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1 Minutes for the Community Preservation Committee 11/3/2022 Remote Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 928 5649 0635 Committee members present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), Jeanne Krieger (Vice Chair), Kevin Beuttell, Bob Creech, David Horton, Lisa O’Brien, Bob Pressman, Mark Sandeen, Melinda Walker Other Attendees: Amber Carr (Conservation Coordinator), Karen Mullins (Director, Conservation Department), Philip Hamilton (Chair, Conservation Commission), Ruth Ladd (Conservation Commission), Nancy Sofen (Follen Church), Carol Ward (Executive Director, Lexington Historical Society), Lester Savage (Director, Lexington Historical Society), Sandhya Beebee (Capital Expenditures Committee liaison), Carolyn Kosnoff (Assistant Town Manager, Finance). Administrative Assistant: Christopher Tierney Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:03 Willard’s Woods Site Improvement: Karen Mullins and Amber Carr presented a $1.3 million- dollar request to improve the Willard’s Woods site. The request would include changes to the parking area, trail improvements by the fire pit area and expanding walking and biking trails and improvements to the wet meadow near the pond, as well as increased roadway access. Ms. Mullins also commented that the Conservation Commission would be meeting on Monday 11/7 to finalize the design choices and have a better idea of the overall cost of the project. Ms. Walker asked about funding, especially since there was no amount presented for design and engineering. Ms. Mullins stated that these were already approved. Ms. Walker then asked about options 4, 6 and 8 on the KZLA Preliminary Cost Estimate Chart and whether already- encumbered funds have been used for this. Ms. Mullins said that they have. Ms. Mullins and Ms. Carr also went into greater detail about the trail expansion at the site to allow for 2 bicycles and to become ADA- accessible. The Committee had a series of questions on the plans for Willard’s Woods in terms of parking, trail materials, boardwalks, parking capacity, and parking lot materials. Each option that the Conservation Commission needs to consider has different costs and these vary significantly from one to another. Ms. Mullins stated that any funds that were unencumbered throughout the project would be returned to the CPC fund. Both Ms. Mullins and Ms. Carr went over the variety of options that the Conservation Commission has to choose from and this caused some confusion with the Committee members. Mr. Sandeen mentioned that he was uncomfortable with fully committing to the project without a concise plan being chosen. After some discussion the Committee decided to table the proposal until