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Selectmen’s Meeting July 14, 2014 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, July 14, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Chairman Pato, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen and Ms. Ciccolo; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Reorganization of the Board The first order of business was the election of a Chairman. Mr. Kelley nominated Mr. Pato and there were no further nominations. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 3-0-1 (Pato abstained) to appoint Mr. Pato as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen effective immediately. Town Manager Report Mr. Valente reported on five items: 1.The Attorney General’s Office has approved the June 16, 2014 Special Town Meeting Articles regarding: Concord Avenue rezoning, procurement for solar energy facilities and amending the bylaw for the Town Counsel’s Annual Report. 2.One of the High School modular classrooms fell off a truck in Connecticut and is unsalvageable; the manufacturer has committed to having a replacement delivered by 7/18 which allows the project to keep on schedule. 3.The Economic Development Director has verbal agreement from the Hartwell Avenue property owners that they will fund 60 percent of the Alewife/Hartwell Shuttle (The REV) beginning September 1, 2014. 4.The Governor signed the FY2015 State budget that provides Lexington with State Aid approximately $1 million greater than the FY2014 amount and $793,000 greater than estimated at Town Meeting. The additional funds will be used to offset the FY2014 snow and ice deficit. 5.A new development project on Muzzey Street might have an impact on the Parking Management Proposal. The project is going before the Board of Appeals to request a waiver for the 20-25 required parking spaces. The staff and Parking Management Group (PMG) will be looking at the implications and also discuss whether it would make sense to approach the Board of Appeals to request that the developer contribute to a parking fund in exchange for the parking waiver. The staff and PMG will return to the Selectmen with specific recommendations. Mr. Kelley recommends that the Selectmen connect with the Planning Board to understand the implications of the parking waiver and get a message to the Board of Appeals requesting that they continue their hearing until the Selectmen can meet to discuss recommendations.