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SELECTMEN'S MEETING }
September 1 1988
A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Thursday, September
1, 1988, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, at 7 :30
a.m. Chairman Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McSweeney, Mr. White, Town
Manager; Mr, Cohen, Town Counsel, were present.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3 - 0 by roll call
vote, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McSweeney, to go into Executive
Session for discussion of land negotiations with the intent to resume
open session in approximately 45 minutes.
At 8 :15 a.m., upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
resume open session.
PINE MEADOWS
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted to
approve the sale of $10,000,000 Bond Anticipation Notes of the Town
dated September 2, 1988, payable March 2, 1989, at par and accrued
interest plus the premiums, if any, indicated as follows:
Interest
Numbers Denomination Rate Premium Purchaser
1 to 70 $100,000 6,22% -- State Street
71 to 190 $25,000 Bank & Trust Co.
Further Voted: that the provisions of G.L. c.44, ss23 to 24A, 26
and 27 shall not apply to this issue of notes and it is hereby confirmed
that the treasurer has solicited proposals for the notes from at least
three financial institutions.
Further Voted; to confirm the consent dated Augur-- 31, 1988 to the
certifying bank bidding for the notes.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 8 :30
a.m.
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A true record, Attest:
Nrman P. Cohen
Town Counsel
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September 14 1988
A regular meeting of the Board of Selec en was held on Wednesday,
September 14, 1988, in the Selectmen's Meeting Roam, Town office
Building, at 7:30 p.m. Chailman Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Eddison, Mr.
Dailey ■ Mr. McSweeney; Mr. White Town Manager, and Mrs . Snow, Executive
Clerk, were present.
MAPC , A. FRIC K REPORT
Angela Frick, Lexington's representative to the Metropolitan Area
Pl annin g Council, was present for a report to the Board on the Tom's
relationship with MAPC.
Mrs Frick outlined the history of MAPC and its role in dealing
with issues concerning the 101 cities and towns which are within its
area,
She noted that MAPC has formed technical advisory carwra" ttees
carprised of representatives fran the various member towns,, which deal
with policies on land use, environmental qua_l.ity, transportation, and
housing. Mrs. Frick is a member of the Land Use CaTnittee which has
worked on issues relative to the Met, State Hospital Land, the cam uter
bikeway, the land tax, solid waste and possible disposal sites, and the
protection of the Cambridge Reservoir.
Mrs. Frick also reviews E nvir xm ental Impact Statements for
federally funded develaprnents , i.e. Hanscom Field and the one Tracer
Lane proposals . She provides the Selectmen, Town Manager and Pl n m n g
Board copies of all her responses and is making an effort to interact
with the Pl annin g Board on any information she receives* Mrs. Frick has
requested N,APC to p re par e an updated guide book on all conservation
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trails in ' gton.
Mrs. Frick ,+sported that copies are available of MAPC' new
publication entitled "Update 2 ", which the Council has offered to
review with the Selectmen.
Mrs Frick re ferred to the North Central Subregional COMmittee
formed by NAPC which includes representation from the com� ties of
Bedford, Burlington. Lynnfield, Wakefield, Wilmington, Winchester, North
Reading, Reading, Stoneham and Woburn and asked about the Board's view
on Lexington involvement.
Mr. Eddison noted that the Board had felt it inappropriate to
belong to regional groups of camunities with which Lexington has
relatively few caurxan concerns. He referred to the revitalized HATS II
group uxAllprised of four towns which have a more unified set of
objectives and felt that Town involvement and efforts in that cvrinittee
would be more productive.
Mrs. Smith pointed out that at the August 28th meeting of the NCSC,
which she, Mr. Marshall and Mr. White had attended, various topics were
brought up which were of interest to all 'ties. She agreed that
gton is fortunate to have HATS working in coordination with three
POO neighboring towns, but said she would prefer to think about whether
involvement in both HATS and NCSC may be beneficial. She will inform
Mrs. Frick when the Board has came to a decision on the matter.
