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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting April 19, 2016 Location and Time: Cary Memorial Building, Hudson Room 7:30 .. PM Members Present: Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Wendy Manz Members Absent: Elizabeth Barnett & Rod Cole Others Present: None Documents Presented: Notice/Agenda of CEC Public Meeting, April 19, 2016 Ms. Hai’s e-mail to the CEC, April 18, 2016 10:03 a.m., advising that there would be no joint meeting with the Appropriation Committee to receive and discuss an update from members of the Board of Selectmen regarding STM 2016-2, Article 2, Land Purchase—20 Pelham Road, and STM 2016-4, Article 5, Purchase of Belmont Country Club Land, as that Board was not ready to provide that update. Draft #2+ CEC Report to April 25, 2016, Special Town Meeting (STM) 2016–4 Ms. Barnett’s e-mail to the other members of the CEC, April 19, 2016 5:15 p.m., Subj: Re: Draft CEC Report to April 25, 2016, STM 2016-4 Mr. Kanter’s e-mail to Melisa Tintocalis, Lexington Economic Development Director, April 6, 2018 2:42 .., Subj: Next-Level-Down Breakout of Cost Estimate for the PM Currently Proposed Grain Mill Alley Project (2016 Annual Town Meeting, Article 8(o)) Mr. Kanter’s e-mail to Melisa Tintocalis, April14, 2016 9:54 .., Subject: Re: \[same PM subject as his April 6, 2016, e-mail\] Draft Minutes for the CEC meeting, April 13, 2016. Call to Order: Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 7:32 .. and the meeting continued PM in the Cotton Room in the same building. (A notice of the change in location was posted on the Hudson Room door.) Discussion of the Draft #2+ CEC Report to the STMs 2016-4 Article 2, Minuteman Regional School Bonding Authorization: After discussion, a Motion was made and seconded to recommend approval to the STM: Vote: 3–0 (It was noted that Ms. Barnett had reported her approval by e-mail.) Article 3, Accept Easement—482 Bedford Street: After discussion, and although the Committee supports the grant of easement in order to enable a bus shelter to be constructed at this location, the topic was considered not to be within its reporting scope. A Motion was made and seconded to delete reporting on that Article: Vote: 3–0 Article 4, Amend General Bylaws—Capital Expenditures Committee: After discussion, a Motion was made and seconded to recommend approval to the STM: Vote: 3–0 (It was noted that Ms. Barnett had reported her approval by e-mail.) Article 5, Purchase of Belmont Country Club Land: After discussion, a Motion was made and seconded for this Committee’s report to the STM to show a position was “Pending” as further information was needed. Vote: 2–0 (Ms. Hai continues to recuse herself from this matter.) (It was noted that Ms. Barnett had reported her agreement with that by e-mail.) A Motion was then made to approve the whole report, as presented, with the Chair or Vice-Chair having permission to make any non-substantive changes either felt needed and to distribute the report with a Release Date of tomorrow. Vote: 3–0 Page 1 of 2