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3 36'* OWA Al` SELECTMEN'S-MEETING November 13, 1989 e A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, November 13, 1989, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town office Building, at 7:30 p.m. Acting Chairman Eddison, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Dailey, Mr. McSweeney; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Ms. Radway, Asst to the Town Manager; Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK Members of the School Committee, Supt. Geiger, and Teachers of the Year, Sara Brookes and Kevin McCarthy, were in attendance for presentation to the Selectmen of a flag to be flown in acknowledgement of American Education Week in Lexington during the subsequent week. Ms. Brookes and Mr. McCarthy explained the symbolism depicted on the flag and Mrs. Woodworth, Chairman of the School Committee, presented the flag to Mr. Eddison, A Resolution, declaring the period from November 12 to November 18 1989, as American Education Week in Lexington, was read by the Chairman who thanked the Committee, the Superintendent and the teachers for their presentation. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that the American Education flag be flown from the flag pole at Cary Memorial Hall for a period of one week, in recognition of American Education Week in Lexington. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING SKYVIEW ROAD SCATTERED SITE HOUSING Mr. White recapped circumstances of the offer of Peter Kelley, developer, to give the Town a 3- bedroom ranch style house to be moved to an appropriate.Town owned lot and added to the Town stock of affordable rental housing. Two possible sites for the house had been located and it had been determined that land at 31 Skyview Road was more ideally suited for the purpose than the other lot which is on Rangeway. Research into zoning aspects for the lot had presented no hindrance as the lot is a grandfathered building lot and it was found that the actual moving of the house for 500 feet could be accomplished with little difficulty. Easy access to water and sewer lines is also possible with removal of only two or three trees necessary. Some trees on the lot would have to be removed to construct a driveway. Total costs for the moving, renovation, connections for water /sewer and for driveway construction were estimated to be $44,000, or about one quarter �••• of the cost of building a similar house from scratch. Mr. White noted that all area residents had been invited to the Information Session by personal notification and that an ad had been published in the Lexington Minute -Man, informing the general public of the meeting. David Eagle, LexHAB member, reported that the $44,000 could be taken from LexHAB funds to be paid back by the subsidized rents collected and that LexHAB strongly supports the project. Mr. McSweeney commented on the excellent teamwork among those involved in the preparation of information relative to the project and complimented the Town Manager, Town Counsel, Engineering and Building Departments and LexHAB members for establishing procedures in such short order.