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September 23, 2019 Page 1 of 11 Selectmen’s Meeting September 23, 2019 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 7:02 p.m. on Monday, September 23, 2019 in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room. Doug Lucente, Chair; Joe Pato; Jill Hai and Mark Sandeen were present, as well as James Malloy, Town Manager; Kelly Axtell, Assistant Town Manager and Kim Katzenback, Executive Clerk. PUBLIC COMMENTS Ron Lochiatto, 1 Turner Road, Maynard, Lexington Department of Public Works employee, expressed concern regarding the comparable communities’ compensation analysis performed by the Town for the DPW Union negotiations. David Nagle, 14 Richardson Avenue, Arlington, Coordinator AFSCME Chapter Local 93, Lexington Department of Public Works employee expressed concern regarding the comparable communities’ compensation analysis performed by the Town for the DPW Union negotiations. SELECTMAN CONCERNS AND LIAISON REPORTS Ms. Hai reported the Town Celebrations Committee will be meeting with stakeholders in October to gather input on potential adjustments to the 2020 Patriots’ Day Event schedule. She also said that the Veterans Day Parade will be held on November 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. with ceremonies starting at 11:00 a.m. Ms. Hai stated that the Lexington Human Rights Committee will be offering new programming for the upcoming year. The new programs kick off in November with a panel and movie for “No Hate November” revolving around the impacts of hate speech and a pilot for “Not in Our Schools”, and the annual MLK Day discussion on race. The committee is seeking volunteers to help implement both programs. Ms. Hai concluded with a notification from the Battle Road Scenic Byway Committee regarding the signing of the Reviving America’s Scenic Byway Act of 2019 into law yesterday. With this law in place, the committee will now be applying for federal designation. Mr. Pato wanted to remind the community that the Town has a preliminary draft of the Hazard Mitigation Plan for review on the Town’s website and the public comment period for the plan will end on September 30, 2019. Mr. Pato mentioned that we are in the middle of Climate Action Week, and on Friday, September 20, 2019, a climate strike was held worldwide. That same day, Lexington High School students organized a local climate strike for the community with over 900 attendees at the high school. After the event, the students delivered a banner signed by attendees, as well as a letter to the Board