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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-06-21-BOS-min 545 SELECTMEN'S MEETING 111 June 21 , 1971 A regular meeting of Selectmen was held in the Bird Room, Cary Memorial Building, on Monday evening, June 21 , 1971, at 7 30 p.m. 9 9 Acting Chairman K Chai a ;Kenney, Mr. Bailey, Mr Busa and Mrs Riffin, Mr. Legro, Town Counsel; Mr O'Connell, Town Manager; Mr. Martin, Assis- tant Town Engineer, and Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk, were present. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that Mr. Kenney was to act as Chairman in the absence of Mr. Cataldo. Mr. Adams commented that in the five years he had been report- ing the Selectmen's meetings for the Minute-man it was the first time Mr Cataldo had been absent Also, he announced that Mrs. Scigliano would cover future meetings Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Buckley Order of Taking for drain easement on the property of Eugene T. Drain Buckley, 22 Grant Street. Easement Mr. O'Connell informed the Board that bids have been received for the installation of traffic signals at Massachusetts Avenue and Mass. Ave. Worthen Road and they are under evaluation by the Town Engineer; a Worthen Rd. recommendation will be received very soon. The four bids range from $13,965 to $14,483. Mr. Kenney What is the appropriation, $17,000? Mr. O'Connell I believe so. Mr. O'Connell informed the Board that an emergency situation has developed regarding the supply of blood and the Red ,Cross requests for a bloodmobile to be parked in their driveway,, on July 3, 1971 . Bloodmobile Mr. Busa I have no objection if it does not conflict with other celebrations of that weekend Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permis- sion to the Red Cross for a bloodmobile on July 3, 1971 . Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant per- mission to Five Fields, Inc to hold a square dance on Saturday, Permit Steeet July 3, from 7 00 p.m to II 00 p.m. at Barberry Circle if street Square Dance construction permits; if the location is changed, the Town Manager or Police Department is to be informed. This permission is subject to the restrictions of the Chief of Police. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the Dogs Warrant to the Dog Officer for 1218 unlicensed dogs in the Town.. 54E6 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to certify the Cert of character of the following who have applied for Certificate of In- Incorp corporation Samuel Berman 11 Barberry Road - E Van Seasholes 6 Barberry Road Otto Eckstein 24 Barberry Road - Nicholas Bloembergen 3 Stonewall Road Edward H. Kass 37 Barberry Road - H Seymour Kassman 5 Stonewall Road Johm Robey 16 Barberry Road "Five Fields Tennis, Inc." Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize the I D. Card Acting Chairman to sign the liquor Identification card for Nancy E Fletcher, 74 Burlington Street. The Acting Chairman read a request from the Middlesex and Boston Railway to change the turn of the Waltham bus from around the Battle M & B Bus Green to around the safety island at Woburn and Massachusetts Avenue and onto Waltham Street Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer th4s request to the Traffic Committee for a recommendation. A complaint was read from Gerald W. Bonnell regarding the condi- tions of the sidewalk at the corner of Adams Street and Coolidge Avenue Bonnell Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer this Complaint complaint to the Acting Superintendent of Public Works for a recom- mendation. Letters were read from Charles Calvin and James McDevitt regard- ing dump stickers and the closing of the dump on Sundays during July. Dump The Board agreed to reply that the $1 .00 fee is to cover the Stickers cost of issuing the permit and this is a fairly common practice in and closing many towns, the Board is to review the question of the dump closing on Sundays at the next meeting. Mr. Calvin questioned the reason why he was denied a Sticker for his business vehicle which is registered outside the Town but garaged in the Town. The Board agreed to request Mr. Calvin to contact the Acting Superintendent for a review of his case. The Board agreed to hold the letter from the Chamber of Commerce regarding the closing of the dump, until next week. Letters from Dr. Sherman and Dr Peterson regarding the former Mass Ave taxi stand at Massachusetts Avenue and" Wallis Court and the possi- Wallis Ct bility of installing meters in that area. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer these requests to the Traffic Committee for a recommendation 547 A report from the Traffic Committee was read regarding a request from the Campfire Girls for a bicycle path within the roadway of Massachusetts Avenue between Winthrop Road and the Arlington line. Bicycle The Committee recommended that this request be denied because it Path would create serious problems and hazards to motorists and bicycle riders alike but to refer them to the Recreation Committee which is contemplating a network of bicycle and hiking trails using town lands and secondary streets Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recommendation of the Traffic Committee and deny the request of the Campfire Girls for a bicycle path on Massachusetts Avenue. The Board agreed to reply to the Campfire Girls and suggest that they contact the Recreation Committee. The Traffic Committee report on the School Street Crossing was read. According to the School Department. there are 62 children living on streets east of School Street; actual observation indicates that this number is distributed fairly evenly among the three cross- ing points at Stimson, Grandview and Eastern Avenues. There is a School St sidewalk along the west side of School Street but none on the east side between Stimson and Eastern Avenues nor on Eastern, Grandview and Stimson Avenues. The construction of a sidewalk on the east side of School Street would be very expensive and complex, requir- ing substantial re taining walls and removal of large trees. However, unless such sidewalk is constructed, there is little point of having a crossing guard who could not cover all three crossings. The Com- mittee recommended that the three crossings opposite Stimson, Grand- view and Eastern Avenues be marked by appropriate warning signs; School Street should be subject to observation by the Police Depart- ment in September and October and, depending on the findings, deci- sion would be made in November of 1971 regarding long term measures which may require appropriation in the 1972 budget. The Board agreed to accept the recommendations of the Traffic Committee and to instruct the Town Engineer and the Police Chief to implement the recommendations. The Traffic Committee report on Lexington Center traffic was read. The Committee recommends that additional information and directional signs be provided for the parking areas accessible from Edison Way; this needs no amendment to the Traffic Rules, but only Lexington authorization to Mr McSweeney to erect or restore the signs We Center shall continue to study the area and make specific recommendations Traffic as conditions warrant. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the Acting Superintendent of Public Works to make arrangements to install additional information and directional signs for the parking areas accessible from Edison Way. The Traffic Committee's recommended language for an amendment Traffic of the Traffic Rules and Orders prohibiting parking along portions Amendment of Reed Street, Grant Street and Crosby Road was approved. 548 Upon motion dulymade and seconded, it was voted that the Traffic Reed, Rules and Orders of Lexington adopted by the Board of Selectmen Grant and November 13, 1967 are hereby amended as follows Crosby Rd. Location Side From To Tyne Parkins Reed Street Southwest Bedford Street Vaille Ave. No Parking Crosby Road West Mass..,Ave 600' southerly No Parking Grant Street North Railroad Tracks 470' easterly No Parking A letter was read from Harvey W Newgent & Associates in behalf of Mr. L. Guadagnino who is desirous of buying four lots as shown on Town Plan #65 on Garfield Street, lots numbered 0159A, C, D and E. Mr. Guadagnino talked with the Engineering Department and was in- formed that if he wants to make use of them, he would have to carry sewer all the way from Hickory Street up to the center of Earl Tax Title Street and install a manhole at Earl Street. Inasmuch as the sewer Guadagnino runs in the opposite direction, Mr. Guadagnino is being asked to do a lot of extra work for which he would have no benefit. There are two lots owned by the Town on the corner of Hickory and Garfield Streets, #61 and 062. If the Town would allow these two lots to have the division line reversed so that they would both face on Garfield Street, it would then be feasible and practical for Mr Guadagnino to put in the sewer. This would benefit the Town as well as the abutters In behalf of Mr Guadagnino, I would like to ask that the Selectmen sell lots #61 and #62 with the conditions stated relative to the division lines. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the request to the Planning Board for a recommendation. The Field Road sewer was discussed. Mr. Martin, Assistant Town Engineer I would like to inform the Board that because of the construction schedule of the contractor, we must have a decision tonight. Basically, the residents presented us with a request for an alternate on the odd numbered side due to Field Rd. deep cuts and we came up with a proposal and this was entertained at Sewer the meeting and we ran, into objection and we have since discussed the alternates that the residents proposed and we are recommending if we can get confirmatory deeds and release of damages from the residents, the Board vote to do this, if not, stick to our original plan. It is $13,000 more going fin the street rather than the back and the homeowners stand to save a substantial amount. There is , only one that would be $4100 by going out the back; some will save as much as $2,000. We sent a letter out and asked them to send it back if they were in favor of granting the confirmatory deed and release of damages. The residents had this Thursday; two aro not in favor, one neglected to fill it in, and there is one verbal who is away on vacation. Mr. Martin showed the plan of the area and pointed out Mr. Aladjem's lot, 3 Field Road; there would be deep cuts through his a 049 lot and the cost made it unfeasible and the fact it is on the side of a slope and there are trees which would preclude heavy machinery getting in there. I had the contractor look at it and it would be difficult; plus the fact that it would have to be change order. Mr Daniel Pomerantz, 552 Concord Avenue: I understand why you rejected that as a solution but I don't understand why I can't con- nect up there. Mr Kenney He would have to cross this fellow's lot. Mr Pomerantz He is willing; as he pointed out, it is as difficult for you to get to Concord Avenue as it is for me. Would it make any difference tonight? Mr Kenney No Mr. Martin Mr. Mudra, 29 Barberry Road, and Mr. Mapel , 31 Barberry Road, have indicated they are in favor; Mr. Nash, II Field Road, is in favor but reluctant to sign the release of dameges; the Freys, 7 Field Road, have expressed no opinion; Mr. Cahn, 5 Field Road, is in favor but reluctant to sign the release of damages; Mr. Aladjem, 3 Field Road, is opposed; Mr Souza, 542 Concord Avenue, is in favor; Mr. Warner, 546 Concord Avenue, offered no opinion. Mr Aladjem and Mr Nash indicated they would not give the Town a release of damages. Mr. Kenney Did you show how it would save $13,000? Mr Martin Total savings would run around $22,000 both between the Town and land owners Mr Kenney You are asking for a vote if you get confirmatory deeds from these people2 Mr Martin If we had received a favorable response, we would ask to take the easements but due to time limitations, if we don't get it we recommend going back out in the street. We haven't had any favorable response. Mr Buse to Mr. Legro• What would be the procedure if we con- tinue putting the sewer through the back lots? Mr Legro. Make a taking by eminent domain and get as many confirmatory deeds and release of damages as people are willing to give Mr Martin We stress we should have an answer tonight We haven't gotten a response to the release of damages. We recommend going in Field Road Mr Kenney If all but two would want it . . Mr O'Connell I discussed this with Mr. McSweeney and I be- lieve it is his strong recommendation that the Board vote to put the sewer in the street in view of the lack of getting any neigh- borhood agreement. Mr Bailey to Mrs. Riff in What would you do? Mrs Riff in I am too close to it Mr. Nash is also here tonight. Mr. Nash, II Field Road I guess I prefer not to. It would be nice to be accommodating but the fact I have everything to lose and nothing to gain; I would lose rights and I don't think it would re- place the damages that would be done down there 550 Mr. Kenney We have the feeling of the Town Engineer and my personal feeling to so go along and put it right down in the road, if we don't want to hold up construction. Mr Busa If they are willing to pay the extra charges, I would go along with the recommendation, especially if we might end up paying damages Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was the unanimous vote of the Board that the Town Engineer is to construct the sewer as originally planned in Field Road Later on in the meeting, Mr Warner, 546 Concord Avenue came into the meeting. Mrs Riff in requested the Board to recognize Mr Warner Acting Chairman, Kenney We made a considerabiereffort to do exactly what you people wanted but, collectively, couldn't get you to agree; there are two people opposed. Mr Warner There are six in favor and one wouldreceivethe advantage of the alternative plan. It is tabulated on the list I just gave Mr Kenney They would sign an agreement to request no dam- ages? Mr. Warner I believe there are two objectors and one would not, but six would. Mr McSweeney There is no question my decision was based on the response from the neighbors; at 4 45, I had received three letters and two were - no Mr Warner I was previously opposed to come up with a plan; a lot of the vote is in favor of the alternative Mr. McSweeney Mr. Warner was on the fence but the real objector was Mr. Nash; the other one was Mr. Aladjem; it was the reaction by the others. Mr Kenney We don't want the case of - sure, we support the alternate route but go for damages, too Mr. McSweeney If we had their support, we would have gone for the easement I figured for that much of a saving for them, we should have had their support in writing. Mr Warner We owe Mr McSweeney an apology. Mr Kenney Where were the rest of the people? Mr Warner Mr Mapel was out of town; Mr. Cahn has been out of town at least since Friday or Saturday. My own position I made clear; I think you have one person who might seek damages; of the people who favor, it might be Mr. Cahn but I don't have a statement to that effect Mr. Legro• We need confirmatory deeds and releases of damages by tomorrow morning. Mr Kenney to Mr McSweeney To what extent would it inconven- ience the contractor if we waited another week? Mr. McSweeney The contractor would be in favor Mr. Kenney Would the members of the Board hold off for a week? Mr. Bailey There are two definite negatives and two are on the fence. ' 551 Mr Warner Mr. Cahn is in favor of the alternate but t don't have a statement from him Mr Bailey 1 make him as still on the fence. Mr McSweeney The only one that has a problem or a question of damages is Mr. Nash. What about your neighborly attitude towards Mr Aladjem? Mr. Warner I have done my two weeks' thinking for helping him out; I made an honest effort to patch this up. Mr. Kenney The possibility of the Town saving S13,000 is the only thing that makes me wait. Mr Warner thinks they can get agree- ments from all but two. Mr McSweeney It is very difficult for us to get the easement Mr. Buse 1 would concur and wait a week Mr. Bailey What happens between now and next Monday? Mr; Warner I will volunteer to chase and get signatures in everybody' s hands. Mr. McSweeney: If he says he can get these six names, the con- tractor and I agree Mr Kenney What is the Board' s feeling? Mrs Riff in If he gets six people to sign a release that there will be no damages and we can save the Town money . Mr. Bailey We will wait for a week. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to rescind the previous vote of the Board that the Town Engineer is to construct the sewer as originally planned in Field Road A letter was read from Mr. Chris Theodore, 27 Turning Mill Road, requesting the extension of the Town sewer system to service his property. Acting Chairman, Kenney read a report from the Town Engineer stating that due to grade limitations, it is impossible to extend Theodore the existing sewer to Mr. Theodore's lot In order to sewer this Sewer property, it would be necessary to construct a major trunk sewer from Grove Street through the Estabrook School to Turning Mill Road in the vicinity of Grimes Road; then through a series of lateral sewers to the Theodore lot. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recommendation of the Town Engineer and deny Mr Theodore' s request, and to so inform Mr. Theodore. A letter was read from Jenkins Realty, Inc. 19 Childs Road, requesting a time schedule for the building of the trunk sewer and lateral to Springdale Estates. Jenkins Acting Chairman Kenney read a report from the Town Engineer Springdale that he estimates beginning construction on the Wood Street trunk Sewer sewer in the late fall due to several ramifications of this project, such as 1 . A temporary access off Route 128 which requires a special permit. 1 552 e 2. Permission from Boston Edison to construct a sewer within a portion of their easement. 