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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting February 24, 2015 Town Office Building, Reed Room; 8:00 .. Location and Time: AM Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Elizabeth Barnett Members Present: \[8:08 ..arrival\]; Rod Cole; Wendy Manz AM None Members Absent: Joe Pato, Chair, Board of Selectmen (BoS)\[9:45 .. arrival\]; Others Present: AM Judy Crocker, School Committee (SC); Jon Himmel, Co-Chair, Permanent Building Committee (PBC); Kate Colburn, Lexington Parents Advocacy Group, Fiske Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Documents Presented: Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda for February24,2015 Draft #5 Minutes of the CEC Meeting January 30, 2015 (Distributed by Mr. KanterÈs e-mail to the other CEC Members and Ms. Arnold, February 13, 2015 6:48 .) PM Draft #3 Minutes of the CEC Meeting, February 13, 2015 (Distributed by Mr. KanterÈs e-mail to the other CEC Members and Ms. Arnold, February 23, 2015 5:11 ..) PM School Building Project Consensus Plan, Draft for the 25 February 2015 Lexington Budget Summit; Revised with comments from the SC and Appropriation Committee (2/23/15) Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 8:03 .. Call to Order: AM The following votes on Minutes were taken: Approval of Minutes: th A Motion was made and seconded to revoke the February 13 approval of the Draft #4 Minutes of the CEC Meeting for January 30, 2015, as amended, and to approve the Draft #5 Minutes of said CEC Meeting. Vote: 4Ã0 A Motion was made and seconded to approve the Draft #3 Minutes of the CEC Meeting for February 13, 2015, with changes, as discussed. Vote: 4Ã0 No action. Capital Projects in the TownÈs FY2016ÃFY2020 Capital Program: Implementation of the School CommitteeÈs School Master Plan for the DistrictÈs There was discussion about a draft document that describes a funding strategy Facilities: associated with the next steps for the School Building Master Plan. The goal is to identify a consensus approach with input from Carl Valente, Town Manager; Rob Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance; Paul Ash, Superintendent of Schools; and representatives from the SC, CEC, BoS, and PBC. In response to ongoing and future school-overcrowding issues, and building replacement or renovation needs, an appropriation request for approximately $4.0 million is being proposed for the March 23, 2015, Special Town Meeting (STM) #1. The STM article would provide funding to develop various school-building projects to differing levels of design and/or development of construction documents. It is anticipated that a plan for addressing the enrollment demand three to five years hence should be available by late summer/early fall. The draft consensus document identifies a process, including a summer 2015 Budget Summit, for releasing funds for projects that are Page 1 of 3