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04/24/2017 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) April 24, 2017 Place and Time: Ellen Stone Room, Cary Memorial Building, 6:30 p.m. Members Present: John Bartenstein, Chair; Alan Levine, Vice -Chair & Secretary; Ellen Basch; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Andrei Radulescu-Banu; Sanjay Padaki; Lily Manhua Yan; Jian Helen Yang; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s) Absent: None Other Attendees: Tom Griffiths, Treasurer, Munroe Center for the Arts The meeting was called to order at 6:37 p.m. 1. Announcements Mr. Bartenstein reported the following: • This Committee's report to the 2017 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) on Article 44: Amend Zoning Bylaw Brookhaven (Owner Article) was completed and printed. • He and Mr. Michelson met last week with John Livsey, Town Engineer, about future funding for stormwater management projects. Currently the Town spends approximately $1.5 million annually on such projects, and costs are expected to increase with the implementation of additional regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. Options for funding the additional costs include, but are not limited to, absorbing initial increases in the general fund; creating a Special Revenue Fund; and/or creating a new Enterprise Fund. The average cost per household could reach $75-$100 annually. • A Budget Summit has been tentatively scheduled for June 8, 2017. • Approval of Minutes for April 3, 5, and 12 needs to be postponed until the next meeting. 2. Financially Related Warrant Articles for 2017 ATM Article 10 Appropriate for the FY2018 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget and CPA Projects: • (i) Munroe School Window Restoration: Mr. Griffiths reported that it was recently brought to his attention that the cost for the window project triggered an Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requirement to include accessibility into the building and to provide an accessible bathroom. A previously installed ramp was not ADA compliant. The funding request included in the motion for this project is now $55,000 greater than originally anticipated because of the ADA requirements. A motion was made and seconded to support approval of the project, including the additional $55,000, as discussed. The motion passed. VOTE: 7-0-2 Mr. Levine abstained because of a potential conflict of interest. • (g) Wright Farm Supplemental Funds: Town staff has advised that the New Hampshire landfill identified for taking contaminated soil from the Wright Farm project site is unable to accept the soil because testing has identified hazardous waste material in it. Now the soil 1