HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-01-11-CEC-minMinutes from Capital Expenditures Committee Meeting
O1 /11 /11, 8:00am, Town Office Building, Rm 111
Members Present: Bill Hurley, David Kanter, Shirley Stolz, Charles Lamb (Chair)
Member Absent: Ted Edson
Other Attendees:
Joel Adler (Community Preservation Committee [CPC]), Dawn McKenna (Tourism Committee)
Documents Presented and Reviewed:
Capital Request Summaries (Battle Green Master Plan Implementation & revisit of the Battle Green
Monument[s] Restoration and of the Schools' Food Service Equipment)
Discussion of Battle - Green - Related Projects
Lexington/Concord is the 4"' most visited joint - community area in the State. (Boston, Cambridge,
Salem are 1 -3.) Proposal is $100K:
(1) $50K for the Department of Public Works (DPW) project, Battle Green Monument[s]
Restoration Project, already presented to this Committee by their Dave Pinsonneault (Director of
Public Grounds), and which has already been approved by the CPC. That project is just for the
monuments —not the walkways or surfaces surrounding the monuments —and is not dependent on
those walks and surfaces being done at the same time.
(2) $50K for the Battle Green Master Plan Implementation Project, and which has already been
approved by the CPC for just work ancillary to the monuments —such as walkways and adjacent
surfaces. It is proposed to put granite on the most heavily used walking paths and stabilized composite
for the rest of walkways and surfaces.
McKenna reported that the intent is to have both projects combined into one. If they can combine them,
they will, but they at least want to do the monument restoration this year. The projects aren't combined
yet as the Town Manager did not want to get ahead of the Board of Selectmen as it has yet to have a
discussion of the Implementation Plan. The public comment period on the draft Implementation Plan is
until 2/1/11.
Restoration of the Hayes Fountain (at the base of the Minuteman Statue) is also a high priority of the
Tourism Committee, but it was questioned whether the Lexington Field & Garden Club —which has
maintained the plantings in the fountain for decades—is in agreement on that restoration. As the
current estimates for the walkways and surfaces is $40K and $20K for the restoration of the Hayes
Fountain, the Tourism Committee would want the Implementation Project to be increased to $60K
making the FY2012 total for both projects be $11 OK.
As an estimate for all years is about $850K, if the $10K for the fountain is not made available in
FY2012, a current projection of the split would be the $100K in FY2012, about $340K in FY2013, and
about $410K in FY2014. Those will be offset by grant amounts, if obtained.
Schools' Food Service Equipment Project
The request is for $83,763. $63,763 is for ovens and mixer; $20K is for the cafeteria security gates. We
had recommended the gates work not be included as a capital request.
Adjourn: 9:20am
These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on February 8, 2011.