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o $275,000 for transportation improvements (we were initially informed this was for a bike share program and will need to confirm this). The Economic Development Bill simply states "transportation improvements". Contracts have not been signed and the Select Board has not taken a position on whether a bike share program is something that the Board supports bringing back. This has been added to the 1/23/23 meeting agenda for a discussion prior to executing a contract with the state. o $200,000 for a shared food insecurity program (Food Link Inc.) for the Towns of Arlington, Burlington, Billerica, Lexington and Woburn. We have received no information on this regarding the intent. I have reached out to the Town Managers in Arlington, Burlington and Billerica to meet on this and how the Towns can have input into a regional food insecurity program (the Town Manager in Burlington forwarded to the Mayor in Woburn). In all, we have a little over $1 million in earmarks that we are trying to coordinate. It's been difficult finding the right state agency to coordinate with on a number of these earmarks, luckily the State has set up a new website to assist local governments with the paperwork. The Select Board has not discussed and developed a list of requests that we should submit, these earmarks have generally been created organically by our legislative delegation and in some cases are vague (as in the "transportation improvements"which could be anything related to improving transportation). The Senior Management Team was asked to develop some ideas and submitted the following: • Upgrade Treasurer's Office Technology—Checks, scanners, MUNIS modules (Carolyn) • Extractor equipment for the Fire Department (Derek) • Electric vehicles (Mike McLean) • Solar on cemetery building (solar ready) (Mike Cronin) • Hybrid meeting technology(Tim) • AV S erver room Technology(Mike Cronin) • ADA pathways for playgrounds (Melissa Battite) • Pickleball Courts (Melissa Battite) The Board may want to discuss/develop their thoughts in addition to those above and prioritize them so that we can communicate this to our Legislators for future earmarks and have a clearer indication of what can be implemented should the earmarks be funded. • Board and Committee Memo—Attached please find an updated memo related to the original memo sent to the Board in July and discussed in September. Mark Sandeen and I were tasked with reviewing the comments provided by the Board, other Board/Committee members and the public; and reporting back to the Select Board with a revised recommendation. Mark and I agreed in most respects with the recomrnendations in the attached memo with the exception of the Police Policy Committee and whether term limits should apply to the Chairs of Boards/Committees or to all members. I have included my comments, Mark will provide his comments directly to the full Board. • Attached please �nd the agenda tracker for Select Board meeting items for the next several weeks. Land Use Health and Development: