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February 22, 2007 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee February 22, 2007 Place and time: Town Office Building, Room 111, 7:30 p.m. Members present: Al Levine (Chair), Deborah Brown (Vice-Chair), John Bartenstein (Secretary), David Kanter, Mike Kennealy, Eric Michelson, Rob Addelson (ex officio, non-voting) Also present: Charles Lamb (Capital Expenditures Committee); Tom Diaz and Tom Griffiths (School Committee) The meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM. Minutes. 1. Minutes of the meeting held on September 28, 2006 were approved with minor changes. Reports from Staff and Members. 2. Rob Addelson reported that the staff is in the process of preparing the brown budget book but is waiting for the final school numbers. Distribution of the brown book is expected on or about March 16. Town meeting is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 26. It will begin with zoning articles, and the financial articles probably will not be taken up before the second week of April. Capital Articles. 3. A current list of the capital projects expected to be presented to Town Meeting was distributed. Charles Lamb, Chairman of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC), reviewed the list and provided an update on the CEC’s position on each article. Highlights of his presentation were: ?? The CEC supports the Community Preservation Act projects (Article 26) with the exception of: (1) $70,000 for an architectural study of Cary Hall, which it would defer to the fall; (2) $300,000 for the Douglas House project, which it would make contingent on an agreement to pay a PILOT that would be sufficient to repay that amount within about five years; and (3) $53,500 for the Muzzey Condominium architectural study, which it would cut to $11,900 to reflect the percentage of units (20%) for which the Town is responsible. ?? The CEC also supports the Recreation capital projects (Article 29) and most of the municipal capital projects (Article 31), except that it would: (1) delay the Lake Street storm drain reconstruction project until the fall so that a more up-to-date cost estimate can be prepared; (2) request more detail on the ADA projects; and (3) ask that the Munroe Art Center fire alarm request be deferred and considered as a CPA project. - 1 -