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November 27, 2006 The Committee then discussed and agreed on final edits to the remainder of the report on Special Town Meeting No. 1 and took the following votes: ?? Voted (9-0) to approve the proposed housekeeping adjustments in the water and sewer enterprise funds contemplated by Article 3. ?? Voted (5-4) to retain language in the write-up on Article 4(ii)(a), addressing the use of CPA funds for the Hancock-Clarke House Restoration project, stating that a “majority” of the Committee felt that the “bar” should be set higher for approval of CPA funding for non-Town-owned assets; it was also agreed by consensus to drop language stating that the “bar” should be set “substantially” higher. ?? Voted (7-2) to disapprove the proposed appropriation of CPA funds in Article 4(ii)(b) for the elevator at the Lexington Depot (superseding a previous vote taken at an earlier meeting in which there were several abstentions). Committee Report for Special Town Meeting No. 2. 3. The language contained in the Committee’s draft report on Special Town Meeting No. 2, including its recommendation to approve under Warrant Article 2 only those funds necessary to complete the design process through bid-ready documents, was discussed and finalized. One member changed his vote at a previous meeting to make the Committee’s recommendation on this article unanimous. Miscellaneous. 4. Al Levine provided a recap of the meeting earlier in the evening with the Board of Selectmen and representatives of the Permanent Building Committee, the Capital Expenditures Committee and other town committees to discuss final plans for the DPW Replacement Project warrant article at Special Town Meeting No. 2 and the effect of a more limited appropriation on the scheduling of a referendum vote and the commencement of construction. Plans were made for circulating a final draft of the Committee’s two reports and taking comments so that a final version could be prepared and posted by the close of business on Tuesday, November 28. Al Levine advised that the Committee would next meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29 to consider last-minute issues for the Special Town Meetings, and at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday (subject to cancellation if the first Special Town Meeting is completed on Wednesday night). It was agreed to meet at 6:30 on Wednesday, December 6 before the continuation of Special Town Meeting No. 2, and to cancel the meeting currently scheduled for Thursday, December 7. A regular meeting will be held on Thursday, December 14, and the Committee will plan to meet on a weekly basis in January. - 2 -