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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-05-10-min 151 SELECTMEN'S MEETING May 10, 1965 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, May 10, 1965, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Cole, Messrs. Burnell, Cataldo, Sheldon and Mabee were pre- sent. Mr. Gray, Executive Assistant, Mr. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and Miss Murray, Execu- tive Clerk, were also present. Stephen P. Jordan, 7 Manning Street, applicant for a Guide License, met with the Board. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Guide to grant Mr. Jordan a Guide License, written approval License having been received from Acting Chief Corr and Examiner Garrity. The Chairman presented Mr. Jordan with his license and official badge. Mr. Jordan retired. Mr. Gray delivered four copies of the contract be- tween the Town and F. Chiavarini Construction Co., Inc. which had been left with him by Mr. Legro, Town Counsel. Mr. 1'egro had approved the contract as to form and be- Contract lieved it to be in order for the Board to sign. Public Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Facilities to sign the contract between the Town and F. Chiavarini Building Construction Co., Inc. , in the amount of $50,540.00, for construction of the Public Facilities and Infor- mation building. Mr. Gray read a letter from Mr. Legro with refer- ence to slope easements required for construction of sidewalks on the northedy side of Concord Avenue. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Sidewalk to adopt an Order of Taking of slope easements as re- slope quired for the construction of sidewalks on the northerly easements side of Concord Avenue, betterments having already been a ssessed in the order for construction of sidewalks, dated March 29, 1965. Mr. Carroll reported on bids received for the purchase of a pickup truck. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Bid for to accept the low bid of $2,679.50 submitted by Rowe Pickup Chevrolet, Inc. truck 1 co 152 cr ct Mr. Carroll mentioned a Mr. Ferguson, Fairbanks Road, and stated the problem was that Mr. Ferguson' s house is connected illegally to the sewer in Tufts Ferguson's Road. There is a dip in theline, the correction of sewer con- which will cost $2,000. He said the problem is not neetion Mr. Ferguson' s fault and he thought the Town should fix the sewer. Mr. Ferguson is willing to pay a betterment on Fairbanks Toad and was assessed last year about $600. Mr. Carroll reported he has talked to Mr. Lowry, over whose property the easement goes,, and he is willing to grant the easement. Mr. Carroll said the Town would get an easement on Lowry' s property. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize repair of the sewer and obtain an easement from Mr. Lowry. The Chairman read a letter from Mr. James J. McDevitt, 36 Colony Road, criticizing the work on Massachusetts Avenue. Mr. Carroll stated the property in question is Mr. Justin Shea' s, who has been talking about whht he intended to do there for fifteen years. He stated no one had any idea what was geing to happen to this pro- perty. He explained he puts underground only as much as he thinks will be used for the next five or six years and during the construction, a couple of houses were being built. He explained he decided to wait until the base course was down and then he told the men to work on Saturday to get away from the traffic. lie said the base course would be dug up for every manhole and water gate and this is standard procedure. He said the telephone company has just found out one of the ducts is too high and will have to be lowered several feet. The Chairman said he would answer Mr. McDevitt ' s letter. The Chairman read a letter from Margaret MacCallum, 10 Pine Knoll Road, asking the Board to contact the Town of Bedford to see if Lexington could connect with Bedford' s sewer line on Great Road. Sewer Mr. Carroll reported that he contacted the Town of Bedford today and the sewer will run within 100 feet from the Lexington Town line . The Chairman said the means are available to do this but the Town would have to put the sewer in Pine Knoll Road. Mr. Carroll said that was correct and that Lexington would have to put in 100 feet in Great Road, but funds are not availabe. The Chairman said these people will have to peti- tion for the sewer. Mr. Carroll stated if the Board is inclined to put it in next year's budget, he would send out a petition. 