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69 -383 Selectmen's Meeting April 4, 2016 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, April 4, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Mr. Pato, Chairman, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Ciccolo and Ms. Barry; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk were present. Article Presentations /Discussion/Positions Article 14 — School Zone Traffic Calming Mr. Craig Weeks, representing the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Program, gave a presentation on its purpose which is one of a continuing series of recommendations by SR2S to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety for Lexington's students. This article focused on increasing driver awareness around our neighborhood -based schools. Controlling vehicular speeds around Lexington's schools, where the 7 out of 9 are located on/near arterial roads, is a critical safety element. This article has been indefinitely postponed but has been referred to the Transportation Safety Group (TSG) with the understanding that, if the FY2017 budget for TSG (Article 10q Transportation Mitigation) is approved, TSG will consider implementing a trial school zone program at one elementary school to evaluate its effectiveness, with the intent of determining if other school zones could benefit from these signage upgrades in the future. Article 2 — Tourism Report Mr. Pato stated that the Tourism Committee Report has been rescheduled to the April 25 meeting. Article Positions The Board did not change any of their positions. Review Draft of Brookhaven Memorandum ofAgreement for Article 45 Mr. Cohen recused himself from this portion of the meeting since he is on the Board of Directors at Brookhaven. Mr. Valente has been working with a Task Force that includes Ms. Ciccolo and Ms. Barry and they have come up with the following options for the Memorandum of Agreement related to the proposed Brookhaven rezoning, including: 1. Tax status — to be determined by the Board of Assessors 2. Contribution for affordable housing. Options to be discussed include: • Cash contribution equal to the development cost for 7 affordable units discounted to present value over 20 years; • Cash contribution, paid in equal installments over a 10 year period; • Brookhaven to provide 7 of its new units on a straight rental basis, in a manner acceptable to DHCD to be included in the Subsidized Housing Inventory; • Combination of land and cash to allow Town to construct affordable units on Brookhaven property; or