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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2011 ATM We have the following as the breakdown of the costs for the requested authorization: Estimate for Engineering and Legal Services for Anaerobic Digester Facility at Hartwell Avenue Site Estimated Cost 1 Mass DEP Permitting S 8.000 2 Field Investigation 3 Survey S 7,000, 4 ,000- 4 Wetland Delineation $ 4,000 5 Subsurface Analysis , $ 5,000 Draft RFP/Special Legal 6 Services $ 18,000 7 Public Meetings , $ 5000 Evaluate Proposals/ 8 Contract Negotiations $ 5.000 9 Est.Total $ 52,000 Comments Applicable to Both Efforts As this annual Article only provides the required authorization for revolving funds, this Committee normally would not comment on it; however, as the Town intends to pay for these two capital projects from a revolving fund, we believe these projects should be handled like other capital projects which includes our review and recommendation to Town Meeting and be subject to explicit Town Meeting review and approval. Therefore, we recommend these projects be explicitly described to Town Meeting so, if needed, they can be further discussed before a vote is taken either on the whole Article or on this one RF, if separated-out. Article 8:Appropriate the FY2012 Funds Funding Committee Community Preservation Requested Source Recommends Committee Operating Budget $4,491,867 $4,274,982 CPF (Cash) (See below) and CPA Projects (Multiple +$216,885 GF (Cash) Categories) Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends (a) Archives & Records Management/Conservation(Historic $150,000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0) Resources) "This is the fourth year request for a 5-year program of conservation and preservation of historic municipal documents and records. It will continue the proper retention and archiving of vital records created by municipal departments with microfilming and digitization for ready access. The request for FY 12 includes significant items from the Assessor and Town Clerk collections that are at risk for damage and loss. Additional work to microfilm bulky permanent records is also planned. The request includes provision of hardware/software as needed for electronic document management, in addition to microfilming, scanning,preservation and conservation." [Brown Book, Page XI-16]. Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends Requested Source (b) East Lexington Fire Equipment $60,000 CPF (Cash) A roval(5-0)Doors Re lacement(Historic Resources pp Replacement ) "The door openings at the East Lexington Fire Station need to be enlarged to improve fire operations. Today's larger fire vehicles have a close tolerance to the door openings, and the potential exists for 31