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\\,,,„,,,,,. PLANNING BOARD
July 1, 1970 TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
Lexington, Mass. 02173
617/862-0500/Ext. 17
Board of Selectmen
Town Offices
Lexington, Massachusetts
Re SILC
Gentlemen
A group of municipalities located to the northeast, northwest,
west and south of Lexington and including Wilmington, Burlington,
Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston
have formed an association known as Subregional Intertown Liaison
Committee (SILC) for the discussion and action on regional problems
of mutual interest These problems include a.o housing, open space,
highways and mass transit, solid waste disposal and Middlesex County
administration. The Committee is assisted by the Metropolitan Area
Planning Council
The SILC is dealing with several matters in which Lexington should
be involved, either because of their regional aspects or to have
Lexington's interests represented and protected; among these matters
are the Shawsheen River Watershed, solid waste disposal, Rte 62 and
other highway and mass transit proposals, regional solutions to open
space and housing problems, etc SILC duplicates to some extent the
work of the Regional Solid Waste Disposal Committee This problem
could be eliminated by the Selectmen appointing the same representative
to both groups We believe that Lexington should join the SILC This
can be done on the application from both the Selectmen and the Plan-
ning Board We recommend that such application be made Upon accept-
ance, Lexington would send two representatives to SILC meetings, one
from each the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board (The repre-
sentatives may, but need not, be members of the two Boards )
The Planning Board has expressed its desire to join the SILC and a
letter from you to the chairman of the Committee, John R. Caswell,
Box 98, Lincoln, Massachusetts, would be needed to complete the
application.
We enclose a list of members and of those on the SILC mailing list
Please let us know if you have any questions
Sincerely,
LEX�N ANNIN BOARD
�in EL/dj (AVZ) Erik Lund
jut cc Town Manager Chairman
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