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SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 7, 1993 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Wednesday, April 7, 1993, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, at 7:00 p.m. Chairman Dailey, Mr. McSweeney, Mr. Busa, Mr. Fenn; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Mr White, Town Manager; Mrs. Novak, Assistant Town Manager, were present. GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT GEIR UPDATE Kay Tiffany, 109 Reed Street, spoke of the collaboration of the four Towns in dealing with proposed expansion at Hanscom Field, and of the importance of Lexington making a commitment by support- ing Article 23, which appropriates $10,000 as Lexington's share in the preparation of a response to the Generic Environmental Impact Report in the form of a Strategic Assessment Report (SAR). She said that HATS needs to be seen as a body able to deal with Mass- port, and expressed concern with an apparent eroding of what the group has been working for. Jack Taylor, Lexington's representative on the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission, also spoke of the need for the Town to commit itself to funding the SAR. Mr. Dailey responded that the Town was committed to make $10,000 available for Lexington's share of the study. He added that Mrs. Smith had said that Massport had agreed to provide funding, and that the Town Manager had received assurances from the Massport Director for funding totalling $40,000 covering the four Town's funding commitment for the study. Mrs. Tiffany spoke of the difficulty of getting promised funding from Massport in the past and asked whether the Town should count on Massport's promise this time. She and Mr. Taylor thought the Town should show its commitment by appropriating $10,000 for the study under Article 23. The Board asked that Mr. white confirm with Massport that the $40,004 in funds it has agreed to provide to the four Towns is available now and report back by next Monday's Town Meeting. RECREATION ARTICLES FOR TOWN MEETING Recreation Director Joan Halverson discussed the Pine Meadows maintenance equipment requested under Article 16, focussing on the aerator, which she characterized as perhaps the most important piece of equipment used on golf courses for the maintenance of both fairways and greens. She described how the machine operated, and explained why it was not feasible to rent rather than buy. Ms. Halverson also reviewed the annual course maintenance schedule. ...r RATIFY TELEPHONE POLL Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to ratify a telephone poll of the Board previously taken'to approve the appli- cation of the Lexington Elks for 3 - One Day Liquor Licenses for April 3, 23 and 24, 1993.