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Capital Expenditures Committee Minutes 11-17-04 LHS Commons II, 6:45 p.m. All members present (Burnell, Edson, Lamb, Rosenberg, Stolz) attended the Budget Collaboration Group [Summit] meeting I for the fiscal year. Following that meeting, the committee remained in session to meet with Department of Public Works Personnel: Bill Hadley (director), Peter Chalpin (engineer), Wayne Brooks (operations/highway), Kelly Zeoli (mgt. analyst), Wayne Medlin (building maintenance), and Dennis Meehan (water/sewer) Also attending: David Kanter, Appropriation Committee liaison All materials from DPW are draft (not through Town Manager process yet) 1. Prior projects •Hadley to give update on ’04-’05 project status •Chalpin to provide update on building envelope spending and reallocations 2. Priorities for this year (out-year detail where provided; usually not provided) •DPW building complex and scheduled equipment replacement (discussed last) •Building envelope: $100,000: $50,000 for ADA accessibility (Cary and police doors?), remainder for structural analysis of floor settling at fire HQ; subsquent years, $1 million annually •Annual street appropriation of $1 million from Town funds and Ch. 90 funds; $7 mil neighborhood street program second year completed except Loring and Basking (2005); southeastern quadrant scheduled for next year •$150,000 storm sewer improvements associated with road reconstruction •Traffic safety improvements (same requests as last year, driven by neighborhood priorities, not Traffic Safety Advisory Committee or Selectmen priorities: Maple and Mass Ave., Concord and Waltham [where Met State mitigation money may be involved]; but Maple and Lowell, high School Committee priority, NOT on list) •Sidewalks; $50,000 to rebrick sidewalk on Edison Way and other projects [need to inspect!]; cannot do along Bedford St. in north end of town, because is state right of way