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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2016 ATM
<br />year since Lexington's adoption of the CPA, the number of new housing units actually produced or in
<br />process over that time has not kept pace with the creation of market rate units.
<br />The CPC is recommending additional community - housing funds for FY2017. (See Article 8(e & f))
<br />CPA - Funded Community Housing 5 -Year Appropriation History
<br />All Sources
<br />'Total project cost was $1,110,673 of which $300,000 was paid by a State grant.
<br />2Total project cost was $190,734 of which $18,000 was paid by a State Grant.
<br />3Total project cost was $901,653, of which $601,102 was paid by a DHCD grant.
<br />4The 2014 ATM voted to add the requested sum of $750,000 to funds already held by LexHAB: $84,653 in unused
<br />funds from the FY2012 allocation and $450,000 in unused funds from the FY2013 allocation; fora total of
<br />$1,284,653 for use in building community housing at the Busa Farm site.
<br />5The purchase price was $520,000 and there were $98,000 needed for purchase - associated costs. The acquisition
<br />is for both Community Housing and Open Space, and final square footage and cost have not yet been allocated
<br />between those two uses so, for now, the full FY2016 amount is shown here and also shown in the funding history
<br />for Open Space.
<br />Planning
<br />The mission of the Planning Board and the Planning Department is to envision the Lexington that will
<br />best serve the needs and preferences of its residents and to work toward realizing that vision by managing
<br />growth and change. Among its responsibilities is transportation planning.
<br />In 2014, the existing Traffic Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) was dissolved by the Board of
<br />Selectmen, and the Town Manager appointed a working group, the Transportation Safety Group (TSG),
<br />in its place. The change is intended to allow staff to evaluate requests, develop proposals, and move to
<br />implementation in a more timely fashion. The TSG receives input from liaisons from the Commission on
<br />Disability, and the Bicycle, Sidewalk, and Transportation Advisory Committees, and brings proposed
<br />projects or regulation changes to the Town Manager. Related funding requests at the design stage may
<br />then go to the Planning Department that manages an appropriation to accomplish such designs. (The
<br />projects ultimately move to the Department of Public Works, for example, for implementation.)
<br />This year is the first time that Town Meeting is being presented with a Capital - related proposal from the
<br />Planning Department. The proposal reflects the Town's current focus on transportation planning. (See
<br />Article 10(q))
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<br />FY2012
<br />FY2013
<br />FY2014
<br />FY2015
<br />FY2016
<br />Construction of Vynebrooke drainage
<br />system (LHA)
<br />$364,800
<br />Set aside for purchase of properties as
<br />available (LexHAB)
<br />$450,000
<br />Construction of 4 handicapped accessible
<br />units at Greeley Village (LHA)1
<br />$810,673
<br />Set aside for purchase of properties as
<br />available (LexHAB)
<br />$450,000
<br />Replacement of doors at Greeley Village
<br />(LHA)2
<br />$172,734
<br />Vynebrook Village Renovations
<br />(replacement of roofing, siding,exterior
<br />doors) (LHA)3
<br />$300,551
<br />Set -aside for development of community
<br />housing at Busa Farm on Lowell St
<br />(LexHAB)4
<br />$750,000
<br />Property Purchase 241 Grove Street
<br />(Town)5
<br />$618,000
<br />Totals
<br />$814,800
<br />$1,260,6731 $172,734
<br />$1,050,5511 $618,000
<br />'Total project cost was $1,110,673 of which $300,000 was paid by a State grant.
<br />2Total project cost was $190,734 of which $18,000 was paid by a State Grant.
<br />3Total project cost was $901,653, of which $601,102 was paid by a DHCD grant.
<br />4The 2014 ATM voted to add the requested sum of $750,000 to funds already held by LexHAB: $84,653 in unused
<br />funds from the FY2012 allocation and $450,000 in unused funds from the FY2013 allocation; fora total of
<br />$1,284,653 for use in building community housing at the Busa Farm site.
<br />5The purchase price was $520,000 and there were $98,000 needed for purchase - associated costs. The acquisition
<br />is for both Community Housing and Open Space, and final square footage and cost have not yet been allocated
<br />between those two uses so, for now, the full FY2016 amount is shown here and also shown in the funding history
<br />for Open Space.
<br />Planning
<br />The mission of the Planning Board and the Planning Department is to envision the Lexington that will
<br />best serve the needs and preferences of its residents and to work toward realizing that vision by managing
<br />growth and change. Among its responsibilities is transportation planning.
<br />In 2014, the existing Traffic Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) was dissolved by the Board of
<br />Selectmen, and the Town Manager appointed a working group, the Transportation Safety Group (TSG),
<br />in its place. The change is intended to allow staff to evaluate requests, develop proposals, and move to
<br />implementation in a more timely fashion. The TSG receives input from liaisons from the Commission on
<br />Disability, and the Bicycle, Sidewalk, and Transportation Advisory Committees, and brings proposed
<br />projects or regulation changes to the Town Manager. Related funding requests at the design stage may
<br />then go to the Planning Department that manages an appropriation to accomplish such designs. (The
<br />projects ultimately move to the Department of Public Works, for example, for implementation.)
<br />This year is the first time that Town Meeting is being presented with a Capital - related proposal from the
<br />Planning Department. The proposal reflects the Town's current focus on transportation planning. (See
<br />Article 10(q))
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