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09/29/2021 AC Minutes A reduction in the water and sewer enterprise budget and its personal services budget will be discussed at the SB's October 12 meeting. In order to accommodate a timely distribution of water sewer invoices, rates will be based on the reductions in the budget prior to Town Meeting approval. Several items that were originally identified as potential changes have been removed. Four capital items are likely to be included. • Article 6: Appropriate for Police Station Architectural Design and Swing Space Construction: Because of delays and changes in the scope, an additional $250,000 to $350,000 is needed to complete the design for the new police station and for construction at 173 Bedford Street. New growth in the tax levy is the likely source of the funds. Approval at the STM would allow the project to move forward in a timely fashion. In response to questions, Ms. Kosnoff reported that there are no plans for 173 Bedford Street beyond its use as swing space. • Article 7: Appropriate for Community Preservation Projects: Because of scope changes to a playground project, $75,000 in supplemental funding is being requested. The bids for the Parker Meadow project all were over the appropriated amount. Karen Mullins, Director of Community Development/Conservation, can provide additional information. A prefab structure that would be less expensive than the renovation that was previously approved is being considered for the Old Res bathhouse. The need for additional dollars is not anticipated, but the wording for the previous appropriation needs to be changed to allow for procurement of a new structure. Article 9: Appropriate for Center Recreation Complex Bathrooms and Maintenance Building could become a Community Preservation Act(CPA)project and be added to Article 7, because it is not only CPA eligible, but over$7.5 million in cash is currently available for CPA projects, plus another $8.0 million will be added as of July 1, 2022. This should be resolved before the warrant is published on October 12. The available CPA funds cannot be used to pre-pay CPA debt because the bonds are not callable in less than ten years, and they are ten-year bonds. There was discussion about other uses for these CPA funds. • Article 8: Appropriate for Westview Cemetery Building Construction: Bids exceeded the appropriation for this project. Additional funding, approximately $700,000, is needed and the project needs to be re-bid. Ms. Kosnoff agreed to update the cost analysis that identifies the funding sources. • Article 9: Appropriate for Center Recreation Complex Bathrooms and Maintenance Building: This article, for $915,000, was IP'd during the 2021 ATM. The projected costs are expected to increase somewhat, partially because the project has been expanded to include a side building for storage of high school track equipment. As discussed above, this may be shifted to Article 7, although it is late to be making this change. • Article 10: Sale of Land to Abutter: An abutter is interested in purchasing some Town - owned landlocked property. It is expected to be valued at considerably less than $35,000; therefore, it would not be necessary to go out to bid. • Article 11: Climate Action Plan: This is a request for a previous appropriation associated with implementing the Town's Net Zero Plan to be repurposed with a small additional amount requested. 3