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MINUTES of ( Min V a. Y.L,L Lie ..1.
The meets "ct. Was c r by the 1. 1
7 50 pro , wi r.r° rick, ,Jr, hassleP r .ze; 11
Rawls pre eat,. A s ia.tr. Lenbers tar Fr' e.. r i
Mr's. tioloma r aka() 1. ese it;
Minutes S _U, 1.:7 , Jj:ac 14 , 19^1 , wexe mac , en
HOVE)) and. {'A,S:c, ' t t a. ,spy of the Gomm on (aJen r
be sent cnP r'1ts „€rtr fur Lexington Consi rvatir ; at frt
trey be sent thr i-mute Man, with the and. rr.tand. uo ,kat
contents be ,:heckecl foreisinterpretetiou
Citizen^for aeon, ;ton ;onservution last 'Thursday pry-
Polaroid camera, complete with an attached trcr,z ,. 1.aqu
$150 worth of film (es needed) to the Commission to ai
publicity and record keeping efforts. The car era wi.i A. Ft ,.CI
in Dr. hassler' s haze and be available for any coma i s
who needs it.
The CLC also informed the Commission that throw, .he = r
of an anonymous donor ; 1 ,000 is available for a cars.,
sect designated by the Jamtc s .ion. One possibi] he .:.
was the erection of attraLtitie signs on all c rtes at c ,a,
Recommended the CLG keep the rands until the ' e :inti.
upon a definite prolect.
Dr. Kessler suggested that the CLU nelp .he t ",.amiss
planning in the various areas of Town. The folio• i c ;
to help
Don Deily, 3 Marshall Rd
Shirley Byrne , 7 , Wellington
Ave. 8a
loan Crothers, 15 Woodclrze Nd., 3b1- Y0
Frank Br mlev, 8 Woodland iid., R02. 39'
Sob Gar`sicie, 20 Lorinf' Rd. ,V 20
Pat Granger, 229 Bait St
rank Sandy, 35j ;lnerson Rd >E,1.
Photographs. It was emphasized that pictures a;h 'uld h caro+
all streams. Mrs. Nichols recut mended that, the 'onin iesz.nn
all old aerial photos of the mown as valuable noefor9
in studies of wetlands fluid drainage.
Adoption of Resolution as Required for Application "o .1r:,u,
ment to HUD for 1971-voted. Conservation pur .hoses °JuT 4al. ani
by the Commission. Th. C-aanission agreed that the ie ioa,
should include beta the et 'eet and property-owner tee a clop
each land and that the requested amount should cover a,. 1 arr,
agreed with propur'ty owners , plus anticipated ad.; aro exile u
For 'Titelbaum this d111 be $3,000 less than the iU,o ' v , ed
Article 61 , for F3alLou thi_. 41.1.1 be 'S'1 , 390 mu e ,rr, a1. .°
in Article 62 , difference to ue covered by cam ery r 1 And
AN 30 ssi
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Release of tniormatinn. on Reimbursements. The Tarr ha received
;137,027 from P Llfi, ,.t rant of 5o , of .til &_l lcw; ;i.. xi: r3C iri-
ourred in the purc ; of the following lands
Jttevee- Utica JtreeL
Advent Christian Church
'wzndi e r
kingston domes
,,odootao
,rods (ee&N)
Cr ..wf o rd
Valleyfield Realty Tr.
Area Realty Tr.
Buse, Realty Tr.
The Commission had put in a request for 437 ,550.4 Ap 'mule 1
41,046 of expenses reported by the Commission were dtsa. 'ed
The Town has also received reimbursement from the State r srt
ment of Natural Resources for the same properties
Hatch Act Revisions nre now under discussion be the Legi r.ure
it was reported, (tighter re7,tirements) .
Forms of Conservation Plans were exhibited oy '1r Nriedm.. Re,
commended the Secretary send for the Paxton Plan, ment n "d is
the latest Audubon Society bulletin.
