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71-35 Selectmen's Meeting October 2, 2017 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Selectmen was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 2, 2017 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Kelley; Mr. Pato; Ms. Ciccolo; and Mr. Lucente were present as well as Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Siebert, Recording Secretary. Selectman Concerns and Liaison Reports Mr. Lucente reported he had attended the Town Meeting Member Association bus tour on Sunday to see the capital improvements at the Diamond and Clark middle schools as well as the modular elementary school classrooms at the Bridge School. The tour also visited the Hayden Avenue project. Flu Shot Clinic Gerald Cody, Health Department Director, provided information about influenza and the vaccine while David Neylon, Public Health Nurse, administered flu shots to three of the five Selectmen. The next public Flu Clinic will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the School Administration Central Office building, Old Harrington gymnasium, 328 Lowell St. Town Manager Report • National Grid will continue to do overnight work in Lexington Center at the corner of Merriam Street and Massachusetts Avenue on Tuesday, October 3 and Wednesday, October 4, 2017. One lane of Massachusetts Avenue will remain open to traffic. • Lexington has received a $10,800 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to be used for Recycling services. The grant was awarded based on the work the Town already does in this area. • In advance of a new refuse and curbside recycling contract, two public meetings will be held to gather input from residents about potential changes to the program. The meetings will be held on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in Estabrook Hall of the Cary Memorial Building and Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 8:45 a.m. in the main dining room of the Community Center. Three options will be discussed: remaining with the status quo system; switching to an automated system for both trash and single stream recycling; adopting a hybrid system with trash removal and manual recycling pick up. Grant Location for Eversource on Cedar Street Ms. Barry opened the Public Hearing at 7:12 p.m. Maureen Carol from Eversource petitioned for approval for a grant location. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 to approve the request from the NSTAR Electric Company DBA Eversource Energy for the purpose of obtaining a Grant of Location to install 67 ±feet of conduit in Cedar Street Installation Northwesterly from