Mr. Eddison said he would like to see HATS II also recognized by
MAPC as a regional committee
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Mrs. Frick was thanked for her presentation and will be asked
return for further discussion. Now
GPERATICNS
Mr. Mute noted the promotion to the position of Operations Manager
Of Joe Medlin, DPW, Mr. Medlin, who was selected fran among four strong
candidates, has worked in the DPW since 1966. The Manager described the
functions of the job and introduced Mr. Medlin and his family to the
Board.
Mrs. Smith noted Mr. Medlin ' s significant contribution to the Waste
Management Task Force efforts and thanked him for his dedicated service
to the Tc►wn.
FY89 TAX OSSIFICATION HEARING
Mrs. Smith read the Legal Notice of the Public Hearing and
Information Session of FY89 Tax Classification which stated that the
purpose of the meeting was to review with the Assessors the property tax
classification options allowable under Mass. General Laws, Chapter 40,
Section 56, and the selection of the residential factor from which will
follow the classified tax rates for fiscal 1989.
Assessor Chairman Robert Leone., Assessor Robert Foster and Town
Assessor David Stusse were present.
Nor. Leone reviewed a document entitled "Levy Limit & Tax Rate
Citation" showing the allowable levy increase for growth and
calculations resulting in a rate of $12.52, if businesses and residences
were to be taxed unif ormly . '
He explained the "Range of Fiscal 1989 Tax Rates" which listed
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residential factors from 85,3563% to 140 %, noting that the residential
factor used in FY88 had been 86.3718, which allowed for a 4.8%
residential increase and a 7.1$ carcercial rate increase. In light of
expenses connected with the override for the purchase of the Pine
Meadows Golf Course land, the Assessors recommended adoption of a
residential factor of 86.9523 %, which would result in a residential tax
rate increase of 5,,5% and which he felt would came most closely to
equalling the same level of increase as in FY8 8 , plus covering the extra
funds needed to accommodate the bonding of the purchase of Pine Meadows.
There being no further statements, the C ha i rman declared the
hearing closed.
Upon motion duly made and seconded., it was voted to adopt a
residential factor for fiscal 1989 of 86.9532$, as recommended by the
Board of Assessors.
Mrs. Smith expressed the appreciation of the Board to the Assessors
and Mr. Stusse for the clear presentation of information, upon which
this decision had been made.
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Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to execute an
Order of Taking on Byron Avenue as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan of
Proposed Sewer E asement , Byron Avenue, Lexington MA. July 23, 1985.
Francis X. Fields, Town Engineer," ...
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September 14 1988
ABATEMENTS SEWER /DEMAND S
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the
following abatements: Sewer charges: Barker, 201 Wood Street, $105.00;
Demand Charges, Brenner, 30 Preston Road, $1.00.
WATER SEMER COMMI S
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it ti�as voted to approve
Cammitment of Charges, as follows: September Cycle 9 Water Bills,
$67,012.93; August Final Water Bills, $2,241.04; August Final Sewer
Bills, $2,292.88.
BEANS D LICENSE, ELKS
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the
application of B.P.0. Elks, Lodge #2204, 959 Waltham Street for renewal
of License to conduct Beano games, on Thursday of every week, to expire
on September 30, 19890
P ]ATION , EMER Nom? ICAL SERVICES WEEK
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it eras voted to proclaim
September 18, through September 24, 1988, as Emergency Medical Services
Week, as requested by the Office of Emergency Medical Services of the
Mass. D.P.H.
ONE DAY LIQUOR LICENSE , AMFA
Upon motion duly made and seconded. it was voted to approve the
application of Paul S. Giragosian on behalf of the Arnienian Mesrobian
Education Association, for One Day Liquor License on Saturday, October
14, 1988, for a Fund. Raising Party to be held at the Mass, National
Guard Armory ■ 459 Bedford Street.
TRAFFIC ITEM, KASELL , NORMANDY ROAD
Upon motion duly made and seconded it was voted to refer the
request of Jacob Kasell, 14 Normandy Road for installation of a
"Caution, Slow, Children" sign at the corner of Hudson and Normandy
Roads, to the Traffic Safety Advisory Canmittee for review and
reccmmendations.
CONTRACT #89 F.ECYCLING
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to execute
Contract #89-4, in the amount of $260,637.00, awarded on August 29,
1988, to New England Crinc for Collection, Transport & Marketing of
Recyclable Solid Waste Materials.
