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02/01/2018 AC Minutes available; moving the track and field to a location other than adjacent to the high school did not generate general support. • CPA Funding for Other Projects: Mr. Pressman said that the Lexington Housing Assistance Board has put out bids for work to be done related to the site adjacent to the former Busa Farm on Lowell Street. A CPA request is anticipated. Additionally, the Town is expected to request CPA funds for a sidewalk from Marrett Road to the Lexington Community Center, the amount to be determined. It was noted that the FY2019 Capital Improvement Project request for design work for a new Police Station does not identify the CPA as a funding source, although an earlier version did so. The State's current level of reimbursement for CPA projects is about 17%. • School Budget, Class Consolidation Proposal: Mr. Bartenstein reviewed Patrick Mehr's request that this Committee address a proposal, described on his website, that he asserts could reduce the School Department budget by as much as $2.0 million per year by consolidating classrooms. Mr. Bartenstein noted that this Committee has the right to comment on this proposal but is not required to do so. He added that if this Committee were to decide to comment, a review should be fair, impartial, and efficient. There was discussion about the pros and cons of such a review, including whether such a review would be beneficial and in what ways. It was noted that the School Committee is responsible for school-related policy decisions and that a new school superintendent will be starting in the summer. It was suggested that such an undertaking would require time that this Committee does not have while preparing its report to the 2018 ATM. A motion was made and seconded to table the discussion and revisit the question of whether to conduct such a review after the ATM. The motion passed. VOTE: 6-2 Ms. Basch and Mr. Radulescu-Bann explained their opposition to the motion. Ms. Basch believes this is a School Committee matter. Mr. Radulescu-Banu said that he had unsuccessfully reached out to Mr. Mehr to discuss this proposal. He agreed to forward a November 2017 email he had sent to the lex-polrel email list in response to a constituent's inquiry about Mr. Mehr's multiple proposals in a Boston Globe opinion piece. 3. Planning for Report to 2018 ATM Mr. Bartenstein reviewed the spreadsheet identifying assignments for writing this Committee's report to the ATM and the currently-identified warrant articles. He will add assignments for the remaining warrant articles in the near future. 4. Minutes After making one edit to the January 18, 2018 draft minutes, a motion was made and seconded to approve the December 14, 2017 minutes and the corrected January 18, 2018 minutes. The motion passed. VOTE: 8-0 3