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UPDATES TO&ERRATA IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2018 ATM
<br /> (2) Non-TBD Totals: Change"$79,839,764"to "$79,714,764".
<br /> Page 13: Grand Total:
<br /> a. Change to "Grand Totals".
<br /> b. FY2019 Recommended: Change"$61,006,402"to"$60,881,402".
<br /> c. Non-TBD Totals: Change "$177,036,887"to "$176,911,887".
<br /> Page 14: Footnotes
<br /> a. 11: Change "a Design Development"to "completed Design Develop and its".
<br /> b. Add as a new, last, footnote: "I7This Committee is evenly split (3-3) on whether to support
<br /> any construction funding at this Annual Town Meeting (i.e., the $4,375,000 included in the $4,575,000),
<br /> but has not yet taken a position on that same construction amount if it were to be presented at a fall 2017
<br /> Special Town Meeting;therefore,the total amount is shown as the FY2019 Recommended.".
<br /> Page 43: Article 11:
<br /> a. Funds Requested: Change "$3,040,000"to "N/A".
<br /> b. Funding Source: In its entirety, change to "N/A".
<br /> c. Committee Recommends: Change "Disapproval (6-0)" to "indefinite Postponement
<br /> (6-0)".
<br /> Page 58: Article 22:
<br /> a. Amount Requested: Change"$4,700,000"to "$4,575,000".
<br /> b. Funding Source: Change "$4,500,000"to "$4,375,000".
<br /> c. Committee Recommends: Change "Approval(4-2)"to "No Position (3-3)".
<br /> d. Committee Comments (beginning"Since the Brown Book..."): Replace in its entirety with:
<br /> Since the Brown Book was published, the Board of Selectmen (BoS)voted to include, in addition
<br /> to the earlier planned request for $200,000 for the construction/bid documents, an additional
<br /> $4,300,000 in construction funds—for a total of $4,500,000. The staff then had a proposal to
<br /> increase the construction funds to include an additional $200,000 associated with the temporary
<br /> facilities (yet to be determined) that would provide the Center's services during the demolition of
<br /> the current building and the construction of the new building—raising the total to $4,700,000—
<br /> the amount this Committee had supported (4-2) with the extra $200,000 as a placekeeper to
<br /> ensure there would be sufficient funds to achieve all the proposed objectives.
<br /> The staff subsequently provided to the BoS at its March 26, 2018, meeting a draft Motion with a
<br /> revised proposal that reduces the additional funding related to the temporary facilities to
<br /> $75,000—revising the total to $4,575,000. The BoS did not take a vote of its position on that
<br /> Motion, but the majority would support the $4,575,000 over the $4,500,000. At this Committee's
<br /> meeting later that evening, after further deliberations, this Committee re-voted its position on
<br /> including the construction funding (without regard to which final amount the BoS would support)
<br /> and the result was 3-3; therefore, no position. At the BoS meeting on April 2, 2018, it voted to
<br /> support this Article at$4,575,000.
<br /> Note: The following is based on the spoken report made by this Committee during the Town
<br /> Meeting deliberation, April 2, 2018, on this Article.
<br /> This Committee unanimously supports an updated and expanded Visitors Center to provide
<br /> enhanced services to Lexington's growing visitor population. Further, we recognize the long
<br /> planning and funding period that this project has endured. We accept that the program developed
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