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66 -36 Selectmen's Meeting —March 2, 2010 including a crosswalk at Peachtree to the north side of Woburn Street; contribute $75,000 to Lexpress, assuring Lexpress service to the development for a minimum of 2 years; contribute $25,000 to the Town to support a future transportation study of the Countryside neighborhood; and contribute $25,000 to the Lexington DPW to support neighborhood beautification and capital improvements to the Town -owned park at the Countryside intersection. Six units (11.8 percent) will be 40B qualified affordable housing. They will comply with the Tree By -law and plan to replace 179 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) of the 600 DBH they will be removing and contribute $21,050 to the Tree Fund. The development will be "green ". The design is targeted to surpass the Stretch Energy Code with a HERS index rating of 65 or better. They expect to incorporate renewable energy technologies using a geothermal heating /cooling system. Selectmen will wait until after the Planning Board meeting on March 3 to take a position on this article. Discuss Article Assignments The Board was provided with a list of proposed article assignments for the 2010 Annual Town Meeting. Selectmen were asked to review the list and let Mr. Cohen know if they want to make any changes. Entertainment License Nourish Restaurant currently has an Entertainment License for TV's. They want to expand the entertainment to include live music. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4 -0 to approve and sign an Entertainment License for Nourish Restaurant, 1727 Massachusetts Avenue. LHS Boys Varsity Hockey Team Letter Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4 -0 to sign and send a letter to the LHS Boys Varsity Hockey Team saluting their efforts during the 2009 -2010 season. Reappointment — Registrars of Voters The Democratic Town Committee submitted three nominations for consideration of appointment to the Registrars of Voters. Sarah Warren's term expires March 31, 2010 and she was interested in being reappointed. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to reappoint Sarah Warren to the Registars of Voters for a term to expire March 31, 2013.