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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2017 ATM&STM 2017-1 Library 5-Year Capital Appro riation History (All Sources) FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 RFID Conversion Project $124,000 Totals $0 $124,000 $0 $0 $0 Public Works The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for design, bidding, construction, and management of projects related to all Town infrastructure (including, but not limited to, roads and sidewalks), department equipment, and Town property except buildings that are assigned to the Department of Public Facilities (DPF). (Routine maintenance and other operational activities are not capital-related matters and thus, normally not addressed by this Committee.) The DPW is organized around seven divisions that are responsible for these elements: Administration, Engineering, Highway, Public Grounds, Environmental Services, Water, and Sewer. Environmental Services manages solid waste; recyclables; yard waste from Lexington–and private contractors; and hazardous products from Lexington and 8 other neighboring communities. Major components of DPW's FY2018–FY2022 capital projects include: • Road and sidewalk improvements • Water distribution and sanitary-sewer systems improvements • Storm-water control and management • Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements • East Massachusetts Avenue Three-Intersection Improvements • Comprehensive Watershed Storm-water Management and Dam Improvements • Storm Drainage and National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Improvements • Comprehensive Watershed Storm-water Management and Dam Improvements • Trucks and heavy equipment necessary to accomplish the DPW mission DPW's capital needs—except when funded all, or in part, by the Town's CPF, Revolving Fund, or Enterprise-Funds—must be funded by cash or financing through the general tax levy and/or voter- approved debt exclusions. Almost all construction projects for the sanitary-sewer system and for the water-distribution system are funded by Water- and Sewer-rate payers through the Enterprise Funds. Large trucks and heavy equipment used in support of the sanitary-sewer and water-distribution systems are also funded, either in whole or in par,by Enterprise Funds. Engineering Engineering work for all DPW projects is either done "in house" or contracted through public procurement to outside consulting and/or design firms. In addition to supporting on-going DPW work, Engineering will continue to be a major participant in the DPW's future projects. While the scope of this Division's responsibilities can be so concisely stated, that does not reflect its enormous and crucial contributions across the breadth of the DPW's capital and operational activities. Roads Lexington has a total of 199.6 miles of roads, which include State and unaccepted roads. This total consists of 135.0 miles of Town-accepted roadways (TAR), 18.5 miles of private/unaccepted roadways, and 46.1 miles of State highway. (Source: Stantec FY2017 Asset Management Summary (Roads), January 2017, which addressed the condition of the TAR, sidewalks, and pedestrian ramps) The DPW maintains the TAR; the remainder being maintained by the private owners or the State. The DPW also maintains the Town's portion (5.3 miles) of the 10.0-mile Minuteman Commuter Bikeway ("Bikeway"), which opened in 1993. In April 2010, the Town retained Fay, Spofford & Thorndike (FST) (since acquired by Stantec), a civil–engineering consulting firm, to develop and implement a Pavement Management System (PMS) for 19