CROSS CCNNECTION REGLXATICbTS
William Hadley, Supervisor of Water and Sewer, and Joe Medlin,
Operations Manager, reviewed new drinking water regulations pranulgated
by DEQE, concerning Cross Connection installations.
PMM The program has been designed to eliminate pollutants from entering
the Tawn's water system and involves periodic inspections of the
connections to ensure the separation of potable frarn non -- potable water
supplies. The new regulations apply only to canmercial and industrial
facilities and public institutions, at this time.
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Mr. Hadley noted that in -house training of DPW 1 zees fo
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inspections and certifications has been done but rec
c�cial f inn to ed engaging a
conduct a survey of the 441 firms and institutions
and to perform the periodic inspections and certifications required.
The cost for these service would be recouped under a fee structure
which would total $75.00 /per inspection.
Mr. Hadley spoke of the safety benefit of having residences
included in the program in the future and sug that dual
valves be install gg check
installed in new houses when built.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to ap a fee
structure of $75.00 d �
per u 1 valve inspection, to be performed three
times yearly on connections at camercial , industrial facilities and
Public institutions. The fee will cover $25.00 for Town costs and
$50.04 to be charged by the inspecting firm engaged,
CONTRACT 88-164A, MUZ ZEY SR
Upon * motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award Contract
#88-16A 0, In the amount of $14,, 5 8 0.0 4 to Fairway C , Inc, 41 Old
Marlboro Road Con � T ��Y •
Concord,, MA for Miscellaneous inprovements at the Muz z ey
Senior Center,
FAIR WAGE LAW
Mr. Marshall referred to Question #2 which will be on the November
8th ballot which proposes repeal of the Fair Wage Law. He noted that
the Mass. Municipal Association is urging support of the ro sal as a
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means of lowering construction costs for municipalities and asked for
the Board's endorsement of the question.
2 6th The Board's position will be considered at its meeting on September
.
Upon motion duly made
the minutes of August 15,
absence at that meeting.
It was also voted 3
August 23, 1988, with Mr.
absence at the meeting,
and seconded, it was voted 4 - 0 to approve
1988, with Mr. Marshall absta due to his
-- 0 to approve the minutes of the meeting on
Eddison and Mr. Dailey abstaining due to
EXTENSION OF HOURS, SHERATM-LEXINGTON INN
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the
request of Fames P. Wingardner., General Mgr., Sheraton Lexington Inn,
for extension of hours of service of liquor on Saturday, December 31,
1988, to 1:00 a.m.
Police Chief Furdon's recamnendation that a private police detail
is not needed, was noted.
BIKEWAY GATE DESIGN
Mr. Eddlson, Lexington's representative to the State DPW Bikeway
Ccninittee , reported that design consultants, Vollmer Associates., have
asked for a decision on the types of gates to be installed at each of
the ten grade intersections of the Bikeway with a tarn road or street.
He distributed drawings of the three preferred designs and indicated
that Lexington's Bikeway CamAttee as well as the Police, Fire and
Public Works departments would be making recarinendations as to choices.
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Mr. Eddi.son felt that wooden gates would be appropriate at
intersections in and around the Historic Center and that steel gates
should be used at all other intersections and asked for input fran Board
members on the matter.
Board members felt that they would have confidence in Lexington's
Bikeway Carmittee' s judgement on design selection and it was agreed, in
view of the deadline by which the decision must be made, to authorize
Mr. Eddi son and his cam dt to make the final choices .
EXECUT SESSION
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5 -- 0 by roll call.
vote., Mrs . Smith , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Fddison , Mr . Dailey , Mr . McSweeney,
to go into Executive Session, with no intent to resume open ses s ion, for
discussion of matters con g Collective Bargaining.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at
10:55 p.m.
A true record,, Attest:
Marion H. Snow
Executive Clerk
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S IS NIFrING
5eptarber 26, 1988
A r meting of the Board of Selectmen was held on MondaY,
e l l ar . g � �
September 26, 1988, in the Selectmen Meeting • Roan, Town office
lding, 15 � 2 Mass. Avenue, at 7:30 a.m. Ch Smith, Mr. Marshall,
Bui
Mr.
