HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-01-23-LCSR-rpt-001.pdf LEXINGTON COMMISSION ON SUBURBAN RESPONSIBILITY 23 January 1969
1969 WORK PROGRAM
Areas of Attention - Housing, Employment and Training, Education.
Housing Task Force
Function To research available housing programs and report
fully to the Commission.
Members Mrs Christensen (Convenor), Mr. Earsy, Mr. Scanlon,
Mrs Riff in, Mr. Lindman, Mr. Graham.
Specific Work Activities
1 . Investigate the need for moderate-income housing by local
residents.
2. Investigate possible sites for moderate-income housing that
may become available.
3. Investigate the possible use of tax title lands for low-
and moderate-income housing
4. Seek advice and assistance from the new Mass. Department of
Community Affairs on state assistance in the areas of housing,
employment and education.
5. Investigate the need for a fair housing center in Lexington.
6 Establish liaison with realtors and financial instisutions
involved in housing and seek their support.
7. Contact major employers in the Lexington-Route 128 area to
determine whether their black employees need assistance in finding
adequate housing. .
8. Review town codes to determine if they will unduly restrict
low cost housing construction.
Employment and Training Task Force
Function: : To' investigate the problems and potential programs to
improve the employment of black people in the Route 128 area.
Members Mr Bernier (Convenor) , Mr Conroy, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Smith.
Specific Work Activities
1 Investigate progress and problems of developing on-the-job
training programs for blacks by construction industries in the
Lexington area.
2. Investigate means of providing .progress toward improved
hiring practices by contractors and unions.
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3. Investigate the need for the establishment of a job referral
system geared toward finding jobs for black people living in or
planning to move to Lexington.
Task Force on Community Education
Function. To examine existing programs for improvement to
educational opportunities for both black and white people and
make proposals for additional programs, if needed.
Members: Mrs. Skov (Convenor) , Mrs Clarke, Mt. Donovan,
Miss Lundberg, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kellogg.
Specific Work Activities
1 Study and make recommendations about the public school
curriculum
2. Determine whether programs of adult education can be used
to educate whites on black history, ghetto problems, and the
need for change in certain attitudes by whites.
3 Assist the Metco program in any way possible.
4. Investigate means for supplementing the efforts of the
Merco program.
5. .Prepare a program approach to solving any problems which
may arise in education due to increases in multiple housing in
Lexington, especially if occupied in part by low-and moderate-
income families.
In addition to the above activities in the areas of housing, em-
ployment and education the Commission will seek to undertake the
following activities wring the coming year-
1 . Join with other similar organizations in the metropolitan
Boston area to seek area-wide solutions to the problems of
housing, employment and education.
2. Invite prominent experts on housing and urban affairs to
Lexington to speak before open meetings.
3 Propose specific actions on housing, employment and
education to the Board of Selectmen and other town boards ,
where appropriate. /
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