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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO OCTOBER 16,2017, STMs 2017-2&-3
<br /> total, additional, cost through implementation is $1,050,000. This does not offer sufficient value,
<br /> especially as LHS is expected to be expanded or replaced within the next 5-10 years. This Committee
<br /> feels that perimeter fencing and gating goes beyond the district standard on security and would
<br /> dramatically change the open-campus culture at LHS.
<br /> In addition, TA&JH recommended designating one parking lot for students and visitors on
<br /> Waltham Street, and concentrating faculty parking at Worthen Road. This change would not affect the
<br /> flow of traffic during student drop-off and pick-up. Note that Town Meeting has appropriated$48,000 to
<br /> investigate traffic-flow improvements at LHS under 2016 ATM, Article 15J ($25,000), and 2017 ATM,
<br /> Article 16d3 ($23,000). While this request is for an independent appropriation for the security-system
<br /> upgrade, the insight from the TA&JH analysis will be incorporated into decisions about modifying traffic
<br /> flow at LHS.
<br /> The School Committee and the Board of Selectmen have voted unanimously for Option 2.
<br /> Conclusion
<br /> This Committee supports Option 2 and the request for $31,000 in design funds to pursue that effort. The
<br /> electronic-locking doors and parking changes will enhance LHS' security with a moderate capital cost.
<br /> Article 12:APPROPRIATE Fund Funding
<br /> COMMUNITY Authorization Source Committee Recommends
<br /> PRESERVATION ACT Requested
<br /> PROJECTS None(Community Community See Below
<br /> Housing) + Preservation Funds
<br /> Unknown(Open (CPF)
<br /> Space)
<br /> "To see if the Town will vote to act on the report of the Community Preservation Committee on the FY2018
<br /> Community Preservation budget and, pursuant to the recommendations of the Community Preservation
<br /> Committee, to appropriate from the Community Preservation Fund, including to supplement the
<br /> appropriation for Busa Property affordable housing previously authorized by Article 8(g) in the 2014 Annual
<br /> Town Meeting, or to reserve amounts in the Community Preservation Fund for future appropriations; for the
<br /> debt service on previously authorized financing; for administrative expenses of the Community Preservation
<br /> Committee for FY2018; for the acquisition, creation, and preservation and, if acquired with Community
<br /> Preservation Act funds, the rehabilitation or restoration of open space; for the acquisition, creation,
<br /> preservation, and rehabilitation and restoration of recreational land; for the acquisition, preservation,
<br /> rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; and for the acquisition, creation,preservation and support
<br /> and, if acquired with Community Preservation Act funds, the restoration or rehabilitation of community
<br /> housing; including, in all cases, rehabilitation or restoration that constitutes capital improvements or
<br /> extraordinary repairs to make assets functional for their intended use; and to determine whether the money
<br /> shall be provided by the tax levy, or from estimated Community Preservation Act surcharges and the
<br /> estimated State match and supplement for the upcoming fiscal year, by available funds in the Community
<br /> Preservation Fund, by transfer from other available funds, including enterprise funds, by borrowing, or by
<br /> any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto"
<br /> "DESCRIPTION: This Article requests that Community Preservation funds and other funds,
<br /> as necessary, be appropriated for the projects recommended by the Community Preservation
<br /> Committee, the debt service on previously authorized projects, and for administrative costs.
<br /> This article further would authorize supplementary funding for the Busa Property (Lowell St)
<br /> affordable housing project and for the potential purchase of a parcel for open space."
<br /> (Town Warrant, 18 Sep 2017)
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