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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2016 ATM <br />Project Description <br />Amount <br />Requested <br />Funding <br />Source <br />Committee Recommends <br />(g) Diamond Middle School <br />Renovations — Construction <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />Indefinite Postponement <br />(5 -0) <br />"Funding for design of renovations to the Diamond Middle School was voted at special town meetings in <br />March and December 2015 to address enrollment that exceeds the carrying capacity of the school. This <br />request is for construction funding for these renovations. Revised cost estimates for this project are <br />expected the week of March 7, 2016." <br />[Brown Book, Page XI -14] <br />Addressed, instead, in STM 2016 -3, Article 2. <br />Project Description <br />Amount <br />Requested <br />Funding <br />Source <br />Committee Recommends <br />(h) Clarke Middle School <br />Renovations — Construction <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />Indefinite Postponement <br />(5 -0) <br />"Funding for design of renovations to the Clarke Middle School was voted at special town meetings in <br />March and December 2015 to address enrollment that exceeds the carrying capacity of the school. This <br />request is for construction funding for these renovations. Revised cost estimates for this project are <br />expected the week of March 7, 2016." <br />[Brown Book, Page XI -14] <br />Addressed, instead, in STM 2016 -3, Article 2. <br />Project Description <br />Amount <br />Requested <br />Funding <br />Source <br />Committee Recommends <br />(i) School Traffic Safety <br />Improvements <br />$25,000 <br />GF (Free Cash) <br />Approval (5 -0) <br />"The School Committee commissioned a Traffic and Mitigation Study of school sites in February 2014. <br />The resulting report contained findings that indicated additional study and mitigation measures were <br />required to improve traffic safety in and around Lexington's schools. A multi -year program was <br />implemented to include studies, design and construction documents and implementation. <br />"The 2014 Annual Town Meeting appropriated funds for studies at the Bridge Elementary School and <br />Lexington High School (LHS). The Bridge study is complete but $25,000 in additional funds are required <br />to complete the LHS study. This FY17 request seeks those supplemental funds to complete the LHS <br />study. <br />"Additional funding requests are expected in future fiscal years as each school site progresses through <br />study, construction document and construction funding phases. The goal of the project is to improve <br />safety for students and staff by providing clear and uniform traffic safety and mitigation on school <br />properties." <br />[Brown Book, Page XI -19] <br />Project Description <br />Amount <br />Requested <br />Funding <br />Source <br />Committee Recommends <br />(j) Security Camera Upgrade to <br />Digital from Analog; <br />$49,000 <br />GF (Free Cash) <br />Approval (5 -0) <br />"This project requests funds to upgrade the older analog security camera system to the newer evacqVision <br />digital security camera system at the Public Services Building. FY16 funding was approved for camera <br />system upgrades for the Fiske and Harrington Elementary Schools and the Lexington High School request <br />55 <br />