smith
David G. Williams
Minuteman Commuter Bikeway
Implementation Committee
John C. Eddison, Chmn.
Claire C. Dean
Robert Eby, ex- officio
Angela Frick, ex- officio
Elizabeth C. Hughes
Robert L. Ossman
Webb Sussman, ex- officio
Jerrold H. VanHook
James S. Wilson
Martha C. Wood
Personnel Advisory Board
Elmer S. Guilmartin,
Jason Berger
Vahe Dermanuelian
Charlotte H. Evans
Deborah R. Myers
Janet M. Perry
Kendall Wright
Police Manual Policy Committee
William J. Dailey, Jr., Chmn
Edith E. Flynn
Chief Paul Furdon
William C. Hays
Gerald L. McLeod
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Town Celebrations Committee
Jacquelin Weinstock
1993
DPW Superintendent of Highways and
William P. Fitzgerald, Chmn.
1992
Jacquelyn Ward, Assoc.
1993
Drains
Winston E. Flynn, V. Ch.
1994
Jacquelyn R. Smith, Sel. Liaison
David F. Turocy
Dawn E. McKenna, V. Ch.
1993
*Schools Rep. 1991
Raymond J. Flynn
1992
DPW Superintendent of Operations
C. Jean Coates
1992
Joe Medlin
Adrienne A. Della Penna
1992
Appointed by Moderator
John J. Hayden
1993
Superintendent of Parks & Trees
Paul W. Jenkins
1994
Appropriation Committee
Dale Gaasland
Jane Pagett, Chmn.
1993
Town Celebrations Subcommittee
George A. Burnell
1994
Superintendent of Water and Sewer
Eric Carlson
1992
John Curry
1993
Enterprise
Walter Ellis
1992
Ron Levy
1992
William Hadley
John B. Graham, Jr.
1992
Marilyn K. Mairson
1993
Sondra Lucente
1992
Sam Nablo
1994
Cemetery Superintendent
Marion H. Snow, Assoc.
(no term)
Michael J. O'Sullivan
1992
Warren M. Monsignore
Joseph Steinkrauss
1992
Richard M. Perry
1992
Ruth F. Souza
1994
Chief of Police
Town Report Committee
John J. Ryan, Ex- officio
Paul E. Furdon
Robert Morrison, Chmn.
1992
John Ayvazian
1992
Capital Expenditures Committee
Fire Chief
Adrenne A. Della Penna
1992
Paul E. Hamburger, Chmn.
1993
John D. Bergeron
Joyce Fearnside
1992
Nicholas A. Cannalonga
1992
Winifred Friedman
1992
Karen A. Dooks
1993
Assistant Fire Chief
Robert Halfman
1992
Ronald G. Grammont
1994
John T. McDonough, Jr.
Ruth Karpinski
1990
Gloria V. Holland
1992
Anne Scigliano
1990
Animal Control Officer
Cary Lecture Committee
Kathy P. Fox
Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
Raymond J. Culler, Chmn.
1992
Peter M. Chalpin, Chmn.
1992
Constance E. Devereux
1992
Building Commissioner
Eric T. Clarke
1992
Barbara Meek
1992
Steven R. Frederickson
Dana Regillo, Assoc.
1992
Catherine England
1992
Myla Kabat -Zinn
1992
Electrical Inspector
Regional School District Committee
William E. Corcoran
Capt. James Kilmartin
1992
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William F. Mix
1992
Nyles N. Barnert, Lexington Rep.
1993
Mechanical and Plumbing Inspector
Robert Trask
1992
Joseph F. Doherty
Transportation Advisory Committee
Appointed by Town Manager
Sealer of Weights &Measures
Sara Arnold, Chmn.
1994
William F. Mix, Co -Chmn.
