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Selectmen's Meeting April 2, 2003 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 in the Library at the National Heritage Museum at 7:00 p.m. Chairman McSweeney, Mrs. Krieger, Mrs. McKenna, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kelley; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Lahey, Town Counsel and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk were present. One -Day Liquor License Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the request from the Lexington Preschool PTA and issue a one -day liquor license for a Casino Party at 17 Carley Road on Saturday, April 12, 2003 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Article Positions Mr. McSweeney indicated there was one article coming up this evening where the Board had not taken a position. Article 24 — Conservation Commission Non - Criminal Disposition Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to support Article 24. Articles 12, 14 and 25 DPW Operations Facility, Senior Center Facility and 201 Bedford Street Disposition - Chair of the Selectmen's DPW Facility /Senior Center Re- Evaluation Committee Paul Lapointe presented an executive summary of a report the Committee has drafted. The committee wants whatever the Board would like to do on Article 25. Relocating DPW to Hartwell Ave. is the unanimous recommendation of the Committee. There was discussion among the Board members. Mr. Kelley expressed concern about the little time to digest, evaluate and deliberate on the issue. Mr. McSweeney indicated the Board needs to try to finalize a position at the meeting on April 7. Mrs. McKenna felt she needed to see the entire report and expressed the concern that it seems to be significantly different from what she thought the Committee's position was at the March 26 meeting. There were many more documents concerning moving DPW to Hartwell Avenue that had not been reviewed. Mr. Lapointe said this is not just a result of a discussion on March 26. It is the result of the responses to the RFI. We focused on how we presented the report. There has been editorial comments. Mr. Kelley indicated he had been attending all the Committee meetings since last fall. I can go back to 1995 chairing the Building Finance Committee. DPW was always a difficult subject as to how one wants to deal with the DPW facility and most specifically the best location. I have never supported relocation from Bedford Street and certainly not to Hartwell Avenue. It would