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Town of Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee Meeting Notes October 8, 2002 Town Hall, Room 111 Committee members present: Bhatia, Burnell, Hornig, Rosenberg, Stolz The committee elected Narain Bhatia vice chair, to act in Shirley Stolz’s absence. Minutes of the September 24 meeting were approved, and may be forwarded to Appropriation Committee liaisons. The contact list for Committee members may also be circulated by Stolz to Appropriation and other interested persons. Committee members devoted the meeting to considering matters of substance to be raised with each Town department likely to have significant capital items in the next one- and five- year periods; the schedule for briefings with each department to review capital plans; and overall goals for the year. Department capital issues 1. Schools Burnell discussed general issues: the new facilities/buildings supervisor; progress in moving along construction plans for Harrington; and the undetermined small-ticket capital items likely to be presented for this year. Among items likely to figure in the current budgeting/2003 Town Meeting (for FY 2004) are: •High school noise-abatement modifications •Identified small-ticket items (Clarke gym floor, roof repairs, Hastings wall repair, etc.) It is unknown whether the School Committee will ask now for planning funds for renovation/replacement of Bowman and Estabrook schools, or if that will be a 2004 budgeting/Town Meeting request (the funds likely to be borrowed and spent at once, in preparation for spring 2005 debt-exclusion vote including the plans for those schools). Major issues concerning the next phases of elementary- school work include programming for flexibility in space (vs. future changes in use or curriculum design); rigorous