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Town of Program - FY2024-28 C Lexington a ram Investment g p g Program Name: Pine Meadows Equipment Date: 8/08/11 Program ID: 6203 Department: Recreation & Community Programs Revised: 9/27/22 Submitted by: Melissa Battite Phone: (781) 698-4801 Email: mbattite@lexingtonma.gov Description of Capital Program: The Recreation Committee requests $110,000 in FY2024 from the Recreation Enterprise Fund to purchase 3 new pieces of equipment for the maintenance of the grounds at the Pine Meadows Golf Course: a Toro Groundsmaster rough mower, a Turfco top dresser, and a tow -behind Buffalo turbine blower. Goals of Capital Program: The goal of the Pine Meadows Equipment Capital Program is the timely end -of -life replacement of the commercial grade equipment required for the professional maintenance of the grounds at Pine Meadows Golf Club. Justification/Benefit: The 88 -acre Pine Meadows Golf Club property is a heavily utilized outdoor recreational asset in Lexington. The course historically averages 33,000-35,000 rounds of golf per season but has experienced a significant increase in usage concomitant with the COVID-19 pandemic: 46,072 rounds played in FY2021 and 42,811 rounds played in FY 2022. In addition to recreational golfers, the course also supports the golf teams of both Lexington High School and Minuteman High School. In addition to its recreational value, Pine Meadows Golf Club historically generates approximately $800,000 in revenue for the Recreation Enterprise Fund. Notably, the revenue has climbed with the recent usage increases reaching $1,162,255 in FY2021 and $1,099,068 in in FY2022. This revenue stream into the Recreation Enterprise Fund not only funds the continued maintenance of the high quality of the golf course through the Pine Meadows Grounds Capital Program and the Pine Meadows Equipment Capital Program, but also subsidizes many other recreational facilities and programs in Lexington. Numerous pieces of commercial grounds equipment are needed to properly maintain the golf course on a daily basis in order to provide consistently high-quality playing conditions throughout the season. This request is for the purchase of 3 pieces of equipment all of which are at or near the end of their useful life and/or are obsolete to current industry standard: 1. rough mower — purchased in 2015; industry standard useful life approximately 10 years 2. top dresser — purchased in 2001; industry standard useful life approximately 15 years 3. tow -behind blower — purchased in 2007; industry standard useful life approximately 10 years Cleaner energy alternatives for professional golf course grounds maintenance equipment continue to be evaluated. At this time, there are not effective clean energy alternatives. Impact if Not Maintained: The grounds equipment purchases for Pine Meadows Golf Course are intended to maintain the quality of the golf course and its attractiveness to golfers, which in turn maintains the number of rounds played and the revenue of the Recreation Enterprise Fund. Deferral of these projects to future year(s) will result in increased costs of the project from increased deterioration and/or increased inflation. Failure to conduct these projects will lead deterioration of the quality of the course, which will ultimately lead to reduced attractiveness to golfers, a lower number of rounds played, and reduced revenue for the Recreation Enterprise Fund. Major Spending over Past 5 Years: FY2019: Toro Triplex tees and fringe mower, Smithco bunker rake, Lely spreader. Recreation - Page 6 Printed October 10, 2022