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Selectmen's Meeting February 7, 2005 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held Monday, February 7, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. Chairman McKenna, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Pagett; Ms. Vine, Acting Town Manager and Ms. Manning, Clerk were present. Mrs. McKenna began the meeting by announcing that Mr. Kennedy was ill and unable to attend tonight's meeting. Public Comment Mrs. Lazarus, 22 Woodland Road, addressed the Board regarding snow removal from sidewalks throughout the Town. Mrs. Lazarus suggested the Town either do abetter job of sidewalk plowing or discontinue sidewalk plowing and request that abutters do the cleaning. Mrs. McKenna thanked Mrs. Lazarus for her comments. As a result of similar comments received from other residents, Mrs. McKenna has already met with Ms. Vine to address this issue. Ms. Vine will present ideas for improvement in a few minutes. Mrs. Krieger took the opportunity to remind the audience about the Sidewalk Committee. Mrs Krieger urged citizens to volunteer to work on this committee and commented snow removal from sidewalks is a topic the committee plans to address. Selectmen Concerns and Liaisons Mrs. Krieger reported that the Massachusetts Legislature has approved a bond that will allow up to $261 million dollars to be used in the event that the conclusion of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process is to enhance research activity and the Base remains open. The four HATS towns have received a grant from the Office of Economic Adjustment for funds to be used for a planning analysis if the Base Realignment and Closure recommendation is to close Hanscom. This preplanning analysis should be done by the end of May. The first public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening February 15 in Lincoln. The meeting was scheduled for a Tuesday because the Selectmen's meetings are traditionally held, in the four involved communities, on Monday evenings. The intent of the HATS Selectmen is to have as many elected officials from the affected communities attend this meeting. Mrs. Krieger respectfully requests that her colleagues consider moving the Selectmen's meeting back to Monday, February 14 so the entire Board can attend this hearing in Lincoln on Tuesday, February 15 Mrs. McKenna announced that based on a report the Board received from the Department of Housing and Community Development the Town's inventory of affordable housing is 7.34 %. Most of the housing is in perpetuity and she believes that is a tribute to all the people who have worked on finding affordable housing opportunities. She also noted that the 7.34% does not include Avalon Bay.