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Selectmen's Meeting August 28, 1978
The Meeting was called to order by Chairman Battin at 7 30 p m Present
were Board Members Robert Kent, Alfred Busa, Chairman Margery Battin, and
Mary Miley Absent was Board Member James Crain Also present were Robert
Hutchinson, Town Manager and Nancy Banks, Assistant to the Town Manager
Phyllis Smith acted as Clerk for the Board
The first order of business was the drawing of 8 jurors With each
member present picking two names, the following names were drawn Alice Moran
of 2648 Mass Avenue, Anne G Davies of 18 Prospect Hill Road, Patricia V Sacco
of 2 Payson Street, Martha N Sayre of 8 Hutchinson Road, Marjorie C Jackson
of 33 Partridge Road, Elizabeth F Gurley of 42 Laconia Street Nancy T Cote
of 6 Bennett Avenue and Victoria T Costa of 315 Lincoln Street
Frederick Frick, spokesman for residents of Tavern Lane, sought the
Board's help in getting some repair work done on Tavern Lane and to correct
some drainage problems. He indicated that if the present drainage problems
were corrected and the ravages of the sewer repairs were fixed; the abutters
could maintain the Lane He also expressed the concern of the residents that
the Lane not be widened, should the Town accept Tavern Lane as a Town way
The Board agreed that the Town will take care of the manhole tight away
and then explore what is needed to take care of the drainage, we will clean and
maintain the existing system necessary and if construction is needed, then the
Town Manager will bring it up through the budget process Once it is decided
what is need to get the drainage back to the original condition, the Board can
then be talking with the abutters as to whether they want to maintain it once
we get it back to that condition or whether they want acceptance of it as a
scenic route
The Town Manager indicated that DPW would go into the area and try to
correct things to the satisfaction of the abutters and consistent with the
Board's direction
At the request of the Acting Chairman of the Traffic Safety Committee, in
order to bring about uniformity relative to the issuance of permits for "stop"
signs The Board voted to deny the original requestwhichthe Board signed on
June 5, because of the alteration in the required language and the Board further
voted to sign an amendment for the Cary Avenue "stop signs"
The Board voted to qualify the following groups for membership on the
Hanscom Field Advisory Committee, with the stipulation that they have a limited
number of representation
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration, New England Region
12 New England Executive Park, Burlington,
Massachusetts, 01803
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Citizen's Aviation Policy Association, Box 563,
Lexington, Massachusetts, 02173
North Lincoln Association, Brooks Road, Lincoln,
Massachusetts, 01773
Sierra Club, Thoreau Group, New England Chapter,
42 Sandy Pond Road, Concord, Massachusetts, 01742
The Board members were given a copy of the intra-town mini-bus system
proposal to read and were asked to sign a letter of submission of this
proposal to Robert B Kiley of the Mass Bay Transportation Authority The
Board members indicated they wanted time to read the proposal and would make
arrangements to sign the letter to Mr Kiley
The Board voted to approve a request for a Block Party on Dewey Road on
Saturday, September 16 from 3 00 p.m to 9 00 p m with a rain date of
September 17
The Board voted to approve a request for a change of date for the American
Cancer Society Bikeathon from September 17 to October 8 with a rain date of
October 15
The Board voted to approve a one day liquor license to ARP Instruments for111
an employee party on September 6 with a rain date of September 7 Mr. Busa
asked that Town Counsel look into the legality of charging a $25 00 fee for the
license when alcohol beverages are not being sold
The Board voted to approve a request from Five Fields for a Square Dance at
Stonewall Road on September 2 from 7 00 p.m to 11 30 P.M.
The Chairman gave the Board members a suggested additional charge to the
Sewer Advisory Committee which she indicated she would like the Board to act
on at its next meeting
The Town Manager reviewed several items from his Agenda One was a request
by the MBTA for a facility to register senior citizens for MBTA identifiaation
cards He indicated that Joan Melcher is coordinating this and Cary Hall will
be the registration place on September 14 Mr. Hutchinson also stated that the
Department of Public Works is reviewing the request from Arlington regarding
signs.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0 by roll call vote to
go into Executive Session, with no intention of resuming the open session, to
discuss an item involving a reputation
After discussion, it was voted to go out of Executive Session
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was/yoote to adjo rn a 8 45 p m.
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