July Meetias will be Mondays, the 12th, Lyth and. L th.
Great lw.ead.w :ieport was relea.sed today to the Minute Ma, su to
a joint statement issued by the Arlington and LeKingtoz "eat
Meadow Committees, as well as a thanks tc the bexingtor tizena
who assisted in gathering data. A copy of the report r'
to the Lary Memorial Library. in order that, there ,e wata..>ug);
copies of the complete 'eport to ,leo around, Sc i ficte. ma
be asked to return their copies. Arlington Lexingr.en wilt
each have 1000 copies of the first 10 pages iD 4t.7Lribute to
Town Meeting members and concerned organizat dn. and a.zene
The Minute Man will also ran the summary re;. erf. ;text ti'E 1$'.
The final bill from Camp, Dresser and McKee was voted ::>I-p-uvci
(43,297.84) , leaving about C$250 in the Great `leadow Revert
account. Commission members thought this wouli oe su, ft: ,.lt
to cover the cost of printing copies of the su„unar 't
The Joint Committees will meet at the end of summer a
for the implementation phase of the report , wh. ct shot!d
presented to the Boards of Selectmen some time in th• iii
Champion Trees. Nr. i''riedman has prepared an art Geo fo r.
Minute Man, which may appear this week or next encs/be .AL:d 'i
dates are the weeping hemlock on Somerset Street 4., Nichol
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English Elm on i erlingtor. Street P. Ma. e 'alt " A i - 0 ire I
Orange behind lir- 'Peen Oft lee parking' 1 t ik 1. J ) 1
Burlington Selectme:t' s '9eetine. The Seleetma , . .cam tioaa.rde
and Conservation Tommi ssio'ns of Bedford and uur inet y eexinsw
ton were invited to attend. last Thursday' s meeting of t :,arl:in�Z-
ton Board of Selectmen. Mesdames Frick and Rawls of le orumessi.oii
Mssrs Lund' the Planning Board and Messrs i enney ntr; 1314a of a lark
the Selectmen attend d Rep. Vigneau of Hurlir_,?,pic e, in )weed and
H 3344 said that the Ways and Means Committee will r' •u.rt favor 3raham
ably on it next week and that it will probably pass Ale :, erre
Representatives of Lexington expressed concern over the ff.i
on Middlesex Turnpike as the result of the proposed d :ve)' ement
Bedford representatives expressed concern about t. :e pullu on o.
the Vine Brook. Burlington Board of Selectmen have prone, a that.
the Town require 150 feet buffer strip, 75 feet of which st be
green, between industrially-zoned and residentially-zoned and.
At present Burlington requires only a 10-foot setback on rsdus-
trially-zoned land. This issue will oe decided at &pee el "own
Meeting July 26 . Burlington Selectmen' s Chairman was assed what
the prospects for passage of this measure would be. tie replied
that zoning restrictions favored by the .selectmen and Plan ing
Board usually pass. At this point Mr. Baxter, the Jhairrn *n of
the Burlington Planning Board rose to express strong opposition
to the restriction (he had previously expressed great .hostility
toward Lexington for voting to take a strip to block. aucees
through Lexington) . Since eerlington sometimes ha:: quorum prob-
lems at their open Town Meetings, it was recommended that. Com-
mission members get in touch with their friends in Lurlingt•on.
Dr. Taylor of Lexington, representing the Tri Town committee also
expressed concern about the development. Senator lion MacKenzie
promised. to block passage of H3344 in the Senate until satisfac-
tory agreement among; the concerned Towns can be reached and plans
for the development are seen.
Tot Lot. Commission members have been. asked to look ever the
proposed 175-foot-square proposed site at the end of Bernard.
Road with Mr. 3.lazerall and Mr. . Gallagher of Lhe Recreation
Committee. This will he accomplished this week.
at 10 30 p.m.
The meeting adjourned_/until ,Monday, June 23
RespectCuley eubel tea,
Mrs. M'na. 3. .rec'cte
Seca•et:. rs