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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting June 13, 2016 (including Executive Session) Location and Time: Town Office Building, Reed Room (111); 7:30 .. AM Members Present: Jill Hai, ChairDavid Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Elizabeth Barnett; ; Rod Cole; Wendy Manz (arrived at 7:38 ..) AM Members Absent: None Others Present: Suzanne Barry, Chair, Lexington Board of Selectmen; Elaine Ashton, Town Meeting Member (arrived at 8:35 ..) AM Documents Presented :  Notice/Agenda of CEC Meeting, June 13, 2016  CEC Subject Areas & Liaison Assignments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, November 17, 2015  Draft Minutes of the CEC Meeting, May 25, 2016  Draft Minutes of the CEC Meeting, May 31, 2016 (Including Executive Session) Call to Order: At 7:31 .., Ms. Hai called this Committee’s meeting to order and declared AM that an Executive Session is warranted under the Open Meeting Law Exemption 6 to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property at 20 Pelham Road and 171–173 Bedford Street as the discussion in an Open Session may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the Town. She moved for this Committee to go into Executive Session, including the participation of Ms. Barry, with the intent to reconvene in Open Session to continue with further business of this Committee. The members of this Committee were individually polled. Vote: 4–0 This Committee was then in Executive Session. Ms. Hai explained that this Executive Session was called so that the whole Committee (now including Ms. Barnett) would be on the same basis regarding the discussion at the joint Executive Session on May 31, 2016—that included the other members of this Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the Appropriation Committee, and the School Committee—which was held for the same purpose as cited above for this Executive Session. (See the Minutes of the Board of Selectmen for that prior Executive Session for the substance of that Executive Session and, thus, the core of what was addressed during this Executive Session.) Upon her arrival, by a voice vote, Ms. Manz affirmed that she also approved of this Executive Session. The discussion, including the participation of Ms. Barry, did not include this Committee taking any positions or holding any votes. At 8:32 .., Ms. Hai moved for this Committee to return to Open Session to continue with AM further business of this Committee. The members of this Committee were individually polled. Vote: 5–0 This Committee was then in Open Session. Page 1 of 2