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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting November 15, 2016 Rite (Masons) and to which that owner would not agree. The new design is not brick and does not include lighting. The Committee requests: Additional Information on the new design. Information as to whether the current users or management of that Center have expressed any demand for the sidewalk. #1002 Staging for Special Events: This purchase would eliminate the need to borrow staging from the Town of Waltham. #1040 Westview Cemetery Irrigation: This project would complete the installation of irrigation at Westview. #1043 Highway Sign Machine: The current sign-making system is 15 years old and has reached its end of life. The new machine is expected to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, the need to hire outside contractors to make signs. The Committee requests: A cost/benefit analysis including how this machine would impact staffing. #321 Center Streetscape Improvements: The Center Streetscape Design Review Ad hoc Committee has been preparing reports on three tiers of the work being contemplated for Lexington Center. Tier 1 report, recommending sidewalk materials and lighting, was presented to the BoS, received a review by DPW, and is being revised in response to questions and concerns. Reports on Tier 2 (edging; roadway features; stone walls; posts, bollards and interpretive markers; structural soil, and infiltration basis) and Tier 3 (amenities \[tables and chairs\]; thin planters, interpretive elements, and trees) are anticipated by the end of this year. The dollars requested for this project are a placeholder; the range of options for a final design results in what are likely to be significantly varying dollar needs. The BoS is scheduled to receive additional traffic-study results for the Woburn Street-Massachusetts Avenue intersection element of this project on next Monday evening identifying mitigation for potential cut-through traffic on Winthrop Road if a signal were installed at that intersection. That intersection element of the project can be implemented independently of the other project elements. This Committee had serious doubt whether, considering the continued uncertainties, even that intersection element in the project could be ready for the 2017 ATM. Continued Discussion of the Committee’s Organization and Processes for the FY2018 Budget-Review Cycle: A Motion was made and seconded to approve the ÐDraft Lexington CEC Subject Areas & Liaison Assignments for Fiscal Year 2017, dated Vote: 4–0 31 Oct 2016Ñ. Adjourn: Vote: 4–0 A Motion was made and seconded at 9:34 .. to adjourn. AM These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting November 29, 2016. Page 6 of 6