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The Appropriation Committee held a meeting, at 7:30 P.M., on Mon-
day, February 7, 1972, in room 111, Town Office Building, Lexington .
Present were Edward E . Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell, Vice
Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, Arthur T . Bernier, J. H.
Blaisdell, Levi G. Burnell, Howard L. Levingston, H. Bigelow Moore,
Donald B. White and Richard M. Perry, Comptroller.,
The meeting wasadjourned at 7:55 P .M., to the Legion Room, Cary
Memorial Hall, to meet, in Executive session, with the following:
a) Conservation Commission members, H. Kassler, Chairman,
J. Frick, S . Brown, N. Cohen, N . Earsy, S . Solomon, C .
Nichols, M. Friedman, M. Rawls, E . Greene and P. Mazerall.
,.� b) Capital Expenditures Committee members, R. Kingston, Chair-
G man, L. Whitman, W. Dailey and G. Silverman
V Chairman Kessler explained the Conservation requests for 1972, by
priority, as follows:
1. brook protection - Vinebrook - 75'taking and 1001easement
(Arts 60 & 61) @ 340,000.
Munroe -751 easement given (Maloney)
C .taldo, Pappas and Christian
High not resolved. Approxi-
mately 15 acres could be $10,000.
2 . Ashley-Steeves etc . 18-20 acres - (? $950000.
(Arts . 58 & 59) 50%, perhaps reimbursable
3 . Porter-Waymint - 14A-Porter, lA-Wavmint
(Art. 55) $75,000.($5,000. per A)
op. of value per A $2,000.
4 . Hill-Meek - Art. 53 - 10A @ $30,000. - agreement
5. Hamilton-Baldwin - Art. 57 - 3 .85A @ W.9,500. - in negotia-
tion - no op. of value
6. Pinard - Art. 56 - 4A connector strip -$14,000.
The Conservation Commission will report back to Appropriations by
Saturday, February 12th, with firmer sums for these Articles and
a figure for Article #63 - additional approp. to Conserv. fund.
The Appropriation Committee adjourned to the Selectmen ' s Room, at
9:40 P.M. Selectmen Chairman Cataldo reviewed each expense bud-
get that reflected a reduction. The total reductions amounted to
approximately $30,000. Chairman Furash thanked the Board for their
cooperation in attempting to retain a 5% increase in controllables .
The Appropriation Committee adjourned to the Planning Board Office
at 10:10 P.M. Present were Planning Board members L. Brown, Chair-
man, E. Lund, T . Costello, E. Clarke and A. Zaleski Ping. Director
Discussion was held on Article #82 - the Planning Board's request
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for $8,500. for a study of soil and drainage. Acct. #1090, the
Planning Board' s request for $1,500. to retain professional services,
was also discussed.-
Chairman Furash expressed the feeling that the 81,500. request was
redundant to the $8,500. asked in. the Article .
Executive session was moved, at 10;50 P.M. Chairman Brown expressed
her Board' s priority as protection of wetlands by zoning. Their
priorities, except for brook protection, and those of the Conserva-
tion Commission are not completely in agreement .
The Appropriation Committee retired from the Planning Board at
11:05 P.M.
The next meeting night is scheduled at 7:30 P.M., on Monday,
February 14, 1972.
The next meeting day is scheduled at 8:30 A.M. , on Saturday,
F€bruary 12, 1972 .
The meeting was adjourned at 11: 15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth M. Flyn
Secretary