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61-195 Selectmen’s Meeting – July 20, 1998 fencing. The difference is the current fence is 9 feet off center from post to post and standard shelf fencing is 8 feet. It is Mr. Woodbury’s recommendation to replace the fence with a standard wrought iron double-dip galvanized and power coat painted off-the-shelf fence that has a 20-year warranty. The cost of replacing all the fencing, with the exception of the gate, is estimated to be $59,000. There is currently $90,000 in a Selectmen’s Gift Account for this kind of repair. Mr. Fenn asked if the fencing issue had been brought before the Historical Commission or Sara Chase. Mr. Woodbury will follow-up with Sara Chase. The Board gave their approval to proceed. Mr. Woodbury mentioned that buying the new fence allows for the possibility of people donating sections of the fence. Polling Place Update Town Clerk Donna Hooper gave the Board an update on some of the polling issues for future elections. Right now seven of the nine precincts are in public school buildings. The immediate concern is with relocating Precinct 5 (Cary Hall). The plans right now are to have both the September primary and the November election at Cary Hall. The next regular election is the Town Election in March 1999. At that time Precinct 5 will need to be relocated. In the last year and a half Ms. Hooper has been investigating opportunities for other possible polling facilities. She met with the Clergy Association in December 1997 and has received an offer from the Countryside Bible Chapel at 480 Lowell Street, which is in Precinct 5. A decision on whether to use Countryside Bible Chapel will have to be made in the near future to allow enough time to notify precinct members of a location change. There is no requirement that the polling place be located in the Precinct. It is possible to double up Precincts; there are enough polling machines to do so. Doubling up on Precincts makes the parking a big problem; which is a problem at all locations. If there was doubling up there would be a police detail available to help with parking issues. By March the new voting machines will be in place and it will be much less problematic to change polling location. Right now there are six automatic voting machines at each poll that weigh about 1000 lbs. each. The Board felt that as soon as the new optical scanning equipment was in place we should take Countryside up on their offer, especially because of the excellent parking. The Board also felt it was very kind of Countryside to offer their facility for voting. Lexpress Update Transportation Coordinator, Nancy Kolb, reported on the Transportation Advisory Committee and the Transportation Services Office operations, the Lexpress and chair car services and also other activities of the Transportation Office.