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13° pursues to downgrade the engineering standards for reconstruction and /or main; tenance. Specifically, Board members felt that not all streets needed total reconstruction and perhaps grading to be adequate. Criterion f or priority setting will be established as well as the Master Plan. Board members suggested that the assessment formula should be reviewed as part MEOW of the total review process to insure that the Town gets at least 50% back as there are approximately 12 Miles of unaccepted streets. The Board instructed the Manager to review the current estimate of ($1,000,000/mile) as a realistic number. In addition, the Board wanted an estimate of the value of the 120 miles of accepted streets with specific emphasis on the cost of maintaining and resurfacing these streets and the estimated lif e ' of resurfacing. It was recognized that the Town last year paved 23,300 feet and this year will be paving 7100 feet of roads, falling further behind and serious consideration should be given to catching up perhaps utilizing the borrowing strength of the T own . Sewer and water System The Board instructed the Manager to get an updated value of the sewer and water system to insure that appropriate replacement is taking place here as well. Selectman Marshall pointed out that DPW equipment is .valued in excess of $2,000,000 yet we have been replacing it at le.ss than 10% a year and we want to insure that we protect our assets there as well. The . Town Manager pointed out that the sanitary sewer system was effectively completed. and with modest ex- ceptions in good shape. The water system study is being completed and there will be substantial commit- ments to be made over a period of time. Short -term -- approximately $1,000,000 has been proposed. The Manager said that he would file an updated report with Not the Board. LONG RANGE PLANNING Selectman McLaughlin raised the issue of planning and looking at what the Town might be in the year 2000. It was agreed that the Board would meet in the Fall with its elected Boards and Agencies to discuss the evolution of the process that might wind up in a report similar to Bill Page's Forum on Aging report, Selectman Eddison wondered, whether_ it was possible to focus that far out in a productive way. Selectman Marshall emphasized important to outline goals for discussion so that decisions relating to those goals can be made. It was generally agreed that physical planning for the next ten to fifteen year basis could be accomplished which brings us into the year 2000. Close coopera- tion with the Planning Board and the School would be necessary in this effort. NnTTRTNC, Discussion was raised about the Selectmen's role in encouraging affordable housing; further, what mechanisms the Planning Board was going to encourage to allow diversity within the Town, e.'g. , should density be allowed to increase in order t ❑ obtain affordable housing?' Can we build on the Muz zey model in existing buildings or public assets? =-