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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting October 6, 2022 Page 1 of 2 Location and Time: Remote Meeting; 8:00 A.M. Members Present (remote participation): Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice−Chair & Clerk; Sandy Beebee; Mike Boudett; & Lisah Rhodes Members Absent: Rod Cole Others Present (remote participation): Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair, Community Preservation Committee (CPC)); Bob Pressman (Member, CPC); Betsy Weiss, Carol Marine (Member, Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee (AHTSC)); Liz Rust (Director, Regional Housing Services Office); Gretchan Reisig (Vice-Chair, AHTSC); Jeri Foutter (Member, AHTSC, Chair, Housing Partnership Board); Sara Morison (LexHAB); Carolyn Kosnoff (Assistant Town Manager for Finance); Katharine Labrecque (Lexington Budget Officer); Linda Prosnitz (Member, AHTSC); Tara Mizrahi (Member, AHTSC); and Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development) Documents Presented: • Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda CEC Meeting, October 6, 2022 • Affordable Housing Trust Follow Up Information • Draft Warrant for the Special Town Meeting (STM) 2022-3 Call to Order Mr. Lamb called this Remote (Virtual) Meeting, which had been posted as such, to order at 8:00 A.M. As the Committee members and the others joining this meeting had been previously advised of the special conditions of this meeting, he passed on repeating them (i.e., the authority to not require a physical presence of a quorum and other selected terms under the Open Meeting Law had, by legislation Governor Charles D. Baker signed on July 16, 2022, their expiration extended to March 31, 2023.) Mr. Lamb advised that materials provided electronically to the Committee or presented at the meeting, would be available upon request and are those listed in the Minutes as Documents Presented. Any votes during this meeting would be taken by a roll call. Further, this meeting would be recorded to assist in preparing Minutes, and the recording would be deleted once the Minutes are approved. Mr. Lamb conducted a roll-call attendance and determined that all six members are present. Affordable Housing Trust Follow Up Mr. Lamb opened the discussion, and it entailed both questions and answers between this Committee’s members, the others in attendance, and between both groups. When there was no further discussion, Mr. Lamb thanked both the Committee members and the others in attendance for the very constructive understanding of that project. As this was only an information-gathering discussion, only a “straw vote” was taken by the Committee, and it was four in favor and one abstain by Mr. Kanter. Potential Warrant for the STM 2022-3 Mr. Lamb identified each of the Articles in the order in that Warrant, and which fell outside this Committee’s responsibility would not be included in this Committee’s report to that STM unless a Committee member disagreed—and there were no disagreements. Throughout the discussion, Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistance Town Manager for Finance, provided very important