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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-04-BOS-min ,6,--' trtft GtA 6 ).,). SELECTMEN'S MEETING 0111111 ;l April 4, 1983 Hi, A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 4, 1983 at 7:00 P.M. Chairman Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr. Sacco, Mr. Mc- Laughlin; Mr. Hutchinson, Town Manager; Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present. The Chairman convened the meeting at 7:00 P.M. and read a request Battle from the Lexington Minute Men, Inc. for use of the Battle Green on April Green 10. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- quest of the Lexington Minute Men, Inc. for the use of the Battle Green on Sunday, April 10 between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. for re- hearsal of the re-enactment. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to the request of Traffic Mrs. Joseph Gryboski for chevron type curve signs on Mason Street at her Safety residence to the Traffic Safety Committee for its recommendations. Pow Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, Mr. Politi ab- One Day staining, to issue a One Day Liquor License to the Lexington Bicentennial Liq. Lic. I Bank for May 14 from 8:30 P.M. until Midnight for a benefit dance to be held at Keilty Hall, St. Brigid's Parish. Mr. Crain referred the Board to its copies of the minutes of the Dog Hearing Bolitski/Theriault dog hearing of March 23. Bolitski/ Mr. Sacco reported that he had conducted this hearing and noted Theriault that on July 13, 1982, after a hearing on June 22, 1982, issued an order that the dog be confined on a run within 10 days. He noted that on Au- gust 18, 1982 the Board modified its order as the dog was being restrained. He recommended that the original order of July 13, 1982 as the dog con- - tinues to be a nuisance. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to issue the follow- ing order to Mr. Theriault: "That this dog is to be confined on a run which is to be in- stalled on your property within ten (10) days of the date of this letter. The dog is to be kept on this run or on a leash at all times when she is outside your home. If at the end of ten days of the date of this letter, the run has not been installed, the dog will be removed by the Animal Control Officer from the legal boundaries of the Town of Lex- ington". Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Minutes "'' minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting of January 26. Article 18 The Board and Manager discussed articles for Town Meeting. Mrs. Battin made the motion to support Article 18 -- Clean Indoor Air. ...� Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that the Board support the passage of Article 18 -- Clean Indoor Air. .rte LexHAB The Board discussed the charge to the LexHAB Committee. Charge Mrs. Battin stated that she and the Manager had gone over the charge and had made some changes that they thought might address Mr. Politi's con- cern regarding the scope of the charge. She suggested that the Board adopt this charge as drafted making minor changes tonight and, at Town Meeting, move to postpone with the understanding that a written document will be on the table for Town Meeting on Wednesday. She stated that, if the Board does not have a LexHAB charge drafted when Article 9 comes up there will be a sub- stitute motion from the floor requesting the Board of Selectmen to submit a report to Town Meeting on the subject matter of the article and to specify the charge to LexHAB,the proposed composition of the Committee and the pro- posed form of the legislation in its establishment. She stated that if the motion passes, the maker of the motion plans to serve notice of reconsidera- tion so that Town Meeting can debate the charge when submitted. Mr. Politi stated that he continued to have concerns relative to the charge to the Committee which he thought should be limited initially to Muzzey School. He further stated that he would support legislation which is board in scope to enable the Board to further charge LexHAB at some later point if they wanted to have the agency involved with Potter Pond or Morrow Crossing. He stated that he felt strongly that the LexHAB Committee should report directly to the Board of Selectmen and not to Town Meeting. He He stated that he had no problem with having them report to Town Meeting annually, but did have difficulty with the first sentence of the charge "when authorized by the Town Meeting, the Lexington Assistance Board shall be empowered to. . .". He felt that the sentence should read "when authorized by the Board of Selectmen". He stated that he felt that the LexHAB's first assignment shall be to act as a Town representative in the matter of the converstion of Muzzey School, which assignment, in essence, was given by both the Town Meeting and the Board of Selectmen. It was his feeling that by limiting it to Muzzey School the Board will have the opportunity to sit down with the Lexington Housing Authority and make it clear to them that the Board is not necessarily establishing a second bureaucratic arm of government that is going to take away the responsibility that the Housing Authority was elected to perform. Mrs. Battin stated that the same phrasing was used when the Permanent Building Committee was set up. She stated that if they have been authorized by Town Meeting to assume a particular assignment they can make their own rules and regulations and that she would hate to limit Town Meeting's option to direct this board to assume something that, perhaps, the Board of Select- men was not willing to have them take on. She stated that she felt that at least Town Meeting should be there as much as the Board of Selectmen and asked if the word "or" would be acceptable to Mr. Politi. Mr. Politi reiterated his concern that it was not clear from whom the agency would be getting its directions and that he felt that Town Meeting should not have the authority to direct the committee but should only act in an advisory capacity as they do with other Selectmen committees. It was agreed that Mr. Politi will submit a draft of what he would perceive the charge to be on Wednesday for further consideration by the immei Board. , „, g.em% The Board discussed Article 14 -- Accessory Apartments. Article 14 Mrs. Battin moved to support the recommendations of the Committee Accessory and expressed appreciation to the Committee for an excellent job stat- Apartments ing that they had attended to a great many concerns that were brought up at the public hearing of the Planning Board. Mr. Politi stated that he, too, was impressed by the report and agreed that it was an excellent job. He stated that he was unable to agree to the "by right" portion of the recommendations as he felt that neighbor concerns have to weigh heavily in any decision to convert what is a residential single family dwelling into a dwelling that has an accessory apartment. He stated that he felt that any change of use in a neighborhood should be judged by the Board of Appeals and not the Building Commissioner. Mrs. Battin stated that concerning the "by right" portion, the abutters will be notified 10 days before the Building Commissioner issues a permit and this would give the abutters an opportunity to monitor what he is doing and they can also review what he has done and pick up any errors. She stated that if they feel that he has acted not in compli- ance with very tight standards that have been set up, they can then start the process to go to the Board of Appeals. Mrs. Battin further stated that she felt that it "was really a sham to allow people to think that going to the Board of Appeals is going to give them an out because the Board of Appeals doesn't have the discretion to vary from the standards. In order to have it come before the Board of Appeals they will have to write less rigid standards and, past experience from Board of Appeals decisions is based more that there is neighborhood opposition or not, which seems not necessarily the best reasons for denying or granting a particular permit". She stated that neighborhood opinion has more bear- ing on a varience, but the Board of Appeals role in granting permits and variences is quite different. They have to listen to different things and apply different criteria. Mr. McLaughlin stated that he, too, was concerned that aboutters would be notified 10 days before the issuance of a permit, if there was nothing that they could do about it. He stated that, as far as he could tell, the only reasonable objection would be failure to comply with the regulations which, presumably, the Building Commissioner is going to do. Mr. Crain stated that he felt this particular element would be one of considerable debate at Town Meeting and had need to hear the point of view of people who know more about the appeals process. Mrs. Battin stated that she understood the concern of the Board about this particular point but felt that the Board should take a stand on everything else except the "by right" portion and moved that the Board of Selectmen support the proposal of the committee with the exception of the provision of the "by right" permit and that Board members could make up their minds individually on that provision. Mr. McLaughlin seconded the motion. Mr. Politi stated that he was unable to support Mrs. Battin's mo- tion because he was unwilling, at this point, to state to Town Meeting that the Board of Selectmen will individually take a position on the "by right" amendment as he understood it, the Board would like to hear the debate relative to this. Mr. Crain asked if the motion could be amended to reflect that the - 4 - f r vi-'V-' Board would like to listen to the debate. Mrs. Battin agreed. Upon duly on motion made and seconded, it was voted to support the ' 10 recommendations of the Accessory Apartments Committee, but had not reached a concensus on the "by right" provision of the report. � 41� 4 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0, by roll call vote, Mr. Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr, Politi, Mr. Sacco and Mr. McLaughlin, to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing a matter of litigation with no intention of resuming the Executive Session. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8:00 P.M. A true copy, Attest: LI '" --) 1°' r 17 4K-kc; 7 ut ive Clerk ..rd ISP z,14 f wry `' SELECTMEN'S MEETING r __ April 6, 1983 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Meet- ing Room, Town Office Building, on Wednesday, April 6, 1983 at 7:00 P.M. Chairman Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr. Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin; Mr. Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Clerk were present. Mr. Crain called the meeting to order and stated that the subject LexHAB for discussion would be Mr. Politi's draft of his proposed changes to the Charge original draft of the charge and legislation fro LexHAB. He referred the Board to its copies as submitted by Mr. Politi. Mrs. Battin stated that she noted that Mr. Politi had incorporated all that was in the original draft but now appeared in different places. She stated that she was reluctant to react without having more time to look it over. She stated that, considering the structure of government -- in the charge or Selectmen's Policies and Procedures. Mr. Crain stated that he was anxious to go forward with the legis- . lation so that part of the process could get started and asked what Mr. Cohen felt regarding Mr. Politi's draft. Mr. Cohen stated that he had started drafting the legislation and +"""'. that some of the issues certainly have to be in the Legislation. He stated that he wanted to make sure that the wording would indicate that the committee's functions would not take over functions of the Housing Authority. Mr. Politi suggested identifying some of the differences between his draft and the original draft so the Board could fucus attention on them for Monday's meeting. He suggested that the portion of the original draft relating to criteria of appointment be contained in the Board's Policies and Proce- dures Manual where other criteria of appointments currently rests, such as for the Town Celebrations Committee, Historic Districts and Board of Ap- peals. He suggested deletion of that portion of the original draft relating to criteria of appointment be contained in the Board's Policies and Pro- cedures Manual where other criteria of appointments currentls rests, such as for the Town Celebrations Committee, Historic Districts Commission and Board of Appeals. He suggested deletion of that portion of the original draft that provides that no member may be a member of a major regulatory board. He felt that it would make sense to consider appointment of a member of the Lexington Housing Authority but would not make it a requirement. He felt that the Board should have flexibility in that it could make this type of appointment, but was not required to but is still not precluded from doing so. He stated that in his draft he had left out that portion "no member Pik may have major holdings of undeveloped land." He stated that he felt that the State Conflict of Interest statute that governs municipal boards was sufficient protection. He stated that he felt that if someone was a major land owner it could be considered by the Board in the selection process but should not be an immediate prohibition on membership. - 2 - Mrs. Battin stated that she did not see the Housing Authority as a regulatory board. She stated that in order to avoid the appearance of conflict, which she felt was as important as actual conflict, it was safer to say that they should not be a member of the Historic Districts or Selectmen etc. She stated that the same exclusionary criteria used for '"' oo the Board of Appeals should be used to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. She felt that it could be considered suspect and put an undue burden on a person who does have land and would, therefore, have to avoid looking at it, while it might be very appropriate for LexHAB to do so. Mr. McLaughlin pointed out that he felt that buying land and build- ing houses for low and moderate income families would seem to be precluded by the high cost of land purchase and construction and, therefore, this would seem to be a non-issue. Mrs. Battin, referring to the legislation, stated that she agreed with Mr. Politi's suggestion that the Board have the option of appointing an agreed upon number of members rather than requiring it, but felt it should not be limited to five. Mr. Cohen suggested that the wording be "not less than five voters of the town" thus not restricting it to five. Mr. Politi stated that he felt that it was important to specify in the legislation not only that the Board of Selectmen is the appointing authority, but that the Board has the legislative authority to charge the corporation that is being set up, which he understood, would be a non- profit corporation. Mrs. Battin questioned whether or not this should be in the charge suggested by Mr. Politi. She felt the purpose of LexHAB as initially stated to Town Meeting was important. She stated that it specified "it shall investigate and implement further alternatives for the provision of low, moderate and middle income housing as charged by the Board of Selectmen." She stated she felt that it needed to be charged by another body before implementing, but felt that as originally phrased "it would investigate" was more appropriate as it would then be self-starting