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Community Preservation Committee Thursday, January 21, 2010 Legion Room, Cary Memorial Building 3:00 pm Present: Betsey Weiss, Chair; Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice Chair; Jeanne Krieger, Wendy Manz, Leo McSweeney, Nathalie Rice, Admin. Asst., Sandy Shaw, and Dick Wolk. Mr. David Kanter of the Capital Expenditures Committee was also in attendance. Ms. Weiss called the meeting to order at 3:08 pm. The purpose of the meeting was to take final votes on 20 projects which sought CPA funding. The total of the projects under consideration was $5,731,329. 1.Update on Town Office Project – Ms. Weiss updated the Committee on the Town Office Building Renovation Project and summarized a letter from Deputy Town Manager, Linda Vine, in which Ms. Vine had addressed some of the costs and timing issues associated with the project. Most importantly, Ms. Vine noted that the final costs of the project would not be known until the design stage had reached the 75% completion point, in the last week of February/first week of March. She also addressed the cost associated with the ground floor ADA bathrooms, stating that the unused funds from the previous Signage/ADA Bathroom article from 2009 (Art. 9(m), ATM 2008) would be used to perform the work. Additionally she stated that the FY11 Capital Request for Server Room Improvements was not duplicative of work that would be done under the Town Offices Renovation project. A discussion ensued in which certain members of the Committee voiced their concerns about the project. In general, members supported the ADA work and agreed with the need to bring the building up to code, but some had reservations about the need to relocate offices to make a more efficient working environment. Ms. Fenollosa suggested requesting a separate estimate for the ADA and code upgrades in order to give the CPC an idea of what they considered to be priority work. Ms. Weiss brought up the point that in the next 2-3 years, CPA funds will be sought for higher priority projects such as renovations to the Fire Station and Police Station. 2.Final Vote on Projects – Ms. Weiss called for final votes on projects. Many projects were voted on without discussion. Where there was lengthy discussion, it is noted. Minuteman Bikeway Preservation$320,000(9-0) a. - No discussion. 1