153 The Cha.i*man suggested that a petition be sent out. Mr. Carroll said, in the meantime, he could write the Town of Bedford and make them aware of this. The Chairman referred to Mr. A. Lassell Ripley's request, acted on by the Board last week, for deferment of a sewer betterment assessment and explained that no bill has been committed as the sewer has not been con- Ripley structed. He reported he had advised Mr. Ripley that sewer betterments cannot be acted upon until bills are com- mitted and suggested that he reiterate his request upon receipt of a bill when the extension of the sewer has been completed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to rescind the vote of May 3, 1965 deferring sewer better- ment assessments on lots 25 and 26 Follen Road, totalling $878.00, under the provisions of Chapter 159 of the Acts of 1950. Mr. Carroll presented a plan of the Moreland Avenue school Aite and said he would like to discuss Philip Road. e reported that the architect, Frank Crimp, and Dr. Fobert, Superintendent of Schools, were meeting and invited him to attend. Mr. Crimp investigated the possi- bility of obtaining State aid and was advised that the Philip State will not give any aid for this portion of Philip Road Road which will connect on Moreland Avenue. Dr. Fobert's position is that the road is of no use to the school as such. Mr. Carroll said he feels this road should be built and at least it should be planned for by the people planning the school. Mr. Cataldo asked what was planned for access to the school. Mr. Carroll replied they will use Worthen Road. He said he thought Dr. Fobert might feel this would be a better access, but they don't feel that strongly about this particular access being built. Mr. Carroll said he felt the whole area should have a connection on Worthen Road and this is where the connection should be. He said they could get a connection at Rockville Avenue, but it is not a good connection. Mr. Sheldon said this would have to go into next year' s budget, and Mr. Carroll is requesting forward planning. Mr. Carroll said he would like permission to dis- cuss this with the Planning Board. Mr. Mabee explained when he was on the Standing School Building Committee, the feeling was this would be an extra expense and they wanted to get State aid. IThe School Committee does not want to increase its bud- ' get and is saying it can get along without this road 154 cr Mr. Carroll said the School Building Committee wants him to meet with it tomorrow night The. Chairman said if the School Committee felt it was necessary and if it can get State aid, fine. In the absence of that, he asked if the Board and the Superintendent of Public Works felt it was necessary If so, the Board will have to include it in the budget. Mr. Carroll suggested getting the Planning Board's reaction first . Mr. Carroll left at 8:05 to meet with the Planning Board. Mr. Joseph Mehan, NBC, met with the Board. The Chairman said the Board wanted an opportunity to meet with him, two members of the Board already having met him. He said they might want to ask him some questions about the documentary being filmed. He asked NBC if Mr. Mehan had anything to add to what he released to Documen- the paper. tary Mr. Mehan said the Minute-man statements sum up what he would say. It was a thought-out statement on his part and important enough for him to come in. He invited the Board' s questions. Mr. Sheldon said he understood the Board will not know and will not have any right of review after the series is completed. Mr. Mehan said it is nct a series. It is a pro- gramming, a one-hour show, and under normal procedures, no. The Board must trust the medium. There will be no prior approval. Mr. Sheldon said the thing that concerns people who have called him is what type of image is being created. He said it could be good, bad or somewhere in between. Mr. Mehan said he was trying to do a complete picture, and thought the overwhelming perspective would be good. He said there is, what he hesitated to call, a problem. There is a source of concern among the adults. There is a similar source among the nation. He is going to show the young people in the community and the inaction between the teenager nd the adult community and the action that has emerged. Me said the picture will certainly be one which is some and some but mostly to the good. He said they feel this is an up-beat docu- mentary. Mr. Sheldon said about the time this was going on there was a series of articles in the Traveler and he was very much upset about those articles because he felt it was commercialism. iHe said he did not think the author accomplished one thing by writing the articles and perhaps same of this affected Mr. Mehan. The people are assuming that he was involved. He stated people con- nected the two and felt this was the type of picture he 155 was going to present. He said he would not want to see that kind of picture presented on film, the picture the first two articles presented. He said there are many honest people trying to do a good job and in presenting a picture, it is important that both sides be presented. He said he would not like to see Lexington singled out and the impression given that nothing w_:s being done or that the problems were greater than they are in other communities. He said only Mr. Mehan' s editor would know what the final emphasis is. Mr. Mehan said the crux of the problem seems to be a general misconception. There is no relationship. Mr. Sheldon said he was willing to accept Mr. Mehan's assurance that this is going to be a fair and balanced presentation which will not be slanted in any way. This will be a factual presentation showing problems as they exist, whatever is being done to sclve those problems. Mr. Mehan said that was a fair statement and what Mr. Sheldon said, he woald want. Mr. Mabee asked why Mr. Mahan selected Lexington. Mr. Mehan replied they began looking into the general teenage picture. They were going to a number of communi- ties where one hears about teenagers in the normal way. They came up here because they read about some difficulties Lexington was having, party crashing, etc. He said when he came to Lexington, he spent several weeks and found a different kind of concept and thought it would be better to do a town with problems but not overwhelming problems. He said he wanted a normal situation, a healthy situation. He said it was only after he had been up here early in February and spent a month talking about people that they determined this was a good situation. The Town was awaken- ing to the problem and coming to grips with it; a town that is very picturesque. All the factors seemed right so Lexington was the place they settled on. Mr. Mabee asked what Mr. Mehan had to say about the second thoughts the School Committee have on this. Mr. Mehan replied he wished they hadn't. It is dis- appointing because the first area which he worked out was the best one. It is far more inhibiting for him to have this barrier and prevents him from doing a good honest job. They intended to give things in many classes; looking at classes for slower learners, student government, etc. He stated he does not go about getting everyone' s approval beforehand because they film a great deal they are not going to use. It is more practical when the show is in form to obtain approval, and the school people reversed this in the middle of the filming. He did not get what he wanted to. He said he did not think anything would have been detrimental. Mr. Mabee asked Mr. Mohan why he thought the School Committee changed its mind. 156 et 300 Mr. Mehan replied they said they had a great deal of objection from the parents. Mr. Mabee asked how much truth there was in the staging of fights. Mr. Mehan replied none whatever. They never staged fights. He said he investigated that right down to the individuals and it was not true. Mr. Cataldo said he wad concerned with the Town of Lexington and the image it is going to end up with. He said Mr. Mehan gives the Board his word that the results will be good. He said if Mr. Mehan could tell the Board that he would have the last word as to what goes in this documentary, it would make a difference. Mr. Mehan said he would have second last and a very strong word. The producer, Mr. DeFelita, happens to have been on another assignment. Mr. DeFelita will have the final say but he will lean heavily on Mr. Mehan. Mr. Mehan said he would have veto power of what he does not want to go into that show. He stated that Mr. DeFelita came up with him on several trips when this was first discussed with Chief Rycroft months ago, and he was in contact with Mr. DeFelita every other night from here. He is coming up to do the remainder of the filming. Mr. Cataldo said if Mr. Mehan was trying to tell a story about the problems and what the Town is trying to do to solve them, he could not understand why he found it necessary to ride around in the cruisers. Mr. Mehan stated riding in a cruiser is not an essential part of the show, and it could be left out. He said it hurts him more not to be able to film the Hig4 School activities than riding in a cruiser. He said he had explained to the late Chief that he would like to see the whole town in action and one aspect is police. The police have an approach to the problem of young people' s behavior. He said they would handle with discretion any of the films. They are not going to show people being arrested. Mr. Cataldo said everyone says the image will be good, but no one wants to tell what will end up in this film. Mr. Mehan said he was present to do that. Mr. Cataldo said Mr. Mehan has told the Board once this is edited, this is it, and it is going nationwide. He said he has received calls and people are upset that teenagers are being interviewed. He said Lexington will be here when NBC is gone and will have the image created. He said he could see no good coming to Lexington out of this and NBC has everything to gain. Mr. Mehan said he thought Lexington had a great deal to gain; an objective, individual, mature look of the Town. Mr. Cataldo said the Board realizes there is a problem and was taking a good, hard look at it before NBC came in, and before Eleanor Roberts wrote the articles. 