1992
David Ferrick
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Elizabeth Andrews
1994
Assistant to the Town Manager
Lyme Burgin
1993
Deborah A. Radway
Director of Veterans Services /Veterans
S Ily Castleman
1992
Town Clerk
Graves Officer
Lawrence P. Chait
1992
John J. Ryan
Bernice H. Fallick
Donald M. Graham
1993
Nicholas Santosuosso
1993
Human Services Coordinator /Veterans Clerk
Carole Sonduck
1994
Revenue Officer
Stephen Baran
Robert Ebersole (thru 10/91)
Jacquelyn R. Smith, Sel. Liaison
LEXPRESS Coordinator
Planning Director*
Pauline D. Burke
Trustees of Public Trusts
Robert A. Bowyer
Alan S. Fields
1992
*With approval of the Planning Board
Civil Defense Director
Thomas G. Taylor
1994
Health Director
John D. Bergeron
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David G. Williams
1996
George A. Smith, Jr.
Field Drivers
Waste Management Advisory Committee
Director of Public Works /Engineering
James F. Corr
Mary W. Miley, Chmn.
1991
Richard E. Spiers
Regina Blaber
1993
Katherine G.
1993
Board of Assessors
Magdelena Himmel
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1991
Town Engineer
Robert A. Leone, Chmn. 1993
*Richard Raczkowski
Francis X. Fields
Robert N. Foster 1993
William Red path
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DPW Administrative Assistant
Sarah Robinson 1994
Richard Reibstein
1993
Erma M. Jordan
Harald M. Scheid, Town Assessor
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Permanent Building Committee
Lincoln Street Subcommittee
George D. Anderson
1991
William P. Kennedy, Jr., Ch.
1993
Kristine Burton
Roy J. Murphy
1991
Theodore M. Edson
1994
Donald Chisholm
Ronald B. Wells
1990
John F. Kennedy
1993
Richard Kirk
William J. Young
1991
James J. Scanlon
1994
Ralph Lord
*Peter Johnson
(thru 1991)
Nell Walker
Conservation Administrator
* * *Mary Lou Touart
(no term)
David G. Williams
Marilyn Nordby
* *Ann Wallace
(no term)
Carolny Wilson
*Appointed by School Committee
Recreation Director
* *Appointed by Library Trustees
Youth Commission
Joan D. Halverson
Nancy L. Barter, Chmn. 1992
Town Manager Appointed with Selectmen's
Mark A. Bellino 1994
Council on Aging Director
Approval
Lee A. Matzilli 1990
Linda Crew Vine
Joseph O'Leary 1990
Board of Health
Ruth J. Walton 1993
Biosafety Committee
Stan N. Finkelstein, Chmn.
1992
Lynda A. Wik 1994
Dan H. Fenn, Jr. Chmn.
1990
Donald A. Goldmann
1994
Leo P. McSweeney, Selectman Liaison
Harry W. Orf
1990
Barbara Marshall
1993
Charlotte Perry Dougherty
1990
Youth Members (1991 -92)
Iclal Hartman
1991
STD /AIDS Task Force - Bd. Health
Douglas Lucente, Student Coord.
*Donald A. Goldmann
1991
Barbara Neustadt, Chmn.
Heather Hintlian, Secty.
*George A. Smith, Jr.
Steve Baran
Keith Champney
*Board of Health Reps.
William Blout
Liz Dubin
Local Building Code Board of Appeals
Stan Finkelstein
Dana Easton
Danielle Ferullo
Emanuele Coscia, Jr.
1994
Sara Hale, R.N.
Meredith Freemqan
John L. Davies
1993
Julian Pearlman
Sally Knapp
Peter F. DiMatteo
1992
Stanley W. Schultz, Jr.
Patrick McDonough
Luigi DiNapoli
1994
Conservation Commission
Beverly Ray
Francis X. Fields
1994
Beth Roger
Richard J. Pe
Perry
1991
Joyce A. Miller, Chairman
1991
Brian Skinner
Joel A. Adler
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MAPC Representative
Lisa A. Baci
1992
Youth Awards
Joe Marino
Angela E. Frick
1993
Stephen M. Politi, Chmn.
Robert C. Stewart
1992
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Richard B. Wolk
1990
John D. Bergeron, Convenor
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David Lang seth
Appointed or Elected by Other Agencies
Christopher R. Anderson
Council on Aging
Elizabeth S. Banks
Dorothy M. Boggia, Chmn.
1993
Board of Retirement
Pauline D. Burke
Robert Borshay
1994
Robert Cunha, Chairman, Employees Rep.
