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Selectmen's Meeting Minutes February 4, 2002 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, February 4, 2002 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Enrich, Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. McKenna, Mr. McSweeney; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Lahey, Town Counsel and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk were present. Public Comments Director of Guides Larry Whipple discussed plans to set up a schedule for the tour guide program for the upcoming season. Currently tourists do not know when tours are being scheduled. We have a limited number of senior guides and hope to set up a scheduled program of three guided tours in the morning and three in the afternoon. We would like to have a temporary sign giving the times of the tours put up on the Battle Green each day and taken down in the evening. Mr. Enrich recommended that the sign be placed there as the act of the Board. Mrs. McKenna suggested that the request be referred back to the Tourism Committee to be a piece of the whole discussion of tourist signage. Board members talked about the timing of the project and Mrs. McKenna indicated that the Tourism Committee is meeting on February 14 and would discuss the matter then and would be able to get back to the Board with a recommendation by the middle of March. Mr. Whipple also reminded the Board that there is very critical work needed on the slates at the Old Burying Ground. Approximately 150 of them need to be reset. Letter of Support for Greenbelt Project Grant Application Citizen for Lexington Conservation member Eileen Entin requested that the Board send a letter of support for a grant application for the Greenbelt Project that has been submitted by the Waltham Land Trust. The project covers a total of 1200 acres, most of it is owned by the Town, Met State and Olympus. The grant is for $3,000 and we see it as an intercommunity project. Mrs. Abbott said it is a wonderful walk. I see it as a good way of putting it together with other communities. It gives us a much better way for legislation. We need other ways to cooperate with other Towns. I would like to see us support it. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to direct the Chairman to send a letter of support for a grant application by the Waltham Land Trust to the DEM Greenways and Trails Demonstration Grant Program to promote and raise public awareness of the Western Greenway. PAYT Update PAYT Coordinator Robert Beaudoin reported on very favorable recycling statistics for the month of January, which is the first month of weekly recycling.