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61-427 Selectmen's Meeting - November 1, 1999 reported in stories of several weeks ago appear to represent positions of the entire board and that is something that can be misleading to the public and something that is a delicate and sometimes difficult distinction to draw and what I was trying to in a relatively low-key manner was to draw attention to a concern that members and I think this applies to all of the members of the Board to be careful about drawing that distinction in your discussions with the Press. That was the full extent of the intent and there was certainly no intent whatsoever that anyone on the Board, least of all Ms. McKenna, should try to refrain from speaking to the Press about issues that concern them as individual members of the Board. Amy Kaufman of Middle Street spoke of the neighborhood concerns about the safety in the area and asked when the streetlights were going to be turned on again. The area has no sidewalks and they are living with new house construction where there has been repeated run off during storms. Mr. Enrich thanked Mrs. Kaufman for bringing these two matters to the Board's attention. DPW Director George Woodbury said Boston Edison has been instructed to restore all streetlights in Town and they are expected to start next week. He also said that DPW has had to clean up Middle Street twice after runoff from construction work and both times have billed the builder for the work. Building Commissioner Steve Frederickson said there is no regulations for runoff on the street. He asked the residents to keep him informed of future problems. Perry Pollins spoke of his concern about the Town's not receiving reimbursement for the school project. Mr. Enrich and Mrs. McKenna explained that the Town of Lexington is guaranteed that they are on a priority list and will receive reimbursement because Lexington is scheduled for a full rehab of the school buildings as opposed to a partial rehab. Consent Agenda Auctioneer's License Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request from Metropolitan Antiques for an Auctioneer's License for November 6 and 7, 1999 at Heritage Hall. Hearings Metromedia/MFS Grant of Location Assistant Town Engineer David Carbonneau reviewed three route options through the center of Town that will complete Metromedia's grant of location request at a hearing on October 18 that was continued to this meeting. Mr. Carbonneau explained that although all three routes are feasible, Metromedia would be agreeable to either Route A or Route B; however, Route X would not serve Metromedia's customers as the route would follow the already approved path along the bike path and therefore they cannot agree to Route X. Route X would greatly reduce the high level of operation because of the redundancy of the route. Both Routes A and B have been fully engineered.