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Selectmen’s Meeting August 27, 2012 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, August 27, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in Estabrook Hall of the Cary Memorial Building. Chairman Mauger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Manz; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Chabot, Assistant to the Executive Clerk, were present. Public Comment Mr. Adler, Precinct 1, commented that the number of bicyclists traveling at a high speed on the sidewalk in the Center is a problem and suggested an occasional police presence to remind people of the bylaw. Ms. Mauger will refer Mr. Adler’s comments to Mr. Valente and The Bicycle Advisory Committee. Mr. Sullivan, Global Montello Group Corporation, appeared at a previous meeting and requested 20 minutes to give a presentation on a Community Choice Aggregation Proposal for Lexington that would help lower electric rates. He came back to tonight’s meeting to request that someone take a look at this program. Mr. Valente reported that he referred Mr. Sullivan’s request to the Energy Conservation Committee and the Committee did not feel that they had time to look at this program right now. Ms. Mauger suggested that Mr. Sullivan contact the Selectmen’s Office to coordinate a time to present his program to the Energy Conservation Committee. (It was mentioned that England and France are considered by some to be failing systems.) Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Ms. Mauger reported that Dr. Ash gave an excellent presentation at the LPS Opening Day Ceremonies, looking at education in England, France and Finland. Mr. Cohen thought Dr. Ash’s comparison of the three countries in his opening remarks was very interesting and noted Dr. Ash’s comment that the US was going in the direction of England and France. Ms. Mauger reported on the Greenways Corridor Committee project creating a trail which links Diamond Middle School to the Chiesa Farm conservation land and was recently completed as an Eagle project by Drew Lapore. Also recently completed was the Conservation Stewards project creating a trail to connect the new Estabrook School site to the Paint Mine Conservation area. Ms. Mauger also noted the beautiful flower boxes at Rancatore’s Ice Cream and took a moment to recognize and thank Rancatore’s for their contribution to the community. Mr. Manz has been asked about the number of roads under construction in Town and commented on the lack of striped crosswalks in the Center. He asked whether the crosswalk warning signs can be put up again.