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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
DATE: April 3, 1973
TIME: 7 : 30 P.M.
PLACE: Town Office Building, Selectmen's Room
PRESENT: Edward E . Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell ,
Vice Chairman, J. H. Blaisdell , H. Bigelow Moore ,
Richard M. Perry, Donald B . White
I . MERIAM STREET PARKING LOT
Present: Selectmen Kenney, Riffin, Bailey, Brown; Town
Manager O'Connell ; Eric Clarke , Planning Board ;
R . Kingston, L. Whitman, George Silverman, Capital
Expenditures ; R . Michelson, Chamber of Commerce ;
J. McSweeney, DPW ; N. Cohen, Town Counsel; J. Corr,
Police Department
It was stated by the Capital Expenditures Committee that they
felt there was a definite need for extra parking spaces but
the policy should be that parkers are the ones to pay not the
taxpayers. Mr. Clarke felt that the main problem here was to
get the cars of adjacent streets . Chief Corr said he felt
the cars on the streets should be put into non-metered lots
and leave short-term metered lots for patrons of center
businesses. It was the opinion of Mr. White to expand in a
very small way just spend $5,00 to $10,000 to enlarge and grade
the lot as an experiment then make it a paying deal if this
type of expansion works . Chairman Furash stated that he felt
the merchants should solve this problem or raise their assess-
ments to compensate . I also feel that maybe we should not do
this project this year but wait until we find anyther method
of paying for it, Chairman- Furash stated. Tt was the feeling
of Messrs. Furash and Silverman that this whole matter be put
before Town Meeting. Chairman Furash also felt that the two
part Motion for Article 39 could be torn apart by Town Meeting.
Selectman Kenney concluded the discussion by stating that they
will consider expanding without metering with a minimum of
extra parking spaces and using grading and gravel for the
expansion.
Meeting adjourned at 10: 30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Secretary