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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting May 17, 2023 Page 1 of 4 Location and Time: Remote Meeting; 8:00 A.M. Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Sandy Beebee (joined at 8:32 a.m.); Rod Cole; Michael Boudett; & Lisah Rhodes Members Absent: Sandy Beebee (until 8:32 a.m.) Others Present: John Livsey, Lexington Town Engineer; Emily Scerbo, Consultant, Tighe & Bond; Christina Conchilla, Consultant, Raftelis; and Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance Documents Presented: o Notice of CEC Meeting, May 17, 2023 o Presentation to CEC, “Town of Lexington, Stormwater Enterprise Fund, Raftelis and Tighe & Bond”, May 17, 2023 Call to Order Mr. Lamb called this Remote (Virtual) Meeting, which had been posted as such, to order at 8:04 A.M. As the Committee members and the others joining this meeting had been previously advised of the special conditions of this meeting, he passed on repeating them (i.e., the authority to not require a physical presence of a quorum and other selected terms under the Open Meeting Law had, by legislation Governor Maura Healey signed on March 30, 2023, their expiration extended to March 31, 2025 Mr. Lamb advised that materials provided electronically to the Committee or presented at the meeting, would be available upon request and are those listed in the Minutes as Documents Presented. Any votes during this meeting would be taken by a roll call. By individual conversations to them, Mr. Lamb had accomplished a roll-call attendance and determined that 5 members are present. Presentation and Question & Answer Session Regarding Lexington’s Current Stormwater Management and Plans for Further Compliance with the State’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit Mr. Lamb thanked Ms. Scerbo and Ms. Conchilla for joining us and turned over the session to Mr. Livsey for him and his consultants to make the presentation and respond to Committee questions throughout the session. Mr. Livsey started by advising they may use both Stormwater Enterprise or Stormwater Utility phrases for this matter, and, for us, they are the same thing. He advised that both Ms. Scerbo and Ms. Conchilla have been involved in several Stormwater Utilities throughout Massachusetts, so they are knowledgeable on this same matter. Their goal today is to provide an update on where we are to date and ensure this Committee has a strong understanding what is being proposed, to answer any questions it has, and to leave it with a strong understanding of the many proposed actions about the Utility. The Working Group includes 7-person Town of Lexington Staff—with Ms. Kosnoff having been involved for some time—and the 3-person Consultant Team. Work on the Utility began back in 2018 with some stakeholder discussions. There have been discussions with the Select Board in October 2018