Fddison ► Y Mr. . Da ; Mr . White Town Manager Norman Cohen, Town
Counsel; and Kurt Dettsnan f ran Palmer & Dodge ► were pre sent .
Upon motion duly dui made and seconded it was voted 4 - o by roll call vote, Mrs Smith, Mr. Marshall. Mr. Eddison ► M Dai to g o into
Ex n
five Sessi with no intent to resume open session, for discussion
of matters concerning litigation.
Upon moti duly made and sec onded, it was voted to adjourn at 8:30 a.m.
A true record, attest:
orman P . ohen
own Counsel
Planning Board & Board Of Selectmen
Minutes of Joint Meeting an Affordable Housing
October 24, 1988 Cranberry Hill
Facilitator Jim Pritchard (JP): SET AGENDA FOR THE EVENING:
1 ) Define roles
2) Develop outline of a Housing Development organization to carry
out your commitment to affordable housing.
4 issues: - (1) who will provide overall leadership
(2) who manages the development process
(3) who coordinates on day to day basis
(4) how do you involve boards, committees, community groups
Consensus thinking from last meeting:
Build 100 -175 units affordable housing over next 5 years ( private and
public) through the following mechanismst
A) begin exploring possibilities at Meagherville as the first of
several sites
B3 scatter sites
C) Lowell Street concept (private development)
D) accessory apartments - why isn't it working
This constitutes a starting point that everyone can agree with, and is not
PM" necessarily a consensus that this is the best plane
The two boards then plotted their feelings on to a matrix developed by Bob
Bowyer "The Roles of the Actors in the Production of Affordable Housing ".
General Comments on Bob Bowyer`s (BB) Matrix:
Bill Dailey (BD) -- 4 categories need to be addressed first - all others
are ancillary until those are dealt with:
(1) Agree on Housing Policy
(2) Set number targets
(4) Determine which sites will be considered
(11) Rank sites by priority...one site or concurrently
Paul Marshall (PM) - No one sees a leadership role in anything spelled out
here for LHA or any of the appointed committees /boards?
BB - 1) LHA doesn't proceed until town wants it to;
2) it only develops on property it acquires for free
Leo McSweeney (LM) - Many roles and responsibilities here involve several
boards, so we must work together to be successful --- one goal with one
focus.
JS -- As work gets done, appropriate participation will become evident.
JP - P8 BOS, Mgt and Staff is where primary leadership and burden lie
Ellie Klauminzer (EK) - LexHAB should lead in some private developments
MW - the lead changes according to the project.
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LexHAB's charge states they may fake action "when authorized by Board
of Se l ectmen ".
Martha Wood (MW) - Delete (16) "Supervise construction /select occupants"
etc, from matrix because leadership responsibility depends on site*
JP -- What is the staff role here? Now
The major staff players are Manager, Assistant Manager DPW/Engineering,
Planning Director, the Comptroller, and a "Housing Specialist ",
PM - We don't have a Housing Specialist.
JS - Does the existing staff have capability to see this through?
EK w If LexHAB is told to develop -- it will need specialists to carry it
out. Can we use LexHAB dollars to staff position to work with both
LexHAB and Town?
BB - Staff does not need to be compartmentalized depending on who the end -
owner is. Staff can work for (low income, moderate income) public non-
_ profit , can work for private non profit and for profit,
JP; To Recap ghat we've done so fear
1) Overall leadership role must come from Board of Selectmen, Planning
Board, Managment & staff
Z) Day to Day management and coordination = Manager, Assistant, Planning
Director, Engineers, Comptroller, DPW, Building Commissioner, and some
variety of housing specialist /consultant.
3) Other Boards should be involved ..�
EK - How about the Mass Housing Partnership? Do we need a Central
Coordinating Committee to work on this?
JS - SOS/P8 should give other boards opportunity to comment on decision
making process and then tell Town Manager to implement something at X
site. We also need to determine what is least number of units we can
build on a site and still be economically feasible.
PM - Need to get to Town Meeting to get authorization to bid on school
sites at '89 meeting or get developers to bid subject to vote at a Special
Town Meeting for specific site.