157 Mr. Mehan said he thought TV can be, when responsi- bly conducted, a tremendously positive, educational and informative medium. Mr. Cataldo said anything that is written or shown can be interpreted many ways, and he would like to leave the problems in Lexington and solve them here. The Chairman said he had great faith in the Town and the people in the Town, and try as he might, Mr. Mehan can't present an image of Lexington but that would be good. He said he hoped he would receive full cooperation from everyone. He asked how Mr. Mehan was making out with parental approval. Mr. Mehan said there has been a much more positive turn. Some parents called him and were reacting at a height of an emotional period. These parents were very, very wary. He said after the Minute-man came out last Thursday, the response was more favorable and had he known, he would have issued such a statement before he began. He said he got younsters telling about some of the phases of the school effort. He was able to continue filming and did one or two classes. He stated he will film Wednesday the parents' meeting in Muzzey, and will come back in late May or June to film the adult leaders in the Town close to the problem of teenagers and find out what they are doing. The Chairman said when Mr. Mehan first came to see him, he did not consult the Board but did tell him as far as he was concerned, there would be no objection. He personally had no objection, and would like to see this done on the basis of cooperation. Mr. Burnell said he did not think the situation in Lexington is that bad that Mr. Mehan could create a bad image of Lexington. He said he does know there are problems as there are in every other community, but he did not think Lexington was any worse. He said he thought Lexington had a fine group of young people and he also believed Mr. Mehan and was sure he did not intend to build something that isn't. He said he would be in favor of helping as much as possible to get the very finest image. The Chairman asked if Mr. Mehan had any problems after running any documentaries. Mr. Mehan replied in the negative and said there will always be responses of a critical nature but he has had no problems in the sense he thought the Chair- man was thinking of. He stated there are safeguards within NBC to assure the product is of a high quality. Mr, Cataldo pointed out that NBC will have a re- lease so they will be completely exonerated. The Chairman asked if there had ever been any criticism from subjects. Mr. Mehan replied he did not know of any. He said they did a show on the Belleview Hospital and one 158 cl person died on the show. They did a show on the Pitts- burgh schools, but there were no reactions. Mr. Cataldo said if Mr. Mehan filmed it and. it was 100% as it exists on all phases, he would have no quarrel. Mr. Mehan said he was not bidding for circulation or ratings. Mr. Sheldon said if a better public relations had been done to begin with, a good deal of the objections would have been allayed. Then there was the bad break of the Traveler articles. He said if Mr. Mehan had ap- proached the Board personally and stated exactly what he intended to do , it would have been a very fine thing. The Chairman stated Mr. Mehan came into a strange town and talked to the people he thought he should. He said Mr. Mehan talked to him and he did not inform the Board and did not expect any trouble. Mr. Sheldon said the only thing the Board is in- terested in is what is good for Lexington. He said if he thought there would be something said, printed or shown on a screen that can only hurt Lexington, he would vote against it and that is why he voted against the Traveler because that can do no good. He said factual presentation are fine but the Board does not want to do anything to hurt the Town. Mr. Mehan retired at 8:45 P.M. Petition, signed by Jane H. & Mark S. Carroll, re- questing installation of traffic signs on Locust Avenue Traffic was referred to the Traffic Study- Committee for study and recommendation. Letter was received from the Vermont Transit Co., Inc. , requesting a license to operate buses over certain portions of Route 128 which lies within the Town of Lex- ington. Bus Mr. Gray explained the company wants to change its license reute and use the extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike. This has been approved by the Department of Public Utili- ties. This new route will cut fifteen minutes off the schedule and no passengers will be picked up or discharged. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the Vermont Transit Co. , Inc. a license to operate buses, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 159 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as amended, upon the following highways in the Town: Between the Waltham City-Lexington Town Line, and the intersection of Massachusetts Highways 128 and 2 over Massachusetts High- , _ wad 123, Including Access reads to and from Massachusetts Highway 2. Th 9 Mr. Gray reported that Leslie York, President of the Town Meeting Members Association had a discussion with him regarding the use of Town reproducing machines for the TMMA. Mr. York would like to use a mimeograph Use of machine as well as the copying machine; . Town's Mr. York said each year there are three or four copying town meetings and the association does not have funds machines to have any work done. The Board had no objection to the TMMA using the Town' s mimeograph and copying machines. Mr. Cataldo suggested that the association call the office and schedule its work. Mr. Gray reported that he had looked into the purchase order forms and stated 5,000 will cost $160, Transfer and as no appropriation was made for this item he re- commended a transfer from the Reserve Fund. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to request the Appropriation Committee to transfer the sum of $160 from the Reserve Fund to the Selectmen's Expenses Account. Mr. Gray referred to the construction of a portion of Worthen Road through the Swenson property and advised that the question has arisen as to how this is to be Transfer paid for. He stated that the $230,000 appropriated was for Worthen to purchase the entire parcel. Road Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that the construction of Worthen Road through a section of the Swenson property be paid for by a transfer frnm the Conservation Fund. Mr. Gray referred to Mr. Donald K. Irwin's offer to purchase tax title lots on Hillside Avenue and read Tax title a letter from Town Counsel regarding the Conflict of Interest Law. Mr. Gray was authorized to advise Mr. Irwin that upon advice of Town Counsel regarding the Conflict of Interest Law, the Board cannot sell him these tax title lots. Mr. Gray reported that he had a request from the Acting Chief of Police and the Traffic Study Committee Speed for approval of Special Speed zones on certain streets. limits Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adopt the following speed limits at which motor vehicles may be operated in the areas described: Town of Lexington Special Speed Regulation Highway Location: Town of Lexington 160 C/ Authority in Control: Town of Lexington Naive of Highways: Reed Street Simonds Road Eldred Street Worthen Road Concord Avenue Winchester Drive In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, Section 18, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) , as amended, the follow- ing Special Speed Regulation is hereby adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lexington: That the following speed limits are established at which motor vehicles may be operated in the areas described: REED STREET - NORTHBOUND Beginning at Bedford Street thence northerly 0.08 miles at 25 miles per hour " 0.68 " " 35 " " " ending at Centre Street, total distance being 0.76 miles. REED STREET - SOUTHBOUND Beginning at Centre Street thence southerly 0.68 miles at 35 miles per hour tf 0.08 " " 25 " " " ending at Bedford Street, total distance being 0.76 miles. SIMONDS ROAD - EASTBOUND Beginning at Bedford Street thence easterly 0.36 miles at 30 miles ger hour " 0.19 " " 20 " " ending at Burlington St., total distance being 0.55 miles. SIMONDS ROAD - WESTBOUND Beginning at Burlington Street thence westerly 0.19 miles at 20 miles per hour " 0.36 " " 30 " n " ending at Bedford Street, total distance being 0.55 miles. ELDRED STREET - EASTBOUND Beginning at Bedford Street thence easterly 0.45 miles at 30 miles per hour ending at Grove Street, total distance being 0.45 miles. ELDRED STREET - WESTBOUND Beginning at Grove Street thence westerly 0.45 miles at 30 miles per hour ending at Bedford St. , total distance being 0.45 miles. 161 WORTHEN ROAD - NORTHBOUND II Beginning at Sherburne Road thence northerly 0.18 miles attt 25 miles per hourh .26 30 " 0.52 n It 35 " n n n O.L n " 30 n n " ending at Bedford St., total distance being 1.40 miles. WORTHEN ROAD - SOUTHBOUND Beginning at Bedford Street thence southerly 0.44. miles at 30 miles per hour " 0.52 It " 35 n If If " 0.26 n n 30 It It IT " 0.18 " " 25 " " It ending at Sherburne Rd. , total distance being 1.40 miles. CONCORD AVENUE - EASTBOUND Beginning at Cambridge-Concord Highway Route 2 thence easterly 0.81 miles at 35 miles per hour n n 0.16 " " 30 " n n " 0.87 It n 35 It It it " n 0.41 n " 40 It n n ending at the Belmont Town line, total distance being 2.25 miles. CONCORD AVENUE - WESTBOUND Beginning at the Belmont Town Line I thence westerly 0.41 miles at 40 miles perp hour 0.87 35 " 0.16 n a 30 " " " " 0.81 " n 35 n n " ending at the Cambridge-Concord Highway, Route 2, total distance being 2.25 miles. WINCHESTER DRIVE - EASTBOUND Beginning at Lowell Street Route 2A thence easterly 0.06 miles at 30 miles per hour " 0.62 " " 35 " It " ending at the Winchester Town Line, total distance being 0.68 miles. WINCHESTER DRIVE - WESTBOUND Beginning at the Winchester Town Line thence westerly in Lexington 0.62 miles at 35 miles per hour " 0.06 " " 30 n n n ending at Lowell Street, Route 2A total distance being 0.68 miles. Operation of a motor vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of these limits shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is greater than is reasonable and proper. 