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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting January 19, 2016 HVAC system with energy recovery." The Committee wanted to know how much of the new request would be needed to proceed with that upgrade program as planned, so it deferred taking a position. • Public Facilities: LHS Nurse Office and Treatment Space— Construction (Mislabeled as "Design ") ($161,000): Vote: 1 -3. Mr. Kanter felt this modest - cost - project was a public - health matter that justifies also, concurrently, funding the construction so this project could be completed in the shortest period of time practical without further action by Town Meeting. • Public Facilities: Hastings Elementary Window Air Conditioning ($74,650): The Committee noticed the absence of a School Committee position that it was essential to provide this interim relief at that school. Vote: 0 -4. • Public Works: Staging for Special Events ($60,000): The Committee noted that the replacement of the old set of seating had been accomplished with existing funds. Vote: 1 -3. Ms. Manz felt having the additional set was a worthwhile addition for public events in the Town. ➢ To Defer Funded Projects: • Economic Development: Parking Meter Replacement —Phase 2 ($230,625): Vote: 1 -3. (Ms. Barnett felt further economic analysis of the benefit should be done before proceeding further.) • Economic Development: Grain Mill Alley Improvements ($ TBD): Even if the objection by one of the abutters were to change to acceptance, the Committee believes this project, even at what is understood potentially to be —$350,000, is far too expensive and should be substantially scaled back — whether still addressing the full length of the alley or downsized to just the portion owned by the Town —and doesn't warrant FY2017 funding. Whatever revised project scope might emerge, this project warrants a resubmission in the next cycle to the Community Preservation Committee and to this Committee. Vote: 4 -0. • Conservation: Wright Farm [Barn] Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study ($35,000): Vote: 0-4. The funding, however, is to be conditional on the purchase of the previously approved 2nd parcel at the Wright Farm (241 Grove Street) being consummated before the 2016 Annual Town Meeting and that the barn it includes has remained a viable candidate for the planned renovation. Also, it is important to add "Barn" to the title to properly constrain the scope to the intended structure, rather than being interpreted to apply to either or both of the Wright Farm parcels. • Traffic Safety Group (TSG): Transportation Mitigation ($30,000): Vote: 1 -3. Mr. Kanter felt that as this funding is for D &E, the project should be transferred to DPW. While the TSG and /or the Planning Department) can be up -front players, the expertise for drafting and evaluating the resulting RFPs /RFQs and then managing the execution of those efforts are in the Engineering Department. There are many cases in Town where there is a stakeholder who has proposed work, but the assignment of responsibility for execution belongs with the department that has the expertise. • Library: Cary Memorial Library Internal Reconfiguration Project ($850,000): Mr. Kanter felt this project should be removed from the funding tables as it is to Page 2 of 4