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A meeting of the Commission was bele on 2 .Decemle e 65 at iMuzeee junior
High School at 7 30 1 .M, Eresent were Clarke, Cole, Earsy , Greele,, ,
Michelman, Riftin and Wells. Also precent Warren Roberts
Mr M1che.lrnan presented drafts of two astieles to be CONTRACT
placed before i•he Town Meeting. COMPLIANCE
Article S in a verbatim repetition of Article 4 of ,he Town Meeting
Special Town Meeting of 2 June 1969, passed by voice Articles
vote. It provides for minority job opportunities on the
new junior -high school oonsteuction job-. it should-follow consideration
of the junior high school whenever that comes befoze the Town Meeting
Article A is a changed version of Article 9 of the June Special Town
Meeting, amending the General B- -Laws to provide for contract com-
pliance arrangements in contracts let by ]bhe Town. it was passed b,
the Town Meeting and subsequently voted down by re.l' nrendum This
article should be placed before the Anneal Town Meeting in March
Substantive changes are
1 Authorization applies only to relatively large projects.
2. "Minority groups" are defined as those protected by state and
federal fair employment laws.
3. A committee is provided to assume specific responsibility and
expedite arrangements.
The Commission AGREED on two other changes
In Section 2, the figure for the lower limit to the size of a
project was specified at 1100.000 It was felt that a smaller
contract could not realisticalio be expected to sustain such a
program.
In the same paragraph, authorization to expend town funds 1s
qualified with the words, "provided that apnropri tions specificali
iesignated for such purposes have been voted by the Town Meeting "
It was AGR)EO to forward the revised ,!rafts to the Board of Selectmen
with a request that the articles be place'' on the 1970 Town Warrant
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Kr Greeley commented on correspondence between himself and TAX
Town Counsel on the legality of conveying tax title lands- TITLE
to prospective developers of subsidized housing at lower LATDS
than fair market value Town Counsel sees statutory
authority for such conveyance only to the Hosing Authority ,
by vote of Town 'Teeting;.
It is Mr. M:lohelmanes opinion that authorization is available through
the Home Rule A .iendment, which permits a town to "exercise powers not
in conflict with the statutes " He recommended that, if the Town
wished to exercise this power, it should do so through amendement to
the By-Laws.
It was AGREED to forward the correspondence to the Planning Board
and suggest that they consult Mr Michelman if they desire to act
on the matter of tax title lands at the March Town Meeting.
Mr. Greeley reported that he and requested the Board to BUDGET
include about $250 for expenses of the Commission in the
1970 budget.
A copy of the preliminary report of the Planning Board on subsidized
housing was given to ,*•-r. Roberts, with the understanding that it was
not for publication, being a draft subject to considerable revision
before being made public.
The meeting adjourned at apnroxirnately 9.30 P. R.