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RECEIVED10/13/2021 AC Minutes k 0 201 IIS ov, 5 a ui °m TOWN CLERK Minutes LEXINGTON MA Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) October 13, 2021 Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with Section 20 of Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021 "An Act Relative to Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency", communication took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Meg Muckenhoupt; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Members)Absent: Eric Michelson Other Attendees: David Kanter, Vice-Chair& Clerk, Capital Expenditures Committee; Eileen Jay, Vice-Chair, School Committee; Deepika Sawhney, School Committee; Dave Pinsonneault, Director, Department of Public Works; Mike Cronin, Director, Department of Public Facilities; Sara Arnold, Recording Secretary Mr. Parker reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, noted that the meeting was being called to order at 7:33 p.m. on October 13, 2021, stated that the meeting was being recorded for the purpose of creating minutes, and confirmed attendance by roll call. Announcements and Liaison Reports Mr. Parker reported that the night before the Select Board (SB) heard a number of presentations relating to Special Town Meeting (STM) 2021-1 articles but did not take any positions. Preparation of the Committee Report to Special Town Meeting (STM) 2021-1 Mr. Parker led a discussion on the following STM warrant articles: • Article 5: Appropriate for Police Station Architectural Design and Swing Space Construction: Mr. Parker, Ms. Kosnoff and Mr. Cronin reported that, based on public input, two design options for the new police station were presented to the SB last night. Current cost estimates may be low. Option B was approximately $2.8 million more expensive than Option Aan increase of about 10%. The SB voted to pursue Option B, which includes extra capabilities and flexibility in part deriving from the community conversations about policing. The article is requesting $870,000 to renovate 173 Bedford Street(current estimate, $614,100) as swing space, to move police operations from the current station to the swing space, and to complete a design for the new facility (current estimate, $254,215). These funds are needed at this time to be able to go to the 2022 Annual Town Meeting (ATM)for final design and construction funds. The current schedule is for bids to renovate the swing space to go out in January 2022, the swing space to be ready by July 1, and demolition of the current police station to occur between late 2022 and early 2023. The project is expected to take 18 months, with construction completed in early 2024. The current plan is that a debt exclusion would include all of the funds appropriated for this project. Ms. Kosnoff agreed to provide an overall summary of all the expenses (previously appropriated and to be requested) associated with this project. A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of Article 5. The motion was approved by roll call vote. VOTE: 7-0 1