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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2017 ATM&STM 2017-1 (with Updates&Errata)
<br /> Conservation and Open Space 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All
<br /> Sources)
<br /> FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017
<br /> Wright Farm1'3'4 $3,072,000 $618,000 $35,000
<br /> Conservation Restriction Enforecement 1 1 $25,000
<br /> Lexington Center Pocket Park 1 $21,500
<br /> ACROSS Lexington $5,875
<br /> 5-Year Open Space& Recreation Plan $30,000
<br /> Update
<br /> Land Acquisition Off Concord Avenue $220,000
<br /> (Portion of Sellars Parcel)
<br /> Parkers Meadow Accessible Trail D&E2 $34,500
<br /> Conservation Meadow Preservation $26,400
<br /> Lower Vinebrook Paved Recreation Path $369,813
<br /> Totals $3,072,000 $82,375 $254,500 $1,014,213 $35,000
<br /> Purchase of 12.6 acres(Parcel 1)was authorized at the 2012 ATM,Article 9. Closing date was December
<br /> 20, 2012.The purchase price was$2,950,000 and there were$122,000 needed for purchase-associated
<br /> costs.
<br /> 2This project is the result of a joint request from the Conservation Commission, the Commission on
<br /> Disability, and the Recreation Committee.
<br /> 3Purchase of Parcel 2 of 43,446 square feet(just under 1 acre)was authorized at the 2015 ATM,Article 9.
<br /> Closing date was February 11, 2016.The purchase price was$520,000 and there were$98,000 needed
<br /> for purchase-associated costs.The acquisition is for both Open Space and Community Housing, and final
<br /> square footage and cost have not yet been allocated between those two uses so,for now, the FY2016
<br /> amount is also shown in the funding history for Community Housing.
<br /> 42016 ATM,Article 8(g),funded structural and architectural analysis of the barn as well as an educational-
<br /> programming needs assessment.
<br /> Lexington Community Center
<br /> Lexington's Community Center (LexCC), at 39 Marrett Road, was purchased by the Town in 2013. A
<br /> Selectmen-appointed Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee ("AhCCAC) worked to identify
<br /> short-term and long-term improvements to the building needed to support Town programs there.
<br /> Appropriations for the resulting renovations appear in the DPF section below.
<br /> The LexCC incorporates what had been the functions of the Lexington Senior Center and provides
<br /> expanded, multi-generational services to the Town. To manage the LexCC and the closely associated
<br /> Town functions, the BoS created a new Recreation and Community Programs Department. Offices of the
<br /> new Department, as well as the Human Services Department, were moved into the LexCC in 2015, and
<br /> programming has been offered since July 2015. Programming includes drop-in programs such as yoga,
<br /> table tennis, and billiards, as well as structured classes.
<br /> The 2016 ATM appropriated supplementary funds for debt service on the final stages of the LexCC
<br /> renovations. A bond anticipation note (BAN) was issued for additional costs, but available CPA funds
<br /> allowed the BAN to be retired without the need to issue a bond, avoiding bond-issuance costs and long-
<br /> term interest.
<br /> While planned renovations of the LexCC have been completed, the AhCCAC suggested that two more
<br /> additions—a gymnasium and a larger, multipurpose, space—would allow the Center to offer broader
<br /> programming. The 2016 Town Meeting approved $8 million for the purchase of a parcel of land on
<br /> Pelham Road (adjacent to the LexCC) for school and municipal purposes. When the acquisition is
<br /> completed, and contingent on further funding being approved by the this ATM, it is anticipated that an
<br /> existing school building on the parcel will be renovated for use as the Lexington Children's Place
<br /> (LCP)—the Town's pre–kindergarten program for children with special needs. The existing building
<br /> contains a gymnasium and a kitchen/cafeteria that will not be used by the LCP, and design work would be
<br /> continued for that portion to be used for municipal purposes (e.g., for LexCC and recreational
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