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65-469 Selectmen’s Meeting September 21, 2009 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Chairman Cohen, Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Manz and Mr. Burnell; Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Pease, Executive Clerk, were present. Town Manager Report Mr. Valente received notice last week that the Fire Department received a grant worth $14,500 from the Department of Public Safety. The money will be used to purchase a Mass Casualty Trailer to store equipment and supplies in case of a large scale event. Mr. Valente reminded the Selectmen that this Saturday there will be two open houses: the Police Department Annual Open House and the official unveiling of the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building. Both open houses will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mr. Valente briefly reported on the Town’s Sister City Exchange with Antony, France that took place last week. He felt it was a wonderful event. He told the Antony residents at the farewell dinner that he went to Antony feeling he was a guest but left feeling he we a part of their family. Mr. Valente brought back a book with photos of France that the Mayor of Antony asked him to present to the Selectmen. He also provided a local newspaper article of Lexington’s visit written in French. The eight Lexington Minute Men on the trip were well received wherever they were, including at the rededication of Plaza de Lexington, a very moving ceremony at Normandy, and at a Wine and Cheese Festival. The whole event took a tremendous amount of work by many people including: John Patrick, who speaks fluent French and was the trips interpreter; Dawn McKenna, Chair of the Tourism Committee; Tony and Kitty Galaitsis, who also speak French; and Bud and Shirley Frawley, who have many long lasting friendships with a number of families in Antony. Mr. Valente said the Antony folks were terrific and very generous. Mr. Valente and others visited the Mayor at Town Hall and asked about their issues, which he discovered were not too dissimilar to Lexington: H1N1 virus and the increasing number of seniors and services they need. He asked the Mayor if they have a Senior Center, which turned out to be close by, and the group then visited and saw they were having lunch, which included wine. Grant of Location – Verizon – Eldred Street New Pole Mr. Burgio, representing Verizon, stated that a new pole was needed to raise some low wires. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 5-0 to approve the petition of Verizon to construct and a location for a new pole to be located on Eldred Street, placement of new pole number 282/2A.