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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-2019 ATM Article 20 Appropriate for Public Facilities Capital Projects Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation $4,744,053 See below Approve(9-0) 20(a-f) Approve(8-0-1) 20(g) This article requests the appropriation of funds for the facilities projects summarized below. Project Description Funds Funding Source Recommendation Requested (a)Public Facilities Bid Documents $100,000 Free Cash Approve(9-0) (b)Facilities and Site Improvements • Building Floor Program $125,000 Free Cash Approve(9-0) • School Paving& Sidewalks Program $326,740 Free Cash (c)Municipal Building Envelopes and Systems $203,865 Tax Levy Approve(9-0) (d) School Building Envelopes and Systems $233,448 Free Cash Approve(9-0) (e)LHS Field House Track Resurfacing $250,000 Free Cash Approve(9-0) (f)Public Facilities Mechanical/Electrical $605,000 GF Debt Approve(9-0) System Replacements Westview Cemetery Facility Construction $2 800 000 GF Debt/Sale of A (g) Cemetery Lots SRF Approve (8-0-1) (h) Cary Library Children's Room Renovation $100,000 Free Cash Approve(9-0) Design For further discussion of items in this request,please see the report of the Capital Expenditures Committee and the Brown Book. This Committee concurs with the rationale advanced by the Capital Expenditures Committee in its report for approving the appropriations listed above. Article 20(2) This is a request for construction funds for a new office and equipment maintenance building on the Westview Cemetery grounds, including the costs of demolition, architectural, and engineering services, original equipment, furnishings, landscaping, paving and other site and traffic improvements incidental or related to such construction. Westview Cemetery is the Town's active cemetery with an average of 200 burials per year. The existing building at the site houses the cemetery office and the workspace for maintenance staff. The building has deteriorated and does not meet current building code, and the maintenance area is small and not all of the cemetery equipment can be stored indoors which affects its durability and life.Furthermore,the building is too small to allow for a private space for grieving families. As a result,visitors making cemetery arrange- ments,or gathering prior to a funeral service,are subject to intrusion by staff entering and leaving the office, and to noise from maintenance activity in the adjacent garage. The new building design has adequate and efficiently laid out office space, enough storage space to keep all equipment indoors, and it will provide a welcoming and private space for families and visitors. At the 2015 Annual Town Meeting, $35,000 was appropriated to hire an architect to assess the current building, and to determine if the existing building can be renovated and expanded, or if a new building is needed. The assessment was performed by TBA Architects Inc., and at the 2017 Annual Town Meeting, 40