Next Steps
- produce written consensus to date to get something for people to
respond to;
Schedule enlarged group meeting to playout thinking thus far and get
input
-- meeting has to have focus in order to get response.
-- research to be done by staff:
A) pick site and do preliminary research on
1) mix of housing
') density
3) funding possibilities
4) buildable land
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vS - We need to have meeting soon but with as much substance as passible.
LK: We need to get large group to where we are now. We can do what we
need to now. We can do this research for future meetings.
PM & BB; We disagree. Don't want to go into large group meeting without
two or three scenarios for Meagherville ready to present to them. Hold
off 4he meeting until we are ready to tell them exactly what we want to
do, and then ask for their support,
JP - our two options for the large group meeting are:
#1 1) present them with history of how we got to where we are
2) our best thinking of the current "consensus"
3) desire to have concurrent research done by staff fact
gathering
4 3 mechanism for group response �-eac t i❑ rk)
#2 1) present them with history of haw we g to where we are
23 present a site with 4 or 5 concepts about how it might be
developed
33 reaction
Group Consensus: We need some combination of 1 and 2 as soon as possible
with as much focus as possible.
Agenda Of Meeting to be:
1) report and comment of what has gone on in 2 sessions.
2) staff is already at work to see what options are
3) '89 Town Meeting will seek authorization to bid s tte
4) BOSIPB will come back at next meeting with more specifics
5) Share thoughts on roles and responsibilities with group
Meeting adjourned 10:40pm.
Deborah Radway
notetaker
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SEL EC'IN S PEEwMG ,
Sept ember 26, 1988
A regular meeting
of the Board of Selectmeh was held on Monday ■
2 5 1988, in the Selectmen's Meeting ROcIn, Town office
S e p ► Mr. Marshall
Building, at 7:30 p.m. Cho Smith. ► Mr. Eddlson, Mr.
Dad y Mr. McSwe Mr. White Town Manager; Mrs. Snow, Executive
Clerk,, were present.
PUBLIC HEARING, BOOT N EDISON, SPRING STP=
Mrs. Smith open ed a public hearing on the petition of the Boston
Edison son Car�any tit
• for 'ssion to install conduit in Spring Street. Carol
r the Edison C ■ explained that the work is
N�d� anus, p g necessary
to provide electric service to Raytheon Canpany 141 Spring
Street
The noted the recommendations of Richard Spiers, Director
mw, that approval of the petition be granted. There being no other
camnents in favor or in opposition ■ Mrs. Smith declared the hearing
closed.
Upon motion duly ade and seconded, it was voted to approve the
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petition, plan and orders o f Boston Edi son Company
ant of location for conduit in Spring Street, northwesterly,
approximately 182 feet southwest of Hayden Avenue, a distance of about
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12 feet.
TRAF F ic commITTEE REPORTS
Peter l in of the Traffic Safety Advi
� sory Camm�itt ,
was present for discussion of the r
P � bs an o f his carinittee on
several traffic related requests f rc n c itiz ens .
MUZ ZEY CROSSWALK . STONE
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Mr Chal in reported on his Committee Is recamiendation that the
request of Daniel Stone 1475 Mass. Avenue, for installation of a
crosswalk
alert device at the Muzzey Condo crosswalk on Mass. Avenue be
approved.,
U pon motion dul y made and seconded, it was voted to approve the
raga Daniel of Darnel Stone, as stated above ■ for installation of a "Stop
for Pedestrians" device in Mass. Avenue at the Muzzey School Condc inium
development crosswalk. The existing crosswalk will be repainted in a
zebra design.
LM S IC , MR. HO
Chat in reviewed the request of Wing K. Hon, 62 Bow Street r and
Mr. P • Mr Hon's
ation of the Traffic catmittee that pe tition that a
traffic g sign
on Bow Street at Cummings Avenue, be denied. Mr.
Chal in lamed that investigation of traffic ccanditions in the area
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had shown that, even though the aligrm�en t of the roadway y is less than
'deal it is not hazardous and that a sign would not be of benefit.
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U pon y motion duly made and seconded it was voted to deny the
• a traffic warning sign vn BOW
of Wing K. Hon for installation of g
Street,
as described above but that continued enforcement of the 30 mpph
speed limit be implemented.