and bring back to the Selectmen any suggestions it has. Mr. Politi stated that the reason he suggested the change was that he wanted it clear that the Board of Selectmen will be the board that charges LexHAB and its first charge would be with respect to Muzzey School. If the Board of Selectmen then wanted LexHAB to investigate further alter- natives it would then provide that charge to them. Mrs. Battin agreed that its first charge should be Muzzey School, but saw a somewhat larger charge which was also to investigate while implement- ing Muzzey. She stated that she saw the purpose being to both investigate and implement. She stated that they should not have to wait for the Board to tell them to go out and investigate something, but that they should go out and investigate and come back to the Board with the information. She stated that she felt that Mr. Politi's wording would preclude any investi- gation by the committee. Mr. McLaughlin requested Town Counsel to see if there was anything in the language that would preclude LexHAB from actually administering the sale of the units of Muzzey to prevent any "side deals." He felt that the legislation and charge should be drawn so that LexHAB will have the Selectmen's Meeting April 6, 1983 Punk authority to administer the sales in such a way as to prevent any "side deals." Mr. Cohen stated that this would be encompassed in the deed re- strictions. The Board will reconsider the wording in the legislation and the charge to the committee and make a final decision on Monday. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0, by roll call Executive voted, Mr. Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr, Sacco, Mr. McLaughlin, Session to go into Executive Session for the prupose of discussing a matter of litigation, with no intention of resuming the open meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8:00 P.M. A true record, Attest: 01.111 Executive Clerk f-- vt ,t , 1 C4\ SELECTMEN'S MEETING raft e„, April 11, 1983 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 11, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr. Sacco, Mr. Mc- Laughlin; Mr. Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel, Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager and Miss Casey, Executive Director. The Board met with Mr. Page, and members of the CATV Committee and CATV . Mr. Gaumond and Mr. Frederick of the Adams-Russell Company to discuss complaints regarding poor service that had been received. Mr. Page informed the Board that he had met with Mr. Pollack, Mana- ger of the Lexington operations, to discuss the persistent number of com- plaints received by the Selectmen and Town Manager relative to poor ser- vice. Mr. Pollack, at that time, informed 'Mr. Page of his plans and strategy for dealing more efficiently with complaints as they come in and he would report back to the Committee. After meeting with the full Com- mittee regarding Mr. Pollack's commitment, the Committee felt that they should give Mr. Pollack a chance to respond on each individual complaint. Mr. Page pointed out that the Town of Winchester went through a similar p""' "debugging" process and Mr. Pollack feels that, by late Spring a good standard of operations will be achieved. Mr. Page reported that the equipment to the School Department as required by the contract is still only partially supplied. He stated that the High School is nearly finished and several of the other schools are at the stage where they can readily be connected. Mr. Page pointed out that there have been more than 5,000 connec- tions and that many people have experienced good installation service and subsequent service. He reported that Ms. Goldfarb is working on the con- tract requirement of local programming of 10 hours per week. Mr. Pollack informed the Board that almost all of the equipment for the schools has been ordered and will report back with specifics. Mr. Crain expressed his concern relative to the standard of services that have been experienced in Lexington pointing out that the firm has experienced similar problems in other areas and should have anticipated and prepared for them here, thus eliminating many of them. Mr. Crain stated that the standard of service expected by the Board is that a com- plaint transmitted to Adams-Russell should be attended to without the necessity of the complainant having to contact the members of the Board. Members of the audience registered their complaints and it was decided that the Manager would transmit a list of questions regarding the equipment for the schools etc. and Mr. Pollack is to respond within two weeks. Mr. Crain thanked Mr. Pollack and Mr. Page for appearing before the Board and they retired from the meeting. 2 - Hanscom Field The Board met with a group, headed by Mr. John Hayward, who are op- 1984 Motor- posed to the proposed 1984 Motorsport Classic at Hanscom Field. sports Classic Mr. Hayward addressed the Board and requested reconsideration of the Board's previous vote based on a petition of 180 Lexington residents who •• are in opposition to the Board's vote of "no opposition" to the event. The petition was addressed to Massport regarding the event and ex- pressed the opinion that Hanscom Field should be utilized as an airport and not a race tract and petitioned the officials at Massport to reject the proposal. The petition pointed out that traffic, safety and sanitary re- quirements surrounding the race will result in greater costs to the town than benefits. It further emphasized that the Motorsport Classic is "incompatible with the traditional Patriots' Day celebration". Mr. Hayward pointed out that users of the Field such as Raytheon, Millipore, DEC and Gillete also opposed to the race. He also stated that Lincoln and Concord officials had voice their objections. Mr. McLaughlin stated that he felt that there was a great deal of mis- information being circulated regarding the costs to the town as opposed to any benefits. Mr. McLaughlin stated that, when it was discussed with the Manager, various departments had reported that it this event could be handled without too much financial impact on the town and, he was very open to any specific complaints on the subject. He also stated that, as far as he was concerned, the Board has voted "not to object" pending de- cisions by other bodies. He pointed out that he felt that it was very clear when the decision was made that the sense of the Board was that in the future should some real evidence be presented strongly suggesting that it would be very harmful to the Town, the Board would be very sensi- tive. He stated that he had received only one letter stating that "people who go to sports car races are nasty people". He stated that needed more than simple assertions such as that or that there is going to be great costs and no benefits. He pointed out that there will be approximately $200,000 from the promoters to be donated to non-profit groups for charitable activities in the area and that the Lexington Chamber of Com- merce had requested the Board to consider the request of the promoters. Mr. Hayward questioned the figure of $200,000 and requested the benefits in concrete numbers and questioned Lexington's benefit in this figure. Mr. Hayward informed the Board that he had been to Massport last week and raised the question of whether Lexington would benefit to this amount and was informed that the Chairman of Massport is concerned about two issues one, "who is your organization" and two, "indemnification". There were two members of Massport at that time who were opposed to the event. Mr. Crain stated that getting into the issue of indemnification "clouds the issue" as Massport is responsible for indemnification and they must clarify that. He pointed out, for clarification, the input that the Town