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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting October 30, 2019 Funding for 25% Design of the Route 4/225 Bedford Street—Hartwell Avenue—Wood Street Transportation Improvement Project. Approval of Minutes It was moved and seconded that the Draft#3 Minutes of the CEC Meeting, October 23, 2019, be approved as amended. Vote: 6-0 Committee's Draft #2 Report to the 2019-1 STM • Article 3: It was noted that this Article now includes a $702,697 transfer of available funds into the Capital Stabilization Fund—down from the earlier $761,872. That reflects two other adjustments that use available funds: The LED Streetlight Conversion (Article 9) is $54,675 more than earlier contemplated and the Town Manager Personal Services (Article 4, 8200) has been increased by $4,500 (to $47,500) in the operating budget for a new Sustainability-Director position filled for half of the fiscal year. It was moved and seconded to recommend all the elements of Article 3 as discussed. Vote: 6-0 • Article 8, Appropriate Funding for 25% Design of the Route 4/225 Bedford Street— Hartwell Avenue—Wood Street Transportation Improvement Project: Mr. Smith provided some minor edits. Mr. Cole suggested that the summary to be spoken for the majority report needed to be more robust and the minority report should be shorter. He read an enhanced majority-report summary that was then supported by this Committee, and Mr. Kanter agreed to reduce the length of the minority report summary—with a goal of one or two sentences for each bulleted text. It was moved and seconded to support Article 8 and its text in the draft report as discussed and with the pending amendments. Vote:5-1 • Article 9, LED Streetlight Conversion:There was discussion about the color of the new lights and the warranty. Mr. Smith agreed to add some text to the draft report about those issues. It was moved and seconded to support Article 9 and the text in the draft report as discussed and with the pending amendments. Vote: 6-0 Overall Report: It was moved and seconded to approve the report with the cited amendments, and with the Chair or Vice-Chair authorized to make any further changes that are compatible with the Committee's decisions for each of the three Articles. Vote: 6-0 Member Concerns and Liaison Reports: As all the members are present at this meeting and for all the votes, it was agreed there was no need to meet for the posted Friday morning meeting (November 1, 2019). Mr. Kanter will report the meeting cancellation to the Town Clerk's Office and the room-reservation cancellation to the Town Manager's Office. Adjourn: A Motion was made and seconded at 9:09 A.M. to adjourn. Vote: 6-0. These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on November, 6, 2019. Page 3 of 3