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Selectmen's Meeting February 24, 1975
Heitman Mr. and Mrs John Heitman, 34 Rockville Avenue, met with
Philip Rd. the Board to discuss the street betterment assessment on their
Assessment lot on Philip Road.
The Board had referred the matter to Mr McSweeney and
Mr Cohen and it was agreed that the amount of $940 00 is due
and payable to the Town
Mr Heitman When we bought the house our attorney had
taken care of it and there was noting in Town files to in-
dicate there was a betterment for work done on the street
eight years ago Two years after we are in the house, we
get a bill
Mr Carlson I sold the property to them. Back in 1962,
Joseph Cary wanted to develop Section 4 to Minuteman Highlands _
and he had to hart access to the property so I sold it to him.
This was long before the Bowman School went in and the street
was called Moreland Avenue He now had two accesses They
moved the street over 20 feet and built it up to Rockville Ave-
nue. This street was put in under bond
Mr McSweeney If the street was constructed under the
subdivision, and at no cost to the Town, then we can't assess
the betterment That is what I am going to find out
The Board took the matter of the Heitman Street assessment
under advisement
SILC Mr Paul MacKenzie, Lexington's representative on the Sub111
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region Intertown Liaison Committee, met with the Board
Mr MacKenzie The committee is meeting on Thursday and I
have been asked to report on the feeling of the Selectmen on
the continued operation of SILC
Chairman Kenney Some of us had the feeling that, as a
member of SILC, we are on the fringe area The Planning Board
concurs with us
After discussion, the Board agreed to write a letter to SILC
stating that the declining participation of SILC in subjects of
regional concern would indicate that the grouping of communit-
ies in SILC lacks planning commonality in current times The
Lexington Planning Board concurs that problems of multi-town
impact will generate communication among those concerned. We
support your alternative that the establishment of regional
planning initiatives be left to the affected towns Therefore,
it is the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen that SILC,
having achieved its original purpose, be disbanded
Mr. MacKenzie agreed to attend the SILC meeting and present
the position of the Board
Valleyfield Mr. Daniel McCabe, 11 Grassland Street, met with the Board
Footpath to discuss the Article in the Warrant for a footpath from Valley-
field Street to Waltham Street