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) The Committee supports the need for additional program space. However, the request for schematic money has only been introduced to the budget process this year without any thought to sequencing against other large capital projects and priorities. While this Committee recognizes the potential benefit of a LexCC expansion, it is unanimously against schematic-design funding at this time. This project has not been in the 5-year capital plan. While the current request for$250,000 from that fund source is not considered to be burdensome, that source is not expected to be able to cover the debt service of the total estimated project cost of about$21 million and, in any case, this Committee holds it would require a debt exclusion, and is coming at a time when the Town has many competing, higher priority, long-anticipated, capital projects. That includes the already known need for the support of a debt exclusion for the new Police Headquarters. Fundamentally, this Committee views the LexCC expansion as something the Town would benefit from and wants, but not something the Town needs when judged in this time offiscal constrained and tax-payer impact. Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends Requested Source (g) School Building Envelopes and $227,755 GF(Free Cash) Approval (6-0) Systems Program "FY2019 funds will be used to perform annual prioritized extraordinary repairs and modifications to school buildings and systems. Specifically, this request will be used to address water infiltration issues, caulking, window lintels and translucent skylights that are delaminating over the front facade of the main entrance of the Harrington Elementary School." (Brown Book XI-20) Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends Requested Source (h) LHS Security Upgrade $338,600 GF(Free Cash) Approval (6-0) "In the spring of 2017, the School Department contracted with TBA Architects and Jensen- Hughes to complete a holistic Security Assessment of Lexington High School (LHS). The assessment was based on developing concentric layers of security for deterrence and prevention. Previous Town Meetings have appropriated funds for a security study and upgrades. An expansion of the closed circuit television was recently completed but LHS still does not meet the district standard for security. The 2017-3 Special Town Meeting appropriated $31,000 for the design and engineering for security enhancements, specifically building perimeter security, based on recommendations of the security assessment. The designers are tasked with enhancing school security while maintaining the existing open-campus culture. "This FY2019 request will fund the implementation and construction of those recommendations. The primary focus will be bringing the building perimeter and exterior doors up to the district standard. At present, the vast majority of the exterior doors at LHS are unequipped with electronic door access controls. This means that staff must manually lock exterior doors in the event of a building lock-down. The addition of electronic door access will enable exterior doors to lock instantaneously, if needed. The added infrastructure would allow for procedures to be put in place to set schedules for locking and unlocking doors, providing a more secure campus and eliminating the need to manually lock doors. The proposed project would also incorporate the addition of signage and wayfinding around campus and consider changes to parking lot access during school hours." (Brown Book XI-20) 57