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x,x ,oN Town of Lexington - FY2024-28 Capital Improvement Project Project Name: Lincoln Park Field Improvements Date: 8/28/19 Project ID: Rec-24-2 Department: Recreation & Community Programs Revised: 9/30/22 Submitted by: Chris Filadoro Phone: (781) 274-8355 Email: cfiladoro@lexingtonma.gov Description of Project: For FY2024, the Recreation Committee requests $2,475,000 of CPA funds and $916,500 from cash capital or bonding for a total of $3,391,500 to conduct an end -of -life synthetic turf replacement and the installation of an athletic lighting system at Lincoln Field #1 and the installation of an athletic lighting system at Lincoln Field #3. The project includes a professional evaluation to determine if subsurface/base "pad" can be reused or if a replacement is required for safe function of the field. The project then comprises removal of the existing surface turf "carpet" at Lincoln Field #1, laser grading of the subsurface, inspection and repair (as needed) of the drainage system, replacement of the base "pad" if indicated by the aforementioned study, replacement/recycling of the infill material, replacement of the surface turf, replacement of the (wood) anchors and edging around the immediate field perimeter, a proposed installation of four (4) light towers at both Lincoln Field #1 and Lincoln Field #3 consistent with those currently installed at Lincoln Field #2, and restoration of the walkways, guardrails, and plantings surrounding the field. Goals of Capital Program: The goal of the Lincoln Park Fields capital program is to maximize the availability of safe athletic fields at Lincoln Park including by performing timely end -of -life renovation and/or replacement of the ## athletic fields (3 rectangular, 1 softball, 1 Little League) and the existing athletic lighting system at Lincoln Field #2 and by installing additional athletic lighting systems to increase usable field hours. Justification/Benefit: Lincoln Field #1 is permitted for approximately 1,500-2,000 hours of use annually, which can be considered very heavy use according to industry standards but is necessary given community demand for field space. The heavy demand is supported by the recently completed 2021-2022 Comprehensive Study of Athletic & Outdoor Recreation Facilities (Weston and Sampson, Inc.) that calculated an annual deficiency in Lexington of 6,100 hours between available and desired field usage. Approximately 1,600 hours of field use would be gained through the installation of two new lighting systems, which would help to address the Town's field shortage. The estimated lifespan for the Lincoln Fields turf system based on our usage is approximately 10 years, and the regular annual inspection of Lincoln Field #1, last replaced in 2015, indicates that it is wearing according to that schedule. As such, the turf replacement at Lincoln Field #1 has been on our 5 -year capital plan for FY2025, and we had not included installation of athletic lighting in the project. However, we are revising our Lincoln Fields capital program and overall 5 -year capital plan based on two new pieces of data. First, although it has been clear for years that Lexington operates at a deficit of field space, the magnitude of the deficiency as quantified in the aforementioned comprehensive study is notable and merits action. Second, the acceptance of the Lexington High School project by MSBA raises the likelihood that use of the athletic fields at the Center Recreation Complex will be reduced substantially, further increasing and already large field availability deficit, for an extended duration in the relatively near term. In light of these developments, we are making two changes to our Lincoln Park Fields capital program: 1) accelerate the turf replacement schedule, and 2) increase the available hours of use by installing athletic lighting systems. In the near term, these are proactive actions that will at least mitigate the potential loss of field use at the Center Recreation Complex during a LHS building project, and in the long term, or if Center Recreation Complex fields aren't taken offline during LHS project, the addition of athletic lighting will contribute to reducing the magnitude of our "regular" deficit in available fields in Lexington. Recreation - Page 12 Printed October 10, 2022