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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2016 ATM
<br />Recreation
<br />Recreation Department programs are funded from three sources:
<br />• General -Fund Tax Levy (e.g., used for neighborhood playgrounds, athletic fields, and
<br />basketball court improvements if not recommended by the CPC for use of the CPF)
<br />• Recreation & Community Programs Enterprise Fund (e.g., used for fee -based activities such as
<br />Pine Meadows Golf Course, Irving H. Mabee Pool, Old Reservoir, and tennis courts). Fee collections
<br />for Enterprise Fund -based activities are weather dependent and can vary from year to year. The
<br />Recreation Enterprise Fund makes an annual debt - service payment of $100,000 per year for Lincoln
<br />Fields (ending in February 2018). It also makes an annual indirect payment to the Town that in FY2016
<br />will be $238,272. For the FY2017 funding request from this source, see Article 9.
<br />• CPA funds (available for preservation of recreation facilities, including those for fee -based
<br />activities). CPA monies have enabled some large projects which otherwise might not have been
<br />financially viable. For example, the Center Drainage Project (underlying LHS playing fields) received
<br />$2,392,754 from the CPF from FY2011 through FY2013. 2012 amendments to the CPA now allow
<br />CPA funding to replace playground equipment and perform other rehabilitation work on fields not
<br />originally purchased with CPA funds. For the FY2017 funding requests from this source, see
<br />Article- 8(h -n).
<br />Recreation 5 -Year Capital Appropriation History All Sources
<br />Program
<br />FY2012
<br />FY2013
<br />FY2014
<br />FY2015
<br />FY2016
<br />Athletic Fields
<br />2015/2016
<br />$60,000
<br />$65,000
<br />$100,000
<br />$85,000
<br />Park, Playgrounds, & Tot Lots
<br />Middle Schools (6 -8)
<br />$185,000
<br />$147,500
<br />$150,000
<br />$123,000
<br />Pine Meadows Golf Course
<br />$46,000
<br />$75,000
<br />$51,000
<br />$68,000
<br />Swimming (Old Res & Center)
<br />6,584
<br />1 6,734
<br />6,866
<br />Center Playfields Drainage
<br />$911,863
<br />$605,718
<br />Town Pool Renovations
<br />$165,000
<br />Lincoln Fields Improvements
<br />$565,000
<br />$620,000
<br />$650,000
<br />Accessible Study
<br />$78,000
<br />Totals
<br />$1,076,8631 $896,718
<br />$852,5001 $921,000
<br />$1,004,000
<br />Schools
<br />Overview
<br />The Lexington Public Schools (LPS) provide educational, athletic, and club activities for students in
<br />grades Kindergarten -12. This is the enrollment for the current and the two previous academic years:
<br />Enrollment in Lexington Public Schoolst
<br />tEnrollment figures are those as of October 1st as required by
<br />the State's Department of Elementary and Secondary
<br />Education (DESE) for each academic year.
<br />Pre - school programs are also offered by the LPS. The number of children in Pre -K is variable, but the
<br />number of special - education children needing a full -day placement vs. a half -day placement has been
<br />rising which has added significantly to the pressing need for additional Pre -K classrooms.
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<br />Academic Year
<br />Grades
<br />2013/2014
<br />2014/2015
<br />2015/2016
<br />Kindergarten (K) -5
<br />2,925
<br />3,024
<br />3,054
<br />Middle Schools (6 -8)
<br />1,657
<br />1,616
<br />1,646
<br />High School (9 -12)
<br />2,002
<br />2,094
<br />2,166
<br />Totals
<br />6,584
<br />1 6,734
<br />6,866
<br />tEnrollment figures are those as of October 1st as required by
<br />the State's Department of Elementary and Secondary
<br />Education (DESE) for each academic year.
<br />Pre - school programs are also offered by the LPS. The number of children in Pre -K is variable, but the
<br />number of special - education children needing a full -day placement vs. a half -day placement has been
<br />rising which has added significantly to the pressing need for additional Pre -K classrooms.
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