2018-06-27-CEC-ATM-rpt (Combined Report with Updates & Errata)

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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2018 ATM(incorporating Updates&Errata) Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends Requested Source (i) Old Reservoir Bathhouse Design Approval(6-0) (Recreational Land) $75,000 CPF (Cash) "FY2019 funds will be used to complete a feasibility study for renovations to the Old Reservoir bathhouse. The facility requires a complete renovation and the project entails repairing the plumbing system and installing all new fixtures including showers, toilets, sinks and drinking fountains. The recently completed Recreation and Facilities ADA Compliance Study identified areas of deficiencies within the facility. The accessible walkway, built in 2000, has settled and buckled in places and requires replacement. A rodent problem was also observed by staff and the renovation will ensure the safety and well-being of those who utilize the facility. Based on the results of the feasibility study, the construction phase of the project is scheduled for FY2020." (Brown Book XI-22) Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends Requested Source (j) Lowell Street—Farmview Affordable Housing Supplemental $1,400,000 CPF (Cash) Approve (6-0) Funds (Community Housing) "2014 Annual Town Meeting approved a total of$1,284,653 to be used by LexHAB for the development of affordable housing at the former Busa Farm site off Lowell Street, a Town property acquired with CPA funds in 2009. LexHAB intends to create six units of affordable housing, two of which will be fully handicapped accessible. While the supplemental request for FY2019 is unknown at present, LexHAB anticipates a final project cost will be received prior to Annual Town Meeting. "Several factors necessitated the supplemental request. LexHAB is now required to comply with the public bidding process, it plans to purchase solar panels instead of leasing them and the units will be made fully accessible instead of just partially accessible. Construction costs have also increased since the initial estimate." (Brown Book XI-21) The anticipated project cost is currently $2.7 million: Bid price is $2.4 million; architectural fees, $100,000; legal and other expenses, $100,000; and a contingency of$100,000—all rounded amounts. The primary driver of the need for additional funding is that is required to follow municipal bidding laws, which require union labor and and prevailing wage—raising all the costs on all contractors and subcontractors by about 30%. (Although LexHAB could use students from the Minuteman High School to achieve a cost reduction, now their participation would be limited to working on a small fraction of the project's cost, but it would be difficult to "divide out" that work.) LexHAB has a professional estimate that indicates a $2.7 million project. That is the basis for the requested supplemental funding to the previously approved funding. 41