162 cr r/ The provisions of this regulation shall not, however, abrogate in any sense Chapter 90, Section 14, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed. ). May 3, 1965 /s/ Robert Cataldo /s/ Levi G. Burnell /s/ I.H.Mabee /s/ George C. Sheldon Attest: Hazel J. Murray Board of Selectmen Mr. Sheldon Cohen, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, met with the Board. The Chairman asked Mr. Cohen to tell the Board a little more about his request for a license to con- duct a sightseeing and touring business on ways in the Town. Sightsee- Mr. Cohen said he had a proposal regarding a ing bus sightseeing bus which he will operate and be conducted by the Harvard Students in the summer. He said he wants permission from the Board to use the streets and then he can go to the DPU and engage a bus that will hold nine passengers. It will pick up passengers at motels and hotels in Cambridge, going through Harvard, MIT and come to Lexington. He said he is also waiting for a reply from the Town of Concord. He said he would also like to work with the Historical Society. He ex- plained he would be showing people the historical spots and dropping them off for fifteen or twenty minutes. The Chairman said the Town does have guides. Mr. Cohen said the students drive and bring the passengers to the destination. Mr. Cataldo asked if this would be the only type vehicle he would use. Mr. Cohen replied in the affirmative and said he was granted four units in Cambridge. The Chairman said the Board would take the request under advisement and let Mr. Cohen know. Mr. Cohen retired at OL10 P.M. It was the consensus of opinion that there would be no objection providing it is understood by Mr. Cohen that his proposed activities would in no way conflict with the Guides. The Chairman said he would ask Mr. Cohen to submit a formal application and give the specific route he pro- poses to take. 163 Mr. York, Chairman of the Public Facilities Build- ing •Committee, presented a plan and stated the location Public of the building, as determined this morning, had been Facilities drawn and he asked the Board of Selectmen to sign the Building plan giving its approval of the location. Mr. York, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Morey, Mrs. Hagedorn and Mrs. Harvell, TMMA, met with the Board. Mr. York said the TMMA has had sone very diligent workers making a comparison of the almost extinct copy of the original Town By-Laws and the new By-Laws as pro- posed by the By-Law Committee. Mrs. Hagedorn said when the By-Laws were postponed, she decided to make up a dummy of the proposed By-Laws and show on the other side what this did to what the Town Town had before. She said she had twenty-nine pages of worked up material. She said the problem is that the TMMA does By-Laws not have enough money to get something of this size to the Town Meeting and the question came up last week as to how Town Meeting Members could discuss changes they did not know. The Chairman asked if the Committee was going to have another hearing on this. Mrs. Hagedorn said all the members have,going to the hearing, is what is shown on the left of the dummy pages she submitted. Mr. Burnell said if the people want to get into the details of every change, the committee would go over this in detail and he thought this had been explained by Allan Green. Mrs. Hagedorn said it amounts to whether this addi- tional information is worth assembling or not. Mr. York said many people are not aware of what has been deleted from the old By-Laws because all that is available is the new By-Law. He stated there is a drastic change and the TMMA felt it would like to have more study put into this before it becomes a final By-Law. Mr. Cataldo asked if Mr. York wanted the Board of Selectmen to print this. Mr. York replied not necessarily. Mrs. Hagedorn said it coald be done by Xerox and she felt this information should be given to the Town Meeting Members at least. The Chairman asked if the group believed the By-Laws are in need of change. Mrs. Hagedorn replied she thought this was a step forward, but she would not wish to see this voted in total. Mr. Alan Adams said he had read this through when he received it and there are a number of things that should be discussed. He said there should be enough copies available at the hearing so everyone can see in writing what the discussion is about. 