3 The availability of personnel to inspect the work. 4. The expected ground water conditions The Board agreed to reply to Jenkins Realty, Inc. as outlined by the Town Engineer. Letters were read from Mrs. Trefethen and Mrs. Kaye regarding the imbalance of women to men on the 1970 jury list. Mrs Trefer then's letter states that the Jury Pool List is almost exclusively male and in an effort to discover whether others shared her concern, telephoned or spoke to some 300 registered female voters she thought might be eligible. She submitted a list of women who have all con- sented to have their names presented as approving a more represent- ative jury pool and as being willing to serve if called up in the normal selection procedure Mrs. Kaye's letter states that even though Chapter 234 of the Massachusetts Laws says that mothers of children under 16 shall be exempt from jury service and some other Lexington women are teachers and thereby exempt, the imbalance of men and, women on Lexington's jury list is not understandable She would appreciate the Selectmen reviewing their current practice of preparing jury lists and would like to be informed of any decision to change or retain the present practices She would also like to have the Town Counsel 's interpretation of Sections 1 and 4 of Women Chapter 234 because, indeed, the Massachusetts Statute may be in Jurors need of revision. Mr. Bailey to Mr Legro Is Mrs. Kaye' s interpretation of the statute correct? Mr. Legro 1 haven't considered it at all Mr. O'Connell Mrs. Kaye called me and spoke at great length about the injustice of the practice of the Town. I asked if she. was saying it was an illegal practice and she said she would like to have Town Counsel explain it. I said it was not his business but if she had further questions, she should write to the Board and then they could ask Town Counsel's guidance. Mrs. Kaye makes two points she acknowledges it is legal but doesn't think it is fair and just and is pursuing it, and is trying to get the Board• to review the present practice. Mr. Kenney Mrs Trefethent,s letter specifically mentions a group of women who are willing to serve on the jury. Mr. Buse I believe you can't make suggestions as this is illegal and punishable by fine to suggest a list. Mrs. Riff in The letter says "all of the women whose names appear are aware that one cannot appropriately volunteer for jury duty or for inclusion in the list of potential jurors. They put their names forward, however, to demonstrate their commitment to the principle of a representative jury and to signal their own will- ingness to accept the risks of eligibility and service." I think it is a demonstration not an offer of names, which they know is illegal . no r Mr Kenney In making up the jury list, some women were consid- ered, 19 or 20 of them, and all but 3 were ruled not eligible; the majority had children, one had a sick mother, etc. There are only three names remaining on the current jury list. Mr. Buse I stand corrected, but I think any person's name that did occur is now ineligible by the fact they were suggested or were polled Mr Kenney For sure, we won't pick from this list; the list is picked at random - names to be added for the jury pool are se- lected at random from a true list Mr. and Mrs. Trefethen were present and Mrs. Trefethen asked what is a true list? Mr Kenney The voting list, except they haven't been choosing that many women from this list, only three were eligible; it takes time to make a list and only 15% who received the jury questionnaire were eligible and remain on the list. It now comes to the Board for this type of selection whether you are happy with that policy or change it or get every other person. Mr Bailey I am reluctant to discuss it until I understand the statute and request that we ask Town Counsel to give the ground rules before we get involved in policy. Mrs Riffin Then we will make our decision on Town practice ac- cording to statute Mr. Trefethen It is a high probability in the past this is not an equal probable selection On what basis have recent lists been made, on a random basis? Mr Kenney For the first time in years, questionnaires were sent out to women Mr. Trefethen 1 mean the original list. Mr. Kenney This year, we filled in 165 vacancies When you go on the list, you go on for three years; we had the balance in the jury box and they chose over 300. When names were selected, questionnaires were sent out and this showed an effort to enlist women on the jury but it showed the odds are against it. Mr. Trefethen How selected? Mr. Kenney 1 in 10 Mr Trefethen How is that random? Mr. Kenney The policy had been to choose no women; we go back a few years when the effort was so great to get them on, they weren't interested in serving and they dropped them, now... is it the con- sensus of the Board we ask Town Counsel the legal aspects? Mr. Legro I suggest when the Board make this request, to sub- mit exactly the procedures,thait are followed now so my opinion would be limited to the legality of that specific question. Mr. Trefethen In the past, we were not aware of the effort to get women on. In the past, women denied almost exclusively; it is now changed It will be nice to have the specification of the present practice Mr Legro That is for my use 554 The Board agreed to request Town Counsel' s opinion of Sections I and 4 of Chapter 234 of the General Laws and opinion of juror selection. Mr. and Mrs. Trefethen retired from the meeting. Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's meetings held on June 14 and June 18, 1971 .. Mr. Kenney informed the Board that a request has been received from Mrs. Hals of the League of Women Voters to hold a Rock Concert at the dump on Saturday, June 26, from II 00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m Mr Kenney informed the Board that the members had been invited to a rock concert to be held at the dump on Saturday, June 26, from II 00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m , sponsored by the League of Women Voters It was noted that they had not asked for permission to use the dump. A letter has been rece4ved asking for permission and Mr. Cataldo asked Mr O'Connell to talk with Mrs. Hals of the LWV. Mr. O'Connell I talked with Mrs Hals today and called atten- tion to the fact that the Town had granted permission on recycling but the concert matter had not been brought to the attention of the Board. I raised the question if it drew a crowd of substantial size, that would interfere with the normal function of the dump and would get mixed up with this program and cause confusion; also, police coverage. Mr Kenney Did she give an indication of how large a crowd? Mr. O'Connell No, but it might be quite large. Mrs. Riffin I think it was a misunderstanding on the part of whoever represented the League. Permission was given by Mr. Wenham Dump and Mr. McSweeney and was sought on an informal basis a month ago. Rock A police officer would be on duty checking stickers. It is unfor- Concert tunate that permission was not sought from the Board and I would hope the Board would see fit to approve the request. Mr McSweeney There were two groups in recycling and in our discussion, they came in with a plan to ask the Board for permissioe. We had discussed rock and roll and when asked if 1 had any objection, I said to include everything in your plan, who was handling it, where would the money go to, who was delivering the cans, etc. and there was some mix-up in the LWV. There were two people in the same organiza- tion running the plans and one went to Mr. O'Connell and we both approved it at the high school . 1 thought they were still coming to the Board for permission. Mr. Kenney to Mr. O'Connell: If the Board grants permission, what would the restrictions be? Mr O'Connell: To make sure that the crowd doesn't interfere with normal activities of the dump. Mr Busa The LWV got in touch with Mr. O'Connell to discuss the possibility of a policeman and I would suggest a fire truck be made available as there would be more smoking while listening to rock music and a fire might occur; it 'would be disasterous if we had a fire If the LWV is willing to pay for police and, as a fire track is not a normal procedure, pay for fire protection, them I would have no objection. Q5,) ) Mr McSweeney I would also like to say that we started out with rock and roll; now, we are talking about a festival Mr Kenney It is a concert Mrs. Riff in: Can you recall the last time we put the rules in the paper so people would know and not come in at the last minute? Mr. McSweeney We talked with them two months ago and in both cases we spelled out that we wanted a plan; 1 said, definitely, to talk with the Town Manager as I can't give permission. Mrs. Riff in: I am not seeking to defend them but I feel the Town policy should be clear Mr O'Connell As a matter of fact, it is the exception that we get proper advance inquiries; in this case, quite satisfactory arrange- ments were made relative to the recycling program but this rock festival didn't come to me but to others, and it illustrates part of the problem. These people are volunteers and it is nothing unique in Lexington that it usually takes approval of officials for use of public property for organized events; but we find over and over again, and it is not the exception, that people plan these things in detail and at the last minute come to the Board or they are alerted by some- one or we read it in the newspaper; then we contact the people and I find even though it is the same organization, it is a new committee. After talking with many groups, it is more than a matter of practice they hope the Town won't pay attention to it Mr McSweeney The first woman who came in only lived in Town for six weeks. Mr Bailey The probable consensus is they be granted permission but I think it is fair that they expect some protection which is needed on traffic and the Town might cover the responsibility on a fire truck. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant per- mission to the League of Women Voters to hold a rock concert at the Town sanitary landfill on Saturday, June 26, 1971, from 11;00 a.m. to 4 00 p.m and, in the event there is additional police protection required, LWV is to pay for it; this permission is subject to the conditions set forth by the Town Manager on the use of Town property and police and fire protection. A report was read from the Town Engineer regarding a request from Mr. Anthony Fabrizio for sewer extension to service his lot at 127 Follen Road The report states that the existing sewer ends ap- proximately 130 feet south of Lot 127. It is approximately 17 feet deep and previous construction in the area indicates heavy quanti- Fabrizio ties of ledge. Also, the topography indicates it would appear that the sill elevation would have to be set substantially below street Sewer grade. Due to the deep cuts and the information available on soil conditions, we estimate the cost of extending this sewer to be be- tween $10,000 and $13,000. After discussion, it was moved to deny Mr Fabrizio's request. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to deny the re- quest of Mr. Anthony Fabrizio for sewer extension to service his lot at 127 Follen Road. n 55G A letter was read from Mr. Rader of the Sub-Region intertown Liaison Committee regarding the proposed Hanscom Circumferential Road that would tie together the individual segments of this road which has been proposed by the towns of Lincoln, Concord, Bedford and Lexington; this plan has the concurrence of the selectmen of Bedford, Concord, and` Lincoln and if the Lexington selectmen also concur, SILC SILC will have a more detailed engiheering plan prepared including Hanscom a more definitive right-of-way location, details of intersections Circumfer- with local town roads and other points of access. ential Rodd Mr. McSweeney They are interested in getting to the point that they want to use MAPC. They want us to be included and use our Hart- well Avenue connector. Mr. Kenney It will be available in the Selectmen's office and we will read it on our own, Mrs. Riffin discussed the membership of the Commission on Subur- ban Responsibility; the Commission recommends that Interfaith Corp. and the Student Government at the High School be added to the member- ship. There is some new interest and it is recommended that one person represent the High School . Mr Kenney We have deliberated to limit the number or organi- LCSR zations because it would get too unwieldly. I see no objection to Membership Student Government and the only real question is do we wish to add interfaith Corp 7 Mrs Riffin: Their primary interest is housing. The Commis- sion' s responsibility generally falls into education, housing and finding jobs for minority groups; the Commission is strong;on educa- tion and fairly strong on job finding and we thought we could use another organization focusing on housing because the Lexington Asso- ciation for Moderate Cost Housing has gone out of business and the other group would be taking over that function. Mr Kenney and Mr Bailey had no objection. Mr. Kenney The High School was on the list before and it would be just replacing LAMCH with Interfaith Corp. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to add Inter- faith Corp. and Student Government to the membership of the Lexington Commission on Suburban Responsibility. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, deliberating or Executive voting on matters which, if made public, might adversely affect Session the public security, the financial interests of the Town or the reputation of a person. After discussion of matters of financial interest to the Town, it was voted to go out of Executive Session The Board discussed sewer easements for contract 70-7-£ for Partridge Road and Turning Mill Road 557 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to instruct Town- Counsel to prepare the Orders of Taking for sewer easements with an award of no damages on the following properties: John W. and Ethel W Hardy 21 Turning Mill Road Robert C. and Daniel Stewart 19 Turning Mill Road Orders of George and Paula C. Goldman 20 Partridge Road Taking Irving R. and Marilyn J. Abel 22 Partridge Road Turning Mill Lewis G. and Lynn J. Pollock 24 Partridge Road Partridge Rd. Arnold L. and Barbara Mende 26 Partridge Road Martin and Judith H Cooperstein 28 Partridge Road Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at II 00 p.m. A true record, Attest: Executive Clerk, Selectmen (/ I