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10/20/2022 AC Minutes 2 Office Building postage expenses. Those expenses have increased substantially because of the state law changes allowing mail-in voting. The second is a reduction of the temporary borrowing budget by $287,071. This reduction is enabled by three developments since the ATM: (a) interest rates on some of the temporary bond anticipation notes (BAN’s) issued in June were lower than anticipated; (b) the issuance of some BAN’s planned for FY2022 was deferred to FY2023 because the associated projects were not yet ready to move forward; BAN’s issued in FY2023 will not lead to interest or principal costs in FY2023 as they are generally for a term of 12 months and interest is not due until the end of the term; and (c) temporary borrowing previously authorized to cover design costs for the new Police Station was reclassified from within-levy debt to exempt debt, as permitted by state law, following approval in June of the debt exclusion. The reduced budget line is a precise number for FY2023 temporary borrowing costs as opposed to the estimate used in April at the annual town meeting. Ms. Kosnoff explained that such reductions in budgeted temporary borrowing costs are usually applied to reduce the amount of borrowing. This year, the reduction allowed all new expenditures recommended for appropriation at this special town meeting to be done without borrowing. There was a motion and a second to recommend approval of Article 4. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. VOTE: 8-0. Article 10: Pool Complex Domestic Hot Water Heater Ms. Kosnoff stated that the funding source for this $60,000 appropriation would be the tax levy. There was a motion and a second to recommend approval of Article 10. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. VOTE: 8-0. Article 11: Center Sidewalk Extensions It was stated that the proposed sidewalk extension work, in addition to aesthetic benefits, will bring additional sidewalks in Lexington Center into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA. There was a brief discussion of whether there are other sidewalks in the Center that should be brought up to ADA standards. It was noted that the side-street concrete sidewalks on the south side of Massachusetts Avenue were replaced and upgraded in an earlier streetscape improvement project and are in relatively good condition. The concrete sidewalks on the north side of the avenue now proposed for replacement with brick are in very poor condition. Mr. Osborne noted that brick sidewalks may need more maintenance than other types of sidewalks. There was a motion and a second to recommend approval of Article 11. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. VOTE: 8-0. Article 14: LexHAB Reorganization Mr. Michelson noted that the motion under this article, for which the Committee had already voted to recommend approval, will be revised to state that all nominations to the board of the reorganized LexHAB, including the nomination of future successor members made by the LexHAB board, will be subject to Select Board confirmation. Town Counsel has advised that the reorganized entity would still be recognized as being independent of the Town of Lexington even with this provision in place. Additional Notes There was discussion of ways to more accurately or more articulately express some of the points in the sections of the draft report on Articles 9 Opioid Settlements and Article 12 Housing Trust.