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BRIDGE STREET, ONE WAY TRAFFIC
Mr . Chalpin reviewed his C.arR ittee ' s evaluation of the
effectiveness of the trial sod f e
an �' or one gray traffic on Bridge Street.
which
beg last Spring, The Carmittee concurred that
the experiment had by all accounts.
been a canplete success and advised that it be mad
perman rulation. e a
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Upon mOtion duly made and seconded, it was voted to make
one way traffic perman
the regulation requiring y fic on Bridge Street, Payson
Street, northwesterly to Spring Street,
VZOMROOK /WALMAM STREET P G, TRUCKS . STUART
Mr . Chalpin reported that his Caarmittee , in response to th
3� Vin a request
by Katherine Stuart
■ Vinebrook Road, had recarFnended prohibition of
truck parking at the corner of Vinebrook Road and Waltham
Street for
.Improvement Of sight distance for motorists exiting Vinebrook Road.
C.arIlnittee had noted that the The
problem appears to relate specifically and
only to N, E, Telephone trucks, whose facilities are directly across
Waltham Street and suggested that Y s
9'g the Telephone Car�pany be requested, in
writing, sting, to refrain from this practice. The Cazmittee further advised dvzsed
that if this approach should fail, thought be given to elimination of
this parking space.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to ap the
recaRimendations of the Traffic Saf ety
fety Advisory Ca mittee that the New
England Telephone Ccapany's cooperation in roh tion of its
r P truck be sought. If this
Procedure should prove to be ineffective, consideration
of eliminating the parking space on the corner of Vinebrook
Waltham Street will Road and Nano given. Mr. Mite will write a Letter to the
Telephone Canpany, requesting its assistance. The matter will again be
considered if these procedures do not provide relief to motorists
exiting Vinebrook Road,
Mr. Chalpin was asked to explore the conditions of the Board of
Appeals Special Permit, on the Telephone Compan. facility, regar
parking,
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,hMRUN S IONS , VINE STREFT, SMITH REQUEST
Mr. Chalpin reported on his Committee ' s favorable recaunendation on
the request of Mrs. Douglas Smith, 56 Vine Street, for installs
tlon of
signs indicating the presence of children. Her reported that th
for such signs are clearly ° a Warrants
early satisfied.
Upon motion duly made and seconded,, it was voted to ap the
recan�ndation of the Traffic S �
Safety Advisory Committee for installation
of two `Caution Children" signs, one at either end of Vine Street a
requested by Mr. & Mrs. Do Smith s
g and other residents of Vine
Street*
PARKING. BATTLE GRE]EN
Mr. .Chalpin reported on the results of Police monitoring n the
matter of all. --da kin � g
Y Parking the Battle Green which had been _
conducted on the three week days p rece di ng the Labor Da weekend. The
Police report had shown
that on those days, only four cars had remained
parked for more than four hours and the Committee advised that no mod
changes in the current parking scheme be made at this time.
ON" Selectmen's Meeting -- 3- September 1988
Mr. rarshall, who had initiated the request for exploration of the
situation, noted that the days before a major holiday weekend would not
reflect true every-day conditions and requested that a min -week check,
� � ns be made. The matter will
under regular business and traffic conditio ►
again be considered when that report has been received.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to table
consideration of amendment of the Traff Rules and Order regarding
parking at the Battle Green.
PRQMQTICN , LT RAPOSA, L . P . D .
Mr. white referenced the pranotion of Sgt, Robert Raposa to
Lieutenant and noted his excellent performance while a staff member of
the Traffic Safety Advisory Camni.ttee .
MINUTES
Up on motion duly made and seconded, it w voted 4 -- o , with Mr.
Eddison abstaining due to absence at that meeting, to approve as
resented the minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting on August �9, 1988.
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It was also voted 3 - 0, with Mr. Eddison and Mr. Dailey abstaining, to
approve the minutes of September 1, 19880
SE1ZCTNRVS FY 89 GOALS
Mr. White reviewed with the Board his draft of the Goals of the
Board of Selectmen for FY89 , as discussed at the Boar'd's June 1988 Goal
Setting Meeting. Mr. white urged the Board to let him know of any
revisions needed. Mr. Marshall c plemented the Town Manager on his
P Pte' anon of the Goal Statement reflecting the Board's discussions,
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but asked that the Board's role in maintaining existing services be
specifically mentioned.
