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Selectmen's Meeting - 3 - May 12, 1980
Mr Neil Cronin, Director of Guides, met with the Board Mr Hutchinson
said he had talked with Mr Cronin and minor changes will be made on the ap-
plication form to conform to town standards and affirmative action standards Guides
Mrs Battin asked Mr Cronin if he had given any thought to hearing the
guides' presentations orally as this is often helpful Mr Cronin agreed
to the suggestion, and when the guides bring in the written tests, he will
spend some time with them on their presentation to the visitors Last
year, there were 21 guides and 15 were renewals We expect to have be-
tween 20 and 25 guides this year The examination covers all the spots
in and around the Green The rules and regulations for licensing and
conduct of guides are rather simple but necessary The selection of
fees is always a problem but that is the way they get paid; at the end
of the tour, the trico me hat is put down for anyone who wishes to make
a donation.
Mr Cronin thanked the Board for his appointment and he retired from
the meeting
Mr William Page, Chairman, and members of the Cable Television CATV
Advisory Committee met with the Board Mr Page said that the target
is to report to you on June 9 and we hope to get our report in to you
the weekend before that, and you will issue your report on June 23 Time
Then, we would have a public hearing on July 17 In our report we are Schedule
recommending that you ask for amendments on the original proposals to
be submitted on August 28; that gives two months from the time of
111 issuance of the report The public hearing on those amendments would
be on October 9; that gives 7 or 8 weeks before the official state man.-
dated
anndated date for a decision by the Board towards the end of November
Mr Page had talked to the State CATV Commissioner about the fact
that Lexington had been coming into the process when there was some
ambiguity between old and new regulations, and the comment was if
Lexington wishes to submit a proposal for an extension, it would
probably be well received in the light of that transition from the old
to the new In talking with Mr Buse, the timing would be good to get
this in before the budgets start
In preparing for the report by you, we have been getting the clear Report
signal from the State Commissioner that in several instances this report
had proven to be very important, and Lexington has to be very clear about
what it wants It does have a heavy influence on what the town gets,
so it isn't just a routine thing
Mr Page said that the committee is getting around to the various Input -
appropriate people to get comments and we would like to get the report Boards
to the police and fire departments and other agencies such as the CoA Agencies
so they get the flavor of what is going to be showing up To get some
of the thinking out of the way before our report gets submitted, and to
be able to pass along to us by May 29 any comments they consider to be
pertinent to the clear statement of what Lexington would like for CATV
We have three task forces to provide input to the report to the CATV
Board, a proposal evaluation group, an access center group, and a local Task
programming group; each has five to eight members