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March 18, 2013 Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee March 18, 2013 Place and time: Reed Room, Town Office Building, 6:30 p.m. Members present. Glenn Parker, Chair; John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Mollie Garberg; Alan Levine; Susan McLeish; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Jonina Schonfeld Members Absent. Robert Cohen The meeting was called to order at 6:39 p.m. 1. Announcements and Liaison Reports: • The Ad hoc Town -wide Master Planning Committee is meeting on Wednesday morning, March 20. Joe Pato, recently - elected Selectman, will be replacing George Burnell, recently- retired Selectman, as a Selectmen liaison on the Committee. • Mr. Bartenstein recently learned from Rob Addelson that a Town Meeting member will be attending the next meeting of the Retirement Board on Thursday morning of this week to discuss investment issues. At Mr. Addelson's invitation, Mr. Bartenstein will attend as well. 2. Committee's Report to the March 2013 Special Town Meeting: Mr. Parker asked the Committee to approve the Committee's report to the Special Town Meeting on the proposed acquisition of the 33 Marrett Road property as drafted. It was so moved and seconded. VOTE: 8 -0 Mr. Parker distributed copies of his draft remarks to the Special Town Meeting on Article 2 and took comments. There was a discussion about the impact that buying the property at 33 Marrett Road would have on the availability of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds for other proposed projects, such as the renovation of the Cary Memorial Building. It was noted that, according to the analysis prepared by Mr. Addelson, the 33 Marrett Road project will use approximately 60% of the available CPA funds, leaving enough for other projects, but influencing how quickly the other projects can be pursued. 3. Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Articles: There was discussion about several articles on the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, as follows: Article 10h: Hasting Park Gazebo Rehabilitation/Design and Engineering: It was noted that the Selectmen hadn't yet voted on this item. The Committee will address this article after the Selectmen have taken a position.