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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting June 3, 2014 Town Office Building, Parker Room; 8:00 .. Location and Time: AM David Kanter, Vice-Chair; Wendy Manz; Bill Hurley Members Present: Jill Hai, Chair; Beth Masterman Members Absent: Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Others Present: Documents Presented: Notice of Meeting/Agenda for CEC Meeting, June 3, 2014 Draft #3 of CEC Report to the 2014 Special Town Meeting (STM) (June 16) Ms. ManzÈs Input, June 2, 2014, to the CEC Input to the Board of SelectmenÈs (BoSÈ) Goal Setting (June19,2014) Ms.ManzÈs Summary, June2,2014, of the Board and Committee Chair Training, May 16, 2014 BoS Policy, ÅRemote Participation at Posted MeetingsÆ, approved by the BoS on March 10, 2014 In Ms. HaiÈs absence, Mr. Kanter called the meeting to order at 8:04 .. Call to Order: AM The Articles on Preparation for the CommitteeÈs Report to the June 16, 2014, STM: which this Committee will be reporting were discussed as follows: Article 3: Land AcquisitionÄOff Concord Avenue: The purpose of this Article is for the Conservation Commission (ConCom) to acquire a landlocked parcel of approximately 12 acres off 430 Concord Avenue. If the purchase were pursued, it is anticipated that Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds will be used. To meet requirements for the use of CPA funds, the Town was required to seek two appraisalsÄwhich the Town has now received. Details are being discussed by the BoS in Executive Session. The BoS must th decide by June 9 if they want to take such a request to the Community Preservation th CommitteeÈs June 10 meeting. It was noted that this purchase would resolve a title question associated with the parcel, which the Town has considered it owned and which it had designated as conservation land, but whose title is contested by the owner of the front lot at that address. In a straw vote, there was 3Ã0 support for this Article, but it was agreed that the Town should only purchase the land if Town Meeting approves Article 4 (discussed below). Article 4: Authorize Easement on Land at 430 Concord Avenue: The Town currently has a sewer easement on the front lot, but no other access rights. This Article is requesting authority to obtain an easement for public access on the front lotÄto include up to the Southern boundary with the back lot. This Committee agreed that it is appropriate to have an easement that also allows for public access from Concord Avenue to the back lot. A motion was made and seconded to ask the BoS to request that Town Meeting address Article 4 before Article 3. VOTE: 3Ã0 Page 1 of 3