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Selectmen’s Meeting February 3, 2014 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, February 3, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Chairman Mauger, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Manz and Mr. Pato; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Mr. Cohen enjoyed the entertainment at the Chinese New Year celebration and wished the Chinese residents a Happy New Year. Approve Request of Town Celebrations Committee – Old Guard Ms. Barry, Chair of the Town Celebrations Committee, requested approval to use the Battle Green on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at approximately 12:00 noon, for a show by The Old Guard. The Department of Defense has approved them to come and participate in the show on the Battle Green and also to march in the Patriots’ Day parade on Monday, April 21, 2014. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4-0 to approve the request of the Town Celebrations Committee to use the Battle Green on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at 12:00 noon for a special show by The Old Guard, subject to working out the details with Town Departments. Community Center Advisory Committee Update Ms. Ciccolo, Chair of the Community Center Advisory Committee, and Mr. Goddard, Facilities Director, requested more time to analyze the HVAC issues at the Community Center and return to the Selectmen’s Meeting in approximately four weeks with more detail and recommendations that will include cost information and scheduling implications. It was tentatively decided the Community Center Advisory Committee would return to the Selectmen’s Meeting on March 10. Ms. Mauger confirmed that the Committee will bring recommendations in terms of whether to phase or do as one project; staff will provide an analysis for phasing or delaying the move in and an update on the financial model of funding to the March 10 meeting. Sign Proclamation for International Mother Language Day – February 21, 2014 Mr. Zahin Ahmed, a sophomore at Lexington High School, came before the Selectmen to request st formal recognition of February 21 of every year as International Mother Language Day. He and his sister Noha Ahmed, who could not attend because she is studying at Tufts University, are both first generation Banglaeshi-Americans, who are multilingual, speaking three languages each, and who feel it is important to hold culture and language as defining factors of themselves. They feel the Mother Language Day would highlight the town’s unique interest in celebrating culture. They requested the Selectmen sign a proclamation that would formally recognize International Mother Language Day on February 21, 2014 in Lexington.