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November 5, 2018 Page 1 of 8 SELECTMEN'S MEETING Monday, November 5, 2018 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 6:01 p.m. on Monday, November 5, 2018 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. The Board immediately entered Executive Session under Exemption 3 to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining regarding the hours of work for LMMA and LMEA employees. Upon exiting Executive Session, Regular Session was reconvened at 6:31 p.m. Present were Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Pato; Ms. Ciccolo; Mr. Lucente; and Ms. Hai as well as Mr. Malloy, Town Manager; Ms. Axtell, Assistant Town Manager; and Ms. Siebert, Recording Secretary. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Mr. Pato reported he had attended the annual Massachusetts Department of Transportation "Moving Together" multimodal conference at which the new statewide BikePed plan was presented and a number of Complete Street initiatives were discussed. The BikePed Plan is available on the MassDOT website. Ms. Barry reported that she and Mr. Malloy attended the Lexington Interfaith Clergy Association's vigil at Temple Emunah in remembrance of those killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg, PA. Ms. Barry and Ms. Hai also attended services at Temple Isaiah and Temple Emunah in support of the Lexington Jewish community. Presentation - 2018 STM-1 Warrant Article 9 Petition for Change of Zoning District and Zoning Map 7 Hartwell Avenue On behalf of the Russian School of Mathematics, Robert Buckley and Kristine Hung of Riemer Braunstein, LLP presented a petition with approximately 400 signatures in support of proposed zoning changes to 7 Hartwell Avenue. The rezoning request is envisioned for presentation to Special Town Meeting later this month. 7 Hartwell Avenue, is a 1.606-acre parcel bounded by Hartwell Avenue and Westview Street with entry from Westview Street only. It is currently zoned as CD/PD with a limited number of approved uses that the petitioner asks to broaden to accommodate educational use; the School is currently located at 24 Hartwell Avenue, an office/industrial park which Mr. Buckley described as "not ideal." The Lexington branch of the School currently enrolls over 1,500 students for a tutorial/enrichment program; the founders of the School have purchased the 7 Hartwell Avenue property. Mr. Buckley said he brought the rezoning concept to the Planning Board in March 2018 with the idea of removing the CD designation in order to rely on one of the adjacent zoning designations, Commercial Regional Office (CRO) and Commercial Management(CM), that allow broader uses, including schools. Upon closer examination, however, it was discovered that the 3-acre dimensional requirements of the CRO and the CM zones do not align with 7 Hartwell Avenue's smaller property size. Mr. Buckley noted that the newly created CSX zone has dimensional parameters that would be applicable, but the full range of CSX allowed uses do not correspond with the Town's vision for this area of Lexington. Mr. Buckley stated that the Town could maintain control over usage because a site plan or