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<br />Minutes of the <br />Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting <br />March 10, 2015 <br /> Town Office Building, Reed Room; 8:00 .. <br />Location and Time: <br />AM <br /> Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Elizabeth Barnett; <br />Members Present: <br />Rod Cole; Wendy Manz <br /> None <br />Members Absent: <br /> Joe Pato, Chair, Board of Selectmen (BoS); Carl Valente, Town Manager; <br />Others Present: <br />Bill Hadley, Director, Department of Public Works (DPW); John Livsey, Town Engineer, <br />DPW; Dave Pinsonneault, Manager of Operations, DPW; Rob Addelson, <br />Assistant Town Manager for Finance; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary <br />Documents Presented: <br />Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda for March10,2015 <br />Draft #3 Minutes of the CEC Meeting February 24, 2015 (Distributed by Mr. KanterÈs <br /> <br />e-mail, March 3, 2015 7:24 .. to the other CEC Members and Ms. Arnold) <br />PM <br />BoS List of Articles that Might be Considered for Consent-Agenda Concept at Town <br /> <br />Meeting (Distributed by Mr. KanterÈs e-mail, March 5, 2015 11:09 .m. to the other <br />A <br />CEC members, Ms. Arnold, and Glenn Parker, Chair, Lexington Appropriation <br />Committee) <br />Material Prepared by Ms. Manz for the Programs Section of the CEC Report to 2015 <br /> <br />rd <br />Annual Town Meeting (ATM) & 2015 Special Town Meetings (STMs) (March 23): <br /> and Å <br />ÅConservation and Open SpaceÆRecreationÆ <br />Draft #3 CEC report to 2015 ATM & 2015 STMs (Mar 23th) (Distributed by <br /> <br />Mr. KanterÈs e-mail, March 3, 2015 7:24 .. to the other CEC Members and <br />PM <br />Ms. Arnold) <br /> Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 8:00 .. <br />Call to Order: <br />AM <br /> Mr. Valente noted <br />Capital Projects in the TownÈs FY2016ÃFY2020 Capital Program: <br />that the CEC is currently not supporting a number of Capital Articles that are being <br />supported by the BoS and Appropriation Committee. He wanted to understand this <br />CommitteeÈs reasoning for its positions and provide additional information, as appropriate. <br />Those Articles were discussed as follows: <br /> <br />ATM Article 11: Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment: <br /> <br /> Ms. Barnett <br />(a)Center Streetscape Improvements and EasementsÄPhase 1: <br /> <br />explained that, according to her analysis, only $500,000 of the $2.7 funding <br />request is for safety-related components, i.e., a traffic signal and crosswalks. <br />Given the TownÈs other financial pressures for new buildings and expanded <br />school capacity, this does not appear to be an appropriate time to fund the <br />aesthetic enhancements that are part of the project. Ms. Barnett also expressed <br />concern about doing work that might be disrupted by future projects associated <br />with a new police headquarters and/or use of the Hammond A. Hosmer House. <br />Mr. Livsey made several points, including the following: <br />Page 1 of 5 <br /> <br />