Upo motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the
Selectmen's Goals and objectives for FY89 as amended.
MICROCOMPUTER TRAINING SCHEDULE
Mr. white described the Microca�mputer Training Schedule for Fall
1988, noting the Town's significant investment in camPuter equipment. He
referred to the favorable results of the formal training pr am
initiated the P revious year and his plan to bring more sophistication to
the Fall's aggressive rogram under the leadership of Candy N�cLaiughlin
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of his staff. The Manager thanked the Board for its support of the
acquisition of equipment and the hiring of the training staff.
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All Selectmen expressed their pleasure in seeing progre ss with the
training and use of camputers. Mr. Marshall stressed that
standardization of equipment was important and should be considered when
new purchases are planned.
PINE IMADOWS, PMEHASE & SALE AGRMVIENT
Mr. white reviewed with the Board details of the Purchase and Sal
Bement with Pine Meadows Country Club, Inc. and a Lease under which
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the Club can continue to operate the golf coots
1989. The terms of the Lease relative to upkeep of the course and
winter use were discussed.
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Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to authorize
the lea the
Town Manager to sign se of the Pine Meadows golf course for a
period ending on December 31. 1989, to confirm the signing of
9n g the
purchase and sale agreement dated September 16, 1988; and to authorize
the Town Manager and the Town Coun to sign n other docLun
� Y ents that
may be necessary to affectuate the transaction.
RECYCLING REGuLATioNs
The Town Manager noted that recycling containers had been delivered
to CRinc that day and pointed out the need for distribution of Recycling
ecycling
Regulations to residents before the start of the Progr in Oct ober. Ober . He
reviewed the Draft Regulatio and Guidelines and asked for the approval
of the Board.
Mrs. Smith said that she had been impressed with the rformance of
Dick Spiers , Director of Public � �
Works, throughout the development of the
program, and his work with the Waste Management Task Force. She felt
the Recycling Program would be a positive experience in reduction of
the
impact of waste removal and was sure it would be well received b
residents. She noted the enthusiast' y
is reception of the concept by Town
Meeting and the cooperation in publicizing it the new
. by newspaper.
Mr. . White will draft a letter to Grocery Store Managers for
approval of the Waste Management Task Force in which he will e
encoura
the use of brown pa bas rather than g
Pte' g plastic.
Mr. White noted that recycling in the Torn office Building ill be
starting in October and will eventuall y i schools.
g
Following discussion of CR�nc response to residents who refuse to
participate in the program,, Mr. Dailey expressed his ho that such
enforcement of regulations w �
culd. at least initially. be done with a
great deal of flexibility.
Upon motion duly made and seconded,, it was voted to approve the
Recycling Regulations,, as �1 submitted by the Town Manager,
ANNUAL APPo INTmmT S
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to
appoint/ reappoint the following to Cmviittees/ Boards /Gc minis sions with
terms to expire as noted;
COUNC FOR THE ARTS
Maryanne Armstrong
Robert Gartside
Penelope Hart
Melinda Vinton
34
Robinson Road
20
Loring Road
64
Blocmfield St,
11
Leonard Road
September 30, 19 41
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If if it
Elizabeth Parsons* 2173 Iass. Avenue it if
Robert Frank* 7 Hcnne s Lead St. It it
* To fill vacancies of Fred Rosenberg and Philip McFarland
WASTE IurANAG,= TASK FORCE
Jacqueline Weinstock 81 Hancock Street
Richard Re fibstein 162 Marre Road
(To fill the unexpired terms of James Chambers
September 30, 1990
i to it
and Jacqueline W.
