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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting Date, Place, and Location: January 8, 2013, 8:00 A.M., Town Office Building, Reed Room (111) Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; Beth Masterman, Vice - Chair; Jill Hai; Bill Hurley; David Kanter Other Attendee(s): Mark Corr, Chief, Police Department; Manuel Ferro, Captain of Operations, Police Department; David Kelland, Chair, Lexington Historical Commission (LHC); Marilyn Fenollosa, LHC; Warren Manhard, Treasurer, Merriam Hill Association; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Documents Presented: • FY2014— FY2018 Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs), Police Department • Applications to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) for FY2014 Funding from the Community Preservation Fund (CPF): LHC • Draft 3 Minutes for the CEC Meeting, January 4, 2013 Call to Order: At the request of Mr. Lamb, Ms. Masterman called the meeting to order at 8:02 A.M. and chaired the meeting. Police Department CIPs: The Committee and Police Department staff discussed these CIPs. • Police Station; Renovation and Add -on Design and Engineering: Chief Corr reported that he is meeting next week with the consultants (The Cecil Group) for the Ad hoc Town -wide Facilities Master Planning Committee (AhTFMPC), which is including alternatives for the Police Station in its study. In discussing the location and program needs of a new Police Station, he made the following comments: To date there has only been a space -needs study, which means that estimated construction costs for a new police station have not been developed. Rough estimates have indicated that a new facility is likely to cost $10 -15 million; A joint fire /police facility requires a large piece of property. The benefits of such a joint -use facility are limited to sharing dispatch services and a fitness and training center. The Police Department works closely with the Human Services Department; this is a better combination than with the Fire Department. Response time is a major consideration when locating fire /police facilities; the current locations work well. Lexington center is a perfect location for the Police Station, but the land area currently used for the station isn't large enough for the needed new or renovated station. Perhaps the Hosmer House could be moved or incorporated into the new Police Station so some of that land would provide for the needed expanded footprint and the need for 3 driveways would be re- evaluated. Page 1 of 4