164 CP et a Mrs. Morey said before the Annual Town Meeting, she was disturbed about the By-Law because no one had an opportunity to look at it. She further felt a Town By-Law change is a serious matter for the whole town and not just the Town Meeting Members. She talked to Allan Green about it immediately after the Town Meeting and asked if he would have at least two meetings. The Chairman asked how much it would cost to re- produce enough copies for Town Meeting Members. Mrs. Hagedorn replied eight cents a page to make a master. The Chairman suggested that the By-Law Committee pay to have these reproduced in sufficient quantity for every Town Meeting Member, and if sufficient funds are not available, the Board will request a transfer from the Reserve Fund. Mr. Sheldon said the Committee should do this, as it is that committee's function. Mr. Mabee said the Committee should understand the Selectmen want a comparison and that the Board suggest that the Committee make the money available. He said he wanted some assurance that the By-Law Committee is in favor of this. Mr. Sheldon said the Board is in agreement that the By-Law Committee shall be asked to do this with its funds. If the funds are insufficient, the Board will request tie Appropriation Committee for a transfer. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to the General By-Laws Committee to use Estabrook Hall for a public meeting on May 19, 1965 from 8:00 P.M. until midnight. The group retired at 9:45 P.M. Mr. Carroll reported that the Planning Board is in agreement with the location of Philip Road. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing, Executive deliberating, or voting on matters which, if made public, Session might adversely affect the public security, the financial interest of the Town, or the reputation of any person. Following a short discussion pertaining to articles presented for insertion in the warrant for the June 7 Special Town Meeting, it was voted to resume the open meeting Mr. Carroll retired at 101.10 P .M. I 65 The Chairman read a letter from the Town Treasurer, Miss McDonough, advising it is necessary to borrow $1,000,000 in anticipation of taxes, and listing the bids received. Borrowing Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the bid of 2.08% discounted, submitted by the New England Merchants National Bank of Boston. Classification of Boards and Committees was held over. Certification and Report Form, dated May 6, 1965, was received from the Division of Civil Service, certify- ing requisition for one remaining vacancy for four perma- nent patrolmen. Mr. Gray reported there is another list that will be coming out soon. He said this list was sent in re- Civil Ser- sponse to the Board's request. He explained the Board vice List indicated there were four vacancies and Civil Service furnished three names. This will be for the Board to take one name to fill the fourth vacancy. He stated the recommendation of Acting Chief Corr is to hold this up and make the four appointments at one time. It was agreed to hold the certified list over and to take no action at this time. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Robert J. Faulkingham, 13 Fletcher Avenue , and James J. Moloy, 10 Vine Street, to the Lexington Auxiliary Auxiliary Fire Department as requested by Mr. Arthur E. Fire Dept. Burrell, Director of Civil Defense. Letter from Francis Worrell, 183 Cedar Street, relative to condition of Garfield Street, was referred Complaint to Mr. Irwin, Building Inspector, for investigation and report. The Chairman read a letter from the Lexington Minute Men requesting permission to have a Lexington Town Flag fabricated for their use. The group also requested permission to carry this flag as a part of Town flag the organization's Color Guard Unit in parades, re- views and other functions . The Board had no objection providing no expense by the Town is involved. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant the following licenses: Licenses Trinity Pharmacy 162 Bedford Street Sunday Sales Walnut Farm Trust 40 Walnut Street Comm. Viet. Louis A. Guadangnino 1698 Mass. Avenue Sunday Bowling co X66 ors cr cl Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted Dump to grant a Yearly Dump Permit to Jerome C. Wagner, permits Chelmsford, and William McDonough, Concord, both doing landscape work in Lexington. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign notices of intention to alter and relocate Barrymeade Barrymeade Drive fvom the existing northwesterly terminus Drive of Barrymeade Drive to the land of Joseph F. and Rosina Buse. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to rescind the vote of the Board on May 3, 1965 not to Articles include articles in the warrant for the June 7, 1965 Town Meeting on the Lidberg and Castoldi properties. The Chairman was recorded in opposition. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to include in the warrant for the June 7, 1965 Special Articles Town Meeting articles submitted by the Planning Board relative to acquisition of Lidberg land on Adams Street and exchange of land with John W. Castoldi, Inc. The Chairman was recorded in opposition. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the warrant for the Special Town Meeting, Warrant June 7, 1965. Mr. Gray reported that the Planning Board does not want the Lidberg and Castoldi land articles in the warrant. It has cancelled the hearing and told the consultant, at this point, not to have the report ready. Mr. Gray stated last year when the Assessors were through with the tax bills, the machines were brought over to the Accountant's Office. Now the Assessors will need the machine again for at least six weeks, and Transfer if it is returned, the Accounting Department will be left without a machine for six weeks which poses many problems. He explained that Mr. Perry, of the Burroughs Company, suggested renting a machine which would cost between $500 and $600 for six weeks. He recommended that the Board request the Appropriation Committee to transfer $600 from the Reserve Fund to the Accounting Department - Expenses Account. Mr. Gray reported he has been negotiating for a con- siderable time with some property owners on Woburn Street whose land has been taken for a school site. He has had a second appraisal made and in light of that, there have been months of negotiating with many of the property owners, but he has been unable to negotiate on the rear land. He has discussed this with Town Counsel and asked if he thought there was any need for him to talk to these 167 people and his advice was that it would not be. For that II reason, Mr. Gray requested the Board to have the necessary papers prepared to make the takings of the following pro- perties: Ben Franklin Homes, Inc. Millie G. Greicci Thomas Quinn Co. , Inc. Waymint Realty Trust Samuel A. & Stella M. Modoono Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize Mr. Legro, Town Ccunsel, to prepare the neces- sary Orders of Taking. Mr. Sheldon referred to the meting the people from Burnham Road had with the Board in regard to their sewer problem and reported he had done a little checking with the Board of Health. He also talked with a resident of the area who knew there was clay there so his leaching Burnham beds are working. He said he also understood what was Road done by the Board of Health w s in compliance with the sewer State regulations, under which the Town operates. He asked if the Board thought Mr. Gray should see if the Town has any right to have more stringent rules than the State provides. He said he would like to have a little investigating done to see if there is anything the Town can do to tighten this situation. He stated had the Town had a ruling that clay is not an acceptable soil for this type of system, the problem of Burnham Road would not exist. The Chairman asked Mr. Gray to explore the subject. The Planning Board came into the meeting at 10:40 P.M. Mr. Bryson stated the Board would like to include the so-called Lidberg and Castoldi articles in the warrant for the June 7, 1965 Town Meeting, in view of the letter received from Mr. Lidberg. The Planning Board retired. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to go into Executive Session for the purpose of dis- cussing, deliberating or voting on matters which, if made public, might adversely affect the public security, Executive the financial interest of the Town, or the reputation Session of any person. Following discussion relative to a letter from Town Counsel pertaining to claim of Charlotte Minkowitz et al, it was voted to resume the open meeting. The Chairman said the Board is appointing a com- mittee of the Board as an advisory committee to the Board of Human rights between interested civil rights' groups in the Town. The committee will meet periodi- cally with these groups. He said this is the way the Board feels it should be handled. The purpose is to 1 ( S CI meet with Civil Rights' groups and other interested persons to further a better understanding of the problems of human rights and relationships among persons of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and to improve communications within the community, all with the view ofpreserving Lexington as the kind of town of which everyone can be proud. The Chairman appointed Messrs. Mabee and Cataldo to serve with him. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 10:55 P.M. 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