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Selectmen’s Meeting June 9, 2008 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Chairman Cohen, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Manz and Mr. Burnell; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Selectmen Concerns and Liaison Reports Mrs. Krieger explained that the Selectmen in Lexington, Lincoln and Weston and the Mayor of Waltham want to work on traffic issues in the Route 128 central corridor and feel it would be appropriate to formalize an arrangement and commit to a letter of agreement as the first step in the collaborative process to seek solutions in positive direction to better insure viable economic development and growth in our communities. They would like to form the 128 Central Corridor Collaboration to seek feasible measures to address the impacts of development projects, increased traffic volume on local and state roadways with the principle thrust being to reduce single occupancy trips within the corridor. Mrs. Krieger seeks the Board’s approval to move forward with the concept and she will subsequently have the specific wording of the agreement letter. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to approve forming the 128 Central Corridor Collaboration to work on traffic issues in the Route 128 central corridor. Mr. Manz reviewed the prior weeks events. Senior Awards Night was held at the high school followed by the High School graduation. Also on Saturday there was a ribbon cutting for the solar panels that were installed on the roof of the High School science building. Mr. Manz discussed a wonderful project that a Lexington High School student did as an Eagle project, which was to collect bikes for “Bikes Not Bombs”. The bikes are lightly refurbished and shipped overseas for primary transportation. Mr. Manz spoke to Robert Beaudoin, Superintendent of Environmental Services, who takes in as many as 20 bikes a week, which is a huge impact on Lexington’s waste stream, about whether bikes could be collected on a regular basis. Mr. Manz also spoke to Bikes Not Bombs and they are excited that the Town will be able to set aside the bikes and they will pick them up on a regular basis, which will permanently reduce Lexington’s waste stream. Mr. Cohen mentioned that the PTA Scholarship Committee would be giving out scholarships to Lexington High School and Minuteman students tomorrow night. Last year over $100,000 in scholarships was given out. Town Manager Report Mr. Valente updated the Selectmen on double poles. Public Works and Fire met with representatives from Verizon to review their plan to reduce double poles in Lexington. In April Verizon committed to removing 40 poles by the end of June. They have removed 69 poles and