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NEXT ME] TI?G - 20 Decembe.
A weetZg of the Commission was held on 15 Dei'tmbc: 1 )72 it 8 00 in in
the Legion Rooino Cary v,eInorip1 ila1.<< P tsent w c:—P ;dro'v,r!, .Duttei'_�
EIi Clarke, ET Clarke, Eaton, Eanu, Mioh„lman, Tower, hifiin, Russo
Saalcvitne, Shaw, Silva, Totman and Turner.
,•;inutes of the previous meeting were accepted as presented. MINUTES
Nr. Michelman reported having talked with Samuel Balms, Supe_•. EDUCATION
intendent-Director of the t"inute Nan Hepional Teohniol Vocation-
al High School. :%ir. Salns has agreed ,o attend the necember
meeting of the Commission to discuss the school's prorau am, the
services it might offer to mi.no:,'i,ty stu, eats from outside the district.
LCSR has been designated by the Selectmen to oversee activities CONTRACT
pursuant to the town by-law concerning affirmative action pro- OOLELIMTCE
grams on town construction projects Two proJeots are under way
Cary Memorial Libuen addition. A sub=-committee of the PBC, under
Mr. Wa` e-cis kias been, assigned to tbi.0 jos Since it is a, small Job,
and each trade will be pres„n't only a short time, probably appren-
ticeships will not be feasible, but job opportunities for minority'
workers will be possible. It was uncoil nously VOTED to direct the
Chairman to write a letter to the PDC 0Cierin,f advice and informa-
tion based on experience with the Clarke JHS Job
I=i'±tTVHs. Mrs. Butters agreed to make an "Iltial contact with the
chairman of the building committee to determine what is being done.
It was suggested that we might solicit the support of other towns
in the district which have groups olmiiiai' to LC.,12
14r. Michelman reported on the annual meeting of Lexington Inter- HOUSING
faith Housing Corporation a t which Temple Scanlon Ohairman of
Lexington Housing Authority reviewed ,,rogs'&ss to date on
development of scattered site housing by LEA, Although tim
Authority continues to pursue its 'purpose, headway is slow, primarily
because of legal snags There it said to be a new law which ;regirU'es
that for each low-income housing unit constructed, an old one must be
destroyed. Mr. Miohelman agreed- to determine! the exact provisions of
this law. Legal advice is also needed on the Authority s power of
eminent domain. For example, L A is set up to provide housing for
the lederly; there is some Question whether its power of eminent
domain extends to other low-income housing programs There is also
the question whether one public agency can take land from another
Public agency.
If the land cannot be taken by eminent domain, LILA must search eaca
title itself, an expensive process for which no funds exist The
Authority is seeking seend money for this purpose from HUD, and
ldeiant eiathen.uDunn is researching the possible existence of town
funds voted previously and never used A warrant article; would be
required for use of such funds for another purpose The warrant
closes not later than 1 January 1 9'7)
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LOSR five LOR st:on Jizpport in t .i. ori;
It was &G!?.j•iElD thrt I:14• x I L'';1Q.l.man 'ru. d canyons a .) .'J< dY :. 11 .7:1
Saturday morning before 20 December including iii. Scan_ .11 J.
Kahane). (LJII, Executive Officer) Mrw JS^-'., X011, GAG 01 the two LOSq
members representing tha il. :nning Board, himself , and on:. 01 two
other lawyers The group will e: More the many ;1 'o01 mb decide,
whether a warrant zrticle is needed and if so 2repa.r°o a d,rl t
Messrs :Tann and Silva have boon unable to meet as a sub—committee. TRLU
do transportation, but both duoks of thcLr concern., that; the two: OReJ,'.f 02
must take steps against automobile poliu+ion, Extension of Lha
Hod Line to Lexington would present the problem of parking cora
at the terminal, Bus sery ue can be improved only if more rider,
ship can be developed, Should LUSH undertake a study to determine
how bus service could be made more e:flecti.vet
Mrs. Riffin proposed a pilot prefect :tor midi-morninL trrnnp0 'm•
tation of Greeley village residents to and from shopping areas by
school buses.
fixe Eaton asked to consider wavy of adulating the public about
the BTkR study, reported on ra perusal of the contents of Mr
Small's file on intra LexinBtan ublio transport tions and o1: a
long talk with Lincoln Cole. ?3:, Cole da:Ld 'ti_nt he would soon
release a proposal for a pilot project tasin6 Lexi:nl',ton as a guinea.
pie,.
It was AGREED that the Cole p.ro po.saal might .provide a focus for LCSP
action and McSErs Eaton, Mart and Silva were asked to study it 0000
it has been announced, and 'i,dvi, : th, Commi ,r:ion on the appriopria:,r
LOU reaction
Mrs, Brown Lexington s represan't, tivo to SILO, observed that that
body insists that mass public transportation bot ,:c a relationaship
to the proposed extension of Route 2, and that tb, two must be
studied together, She suggested that LrSH might wish to join other
towns in u.r ing that BTFR oe kept lin and, directed to s :,uddy the
extension of the Iced Line t+., the outer S;1?i:l+`! suburbs, Ars Riffin
reported that the .Lex'inE;ton hoard of Selectmen had wxitten in support
of the request by Arlington and Somerville that an in—depth study of
the impact of e rtensio:n of the Red .Linc, to the suburbs should be
macre before consideration DJ such 1.xto;.siou wore undertaken
The meeting adjourned at 9 2151 Dom.