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Selectmen’s Meeting January 6, 2014 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, January 6, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Chairman Mauger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Manz and Mr. Pato; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Town Manager Report Mr. Valente reported on two items: 1.Water damage to the Town Office Building because of water damage from a frozen pipe in Recreation, Finance, Assessor and the hall way outside the Town Manager’s offices. Clarke School also had water damage to the Guidance and Administration offices. 2.Thanking the Pubic Works employees who worked 32 hours straight to deal with the snowstorm. The Town Manager also reported that he received several emails from residents thanking the employees for their great work. Mr. Kelley also thanked the Public Works employees for their outstanding work. Dr. Ash also thanked the Public Works employees for their work in getting the schools cleared of snow. He appreciates the information he receives at 4:00 a.m. from public works employees to help make the decision to open schools or not. Approve Request of School Committee – Submit Statement of Interest to MSBA for Hastings School Ms. Coppe, Chairman of the School Committee, reported that the School Committee voted to submit the Statement of Interest to MSBA for Hastings School on December 19, 2013. Dr. Ash, Superintendent of Schools, stated that they want to submit this request to the MSBA for Hastings School, which is the last elementary school to be renovated. They hope the school will qualify for 31-34% reimbursement under category 2 (elimination of existing severe overcrowding). Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to authorize Superintendent to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority the Statement of Interest dated January 14, 2014, for the Hastings Elementary School located at 7 Crosby Road, Lexington, Massachusetts, 02421 which describes and explains the following deficiencies and the priority category(s) for which the Lexington Public Schools may be invited to apply to the Massachusetts School Building Authority in the future: