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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2022 ATM& STMs 2022-1 & -2 Open Space and Recreation Plan Update. The 2021 ATM approved an appropriation of$50,000 from the FY2022 CPA Administrative Budget for updating Lexington's state-mandated Open Space and Recreation Plan due to expire at the end of 2022. Staff from Conservation and Recreation and Community Programs, in collaboration with the Purchasing Director, have prepared and posted an Open Space and Recreation Plan Update Request for Proposals to engage a consultant to support these services; with Responses due March 17, 2022. The project schedule includes a comprehensive public process during April and May 2022, with a Draft Plan Update to the Town for comments by June 2022, and final State Approved Plan Update to the Town by December 2022. Conservation and Open Space 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources) FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 Wright Farm $87,701 $69,000 Conservation Meadow $40,480 $22,425 Preservation Willard Woods Land Management and Site Plan $138,273 Cotton Farm Conservation Area $301,300 1 mprovement Parker Meadow Accessible Trail 1 $551,0261 $235,750 Totalsl $429,481 $0 $138,2731 $642,4511 $235,750 Lexington Community Center Lexington Community Center (LexCC), at 39 Marrett Road, was purchased by the Town in 2013. A SB- appointed Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee (AhCCAC)worked to identify short-term and long-term improvements to the building needed to support Town programs there. Appropriation for the resulting renovations appears in the DPF funding-history table on Page 32. The LexCC incorporates functions of the previous Lexington Senior Center and provides expanded, multi-generational services to the Town. To manage the LexCC and the closely associated Town functions, the SB created the Recreation and Community Programs Department. Programming began in 2015 and includes structured classes and drop-in programs such as yoga, table tennis, and billiards. LexCC also provides meeting and function spaces. The 2016 ATM appropriated supplementary funds for debt service on the final stages of the LexCC renovations. A BAN was issued for additional costs, but available CPA funds allowed the BAN to be retired without the need to issue a bond, avoiding bond-issuance costs and long–term interest. While planned LexCC renovations have been completed, the AhCCAC suggested that two more additions—a gymnasium and a larger, multipurpose, space—would allow the Center to offer broader programming. The 2016 Town Meeting approved $8 million for the purchase of a parcel of land on Pelham Road (adjacent to the LexCC) for school and municipal purposes. However, the Town decided to demolish the structure and build a standalone Lexington Children's Place instead. DiNisco Designs was contracted to develop a master plan for the combined 39 Marrett Road and 20 Pelham Road site. In January 2018,they presented three options to the SB. Funding for this site master plan has come from two appropriations for bid documents totaling $189,750 ($72,000 under 2016 ATM, Article 15(e), and $117,750 under 2017 ATM, Article 16(e)). A request for additional design funds at the 2018 ATM (Article 20(f))failed to secure sufficient votes. Since the Town has a substantial backlog of capital-intensive priorities, the Recreation Department has postponed seeking additional funding for a new Community Center expansion. The 2019 Community Needs Assessment revealed that residents still desire spaces to conduct cultural performances as well as fitness and wellness activities, so the Department is using online classes to compensate for the lack of 16