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Selectmen’s Meeting – August 3, 2015 <br /> <br />Mr. Kanter, as a member of the Capital Expenditures Committee, asked if funds were available <br />for project design if the MSBA approves the project on August 6 and has the MSBA given any <br />indication that the member communities’ comments will have a bearing on the MSBA vote? <br /> <br />Mr. Horton stated that the information from MSBA indicates they will accept the proposed 628 <br />enrollment figure option and will vote favorably. Funds have already been approved to do the <br />schematic design work. <br /> <br />The next step in the MSBA process if they approve the proposed 628 student building, is to <br />prepare full engineering documents. <br /> <br />The Board does not wish to respond to any correspondence as this time. They will consider the <br />information provided at this meeting and reconsider later if want to provide a vocal position <br />later. <br /> <br />Discussion of School District Building Projects Plan <br /> <br />There was no new or additional information to discuss. <br /> <br />Review Goal Setting Items <br /> <br />Mr. Valente provided the Board with a preliminary list of goals for FY2016 to FY2017 that came <br />from the July 1 Goal Setting Meeting. The goals are in three sections: preliminary priority <br />goals, preliminary planning and zoning goals and other goals discussed. <br /> <br />The Preliminary Planning and Zoning Goals will be discussed at a joint meeting with the <br />Planning Board in the near future. <br /> <br />At the last Selectmen’s meeting the Board was asked to prioritize their goals and select two to <br />three top goals to work on. <br /> <br />Mr. Cohen’s top priorities are: <br /> <br /> <br />1.Affordability for Residents (2) – how to finance an override <br /> <br />2.Public Safety Facilities (3) – extremely important and need to focus on <br /> <br />3.Business Growth (22) – make sure doing what can to attract business on Hartwell Avenue <br />and all commercial areas; <br /> <br />Mr. Pato working on two motivating factors: community stewards for fiscal, capital and physical <br />basis and social community stewards and how to keep functioning in a civil and positive way. <br />He would like to focus on moving sustainability forward to serve the community long-term and <br />globally; deal with public safety facilities and focus on public safety for residents and visitors <br />with respect to complete streets, sidewalks and other safety issues; and to do all the above within <br /> <br /> <br />