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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting January 22, 2013, Executive Session Mr. Kanter said he supports the Town addressing Cary Memorial Building's needs before they become of crisis proportion and believes this project should move forward now. He is anxious to know how much of the proposed purchase could be CPA funds because this impacts other projects such as the Cary Memorial Building renovations. Ms. Mauger asked how the Committee sees its role with regard to this purchase. Mr. Lamb said that this Committee advises, primarily on responsible ways of financing. He added that the Committee ranks public safety as its highest priority, and although the Committee is unlikely to come out against the AhTFMPC recommendations, there are times when the Committee has offered amendments at Town Meeting when the Committee considered the disagreements significant. Ms. Mauger acknowledged that the Town does not have a formal capital - planning process, and she noted that it took three years to get the AhTFMPC started. The AhTFMPC should address sequencing and renovation /rebuild costs, but not financing. Pending receipt of the AhTFMPC's report and the Board's deliberations, Ms. Mauger identified her current prioritization list, as follows: the property at 33 Marrett Road, Headquarters Fire Station, Cary Memorial Building —sound systems only (the balance can be done later), Police Station, and the High School being done over the long term, such as 20 or more years. She supports a regional firing range and is waiting for more information from Chief Corr. She added that Mr. Valente's Senior Management Team reviews all of the capital projects and votes on them. Mr. Lamb assured Ms. Mauger that Town staff members in their presentations to this Committee have never tried to subvert that process by going through committees. Ms. Mauger left the meeting at 9:58 A.M. Members of the Committee commented on how they felt about the meeting with Ms. Mauger and Mr. Valente, as follows: • Ms. Masterman: The Committee accomplished its goal of making sure the decision makers think about the Committee's position. Some wheels may have been put in motion. She hopes to understand the politics involved in supporting the firing range. • Mr. Hurley: It was a good meeting. • Ms Hai: It was a good meeting. • Mr. Kanter: It was a great meeting, but he isn't prepared to accept all the answers. He still questions the need for the property at 33 Marrett Road; he suspects it is more of a "want" than a carefully calibrated "need ". • Mr. Lamb: The want or need question is probably more appropriate for Town Meeting members than in the role of a CEC member. There was a brief discussion about the Special Town Meeting (STM) that has been proposed to be bundled with the Annual Town Meeting —which starts on March 18. The sole purpose of that STM would be to address a proposal to purchase property at Page 4 of 5