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the Community Center or to bond the cost, but it was agreed that funding the interim renovations with cash would be a better option. Members voted (8-0) to approve $2,846,184 in CPA funds in cash from the Community Preservation Fund per Mr. Addelsons presentation. Mr. Addelson also addressed the issue of the appropriation of the surplus State matching funds expected to be authorized by the legislature and distributed to eligible cities and towns, including Lexington, in the near future. He requested that the CPC vote to authorize the appropriation of the surplus funds at Special Town Meeting so that the monies would be available for FY14 CPA spending (specifically the Community Center renovations). Since the amount of the distribution will not be known until early November, the Committee voted (8-0) to appropriate any funds received as a result of the supplemental State distribution to the FY14 CPA budget. The distribution will be apportioned to the CPA accounts in the customary manner 10% to each of the three dedicated buckets and the remainder to the Unbudgeted Reserve. 2.Approval of the Minutes - The minutes of the meeting of October 10, 2013 were approved (7-0-1) as amended . David Horton abstained from the vote because he was not present at the th October 10 meeting. 3.Report to Special Town Meeting Ms. Rice noted that she will be working on the CPC Report to Special Town Meeting. She said she would send it to Ms. Fenollosa for initial editing, then to the Committee, and if the Committee was comfortable, leave final review up to the Chair. Members voted (8-0) that Ms. Fenollosa should do the final editing before the stst Report was sent to the printer on Thursday, the 31 or Friday the 1. The meeting was adjourned at 4:51 pm. The following documents were presented at the meeting: 1. Existing Floor Plans for the Lexington Community Center, by Steffian Bradley Architects, dated October 15, 2013, submitted by Patrick Goddard, Director of Facilities. 2.Impact of 33 Marrett Road Financing on CPA Funds dated 10/24/2013, submitted by Robert Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance. Respectfully submitted, Nathalie Rice Administrative Assistant Community Preservation Committee 2