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ARTICLE 3 APPROPRIATE DESIGN FUNDS FOR LEXINGTON CHILDREN'S PLACE/20 PELHAM ROAD To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for design, engineering and architectural services, including the production of construction documents, and for construction costs, including demolition of the existing building and site work for the Lexington Children's Place to be located at 20 Pelham Road; determine whether the money will be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen at the request of the School Committee) FUNDS REQUESTED: unknown at press time DESCRIPTION: Lexington Children's Place (LCP),the legally-mandated pre-kindergarten program for Lexington Public Schools, outgrew its location in the Harrington School two years ago, and has been occupying additional space in the Central Administration building. This split program is educationally suboptimal,presents safety concerns, and will not satisfy long term space needs. With the Town's purchase of the 20 Pelham Road property,the School Committee has recommended the use of a portion of this property as a permanent location for the LCP. Moving LCP to Pelham Road will meet the needs of the LCP program for the foreseeable future and will make space available at Harrington to help alleviate overcrowding at the elementary level. The funds requested by this Article will be for completion of design funds through construction documents and early construction package. ARTICLE 4 APPROPRIATE DESIGN FUNDS FOR FIRE HEADQUARTERS To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for design, engineering and architectural services, including production of construction documents, for a new Fire Headquarters; determine whether the money will be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: $676,300 DESCRIPTION: These funds will permit the design work for the new fire station at the original Fire Headquarters site to proceed through the construction document development stage. Subsequent funding for construction will likely be requested at a Town Meeting in the Spring of 2018. ARTICLE 5 APPROPRIATE FOR TEMPORARY FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for design, engineering and architectural services, including production of construction documents, and for the construction phase of the temporary Fire Station located at 173 Bedford Street, including signalization and access improvement; determine whether the money will be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from available funds,by borrowing or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted by the Board of Selectmen) FUNDS REQUESTED: $2,140,000