had was from the Police Chief and the Fire Chief and that, in their opinion, the proposal was one that was controllable and would not result in an exorbitant drain on expense. The Manager explained that all of the expenses have been passed on to developer and that traffic control is a charge. Several people in the audience registered opposition to the event including Mr. Jack Eddison, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 9, Mr. Charles Resnick, General Counsel for Raytheon, Mr. Joseph LoPinto of Jet Aviation, -3- Selectmen's Meeting April 11, 1983 Mr. Joel Adler, Precinct 1, Mr. William Johansen of the Hanscom Field Ad- rift vis ory Commission, Kenneth Als, Precinct 9 Town Meeting Member, Mr. Norm Freidkin, Hanscom Field. Advisory Commission and employee of Raytheon, Mrs . Margaret Raw is, Precinct 4, Mr. David Reiner, Jackie Davison, Pre- cinct 3. The opposition centered mainly upon noise factors , environmen - tal impact, inappropriateness of such an event on the Patriots ' Day week- end and concern that it may become an annual event. Mrs . Battin read from Mr. Rotondi 's reply to questions posed by the Board that "approval is being sought for one year. The event would con- "` tinue the following year only after review by the local communities and Massport". MTS. Battin stated that she felt that the event should be reviewed from four perspectives: the State, the region, the Town and the users . From the State perspective, she agreed thatit might be good for the economy, providing needed revenues . If s o, she felt the choice should be provice a good permanent location for an annual affair that would not im- pact any community unduly. For example there are 29 other airports in Massa- chusetts that are large enough to handle the event; she understood several, such as Veverly and Worcester, would welcome i t. From a regional perspective, she felt, as a Selectmen's Hanscom Area Traffic Committee representative, that the potential traffic should be of great concern and is one of the primary reasons that Concord and Lincoln voted against the proposal. From a local perspective,pective, she expressed concern with the conflict with our local Patriots' Day celebration, particularly the Sunday retreat of the pom British from Concord. Mr. Politi stated that the discussion reminded him of the discussion on the bikepath in the sense that after the Board's decision had been made and publicized, people came forward in opposition and asked that the Board re- verse its decision. He stated that that situation was handled by setting up a committee to look at the citizens' concerns . He pointed out that, as part of the Board's vote on the race, it was also contempleted and made a condition that there would be an advisory committee made up of the Board and represen- tatives of the Town as well as other representatives, to work out some of the problems that may develop. He stated that the Board was asked what effect it would have on the Town issues. He stated that the Board was not skilled in airport matters and had, not been asked what effect it would have on the airport. Mrs . Battin pointed out that the Boards of Concord and Lincoln had opposed the race because of traffic, noise, public safety and conflict with the ambi- ence of the Patriots' Day celebration. She felt that Massport would be influ- enced to some extent by what the Selectmen of surrounding Towns vote on the matter. She stated that, having heard the objections of the users, she would hope that the Board reconsiders. She stated that in her initial reaction to the proposal, she had felt that the perspective of the users should be considered solely by Massport. However, on further reflection, she now felt that the Town also had a responsibility to the users. In this case, she noted, the main runway, the instrument run- way, will be closed for 21 hours of 3 days. Inclement weather could, in effect, shut down the entire airport, imposing difficulties on such local firms as Raytheon. She stated that the whole concept of the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission was to work in concert with the users of the field, recognizing their economic importance to the four communities. Users have already been restricted by Hanscom Field Advisory Commission recommendations regarding noise and hours of operation, which were adopted by Massport to meet the concerns of the Towns' citizens . In this case, we would I -4- be recommending a further unnecessary curtailment of activities that are not intended to primarily benefit the citizens of the Towns and would impose an unwarranted hardship on the users . Mr. Crain stated that, in terms of fire and safety, he relied heavily on the professional department heads in the Town and their statements were wow unqualified. He stated that his experience with both of them was that they are very highly professional people and would stand behind their statements . He stated tha, in his opinion, the airport is under the jurisdiction of Mass- port and they would have to make the decision. He pointed out that the Board did not endorse the activity at Hanscom Field, but did not oppose it. He stated that it has been the custom of the Board in this kind of hearing not to take any action without further deliberation. He stated that it would be only fair to state the time and date that the problem would be discussed again. He pointed out that, due to vacation next week, there would be no Selectmen's meeting and that it would be an agenda item on April 25 at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Hayward stated that this date would be too late as Mass port was sche- duled to make its decision on the 21st. Mr. Eddison, Chairman of the TMMA, stated that he felt that it would be better for the Board to make its decision now rather than after Massport's meeting. Mr. Crain stated that if it was the will of the Board, this would be done. He pointed out that, barring any action from the Board, the position of the Board which was a 4-1 vote not to oppose the race on the basis of Lexington's considerations would stand. Mrs . Battin stated that, as a point of clarification, she could not move for reconsideration because she was on the losing side. There was no motion for reconsideration. Trans.Adv. The Transportation Advisory Committee met with the Board to discuss the Committee appropriation request of $197,500. •••� Mrs. Castleman, Chairman of the Committee, was unable to attend the meet- ing and Mrs. Arnold explained the budget request to the Board. She said the Committee had met on April 6 and voted to recommend accepting the bid of Trans- comm, Inc. for providing LEXPRESS service. The appropriation request in the amound of $197,500, contingent upon Town Meeting approval, t eflects a cons- tant three-year budm excluding the cost of fuel which is expected to fluctuate. The Committee also recommended a 25% increase in cash fares. The Committee recommended that the purchase price for passes remain the same. Mr. McLaughlin stated that, looking at the fare structure, he felt that the discrepancy between the purchase price of passes and cash fare rides was absurdly low. He asked if this was based on experience of other transportation authorities. Mrs. Arnold replied that the original structure of the system was based on the one in use in Westport, Connecticut, and that the cost of passes had been raised annually and this year a net gain had been realized. She ex- plained that this trend is now on a down curve and the Committee felt that it would continue if the price of passes was raised again. Mr. Politi stated that he would like to know if the Committee had consi- dered eliminating some of the routes and what effect it would have on the re—: ceipts . Mrs . Battin brought up the subject of State subsidy from the