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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting September 6, 2016 In prior conversations with Mr. Addelson, $520,000 is available from a previous appropriation. While that appropriation was primarily for the new Hastings Elementary School (Hastings), the wording of its Motion allowed flexibility for all the identified usesÏwhich included the elementary-school modular units. Committee members express concern about the potential need for those funds to meet Massachusetts School Building Authority feasibility-study requirements for Hastings. (Later in the meeting, Mr. Addelson reported that this should not an issue, and this will be discussed with Mr. Goddard. This Committee made it clear that it supports the funding of six units and prefers that there be no risk in having adequate funds for the project. A Motion was made and seconded to support adequate funding for six modular Vote: 4–0 units. Article 5: Appropriate Funds for Police Station Feasibility Study: Ms. Hai reported that there have been many changes in police-department requirements since 2010 when the last space-needs study was done for the Police Department Headquarters. She will discuss with Mr. Goddard whether the proposed request of $65,000 under this Article is sufficient to ensure the now-proposed study can be robust enough to fully address all the current and projected needs at that Headquarters. She reviewed for the Committee examples of space shortages, noting as one example, that storage space requirements just for evidence have expanded considerably since 2010. Additionally, Police Chief Mark Corr supports inclusion of a welcoming common area in the police station that can serve a variety of needs. Mr. Cole added his support for this Article, changing this CommitteeÓs vote to 5Î0. Article 6: Amend FY2017 Operating, Enterprise Fund and Community Preservation Act (CPA) Budgets: Ms. Manz reported that she will be attending the Community Preservation CommitteeÓs (CPCÓs) meeting being held later in the day at which the CPC will address not only its position on the requested funds, but also which element of the Community Preservation Fund should be the source. This Committee noted that the CPCÓs policy has been generally first to use available, applicable, reserve funding before using unbudgeted or undesignated funds. Mr. Cole added his support for this Article, changing this CommitteeÓs vote to 5Î0. Article 7: Establish and Appropriate To and From Specified Stabilization Funds th (SFs): As discussed at this CommitteeÓs August 30 meeting, the StateÓs Local Aid receipts for Lexington are expected to about $1.5 million more than anticipated at the 2016 Annual Town Meeting. Of the currently anticipated actions under this Article, the only one on which this Committee needs to take a position would be an appropriation to the Capital SF. (Any request for funds to go into the Transportation Demand Management/Public Transportation SF is not Capital-related.) Mr. Cole added his support for this Article, changing this CommitteeÓs vote to 5Î0. Approval of Minutes: The Draft #3 Minutes for the August 30, 2016 meeting were reviewed. Suggested edits were made. A Motion was made and seconded to approve the Draft #3 Minutes for the August 30, 2016 Vote: 3–0–1 meeting, as annotated and revised during the meeting. Page 2 of 3