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■••� Selectmen ' s Meeting
TRANSPO=ION ADVISORY CO -I MIT-='
E�.ai.ne Dratch 2 Maureen P3a
Sara Arnold 13 Washington Street
L�zgene Lee 9 C Place
September 2. 6, 1 988
3 0 ,
1 991
Se �t�er' .��
if Tf f,
BOAR �S A
D OF APPFALS & BOARD OF APPFAISSOCIFy
Name
Ann Scigliano
Address
3 Augustus Road
Ex-pira Lion Date
September 30, 19 9 3
William C. Hans
Eric T. C larke
Susan Beck
Mary W. Miley
Pbberrt V. Whitman
John J. McWeeney
- 19 Locust Avenue
'29 Moon Hill Road
17 Patriots Drive
29 Robinson Road
5 Hancock Avenue
303 Concord Avenue
September 30, 1989
TRUSTEES CAF PUBLIC TrRUSIL S
Thomas G. Taylor 64 j arrett Read
September
30,
1994
. BRIDGE CHARITABLE FLT]
Thomas G. Taylor 64 Marre tt Road
Sep Lamer
30,
19 91
GA MEMEL LE= Ff,JND
Elizabeth M. Flynn 310 Concord Avenue
Sept�rber
30,
o f
19 8 9
I t
Leona W. Martin .1-9 Thoreau Road
it
CONDOM3NTUM CONVERSION BOARD
Marjorie s 1906 Mass. Avenue
September
3 0 ,
1991
Tharnas Gouzoule 126 Emerson Gardens
September
30r
1989
(to fill unexpired term of Nathan Becker)
DESIGN ADVISORY CC-MMI=
John Frey 1133 Mass, Avenue
September
30,
1989
Don H. Olson 30 Forest Street
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Elizabeth Whitten 5 Hancock Avenue
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Rcbert D. Bradley 15 Rockville Avenue
Norma Bogen 13 Barberry Road
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Walter Pierce 15 Trotting Horse Drive
Thomas Coffman 31 Lincoln Street
Elaine Adler 3 sunnyknoll Terrace
Albert Huan g 82 Pleasant Street
CENTRAL AMERICA SISTER CITY
Mrs. Smith noted that in the 1 is ting of Camattees with vacancies
to be filled, published in the newspaper in an effort to attract
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candidates, the name of the Central America Sister City Ca m ittee had
inadvertently been included, when it actually had been dissolved as a Imw
Town canmittee after its report had been made to the 1988 Annual Town
Meeting. She had written an explanatory letter to Sam Silverman who had
been critical of this oversight.
FAIR VvAAM LEGISLATION, QUESTION #2
Mrs. Smith noted the position of the Mass. Municipal Association in
favor of the repeal of the existing Fair Wage Law, and the Association's
request for support of its position by the Selectmen. Material had been
received from the Fair Wage Oc.�nmittee which is campaigning to repeal the
prevailing law, and from The Carmittee for Quality of Life which takes
the opposite view.
Mr. Marshall explained the cost benefits to municipalities by
repeal of the law which now requires that in projects involving state or
municipal funding, public construction workers must be paid the
State --set wage averaging $225, though that wage is highly inflated
over the market wage actually prevai 1 ing in the area. He added that
opponents to the repeal are those involved in various areas of the
construction field who benefit under the prevailing law. He said that
he would urge support of repeal of the Fair Wage Law.
Mr. Eddison expressed his agreement adding that in view of
difficult fiscal t anything which would help Towns with their
budgets should be supported.,
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to endorse a YES
vote on Question #2 of the Warrant for the Navermber 8 State Election
proposing repeal of the prevailing Fair Wage Law,
HATS II MTER TO BASE CUOWMER, HANSCOM F IELD
Mr. Eddison referred to a draft letter to be sent to Colonel
Charles Seifert, Caiarander,, Hanscam Air Force Base, fram FATS II on
behalf of the Toms of Bedford. Concord, Lexington and Lincoln
expressing concerns of those regarding towns proposed development at the
Base. Boards of Selectmen of the four towns were being asked for
approval of the letter as an expression, in one document of their
reservations relative to issues affecting the area towns.
Upon motion duly made and seconded. it was voted to authorize Mr.
Eddison, chairman of HATS II, to express the views of the Lexington
Board of Selectmen as they appear in the draft letter to Colonel
Seifert.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at
9:20p.m.
A true record, Attest:
C I
ion H. S
Executive Clerk
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