Allen M. Ducatman
Monica Chang
1993
Robert M. Gary
Paul Fitzpatrick
James F. Fenske
1993
John J. Ryan
Paul E. Furdon
Edmund C. Grant
1994
Lynn Knight
Kevin C. Grimes
1993
Cary Memorial Library
Nancy M. Kominkiewicz
Sumner Harris
1992
(As stipulated by bequest of Maria Hastings
Gregg O'Ryon
Beth Schultz Klarman
1992
Cary)
George E. Smith
Harriet Holzman Onello
1992
Richard E. Spiers
Barbara Rubin
1993
Trustees include all selectmen, all members of
Peter Torode
Muriel Taylor
1994
school committee and "settled clergy" of the
Charles D. Wyman
lack Eddison, Selectman Liaison
town
Paul Zybert
Historical Commission
Executive Committee (elected by Library
Minuteman Cane Award Selection
Martin A. Gilman, Chmn.
1993
Trustees)
Committee
Isabella D. Hagelstein
1993
William J. Dailey, Jr. Chmn.
David G. Williams, Chmn.
Virginia A. Nicholson
1994
Rev. Peter Meek, V. Chmn.
Dorothy Boggia
Brucia Witthoft
1992
Rev. Brian S. Dixon
Raymond Culler
John A. Oberteuffer
Edward Donnelly
Recreation Committee
Jacquelyn R. Smith
Seymour Mandel
Donald A. Chisholm, Chmn.
1993
Natalie Mosby
Margaret D. Keeping
1992
Advisory Committee (appointed by Executive
Lodia Parilla
Harvey D. Lowell
1992
Committee)
Sheldon Spector
Sandra Shaw
1994
Vicky L. Schwartz, Chairman
Lawrence Whipple
Carolyn C. Wilson
1991
Charles A. Butts, Jr.
Bill Wildes
Dale Gaasland, Ex- Officio
Ione D. Garing
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Timothy P. Hart
Susan E. LaLone
Theodore Mairson
Ann Wallace
Nancy R. Winsten
Director (appointed by Trustees)
Robert C. Hilton
Lexington Housing Authoritv Aumointed
Rita L. Sullivan, Executive Director and
Secretary of the Corporation
School Committee Atminted
Acting Superintendent of Schools
Richard H. Barnes
Associate Superintendent of Schools For
Curriculum and Instruction
Bruce Storm
Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and
Administration
Carol Pilarski
Site Based Management Councils
Directory V:5
Assistant Superintendent for Planning and
Business Affaairs
Frank DiGiammarino
Director of School Building Operation
John J. Moynihan
Principals (Elementary)
Bowman - Kay Dillmore (Acting)
Bridge - William C. Terris
Estabrook - David Horton
Fiske - Ellen S. Difantis
Harrington - Paul L. Foley
Principals (Middle)
Clarke Pamela Houlares
David Daviau (Asst.)
Diamond - Joanne Hennessy
Vicki Kollen (Asst.)
Principals (High School)
David A. Wilson
Assoc. for Curriculum - Paul A. Brown
Asst. for Business & Facilities - Anthony V
Capezza, Jr.
Asst. for Special Services - Diane Lande
Asst. for Student Affairs - Lawrence
M.Robinson
Department Heads /Coordinators
Math Dept (9 -12) - Arthur Dulong
Business Ed. & Info Science - Howard C.
Llewellyn
Adm. of Special Education - Paul F. Lombard
Phys. Ed /Athletics - Ralph V. Lord
Coord. Guidance - Robert Miner
Coord. Social Studies (K -12) - John J.
