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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2018 ATM(incorporating Updates&Errata)
<br /> Recreation
<br /> Recreation Department programs are funded from three sources:
<br /> • General-Fund (e.g., used for neighborhood playgrounds, athletic fields, and basketball court
<br /> improvements if not recommended by the Community Preservation Committee for CPA funding);
<br /> • Recreation & Community Programs Enterprise Fund (e.g., used for fee-based activities such as
<br /> Pine Meadows Golf Course, Community Center, Irving H. Mabee Pool, Old Reservoir, and tennis
<br /> courts). Fee collections for Enterprise Fund-based activities are weather dependent and can vary from
<br /> year to year. The Recreation Enterprise Fund previously made annual debt-service payment of
<br /> $100,000 per year for Lincoln Fields, but this obligation ended this February. It also makes an annual
<br /> indirect payment to the Town that in FY2018 will be $254,826. For the FY2019 funding request from
<br /> this Enterprise Fund, see Articles 15 &20(f).
<br /> • CPA funds (available for creation and preservation of recreation facilities, including those for
<br /> fee-based activities). CPA monies have enabled some large projects which otherwise might not have
<br /> been financially viable. For example, CPA monies have funded the multi-year renovation of the Town
<br /> pool complex,which should be completed by this summer. Design and engineering appropriations were
<br /> made at the 2016 Annual Town Meeting and construction funds were allocated at 2017 Annual Town
<br /> Meeting. See Articles 10(g&h) for two major projects proposed for FY2019 funding.
<br /> The Recreation Department has recently finished a study on the accessibility of its facilities using funding
<br /> allocated in FY2016. The results from that investigation have changed the department's priorities and
<br /> may result in higher recreation facilities investment in the near term. See Article 10(i)) for an example of
<br /> a capital project that has taken on greater urgency after the Accessibility Study.
<br /> For the FY2019 recreation funding requests from the CPF, see Articles 10(e—i).
<br /> Recreation 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
<br /> Program FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018
<br /> Athletic Fields $65,000 $100,000 $85,000 $120,000 $125,000
<br /> Park, Playgrounds, &Tot Lots $147,500 $150,000 $123,000 $136,000 $60,000
<br /> Pine Meadows Golf Course $75,000 $51,000 $68,000 $65,000 $55,000
<br /> Irving H. Mabee Pool&Old Res $166,000 $1,620,000
<br /> Center Playfields Drainage
<br /> Lincoln Fields Improvements $565,000 $620,000 $650,000 $30,000
<br /> Accessible Study $78,000
<br /> Antony Park(within Tower Park) $60,000
<br /> Minuteman Commuter Bikeway $120,000
<br /> Totals $852,5001 $921,0001 $1,004,0001 $697,0001 $1,860,000
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