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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2016 ATM
<br />Conservation and Open Space 5 -Year Capital Appropriation History (All
<br />Sources
<br />'Purchase of 12.6 acres (Parcel 1) was authorized at the 2012 ATM, Article 9. Closing date was December
<br />20, 2012. The purchase price was $2,950,000 and there were $122,000 needed for purchase- associated
<br />costs.
<br />2This project the result of a joint request from the Conservation Commission, the Commission on Disability,
<br />and the Recreation Committee.
<br />3Purchase of 43,446 square feet (just under 1 acre) (Parcel 2) was authorized at the 2015 ATM, Article 9.
<br />Closing date was February 11, 2016. The purchase price was $520,000 and there were $98,000 needed
<br />for purchase- associated costs. The acquisition is for both Open Space and Community Housing, and final
<br />square footage and cost have not yet been allocated between those two uses so, for now, the FY2016
<br />amount is also shown in the funding history for Community Housing.
<br />Lexington Community Center & Muzzey Senior Center
<br />Lexington's Community Center (LexCC), at 39 Marren Road, was purchased for $10,950,000 (with an
<br />additional $262,500 for costs ancillary to the purchase) with CPA funding appropriated at the
<br />March 18, 2013, STM, Article 2. Title to the property passed from the Scottish Rite of Freemasons to the
<br />Town of Lexington in December, 2013. An Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee
<br />( "AhCCAC "), created by the Board of Selectmen on April 22, 2013, worked to identify short -term and
<br />long -term improvements to the building needed to support Town programs there. The appropriations for
<br />the resulting renovations totaled $6,820,000. (See the table in the DPF section below for the details on
<br />those appropriations.)
<br />The LexCC incorporates what had been the functions of the Lexington Senior Center as well as providing
<br />expanded, multi - generational, services to the Town. To manage the LexCC and the closely associated
<br />Town functions, the BoS created a new Recreation and Community Programs Department. Offices of the
<br />new Department, as well as the Human Services Department, were moved into the LCC in June, 2015,
<br />and programming has been offered since July, 2015. The full spectrum of programming for all
<br />generations includes many drop -in programs such a yoga, LegosTM, table tennis, and billiards. Starting
<br />with 21 structured classes last summer, the LexCC's 2016 spring registration offers 68 such classes.
<br />The completion of the renovation contract concluded the currently known capital investment in the
<br />LexCC. The AhCCAC had suggested that two more additions —for a gymnasium and a larger,
<br />multipurpose, space —would allow the LexCC to offer a broader program. However, the other major
<br />capital demands facing the Town over at least the next five years —which are addressed in this report —
<br />preclude any further action in the near -term for such an expansion of the LexCC.
<br />At present, there is no decision on use of the space in the Muzzey High Condominiums that previously
<br />housed the Senior Center. Deed restrictions on that space limit it to uses for the benefit of seniors. The
<br />Department of Public Facilities currently maintains the space in a care -taker mode.
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<br />FY2012
<br />FY2013
<br />FY2014
<br />FY2015
<br />FY2016
<br />Wright Farm Acquisition 1'3
<br />$3,072,000
<br />$618,000
<br />Conservation Restriction Enforecement
<br />$25,000
<br />Lexington Center Pocket Park
<br />$21,500
<br />ACROSS Lexington
<br />$5,875
<br />5 -Year Open Space & Recreation Plan
<br />Update
<br />$30,000
<br />Land Acquisition Off Concord Avenue
<br />(Portion of Sellars Parcel)
<br />$220,000
<br />Parkers Meadow Accessible Trail D &E2
<br />$34,500
<br />Conservation Meadow Preservation
<br />$26,400
<br />Lower Vinebrook Paved Recreation Path
<br />$369,813
<br />Totals
<br />$0I $3,072,000
<br />$82,375
<br />$254,500
<br />$1,014,213
<br />'Purchase of 12.6 acres (Parcel 1) was authorized at the 2012 ATM, Article 9. Closing date was December
<br />20, 2012. The purchase price was $2,950,000 and there were $122,000 needed for purchase- associated
<br />costs.
<br />2This project the result of a joint request from the Conservation Commission, the Commission on Disability,
<br />and the Recreation Committee.
<br />3Purchase of 43,446 square feet (just under 1 acre) (Parcel 2) was authorized at the 2015 ATM, Article 9.
<br />Closing date was February 11, 2016. The purchase price was $520,000 and there were $98,000 needed
<br />for purchase- associated costs. The acquisition is for both Open Space and Community Housing, and final
<br />square footage and cost have not yet been allocated between those two uses so, for now, the FY2016
<br />amount is also shown in the funding history for Community Housing.
<br />Lexington Community Center & Muzzey Senior Center
<br />Lexington's Community Center (LexCC), at 39 Marren Road, was purchased for $10,950,000 (with an
<br />additional $262,500 for costs ancillary to the purchase) with CPA funding appropriated at the
<br />March 18, 2013, STM, Article 2. Title to the property passed from the Scottish Rite of Freemasons to the
<br />Town of Lexington in December, 2013. An Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee
<br />( "AhCCAC "), created by the Board of Selectmen on April 22, 2013, worked to identify short -term and
<br />long -term improvements to the building needed to support Town programs there. The appropriations for
<br />the resulting renovations totaled $6,820,000. (See the table in the DPF section below for the details on
<br />those appropriations.)
<br />The LexCC incorporates what had been the functions of the Lexington Senior Center as well as providing
<br />expanded, multi - generational, services to the Town. To manage the LexCC and the closely associated
<br />Town functions, the BoS created a new Recreation and Community Programs Department. Offices of the
<br />new Department, as well as the Human Services Department, were moved into the LCC in June, 2015,
<br />and programming has been offered since July, 2015. The full spectrum of programming for all
<br />generations includes many drop -in programs such a yoga, LegosTM, table tennis, and billiards. Starting
<br />with 21 structured classes last summer, the LexCC's 2016 spring registration offers 68 such classes.
<br />The completion of the renovation contract concluded the currently known capital investment in the
<br />LexCC. The AhCCAC had suggested that two more additions —for a gymnasium and a larger,
<br />multipurpose, space —would allow the LexCC to offer a broader program. However, the other major
<br />capital demands facing the Town over at least the next five years —which are addressed in this report —
<br />preclude any further action in the near -term for such an expansion of the LexCC.
<br />At present, there is no decision on use of the space in the Muzzey High Condominiums that previously
<br />housed the Senior Center. Deed restrictions on that space limit it to uses for the benefit of seniors. The
<br />Department of Public Facilities currently maintains the space in a care -taker mode.
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