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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting February 23, 2016 Location and Time: Town Office Building, Reed Room (111); 7:30 A.M. Members Present: Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice -Chair & Clerk; Elizabeth Barnett; Rod Cole; Wendy Manz Members Absent: None Others Present: Jon Himmel, Chair, Permanent Building Committee; Melisa Tintocalis, Economic Development Director; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Documents Presented: • Notice of Public Meeting for CEC Meeting, Agenda, February 23, 2016 • Table of Contents from Pending Draft #2 Capital Expenditures Committee Report to 2016 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) & 2016 Special Town Meeting (STM) 2016 -3, extracted on February 21, 2016 • Streetscape Estimate, Pie Chart, February 23, 2016, prepared and presented by Mr. Himmel • Grain Mill Alley Concept Plan: Massachusetts Avenue & Alternative Transportation Node; February 16, 2016; presented by Ms. Tintocalis • Grain Mill Alley— Anticipated Project Costs (2/16/16); presented by Ms. Tintocalis • Grain Mill Alley photo; Sidewalk Checker Board Game; Summer 2015; presented by Ms. Tintocalis • Draft CEC Minutes, January 19, 2016 • Draft #3 CEC Minutes, January 29, 2016 • Draft #3 CEC Minutes, February 2, 2016 • Draft #3 CEC Minutes, February 9, 2016 • Draft CEC Minutes, February 10, 2016 • Draft CEC Minutes, February 22, 2016 Call to Order: Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 7:32 A.M. Member Concerns and Liaison Reports: Ms. Hai reported that Dawn McKenna, Chair, Tourism Committee, has requested to meet with this Committee to discuss ATM Article 8(h): Antony Park Construction Funds. She has been invited to attend this Committee's meeting on March 1St Ms. Hai announced that a March 15th meeting, 7:00 P.M., in the Depot building, is being held to "kick -off" a campaign for the debt - exclusion referendum that is being scheduled for late spring. Those interested are invited to attend. Mr. Kanter reported that at the previous- evening's meeting of the Board of Selectmen (BoS), it had discussed staff - prepared options for what could be questions presented in a potential debt - exclusion referendum later this year if the BoS should decide to call one —at which point the BoS would determine what question(s) to include. These options were based on the presumption that there would be three project scopes included in such a referendum: master — planning, design, and renovation of middle - school facilities; master - planning & design of elementary - school facilities including the acquisition and installation of modular classrooms; and the purchase of the property at 20 Pelham Road Page 1 of 4