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October 8, 2009 Art. 7 Room Occupancy Excise Rick 10/26 10/28 Art. 8 Contract for Solar Energy Pam 10/14 10/21 Art. 9 Sister City Program Mollie 10/19 10/21 Art. 10 Traffic Mitigation Stabilization Fund Glenn 10/19 10/21 Art. 11 Appropriate to Stabilization Fund Pam 10/19 10/21 Art. 12 Waltham St. Pedestrian Crossing Glenn 10/19 10/21 Art. 13 Amend FY2010 Operating Budget Pam 10/26 10/28 Art. 14 Amend FY2010 Enterprise Funds Budgets Alan, John 10/26 10/28 Editing Glenn final (final) 11/04 3. Appropriation Committee Strategic Planning Session o Pam Hoffman offered an outline for a strategic planning session to examine the role and functioning of the Appropriation Committee. Pam suggested that this session should be held soon after the STM. Mollie and Pam will talk with some potential moderators for the session. 4. School Facilities o Rick Eurich reports that Lexington High School requires approximately $37,000,000 in deferred maintenance and upgrades to bring it into compliance with State standards for public schools. Bowman and Bridge Elementary Schools require another $13,000,000 in maintenance. Estabrook is in very poor condition, but it will be maintained as necessary until it can be rebuilt. Hastings can continue to function with a basic maintenance budget. The town will apply to the state for funding of work on LHS, since it is the largest need. Next in line for state funds would be Estabrook Elementary. 5. Fiscal Task Force o Alan Levine reported on the proceedings of the Town's Fiscal Task Force, which is wrestling with issues such as total compensation (including retirement and vacation benefits) and the negative impact of the regulatory structure when evaluating compensation. The FTF has two more meetings scheduled before the STM and expects to issue a report to the coming STM under Art. 1. 6. Minuteman Tech o Eric Michelson reported that Minuteman Tech is looking to obtain State funding for capital improvements in the form of matching grants. Eric says that Belmont Town Meeting is dissatisfied with the level of its assessment for Minuteman Tech and is investigating whether it can be lowered.