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Selectmen’s Meeting – November 5, 2012 <br /> <br />Bikeway and Visitor Center near Meriam Street and Massachusetts Avenue. If they are allowed <br />to use the existing money they can seek immediate Historic Districts Commission approval and <br />add the signs prior to April 2013. <br /> <br />The Board had no objection to the request of Ms. McKenna to move the Liberty Ride signage at <br />the Obelisk to be nearer the crosswalk to the Hancock Church which would give the bus the full <br />scope of the Battle Green, Obelisk and Harrington House. <br /> <br /> Tourism Committee – Visitor Center <br />Ms. McKenna, Chair of the Tourism Committee, presented information on the proposed request <br />for Community Preservation Fund to fund design work for renovating the Visitor Center. The <br />Lexington Visitors Center Programmatic Report presented to the Selectmen in January 2012 <br />identified the following programmatic needs: education room for tour groups, self-serve kiosk, <br />visitor information counter space, Veterans display, retail space, indoor seating for snacks, <br />restrooms and office and meeting space. Three options were presented: 1) to renovate the <br />existing space; 2) to renovate and add small addition; and 3) to redesign and build new addition <br />to meet programmatic needs and site. <br /> <br />The Chamber of Commerce is not asking for the building to be renovated, but supports the <br />Tourism request. <br /> <br />Mr. Burnell is having discussions about the role of the Depot Building in handling the Liberty <br />Ride tours and what the role should be with the Visitor Center. That discussion needs to be <br />solved before consideration is given to the request to renovate the Visitor Center. <br /> <br />Mr. Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee, thinks the scope of the project needs to be <br />determined before design and engineering funds are approved by the Community Preservation <br />Committee. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelley feels it is a legitimate project that the Selectmen should weigh in on before it goes to <br />the Community Preservation Committee. <br /> <br />FY2013 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget Adjustments <br /> <br />Mr. Addelson reviewed the proposed FY2013 budget adjustments: <br /> <br />Estimated Net Unallocated Revenue $3,093,000 <br />Estimated Additional New Growth (tax levy) $ 800,000 <br /> <br />Total Available Unallocated Revenue $3,893,000 <br /> <br /> <br />