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lO S S kf=ING p � #r September 14 1988 A regular meeting of the Board of Selec en was held on Wednesday, September 14, 1988, in the Selectmen's Meeting Roam, Town office Building, at 7:30 p.m. Chailman Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Eddison, Mr. Dailey ■ Mr. McSweeney; Mr. White Town Manager, and Mrs . Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. MAPC , A. FRIC K REPORT Angela Frick, Lexington's representative to the Metropolitan Area Pl annin g Council, was present for a report to the Board on the Tom's relationship with MAPC. Mrs Frick outlined the history of MAPC and its role in dealing with issues concerning the 101 cities and towns which are within its area, She noted that MAPC has formed technical advisory carwra" ttees carprised of representatives fran the various member towns,, which deal with policies on land use, environmental qua_l.ity, transportation, and housing. Mrs. Frick is a member of the Land Use CaTnittee which has worked on issues relative to the Met, State Hospital Land, the cam uter bikeway, the land tax, solid waste and possible disposal sites, and the protection of the Cambridge Reservoir. Mrs. Frick also reviews E nvir xm ental Impact Statements for federally funded develaprnents , i.e. Hanscom Field and the one Tracer Lane proposals . She provides the Selectmen, Town Manager and Pl n m n g Board copies of all her responses and is making an effort to interact with the Pl annin g Board on any information she receives* Mrs. Frick has requested N,APC to p re par e an updated guide book on all conservation � trails in ' gton. Mrs. Frick ,+sported that copies are available of MAPC' new publication entitled "Update 2 ", which the Council has offered to review with the Selectmen. Mrs Frick re ferred to the North Central Subregional COMmittee formed by NAPC which includes representation from the com� ties of Bedford, Burlington. Lynnfield, Wakefield, Wilmington, Winchester, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham and Woburn and asked about the Board's view on Lexington involvement. Mr. Eddison noted that the Board had felt it inappropriate to belong to regional groups of camunities with which Lexington has relatively few caurxan concerns. He referred to the revitalized HATS II group uxAllprised of four towns which have a more unified set of objectives and felt that Town involvement and efforts in that cvrinittee would be more productive. Mrs. Smith pointed out that at the August 28th meeting of the NCSC, which she, Mr. Marshall and Mr. White had attended, various topics were brought up which were of interest to all 'ties. She agreed that gton is fortunate to have HATS working in coordination with three POO neighboring towns, but said she would prefer to think about whether involvement in both HATS and NCSC may be beneficial. She will inform Mrs. Frick when the Board has came to a decision on the matter. Mr. Eddison said he would like to see HATS II also recognized by MAPC as a regional committee