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1 Minutes for the Community Preservation Committee 12/8/2022 Remote Zoom Meeting Meeting Id: 959 3574 6115 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: Jim Malloy (Town Manager), Mike Cronin (Director of Public Facilities), Mark Manasas (Former Member Stone Building Committee), Jeff Howry (former chair of the Stone Building Feasibility/Reuse Committee), Cristina Burwell (Executive Director, Munroe Center for the Arts (MCA)), Steve Poltorzycki (MCA Board Member), Brian Healey (MCA Architect), Sandhya Beebee (Capital Expenditures Committee Liaison), Melissa Battite (Director, Lexington Recreation Department), Peter Coleman (Assistant Director, Lexington Recreation Department), Christian Boutwell (Recreation Committee), Todd Rhodes (Sustainable Lexington Committee), Maggie Peard (Sustainability & Resilience Officer), Carol Rose (Consultant), Dave Pinsonneault (Director of Public Works), Carolyn Kosnoff (Assistant Town Manager-Finance), Jay Peters (Haley & Aldrich), Rick DeAngelis (Chair, Recreation Committee), Rick Reibstein (Sustainable Lexington Committee), Meg Buczynski (Activitas), Elaine Ashton, Sabine Clark, Tom Shiple. Administrative Assistant: Christopher Tierney Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:01 Stone Building: Jim Malloy and Mike Cronin returned to answer any remaining questions the Committee may have had. Mr. Malloy stated that the Town was now proposing to phase the project over multiple years in order to reduce the overall costs per year. Mr. Horton asked about a potential disconnect between the Town and the Lexington Lyceum advocates over the vision of the building (especially with regard to a future operator) and the condition of the structure. Mr. Cronin commented about the phasing in relation to escalating costs by explaining his process for putting out bids: subcontractors are not given a blanket contract and phasing requires new bids each year (or phase). Mr. Cronin also explained how the Department of Public Facilities has floor plans completed but these are not equivalent to full designs, which do not exist for this project yet. Mr. Cronin also stated that the building still needs considerable work, both cosmetic and structural, and that the upgrades to the building (last made in 2009) fall far short of the needs of the building. Mr. Cronin stated that the cost for the rehabilitation of an historic structure like the Stone Building is substantially greater than the construction cost of new structures. Mr. Pressman identified the amount of CPA funds committed to date to be $35,000,000 plus for historic preservation and $12,000,000 for community housing. Mr. Pressman identified the total costs for the Stone Building and M unroe Center projects to be $20,000,000. Mr. Pressman stated that he is uncomfortable with this amount of money and that it would “decimate the other buckets.” Mr. Pressman stated that the allocation of funds