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Selectmen – April 2, 2018 Page 2 of 7 Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 to authorize the installation of the Massachusetts Avenue parklet from first week in May through the last week in October 2018, in two parking spaces in the vicinity of the Ride Studio Cafe at 1720 Massachusetts Avenue. 2018 Annual Town Meeting Positions and Presenters Ms. Barry noted a concern raised by Ms. Ciccolo at the March 28, 2018 regarding Article 22— Visitors Center Funding, saying the Board postponed taking positions until an answer about grant funding was received. Mr. Valente reported that the grantee was contacted and there appears to be no issue that the Visitors Center is located in the Historic District. With regards to demolishing the current Visitor Center, Mr. Valente reported that Lexington HDC Chair Anne Eccles said, in a matter such as this, the State Historic District Commission refers the matter back to the local HDC. Based on the revised motion, the Board took positions on Article 22—Visitors Center Funding: Ms. Barry, Mr. Lucente, Ms. Ciccolo, and Ms. Hai voted to support the article; Mr. Pato voted not to support the article. Article 45—Amend Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1956: Mr. Pato said he had not yet seen the new language of the motion. Citing a series of concerns about the previous language that he discussed at an earlier Selectmen’s meeting, he drafted a series of amendments. He is waiting now to see if any of these concerns will be addressed by the ad hoc Committee; if not, he will submit his suggested changes at the Selectmen’s meeting on April 4. 2018. Mr. Valente said staff has seen the Mr. Pato’s amendments but they have not been sent to Town Counsel because the ad hoc Committee is still working on revisions. Ms. Barry said the Selectmen’s Office will reach out to Anne Eccles to make sure she is available to join the Board’s April 4 dialogue about Article 45; the suggested amendments will be included the Selectmen’s Meeting Packet for the April 4 Board meeting. Ms. Barry led the Board through the articles/position chart to update positions. The resulting updated chart is appended to these minutes. Annual Town Meeting Article 34—Amend General Bylaw—Make Lexington a “Welcoming, Inclusive, Safe Community”—Revised Motion/Continue Discussion Ms. Barry recused herself as her husband is employed as a Police Officer for the Town of Lexington. Ms. Ciccolo assumed the role of chair for the item. Ms. Ciccolo said that, following the citizens’ Article 34 presentation on March 28, 2018, item 6 in the motion was substantially revised, as recommended by the Board, so that it now refers to the Safe Communities Act/Senate 1305. Additionally, it was noted that the Board received a memo from Chief Corr of the Lexington Police that details how the article would affect Police response.