The discussion began in 1994 but the search did not  begin in earnest until 2015.  Freedom of Information requests filed with the Town Clerk in October did not produce a single document, call record, calendar log, or email to suggest that anyone other than the TD Bank site owners and Stewart Radiance Laboratory were ever contacted. If 139 TGR were actually the only viable location for the new station, that might give the HDC legal justification for permitting the damage that would be done to the Historic District. If the HDC denies the demolition application, which the wording of the legislative act that established the Commission’s authority requires, then the Town will have to start thinking out of the box. The passage of Petitioners Articles 4 & 5 could put Bedford a lot closer to a real solution.