John Campbell (33 Muzzey St.) reported that he had
organized an informal meeting of concerned neighbors to
discuss the impending sale of the Christian Science church
at the corner of Muzzey and Forest Sts.  The church is for
sale at an asking price of $1.6 million.  The current
building offers 9,600 square feet and is an attractive
feature of the neighborhood, having been designed by
Willard Brown, the architect of the original Cary Library.

Campbell reported that the neighbors are particularly
concerned about traffic on Forest St.  The street is narrow
and is heavily crossed by pedestrians, particularly
students at Lexington High School.  An increase in weekday
traffic would cause congestion and increase the risk of
accidents at the intersection of Muzzey and Forest Sts. 
The neighbors are also concerned about parking, since the
church does not have offstreet parking and Forest St. has
only limited parking along the street.  Park Drive, which
runs behind the church, was donated to the town as a
beautiful natural area and should not be used for parking.

There is a possibility that the town might try to buy the
church for use as a school administration building.  The
neighbors would not be comfortable with this unless the
parking and traffic issues could be resolved.  Most
neighbors were more comfortable with residential use for
the site than with institutional use.

Beverly Kelley gave a quick update on the current status
of the church sale,  There are a number of serious approaches,
including one or two churches, several single residential offers, 
some developers looking in to the possibility of converting 
the building to residential use, and a consortium of 14 parents
proposing a teen activity center.  LexHab has no interest.
The church is principally concerned with an immediate sale, 
so buyers requiring a zoning change are less attractive.

It was agreed that the BHNA should make the residents' views
clear on this topic.