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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-06-01-BOS-min y 5 9 SELECTMEN'S MEETING June 1, 1981 • A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, June 1, 1981 at 7 00 P M. Chairman Busa, Mrs Battin, Mrs Miley, Mr Crain and Mr Politi; Mr Hutch- inson, Town Manager; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present The Chairman convened the meeting at 7 00 P M. and opened the hearing Liquor on the application of Nicole E Weinkopf d/b/as Guenther's Restaurant for License a Common Victualler License and an All Alcoholic Common Victualler's Li- Hearing cense He stated that in accordance with the requirements of the General Guenther's Laws, Chapter 138, as amended pertaining to the issuance of licenses, the Restaurant hearing had been advertised in the Lexington Minute-man on May 14, 1981 Mr Stephen T Russian, Attorney for the applicant, addressed the Board and presented floor plans and answered questions from the Board The Chairman asked whether or not there was anyone in the audience who wished to speak in favor or opposition to the application. No one speaking in favor or in opposition to the application, the Chairman declared the hearing closed Upon motion duly made and seconded, Mr Politi abstaining, it was voted to grant an All Alcoholic Beverages and Common Victualler's License to Nicole E Weinkopf d/b/as Guenther's Restaurant Upon motion duly made and seconded, Mr Politi abstaining, it was One Day voted to grant a One Day Liquor License to the Committee for Brown Recep- Liquor tion for June 5, 1981 until Midnight License Upon motion duly made and seconded, Mr Politi abstaining, it was One Day voted to grant a One Day Liquor License to St Brigid's Parish for Liquor June 21, 1981 until Midnight License The Chairman read a letter from Mr William Page, Chairman of the Forum on Lexington Forum on Aging, for endorsement of letter of recognititon to Aging Mr Jacob B Gardner for his work as a member of the Forum, especially as Lexington's representative at the Massachusetts Conference preparing for the November White House Conference on Aging Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to endorse the letter of recognition to Mr Jacob B Gardner requested by Mr Page The Chairman read a letter from Mr Temple E Scanlon, Executive Di- Lex rector of the Lexington Housing Authority requesting the Board's signa- Housing tures on documents from the U S Department of Housing & Urban Development Authority Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for the Housing Authority's 58 units under Section 8 Existing Housing Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the docu- ments from the Lexington Housing Authority from the U S Department of Housing & Urban Development Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program, Master Section 8 Annual Contributions Contract No B1218 (12J - 2 - CRC Mrs Battin reported to the Board that the Center Revitalization Committee Parking had, again, considered the problem of employee parking and all day parking for Plan the business district In order to help alleviate the problem, the Committee, through its Chairman, is requesting a guarantee for at least one year from the Selectmen, of 150 parking spaces in the Muzzey School and School Administra- tion Building Areas Upon motion duly and seconded, it was voted to guarantee the Center Re- vitalization Committee for one year, commencing with the implementation of the Parking Plan, 125 spaces in the Muzzey School Area and 25 spaces adjacent to the School Administration Building_ and to authorize the Manager to begin negotiations for the use of three private lots Hanscom Area Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Margery M. Traff Com Battin and Jacquelyn Smith as Lexington's representatives to the Hanscom Appts Area Traffic Committee Trans Adv Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the resigna- Resig tion of Margaret Olson from the Transportation Advisory Committee Treasurer The Chairman requested a vote of the Board to ratify the signatures of Mr Busa, Mrs Battin and Mr Politi on Note #3920 issued May 29, 1981 with the N E Merchants National Bank authorizing the Treasurer to borrow $100,000 at 8 1/4% for completion of sewer project under Article 19 of the 1978 Town Meeting to be repaid by proceeds of bond issue on June 16 Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings of March 30 and May 20 Battle Green The Chairman read a request from the Lexington Lodge of Elks for per- Flag Day mission to use the Battle Green for Flag Day Ceremonies on June 10 at 7 00 P.M. Elks Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request of the Lexington Lodge of Elks for the use of the Battle Green for Flag Day Ceremonies on June 10 at 7 00 P.M. Permission granted subject to coordina- tion of finalization of plans with Mr Mazerall The Chairman read a request from the Director of Public Works/Engineering for approval of water abatements Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request of the Director of Public Works/Engineering for the following water bill abatements �ht4' R. McSweeney, 27 Constitution Rd $76 95 -- Incorrect reading by customer ( 1 J Tobias, 38 Maple Street, $33 75 -- Estimate adjusted J Romano, 15 Appletree Lane, $11 25 -- Estimate adjusted V Ryder, 30 Bowker Street, $22 50 -- Estimate adjusted Liberty Baptist Church, 319 Lowell Street, $28 80 -- Incorrect reading by customer - 3 - 6 / Selectmen's Meeting June 1, 1981 The Board discussed strategy st ategy with respect to presentation of articles Articles for the June 1 session of Town Meeting Town During discussion, it was brought out that additional funding for the Meeting extension of hours at the "Res" would be made from the floor This would be an increase in the Recreation budget of $7500 and the Selectmen agreed to support the Recreation Department budget and not vote this additional increase Mr Crain suggested that the $50,000 item for the Drainage Study be deleted because the construction may not be implemented immediately and the study would have to be updated again Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, Mr Buse dissenting, Drainage that the $50,000 for the Drainage Study be deleted from the articles to be Study presented to Town Meeting Funding for the Mystic Valley Mental Health Association was discussed based upon its latest report which included a suggestion that the Town fund a particular program like a bed at Safe House The Manager recommended that no specific program be endorsed by the Board but a designated amount of money be allocated toward a certain program. Mr Politi reported to the Board that he had met with representatives of Mystic Valley and had concerns relative to the high cost of the program and the relatively few Lexington residents that were served He also said that he felt that a decision had to be made on information thatwas pro- vided at the last minute and rather than risk losing the program entirely, he would support funding of $10,000 for this year and make the stipulation that more complete information be provided earlier in the year before the next Town Meeting The Board agreed with Mr Politi that complete data must be provided by Mystic Valley relative to the use of the appropriation and be presented to the Board well in advance of next year's budget discussions for Town Meet- ing Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the appro- Mystic priation of $10,000 to Mystic Valley Mental Health Association, Inc to be Valley allocated for use at Safe House, subject to the condition that complete data be presented to the Board relative to its use well in advance of budget dis- cussions for Town Meeting for next year There was no Executive Session Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 7 55 P.M A true record, Attest / C :227 04444r. 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