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02/16/2022 AC Minutes time. The stone dust sidewalks on the Battle Green will be replaced with a more suitable sidewalk surface as part of the Battle Green Master Plan work. ➢ Reconfiguring the parking area around the Town Office Building and the Police Station will be part of the Police Station Project, which is being managed by DPF. ➢ Parking spaces with charging equipment for electric vehicles have already been added to most of the center parking areas. They are not heavily used during the day. ➢ The Transportation Safety Group (working group)recommends the sequencing for new sidewalks. Installing a sidewalk on Burlington Street is currently scheduled for FY2027. It will be a particularly difficult project. In response to questions, Ms. Kosnoff reported that the term of debt for the Battle Green Streetscape project would likely be 10-15 years. The term for the police station could be 20- 30 years, with potentially different terms for different components, and 30 years is anticipated for the high school. • 2022 ATM Article 14: Wastewater System Improvements: Mr. Pinsonneault and Mr. Livsey explained that a 2013 study identified a program for upgrading or replacing (mostly replacing) nine of the Town's 10 pump stations, one per year. The cost of a new pump station has historically ranged from $800,000 to $1.2 million, based on its size. The lowest of the recently received bids for the work on the eighth station (Hayden Ave.)was approximately $1.7 million, about $400,000 more than the expected amount of$1.2 to $1.3 million. Although there is adequate funding from previous appropriations to cover that additional cost, it is necessary to increase the funding requested under this article for the ninth station (North St.). A grant that would cover part of the cost is also being pursued. It is not advisable to delay the replacements of either of these pump stations because of their current condition. Once the nine pump stations are replaced, annual replacements will not be necessary. If maintained properly they can last about 50 years. • 2022 STM-1 Article 2: Police Station Replacement: Mr. Cronin reported that construction development documents for a new police station should be ready in another 30 days. A value engineering process is taking place to reduce costs. Assuming an appropriation is approved at the 2022 STM-1, scheduled for March 28, a debt exclusion override in early June is anticipated. If this passes, the police department would be moved to 173 Bedford Street, which is scheduled to be ready by July 1, and the bidding process, which should take about six weeks, would begin. This is an aggressive schedule, but construction could begin in September. The Town has already appropriated $2.7 million for this project, and another $32.8 million, which is based on a recent estimate, is being requested. That includes $2.8 million in contingency funding, approximately $300,000 to move the Hosmer House to the other side of the property, and $500,000 for unexpected findings associated with soils. The Historic Districts Commission is holding a March 3 hearing, during which the Town's request to demolish the Hosmer House will be discussed. A demolition permit seems unlikely. The new police facility plans include a generator and"solar ready" components. The current radio tower on the Police Station will be replaced with a 120-foot structure that is five feet in diameter and will include antennas for servicing cell phones and for Town information technology communication, as well as for emergency services. This is a separate project that will be paid for and done by AT&T, which will lease the space below 80 feet. The new tower will not be on top of the new station. The massive size of the new tower presents 2