9/9/1991 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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i 5 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Page 13 �'Yy , '•iT'11�Y•L 4 KIND i ES ZION DAY, SEPTEMBER , 1991 Recreation C enter I too feel that a recreation center would benefit the Town states selectman Caffyns At that time, I certainly won' t speak for Mr. Hanson, but he felt that on a long tern basis that this was not good idea.. The location was not that good and to have a r%ec center on Great Neck Road would not be desirable. He father went on and w recinded and took a vote. I still consider that the deal that you have developed states Selectman Caffyn which I worked on to $135, 000. I don' t know how your figures are. I consider ,that it was best questionable and after reading Attorney l eardon' s opinion of the contract illegal and not in the best interest and I continue to be against the swap as proposed by Selectman Hanson and forever Selectman Attorney Jeremy Carter. I find it ironic Nancy that the Board certainly wan.ted. . . The vote as I understand it was to break all negotiations, . That isn' t true states Selectman Ca.f fyn. You can go back to the minutes of the meeting and you will find that I proposed this and in fact this was on July lst meeting and I read this and suggested that this would be a possible swap. That in fact I consider the original evaluation too low to start out with it should be more reasonable and higher to represent true value. I did not have at the disposal, this appraisal states Selectman Cafes. It wasn' t in the files of the Board of Selectmen. I did have talking with lir-. Bailey and I did have our Town evaluation and i did compare another property that was sold for 1. 4 million in Town. 1 mentioned this to Mr. Hanson that I thought if we warted to swap lard for land and get along with it, the building for a reo center, that I would consider that reasonable. It was decided that it was not a. long term arrangement, And that it would not be desirable states Selectman a.ffyn, we can go back to the tape andg o back to the minutes, but that i a.whwas offered, d. What about a. month ago when I cane in and asked for a. public quorum states Mr.. aster where is this negotiating, what ha.p en.e d? At that time, Selectman Gottlieb who acting Chairman and you were here Carol, said the Town had broken its negotiating and decided to litigate. To nye that doesn' t mean you are going back to discuss possible different terms. They took a vote and they decided against it states Selectman Ca.ff'yn. Let' s move on here if we can states Selectman Jacobson. Peter would you like to add. . . I think you are missing -the entire point states Selectman Lawrence. Let me go back to my recollections of where we got to where we are-and it will be very brief, We voted as a Board of Selectmen on one occasion -1 to continue the negotiations with Field' s Point. Mr. Hanson and Mr. Carter to do the negotiations. Once there was a. question of a conflict of interest, that was raised, we kind of looked at it a. little differently stages Mr. Lawrence, We took a. vote to suspend, to stop negotiations and litigate the suit, Basically everything you have been talking about comes down to the Board of Selectmen and their Grote 3-2 to litigate the suit.