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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2011 ATM Fire Department 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Funding Sources) FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 Fire Trucks $380,000 $80,000 $500,000 Rescue-Ambulances $200,000 Fire-Department HQ1 $35,000 $40,000 $100,000 Fire-Hydrant Replacement2 $50,000 $50,000 East Lexington Fire Station $47,500 Wireless Fire Alarms $142,000 Munroe Center Evaluation $35,000 Munroe Fire-Protection Systema $579,550 Fire-Monitoring of Historic $18,120 Houses Police&Fire/EMS Mobile $156,000 Computerization4 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus $260,000 Fire HQ Alarm Receiver $30,000 Totals $380,000 $360,120 $1,073,050 $600,000'`$290,000 Notes 1 Women's Shower(FY2008);Redesign Study(FY2009&2010[includes$29,700 CPF) 2 Includes$25,000 each year from Water Enterprise Fund 3 CPF(Ultimately completed for$345,325) 4 Joint with Police(shown in both departments) Police The Lexington Police Department, which provides public safety services through a team of dedicated police officers, detectives, dispatchers and support staff, is supported by the Town's Capital Program in the areas of communication systems, computer systems, and improvements to the facility in which it is housed. A professional-services contract was awarded on February 19, 2010, to Donham & Sweeney Architects (D&SA), as authorized by the 2009 ATM approval of Article 11(g), to conduct a space-needs study of how to better to preserve and renovate the Police Department Headquarters in light of how it is staffed today and the Department's current and future mission requirements. The D&SA report indicated that the structure of the existing building could not be altered in anyway without "triggering" the latest Seismic Code requirements, which would require major structural alterations. The preliminary study, completed in November, 2010, suggested the ideal solution would be essentially to double the existing square footage by extending the building into the existing parking lot at the rear of the Police Station. We note that the proposed 5-Year Capital Plan does not contain any project(s) for improving the existing facility, although it does include a software improvement project for Police & Fire Departments in FY2016. Police Department 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Funding Sources) FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 Dispatch Room Renovation $842,000 Police & Fire/EMS Mobile $156,000 Computerization2 Police Station Space $45,000 Preservation & Needs Study Police Station Ventilation $31,700 System 3 Notes 1 Includes$100,000 from CPF 2 Joint with Fire (shown in both departments) 20