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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting March 3, 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: Glenn Parker, Chair, Appropriation Committee (AC); Deborah Brown, Others Present: Town Moderator; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Documents Presented: Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda for March 3, 2015 Draft Minutes of the CEC Meeting February 25, 2015 (Distributed by Mr. KanterÈs e-mail, February 25, 2015 11:22 .., to the other CEC Members and Ms. Arnold) PM Extract of Special Town Meeting (STM)#1 Article 2 from Pending Draft #2 CEC rd Report to 2015 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) & 2015 STMs (Mar 23), March 2, 2015 Extract Affordable Housing from Pending Draft #2 CEC Report to 2015 ATM & rd 2015 STMs (Mar 23) Changes NOT yet vetted by Wendy, March 2, 2015 Memorandum to Jill Hai from Melisa Tintocalis, Economic Development Director; February 19, 2015; RE: Additional Information on Parking Meter Capital Request (Distributed by Ms. HaiÈs e-mail, February 24, 2015 09:45 ..) AM Draft #1 CEC report to 2015 ATM & 2015 STMs (Mar 23th) (Distributed by Mr. KanterÈs e-mail, March 2, 2015 3:40 .., to the other CEC Members and AM Ms. Arnold) Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 8:03 .. Call to Order: AM A Motion was made and seconded to approve the Draft Minutes of Approval of Minutes: the CEC Meeting for February 25, 2015. (Ms. Barnett abstained; she was not Vote: 4Ã0Ã1 at the meeting.) After an introduction by Mr. Kanter of the Town Member Concerns and Liaison Reports: Moderator goal to begin using a ÅConsent AgendaÆ at Town Meetings, Ms. Brown discussed her proposal to present such an Agenda to the 2015 ATM. The ÅConsent AgendaÆ would include pre-selected, non-controversial, and administrative Articles for presentation as a single motion. She noted that Consent Agendas are used by the Lexington Board of Selectmen (BoS) and by Town Meetings in other towns to increase efficiency. This springÈs long warrant provides an opportune time to introduce the idea as a pilot program. She identified articles that might be considered and added the following principles: The included Articles would be identified and described well in advance of the Consent Agenda being presented to Town Meeting. Only Articles that are unanimously supported by the BoS, the AC, and this Committee would be included. Page 1 of 5