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The ,epte"iber Meeting of .SIL3 was held 'at the Spalding school in Th:, ;
Carlisle 1 r. Terry rierndon, Chairman of Carlisle' s Planning Joard, , te
greeted the group. Two new delegates from .i-lmington, ,essrs. John,-t., " ' '
uinno and John 4 Gvaney were welcomed- by Chairman Caswell. .f ,
h-m. Caswell asked that MLC delegates be ready to report back ; r'
towns ' reactions to the ;hvi.ronmental Imp,adt Statement. en. 1Lte. 2...:'
tober 19, 1972.; The SILO subcommittee on Transportation will ri�. `'re a
draft of SILO ' s comments and mail them to Selectmen as quickly as.,,Ths-
sible. The draft as modified at the Cctober 19th JILO meetirg willbe
submitted to DP / 4APC by Cctober 24th. In addition, Chairman Qaswell;
urged those delegates who have not already done so to bring up the mat-
ter of endorsement and/or letters for CmIP to their Selectmen; cdsies of
any such letters would be forwarded to Governor iargent, by 3ILC.
Still another matter, and of utmost importance is that of 3icenten-
niel planning, especially with regard to transportation facilities.
SILC ' s subcommittee on Transportation is working with A. D. Little on a
proposal to develop needed Bicentennial transportation in a manner such
that SILO receives long term benefit Towns ' reactions to this concept
are urgently needed in order to know whether to go forward with it.
,rilliam Giezentanner, 4APC, reported that his group has a green light to
prepare a draft Bicentenniel proposal and form an advisory group to the
many interested parties. In addition to mass and individual transporta-
tion, other subjects will be covered - accomodations, both lodging and
campsites, food facilities, police and public safety and a calendar so
that various towns ' celebrations will not unknowingly conflict. SILO is
most anxious to see the .i APC report, and +1r, Caswell further stressed the
shortness of time left to get underway with active planning and action.
Chairman Caswell announced a request by !Ir. John Jyer, Chairman of
ayland 's Planning Board, for SILO to become involved in the Saxonville
Local Protection Project of the Army Corps of . gineers. This is a re-
Work of the Sudbury River in Saxonville for flood protection. There pro-
bably will be an expository hearing some time in October, and down stream
towns ' representatives may be interested in attending.
tr. Arthur- Barnes of the Norumbega Foundation (like SILO, a planning
group) will speak to SILO in Cctober Also, a non-profit corporation
'Vision, " concerned with visual pollution, would like to address a .IILC
meeting
The members present voted unanimously to invite The Town of Lexing-
ton to join SILO
it Forbes, Transportation Subcommittee, reported 'nothing is hap-
pening on the .State level with regard to rail problem solving. There
has been no agreement on price of acquisition of rights of way dr Co-
bert Rader, Concord, noted that nothing had been heard from the DPW with
regard to revised plans for the Hanscom circumferential The DNR inven-
tory is complete and in analysis; Robert Cooke, of JNR, will report in
Cctober
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solid aste Jisposal matters took up the balance of the meeting. Ab '{
;illian Giezenta Vier reported that the srP3 has the Raytheon deport a � +� cn
regional meetings are to take place, with John Henry of the taPC di- q , ri ^fo
recting the program .tarion Thornton Concord, Chairman of JILC' s
Jolid• aste ;nbcon. ittee and Ronald ..spinola, oudbury, have studied the
Raytheon Report and. the wastedisposal problem throughout the summer
Their critique of the Report included ten points 1 ) historical data ib
scant 2) some of the other data is weak 3) transportation modes in-
cluded highway only (not rail, air or -water) 4) a center of a region
is chosen mathematically, with no other considerations 5) interviews
in towns were held with people 'locked ' into the present system 6.) main
emphasis on residential waste, not pathogenic wastes , toxic chemicals'
and oil 7) report was negative - 'no incentive to be inventive 8) *-
Commends use of available technology to arrive at interim solutions in'-
-stead of encouraging technology to fit future needs 9) no recommenda-
tions of methods to reduce the volume waste created 10) little time
spent on discussing resource recovery - in which citizen interest is
high. Given the volume of the Raytheon Report, Ire Thornton 's and dr.
lispinola's work was remarkable and commended by Chairman Caswell. Dis-
centered around how SILO might best serve its own towns and those in
other areas in dealing ,vith solid waste problems . A strong initiative
and the end to the apparent ostrich approach seems mandatory. TJILC might
1 ) form its own region 2) take the lead in educating the citizenry about
the sorts of problems and alternative solutions 3) study transportation
modes in search of the best types or combinations 4) take a strong
stand in favor of long range, rather than interim, solutions. -naturally,
SILO must work through various town selectmen; irs Thornton distributed
a questionnair to SILO delegates to be returned to her as soon as possi-
ble From this the Subcommittee wil try and determine what SILO 's solid
waste problems are and will try to order them for review by JILC, any-
one interested in service on the SILC Subcommittee is urged to contact
Mrs Thornton ( 169 Bolden ood Rd , Concord
SILC ' s October 19th meeting will be held at Jones douse, eston.
%.TT AD ,E3
Robert 3 Thomson darian Thornton
Charles ii Evans mlonald apinola
Terry ,Herndon Phil Suter
:drs John Penhune Gobov Tiskolczy
Robert Hader Chr J R. Caswell
Robert Chase d L dolland , SILO ,ec 'y
m C:iezentanner
Barbara 3oberts
Arknur Barnes
Parke •c Diane Rhymer
Jas ipindler
II .i ?orbes
John uinno
John Gvaney