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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-04-03-AC-MIN.pdf 16 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, yi z�b ® beth P11. Flynn/mo'b Secretary