Dept. of Transportation and asked if the Committee had any information regarding fund; ing. Mr. Crain responded that he and several others had met with the Secretary of Transportation, and Mr. Salvucci has taken the matter under advisement and is trying to find ways of providing funding. Mr. Crain stated that Mr. Sal- vucci was sensitive to the Town's time-lines, but made no commitment. ""o i 01 _5_ Selectmen's Meeting April 11, 1983 ea* Mr. McLaughlin stated that he would like to know what the philosophy was as to how much will be user fees and how much will be tax payer paid. He stated that he was curious as to whether anyone on the Committee knew what the experience was elsewhere. The Committee will report back to the Board regarding the Board's questions. The Chairman thanked the Committee for reporting and they retired from the meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the Traffic recomm.ondations of the Traffic Safety Committee to request the Mass. D.P.W. Signals to install advanced left turn signals at Lowell Street/Wor.burn Street and Lowell/ Marrett Road/Waltham Street. Woburn; Marrett/ Waltham St. Mr. Peter Chalpin, Chairman of the Traffic Safety Committee met Traffic with the Board to discuss the request of Mrs . Madelyn Simmons for a Safety crosswalk at Worthen Road at the Shawmut Bank. Committee Mr. Chalpin referred the Board to its copies of the Committee's report which recommended denial of the request. He pointed out that Mrs. Simmons had attended the Committee meeting on March 30 and she had been told the reason for recommending denial of her request was that the Committee believed that pedestrian signals at Bedford Street had been installed originally for the benefit of the residents of Greeley mom Village for their safety. He stated that the Committee felt that the chance of a pedestrian being struck at the signals at Bedford Street was far less than at the mid-block location at a requested crosswalk. He stated that the Committee was concerned that the Greeley residents con- tinue to cross at Worthen Road/Shawmut Bank and do not appreciate the chance they are taking. He stated that as a result of this concern, Capt. Lima has offered to have a Safety Officer address the Greeley Village residents regarding safety measures. Mrs. Simmons, in the audience, stated that the residents felt that it was too long a walk to go down Bedford Street to the lights from Shirley Street and back while carrying bundles from shopping at the stores there. She stated that this is the reason that the Greeley resi- dents cut through to cross at the bank. She also stated that there are many other people besides the Greeley residents who cross at this spot. Mr. Sacco pointed out that he felt that by putting in the cross- walk, it might be giving a f as le sense of security. During further discussion, Mr. McLaughlin of the Housing Authority suggested that the Transportation Advisory Committee consider providing some bus service for the residents of Greeley Village for shopping pur- poses . Mrs. Battin suggested that the use of all downtown crosswalks be monitored more closely by the Police Department and the subject of Mrs. Sim- mons request be evaluated again in about three months . -6- Mr. Hutchinson is to notify the Department of Public Works to give a higher priority to snow removal on the sidewalks after snow storms. Mrs. Simmons will be the contact person to arrange for a meeting of a Safety Officer and the residents of Greeley Village to discuss safety precautions for the elderly who do not use eht lights at Bedford Street. mow Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the recom- mendations of the Traffic Safety Committee to deny the request of Mrs. Madelyn Simmons for a crosswalk at Worthen Road/Shawmut Bank. It was fur- ther voted to request the State D.P.W. to extend the walking phase at the lights on Bedford Street to 20 seconds instead of the 15 seconds currently provided in the Walk/Don't Walk phase. Local Aid Mrs . Battin reported to the Board that the Fiscal Policy Commission Distr. of the Mass. Municipal Association had met last Thursday and has prior information relative to what the Governor will formally announce at the LGAC on the local aid distribution formula. She stated that this is the distribution formula for the additional local aid which is believed to be $151,000,000 of which Lexington will receive $380,000 more than last year. She stated that there will be no earmakring and communities will be held substantially harmless . The numbers being used arethe ones that the Municipal Association had developed. She stated that the feeling of the Fiscal Policy Commission was that tax reform would be jeopardized if Town Meeting were given the authority to override. The Fiscal Policy Committee agreed not to recommend to the Mass. Municipal Association Directors the liberalization of the 21 override or exemption provisions in order to turn attention to the primary issue - the need for tax reform. The Mass. Municipal Association's own tax reform pack- age will be reviewed and updated. The Chairman thanked Mrs. Battin for her report. mood Bond Treasurer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Local Official Bond for the Town Treasurer in the amount of $180,000. Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting of January 31, 1983. App t. ,Trs. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Alan S. Public Trs . Fields as a Trustee of Public Trusts to fill the unexpired term of Frederick B. James to May 31, 1986. Transfer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve a trans- fer rans- fer of $1,000 from the Reserve Fund to the Assessors Expense Budget Account #3000. App t. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Bd/Health Manager's reappointment of James W. Lambie to the Board of Health for a term to expire on April 30, 1986. LexHAB The Board discussed the charge and legislation for the proposed Lexington Housing Assistance Board, Inc. Mr. Pol i ti made the motion which was seconded by Mr. Sacco, that the charge and legislation as proposed by him be adopted by the Board. Mrs . Battin said she disagreed with the restriction of limiting the mod number of members to five and wanted to add a section 9 stating that ,"i t s '#) -.7— Selectmen's Meeting April 11, 1983 rika shall report back to the Board of Selectmen and the Town Meeting annually on its success in achieving the goals for low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting on April 9, 1979 ." She moved that the legis- lation wording be amended accordingly. Mr. Politi stated that he felt that five was an adequate number to be on the board and that if additional assistance was needed, LexHAB could bring in advisory committee members who could provide them with specific technical or other expertise required. He stated that he favored the staggered term concept. He stated that Mrs. Battin's suggestion of an added section 9 was in the nature of a. mandatory requirement and should be in the charge rather than in the legislation. He felt that LexHAB should be charged with Muzzey School only and not with achieving the goals of low and mod- erate income housing adopted by Town Meeting at this point. He pointed out that in his draft of the charge it required LexHAB to report back to the Board of Selectmen and file an annual report to Town Meeting. He stated that a draft charge was read to Town Meeting and that the Board of Selectmen lwas considering that draft charge and would be reporting back to them at this Town Meeting. He felt that it was not a commitment to Town Meeting other than saying that it was being considered within the administration as an ititial draft. Mrs. Battin stated that she felt that the legislation should be as broad as possible, encompassing everything that LexHAB might conceivable do. She stated that she felt that Town Meeting understood that the Board would flesh out, but not do away with any of the charge that was read to it which specified taht it was specifically required to report back to the Board of Selectmen and the Town Meeting annually on its success in imple- menting assistance to obtain the goals for low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting on April 9 , 1979 . Mr. Crain stated that he felt that because of examples the Moderator had given him where number restrictions have been a problem in the past, he preferred the "no less than five" language in the legislation which would give the Board flexibility and it could start out with five . He stated that he was not persuaded to have in the legislation the commitment "report back to Town Meeting" as he felt that it was very adequately covered in the charge. He stated that he felt that "feedback" belonged in the charge and not in the legislation. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-2, Mr. Politi and Mr. Sacco voting in the negative, to amend the wording in the legislation relative to the number to read "not less than five for staggered three- year terms". Mrs. Battin moved to amend the legislation to include a section 9 as follows: "It shall report back to the Board of Selectmen and the Town Meeting annually on its success in achieving the goals for low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting on April 9, 1979". There was no second to the motion. The Board discussed the charge to the LexHAB and Mrs . Battin's suggested revisions and additions to Mr. Poli ti's draft charge. Mrs. Battin moved to amend the draft charge under Section 2 to read f "monitor the buyer selection process, initially and upon resale" and add a Section 3 to read "oversee income restrictions." She further moved to amend the charge to add a section reading "it shall report periodically to the JP, ..w- -8- Board 8-Board o f Selectmen and shall file an annual report to the Town Meeting on its success in achieving the goals for low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting on April 9, 1979." Mr. Politi had no objections to the amendment under Section 2 and the addition of a Section 3, but did object to the wording relative to the Lex- wow HAB reporting to Town Meeting on its success on achieving the goals for low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting on April 9, 1979. Mr. Crain also objected to this stating that he had a question as to whether this would generate a conflict with the Housing Authority. Mr. Politi stated that he believed strongly that it should be made clear to the LexHAB that their charge is not to look at, at this point in time, at the low and moderate income housing statement adopted by Town Meet- ing in 1979 and all the ramifications of that charge. He stated that he did not want to give anyone who served on this board the impression that it was the interest of the Board of Selectmen, at this point, that there are respon- sible for achieving those goals of low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting in 1979. Mrs . Battin stated that she agreed with Mr. Politi relative to the Muzzey School assignment to LexHAB, but felt that LexHAB also has a larger charge including investigating and implementing alternatives for the provi- sion of low and moderate income housing which she felt was clearly spelled out at Town Meeting. She felt that the requirement for reporting should be incorporated in the legislation. Mr. Crain stated that he felt uncomfortable not having the words that he read at Town Meeting somehow tracked in the charge as it was very specific. He stated that he did feel, however, that it had no place in the legislation. Mr. McLaughlin pointed out that this was a case of dealing with dif- ferent if- ferent language. He stated that what Mr. Crain read to Town Meeting was that the board was to report back annually on its success in implementing assistnace to obtaining the goals of low and moderate income housing. He stated that he felt the inference there is that the LexHAB had a partial role in those goals, but the language that Mrs . Battin suggested to be in the legislation was that the LexHAB was to report back on its success in achieving the goals of low and moderate income housing adopted by the Town Meeting in 1979. He stated that he felt that the statement to Town Meeting suggested a very limited role and Mrs. Battin's wording suggests that Lex- HAB is responsible for obtaining the goals of low and moderate income hous- ing in Lexington. He stated that this would seem to exclude the Housing Authority which is an established elected group in Town and if the language that Mrs. Battin is proposing was used, it would seem to be reading the Housing Authority out. Mrs. Battin explained that the words in her report- ing amendment were an attempt to correct, not change the intent of, awkward English int the original draft. She stated she would be delighted to revert to the original words read to Town Meeting Mr. Crain stated that the wording that he read at Town Meeting was speci- fically "it is required to report back to the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting annually its success in implementing assistance to obtaining goals for low and moderate income housing." Mr. Politi stated that it was his recollection that no commitment was made to Town Meeting that would be in the charge, but was just a - 9 Selectmen's Meeting April 11, 1983 a reading of the administration's draft and what the Board was consider-- --- ing at that time. He stated that he felt that if it is incorporated as a portion of the charge will, if not directly, at least implicitly, would tell LexHAB and the members that are serving on that board that they have a responsibility of achieving the numerical goals and other goals set forth in that 1979 resolution. He stated that he felt that it was important that LexHAB report back to the Board of Selectmen and file an annual report to Town Meeting but felt that its report to Town Meeting should be a status report on its success in fulfilling the charge as given to it by the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Grain stated that he did not agree with Mr. Politi and felt an obligation to make sure that there was something implicit in the charge to make sure that the words he read at Town Meeting were used. There was no further discussion on the matter. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to amend the draft charge to the LexHAB under section 2 to read "Monitor the buyer selection process, initially and upon resale and to add a new section 3 to read "Oversee income restrictions." Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-1, Mr. Crain, Mrs. Battin and Mr. McLaughlin voting in the affirmative and Mr. Politi in the negative with Mr. Sacco abstaining from voting to add the follow- ing to the draft charge to the LexHAB committee: It shall report back to the Board of Selectmen and the Town Meeting annually on its success imm in implementing assistance to obtaining goals for low and moderate in- come housing adopted by the Town Meeting on April 9, 1979. Mrs. Battin further suggested amending the criteria for appointment in addition to the Board of Selectmen's Policies and Procedures to in- clude the following two new sections 10 and 11: 10. No member may also be a member of the major regulatory boards e.g. the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, Board of Appeals, Conservation Commission, Historic Districts Commission. 