Papadonis
Coord. Fine Arts (K -12) - Walter Pavasaris
Coord. METCO - Cheryl Prescott
Coord. Foreign Lang. (4 -12) - Mary Alice
Samii
Drama Supervisor - Priscilla Sanville
Math Coord.(K -12) - Ronald A. Schutt
Coord. Instructional Materials & Services -
Martha Stanton
Coord. Science (K -12) - Nicholas Tzimopoulos
Coord. Language Arts /Reading (K -12) - Joseph
C. Walsh
(all staff exc. *parents #community)
Richard Gilman
Joan Dewsbury
Nicholas Delfino
Pamela Houlares
*Peter Franks
Satenik Dermanuelian
Bowman
Nancy Husbands (Co- Facilitator)
*Betsy Garland
Richard Dixon
Anne Carothers
Loretta McCormack
Elaine Hooper
Paul Foley, Chair
*Marian Cohen
Helena Seyferth (Co- Facilitator)
David Horton
Joseph Josiassen
Cathy Cote
*Susan Staecker
*Steven Manos
Sally Josiassen
Kay Dillmore, Chair
Rick Thibeault
Phyllis Oppenheim
Bonnie Knapp
#Ann Justice
Arden Veley
Susan Orenstein
*Carol Liff
Steven Levy
*Li -Wen Wang
Renee Sack, Chair
#Rev. Geoffrey Rimositis
*Ben Littauer
*Susan Villani
Judith Wiggin
Mary Marden
Diamond
#Nancy McClave
Nancy Bender
Fiske
Lexington High School
Margery Pell
Marcia Cavatorta
Bea Busa
Peggy Dyro
#Marge Daggett
Sara Brooks, Chair
Jeff Glew
Bridge
Ron Godfrey, Chair
Alan Cooper
Ed Good,Chair
Sue Gordon
Mary Hansen
Linda Corbett
Michael Gordon (student)
Barbara Lockwood
Joanne Hennessy
Elaine Curtis
Andreas Hipple (student)
Jane Long
#Jane King
Ellen DiFantis
#Alan Lazarus
Pat Morrissey
Dick Kollen
#Catherine Jones
Jeff Leonard
#Patty McLaughlin
Dan Murphy
Sylvia Kalambokas
George McCormack
*Jane Nestel -Pact
Ann Northup
*Peter Kelly
George Mechem
Alex Popp, Chair
Kathi O'Sullivan
*Barbara Lucas
*Paul Newman
*Laurie Talarico
*Grace Trivers
#Erik Michelson
David Olney
Bill Terris
*Linda Zahn
.Elin Schultz
Susan St. Pierre (student)
Lorraine Ward
Drue Secrist
Peg Schwartz
Estabrook
*Lana Teplick
Clarke
Barbara Bello
Harrington
#Graydon Wheaton
Anthony Circo
Sharon Burr
*Bruce Chew
David A. Wilson
Regina Conley
Bonnie Clark
Nishan Dagley
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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 2, Bowman School
Precinct 3, Clarke Middle School
Precinct 4, High School
Precinct 5, Cary Memorial Hall
How to Contact Your Representatives
President of the United States
George Bush (R)
Office of the President, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500
United States Senators
Edward M. Kennedy (D) Phone: 617 -565 -3170
4th Floor, Room 409, JFK Federal Building, Boston, 02203
Phone: 202 - 224 -4543; 315 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington,
D.C. 20510
John F. Kerry (D) Phone: 617 -565 -8519; Room 3220,
10 Park Plaza Transportation Bldg., Boston, 02116
Phone: 202 - 224 -2742; 421 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington,
D.C. 20510
United States Representative, 7th Congressional District
Edward J. Markey (D) Phone: 617 - 396 -2900
Room 101, 5 High Street, Medford, 02155
Phone: 202-225-2836;2133 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington,
D.C. 20515
Governor
William F. Weld (R) Phone: 617 - 727 -3600
State House, Boston, 02133
Lexington Gazetteer
Precinct 6, Diamond Middle School
Precinct 7, Estabrook School
Precinct 8, Central Fire Station
Precinct 9, Maria Hastings School
Governor's Executive Council, Sixth District
Daniel G. Hurley (D) Phone: 617- 727 -2795
Room 184, State House, Boston, 02133
State Senator, 4th Middlesex District
Robert A. Havern (D) Phone: 617- 722 -1432
Room 506, State House, Boston, 02133
35 Bartlett Avenue, Arlington, 02174
House of Representatives, 15th Middlesex District
Stephen W. Doran (D) Phone: 722 -2040
Room 164, State House, Boston, 02133
Phone: 861 -7566; 315 Bedford Street, Lexington, 02173
Lexington office hours - First Thursday of the month:
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Selectmen's Office, Town Office Building
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon Senior Center, 1475 Massachusetts Avenue
Middlesex County Commissioners
Edward J. Kennedy (D), Chairman
