2021-11-08-STM#1-min-as Amended June 2022

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November 8,2021 Special Town Meeting#1(2021-1),cont. a new prefabricated,precast facility. No additional funding is expected for the change in scope which will be covered within the original appropriation of$620,000. MOTION: Ms.Hai moves that the Town hear and act on the supplemental report of the Community Preservation Committee on the FY2022 Community Preservation budget and,pursuant to the recommendations of the Community Preservation Committee,take the following actions: That the Town make appropriations from the Community Preservation Fund and other sources as follows: a) That$75,000 be appropriated for Park and Playground Improvements- Sutherland Park-Supplemental,and that to meet this appropriation$75,000 be appropriated from the Unbudgeted Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund; b) That$235,750 be appropriated for Parker Meadow Accessible Trail Construction- Supplemental,and that to meet this appropriation$235,750 be appropriated from the Unbudgeted Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund;and c) That the permitted uses of the$620,000 appropriated for the Old Reservoir Bathhouse Renovation under Article 14g of the 2020 Annual Town Meeting be modified to include the construction of a new Bathhouse at the Old Reservoir site,including through the use of new or prefabricated construction,and all other costs incidental or related thereto. ARTICLE 8:CLIMATE ACTION PLAN To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to plan and conduct outreach to update the Sustainable Action Plan with the Climate Action plan;to determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Select Board) FUNDS REQUESTED: Unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: In 2018 the Town published a Getting to Net Zero roadmap,an important step in the right direction to update and implement our community's goals for reaching sustainable objectives including reduction of emissions laid out in the Sustainable Action Plan.The Climate Action Planning is the next step in putting together the Climate Action plan and will use extensive, inclusive, and creative outreach. MOTION: Ms.Hai moves that this article be indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 11:EASEMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF BURLINGTON To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to convey temporary and permanent easements in Lowell Street and North Street to the Town of Burlington as needed by the Town of Burlington to construct and maintain a water line and associated infrastructure and improvements;or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Select Board) DESCRIPTION: This article would authorize the Select Board to grant easements to the Town of Burlington to construct and maintain a water main and associated improvements to connect to an MWRA water connection near the border of the two towns. The water main would benefit both Burlington and Lexington properties. Construction and maintenance of the water main would proceed pursuant to an Intermunicipal Agreement between the Towns dated June 14, 2021. Under that agreement,Burlington would pay for the costs of designing and constructing the project,and Lexington would have the opportunity to review Burlington's proposed design. Both towns would share in the costs of ongoing maintenance of the water line.