11. No member shall own or have a beneficial interest in real estate in Lexington, developed or otherwise, assessed above limits set from time to time by the Board of Selectmen. Real estate occupied as one's residence shall not be included. Ownership in stock in a publicalaytraded corporation shall not be treated as a beneficial interest. Mrs. Battin stated that she suggested these additions to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Mr. Politi stated that he was opposed to both of the additions. He stated that with respect to exclusion of a member of a major regula- tory board was unnecessary because during the appointment process the Board of Selectmen was not required to place any member of a major regu- latory board on the LexHAB and did not see any point for a broad ex- clusion and freezing themselves in at this point. lims He stated that the State Conflict of Interest statute would take f.iM - lo - of that. He further stated that he didn't see why someone who owned a house and also a commercial business in Lexington should be excluded from qualifying to serve. He stated that he did not feel that wealth should be considered as a deterent for membership on the LexHAB. After a brief discussion the Chairman called for a vote. us. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-1, Mrs. Battin voting in the negative not to include the following addition to the appointment criteria for the LexHAB: "No member may also be a member of the major regulatory boards, e.g. the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, Board of Appeals, Conserva- tion Commission, Historic Districts Commission." Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-1, Mrs. Battin voting in the negative not to include the following addition to the appointment criteria for the LexHAB: "No member shall own or have a beneficial interest in real estate in Lexington, developed or otherwise, assessed above limits set from time to time by the Board of Selectmen. Real estate occupied as one's residence shall not be included. Ownership in stock in a publicaly traded corporation shall not be treated as a bene- ficial interest." Executive Upon motio duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0, by roll call Session vote, Mr. Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr. Sacco and Mr. McLaughlin to go into Executive Session for the purpose of consideration of the pur- chase, exchange, lease or value of real property, with no intention of resuming the open meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at moo 11:15 P.M. A true record, Attest: 1' 1r c-p7 (Lk/74, x-cutive Clerk )7' !} 5 c/plci ,. SELECTMEN'S MEETING a _t April 25, 1983 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, April 25, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr, Sacco, Mr. Mc- Laughlin; Miss Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager; Miss Casey, Executive Clerk, were present. The Manager informed the Board that the Town would be receiving General $460,000 from the General Revenue Sharing Funds and requested approval Revenue of his proposed allocation. Sharing Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the allocation of the General Revenue Sharing Funds as follows: Council on Aging Expenses & Personal Services $ 46,348 Community Services 44,316 Police Motor Vehicles 10,000 Street Lights 360,000 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the V.F.W. PI" request of Lexington Post No, 3007 V.F.W. for permission to sell poppies Poppy throughout the Town on May 19, 20, 21 and 22, proceeds to be given to Sale charity. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- Proclama- quest from Lexington Lodge No. 2204 to proclaim the week of May 1 through tion May 7, 1983 as Youth Week. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint John E. Hist. Dist Ryan to the Historict Districts Committion, representing the Lexington Appt. Historical Society, for a 5 year term to expire January 1, 1988. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Bond revised Massachusetts Local Official Bond No. 92-06-37 on behalf of Town Clerk Mary R. McDonough, Town Clerk, in the amount of $8,000. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to refer the re- Traffic quest of Robert Barclay for a "No Cutting Through" sign on Lowell Street Saf. Com. to the Traffic Safety Committee for its recommendations. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Minutes minutes of the Selectmen's Meetings of February 8, 14 and 22. The Chairman read a request from Mr. Ronald Bonney, President of Arlex Taxi the Arlex Taxi Corp. for an extension of the current taxi licenses. Corp. Lic. - 2 - Capt. Lima's report recommended non renewal due to lack of certification and sealing of the meters. Mr. Bonney's letter indicated that the de- ficiencies will be rectified within the next few days. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant a two week extension of the Arlex Taxi Corp. cab licenses and reinspection by the 4.14 Sealer of Weights and Measures. Reserve Fund Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- Transfer quest from the Reserve Fund in the amount of $900.00 to Account #1050 for reprinting of the By-Laws. Proclamation Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- quest to proclaim May 4 as "Precision Sakting Day" honoring championship skaters of the Hayden Recreation Centre. Resig. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept, with re- Trs. Pub. gret, the resignation of Gaynor K. Rutherford as a member of the Trustees Trusts of Public Trusts. Budget The Manager presented his proposed updates tax rate information sheet Info, for the Board's consideration. He stated that he did not think a bonding issue would be worthwhile as the debt service level will be about the same next year. Mr. Politi stated that he was in favor of adding Wellington Lane and Meadow Brook Avenues to the schedule for street construction. He stated that the Board had made a commitment to the residents and Town Meeting mem- bers last year, that if sufficient monies exist this year these two streets would be included in the budget. He felt that the arguments for construc- tion are persuave and it has been carried in the Master Plan in the "A" category. He further stated that construction bids are very favorable at mmo) this time and was in favor of adding Spencer Street, again because it is a street "A" (priority) category and the rate of return is excellent with a $15,000 construction cost and $12,000 betterments. Mrs. Battin stated that she believed that Spencer Street had not been as high up on the list as Wellington Lane and Meadow Brook Avenues and that, supposedly, it was opening up for development. She pointed out that the Board's policy has been not to pave streets that will then open up for de- velopment. The Manager responded that it had been petitioned for and the Board has always looked at those streets in the past and it was in miserable condi- tion. He stated that the priority was a decision of the Board. He stated that knew that there was alleged that a proposed development might possibly take place but could not certify to it one way or the other. He stated that it should be judged on its merits and go forward as the rate of return was favorable. He stated that he had not included it in his listing, but it would not change the financial position by including it. Mr. Crain stated that he agreed with Mr. Politi and would like Spencer Street included in the construction list. Mr. Sacco brought up the subject of Emerald Street and noted that while the construction cost was very high and the rate of return low, it had been petitioned for many years. He stated that he had concerns regard- ing this and referenced an elderly couple that had appeared before the Board who stated that they had wanted to build a smaller home there. He stated miro - 3 Selectmen's Meeting April 25, 1983 rft. that he felt that if the Town was going to talk about building affordable housing and helping the elderly stay in the Town, it is an issue that must be addressed by the Planning Board or by the way that the streets are set up. Mr. McLaughlin asked if someone had a sense of the number of lots that might be in access for a developer on Spencer. Mr. Hutchinson explained that it was not on Spencer but would open up property abutting the Great Meadow but did not know how many lots were involved. Mr. Politi moved that Wellington Lane Avenue, Meadow Brook Avenue and Spencer be included in the budget recommendations to Town Meeting as streets to be considered for construction. Mrs. Battin requested that the motion be divided as she had planned to vote for Wellington Lane and Meadow Brook Avenues but not Spencer St. Mr. Sacco pointed out that Garfield had also been included in the Manager's recommendations. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to include the con- struction of Wellington Lane Avenue, Meadow Brook Avenue and Garfield Street in the budget recommendations for Town Meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-1, Mr. Battin voting in the negative, to include the construction of Spencer Street in the budget recommendations for Town Meeting. Mr. Hutchinson brought up the subject of the change of name Well- ington Lane Avenue and Meadow Brook Avenue from Blossomcrest Road to Wellington Lane Avenue, to Wellington Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Byrne, 77 Wellington Lane Avenue, stated their objections to the proposed name change. Mr. Politi made a motion, for the purpose of discussion, to elim- inate the $2500 proposed for use by the Hanscom Area Traffic Study Com- mittee. He questioned the Manager as to why he had originally not rec- ommended this item and now does and what has happened regarding State funding. Mr. Hutchinson stated that, as he was dealing with levy restric- tions, he had kept it on hold originally as it was not as high on the priority list as other items. He stated that he wanted to be sure that the Town would have some say in the proposals that will be presented by the regional group that is working on the Hanscom project. He stated that he wanted to be sure that a design would not be created that would make problems for the Bedford St./Hartwell Avenue project. Mrs. Battin explained that Massport has already contributed $25,000 and the Air Force has contributed $5,000. She stated that the idea was that they wanted a commitment from the Towns involved, no matter how minimal. She stated that Lincoln and Concord have contributed $2500 each and that it is a warrant article for the Bedford town meeting. She explained that this contribution was the condition for Massport giving the money it has. She explained that this was putting in effect the second stage of the concept that the Board had adopted which is to do the study for phase two and three and the Town would have a voice in the _ solutions as long as it is a part of the study process. Mr. Tonaszuck stated that he felt it was very important that the Town remain a part of the process and that it was money well spent to solve that regional problem. - 4 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it voted, unanimously, to oppose the elimination of the inclusion of $2500 in the budget for HATS. Wad Mr. Politi made a motion to defer approval of funding for CMARC. Mr. Politi explained that his question to CMARC as to whether or not any Lexington participants were providing any funding either in terms of fees or donations has not been answered by CMARC. He stated that he was not interested in names or amounts contributed, but was interested to know if there was any type ()fuser fee or funding contributions from parents who are taking advantage of the services provided. He stated that this is a question that is asked of all our human services providers. It was voted 4-1, Mrs. Battin voting in the negative, to defer approval of funding for CMARC until further clarification of Mr. Pond's questions regarding contributions is received from CMARC. The Manager is to communicate this information to CMARC. The Chairman stated that he had a sense that there were no more items of a questionable nature on the Manager's proposed tax rate information sheet and asked for a motion to approve. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the following items on the Manager's proposed tax rate information sheet: Addition to previously approved health insurance $400,000 Addition to previously approved Workmen's Comp. 24,933 Reduction to previously approved Refuse Collec- tion Contractor (lower bid received) 105,000 Inclusion of Grant Street drain 150,000 Inclusion of Garfield Street 40,000 mod Reinclusion of LEXPRESS 150,000 Inclusion of HATS 2,500 Inclusion of school request 88,517 Inclusion of Regional Vocational Assessment 23,906 Contract Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Paving All awarding of the contract for the paving of the all-weather tract at the Weather Center Playground, Contract 83-3-E, in the amount of $43,866 to the Track Starrett Paving Corporation, subject to bonding. Sewer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to ratify the Town of request of the Town Manager in behalf of the Board of Selectmen of Lexing- Arlington/ ton to the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington for approval of Nasson Mr. Robert Nasson, 44 Golden Avenue, Lexington to tie into the Arlington town sewer system. Transfer Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the re- quest of the Director of Public Works, through the Town Manager, for a transfer from the Reserve Fund in the amount of $21,602 into Account #4900. Imo I -- 5 Selectmen's Meeting April 25, 1983 The Manager requested approval of and signature of the Board of Housing an amendment to Annual Contributions Contract of the Housing Authority. Authority He explained that the amendments are to the Federal contracts that pro- Subsidy vide the operating subsidy for Countryside and the scattered sites pro- Contract grams. The amendment has been approved by the Housing Authority and would consolidate the two agreements. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve and sign the amendment to the Annual Contributions Contract of the Lexing- ton Housing Authority consolidating the operating subsidy for Countryside and the scattered sites programs. The Manager referred the Board to its copies of a letter from Gov- Clean-up ernor Dukakis requesting the Town's participation in a Statewide "Clean Campaign Up Your Commonwealth" campaign commencing on May 6. Mr. Crain stated that he felt that anything the Board could do to encourage and reinforce the enthusiasm and commitment to cleaning up would be appropriate. Mr. McLaughlin suggested that, perhaps in the future, an organized clean-up week end could be instituted. The Board agreed to support the Governor's campaign and the Mana- ger is to communicate this to the Governor. The Board and Manager discussed article assignments for Town Meet- Town Meet. r�. ing. Articles Mr. Tonaszuck explained the change in Article 39 was the result of another meeting with the abutters. The net change was the loss of two parking spaces to provide a better buffer zone for 19-21 Grant Place residents. Mr. Tonaszuck stated that he felt that it was a good alter- nate proposal and would receive support of the abutters at Town Meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the revised plan for Article 39. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0, by roll call Executive vote, Mr. Crain, Mrs. Battin, Mr. Politi, Mr. Sacco and Mr. McLaughlin Session to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property, with no intention of resuming the open meeting. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 9:20 P.M. A true record, Attest: �1 I V Executive Clerk