Thomas J. Larkin (D)
Francis X. Flaherty, Esq.(D)
Phone: 617 - 494 -4100; Superior Court House;
40 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, 02141
Settled 1642, incorporated as Town of Lexington 1713
Public streets (accepted) in miles
125.05
Public streets (unaccepted) in miles
12.12
Population 1991 Census 29,697
Condominium and private drives
4.75
1990 30,225
State Highways
18.98
1989 29,677
Trunk sewers
34.09
1988 29,294
Street sewers
121.57
1987 29,361
Water mains
155.10
1985 29,224
1980 29,479
1970 31,886
Assessed valuation Fiscal Year 1991
1960 27,691
Residential /Open Space
$2,519,321,000
1950 17,335
Commercial
379,126,000
Industrial
98,859,000
Population density per square mile
1,784.67
Entire town real estate valuation
$3,185,847,100
Number of households, 1991
10,746
Personal Property
54,052,800
Total town, including personal property
$3,051,398,800
Area of town in acres
10,650.42
Area of town in square miles
16.64
Tax Rate per $1,000 (Fiscal Year 1991)
Extreme length in miles
5.80
Residential /Open Space
$12.23
Extreme width in miles
4.85
Commercial /Industrial
23.80
Highest elevation (feet above mean sea level)
374.
Personal Property
23.80
Lowest elevation (feet above mean sea level)
110.
Town -owned conservation land in acres
1,153.59
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Police: 862 -1212 Fire: 862 -0270
Ambulance: 862— 0270 (emergency only) Public Works: 862 -1618
On all calls, give name and address, describe the problem and make sure the message is uunderstood.
Emergency signals on town fire whistle
4444 —Alert Warning: Turn on your radio or television to receive emergency information 2222 Final Warning
Holidays for Town Offices, Libraries and Trash Collection
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, President's Day, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Following a holiday, all trash collection will be one day later that week.
School Department
Lexington 1
-Offices
Administrative Office & Receptionist
861 -2580
Animal Control
861 -2740
Health Department
861 -2700
Public Works Garage
862 -1618
Animal Shelter
861 -2701
Housing Authority
861-0900
201 Bedford Street
Highway
861 -2759
3:30PM- 4:30PM
861 -2540
(Countryside Village)
861 -2450
Mechanics
861 -2760
Assessor's Office
861 -2703
Human Services/
861 -2742
Park and Tree
861 -2758
Board of Appeals
861 -2707
Veteran's Agent
861 -2510
Water and Sewer
861 -2757
LEXPRESS
861 -1210
Billing
861 -2779
Board of Selectmen
861 -2708
Purchasing
861 -2721
Building/Inspection
861 -2711
Library(Main)
862 -0288
Recreation
861 -2762
Cemetery Department
861 -2718
Library (Branch)
862 -2773
Personnel
861 -2777
Retirement
861 -2720
Comptroller's Office
861 -2722
Tax Collector
861 -2765
Conservation
861 -2726
Planning Board
861 -2745
Police Department
862 -1212
Treasurer's Office
861 -2768
Council on Aging
861 -0194
Town Clerk's Office
861 -2770
Fire Department
862 -0270
Public Works Admin.
Town Hall
861 -2752
Town Manager
861 -2776
Non Emergency
862 -0272
Engineering
861 -2731
Holidays for Town Offices, Libraries and Trash Collection
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, President's Day, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Following a holiday, all trash collection will be one day later that week.
School Department
Administrative Office & Receptionist
861 -2580
Estabrook School
861 -2520
Senior High School
861 -2343
Fiske School
861 -2530
Adult Education
862 -8043
Harrington School
861 -2540
Clarke Middle School
861 -2450
Minuteman Tech.
861 -0500
Diamond Middle School
861 -2460
Community Education
861 -7150
Bowman School
861 -2500
861 -7151
Bridge School
861 -2510
No School Recorded Message
862 -7581
Holidays for Town Offices, Libraries and Trash Collection
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, President's Day, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Following a holiday, all trash collection will be one day later that week.
1991
Annual Report
Town of Lexington