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03/29/2023 AC Minutes 1 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) March 29, 2023 Place and Time: Robbins Room – Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Ave.; 7:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Alan Levine, Secretary; Eric Michelson; Sean Osborne; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Members Absent: Lily Manhua Yan Other Attendees: Carolyn Goldstein, Mark Manassas (Lexington Lyceum Advocates) At 7:02 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order. Announcements and Liaison Reports Mr. Michelson announced that he had attended a meeting of the Minuteman Regional High School District where there was a discussion about adding new member towns. He briefly stated that MRHS was not ready to take any action and deferred further discussion on the issue to a future meeting of the Committee. Appropriation Committee positions at the 2023 Annual Town Meeting Mr. Parker asked the Committee to vote on recommendations on four proposed amendments to Ar- ticle 10, which covers Community Preservation Committee projects. Motions to recommend ap- proval of the following amendments were made by Mr. Michelson. Amendment 10(b)-Lamb “If Article 10(a) does not pass (Stone Building), then CEC (or I) will offer an amendment to the motion for 10(b) to reduce the $2,000,000 debt to $1,600,000 and increase the $1,000,000 Unbudgeted Reserve amount to $1,400,000.” The Committee voted 6-0 to recommend approval of Amendment 10(b)-Lamb. [During the follow- ing session of Town Meeting, the Committee’s vote was revised to 8-0.] Amendment 10(b)-Himmel “The Monroe Center for the Arts project will adhere to the Town's Integrated Design Policy within the funds available.” The Committee voted 6-0 to recommend approval of Amendment 10(b)-Himmel. [During the fol- lowing session of Town Meeting, the Committee’s vote was revised to 8-0.] The Committee learned that this amendment may be withdrawn because it is redundant for projects administered by the Town. Amendment 10(i)-Krieger “and further, only natural grass turf will be installed in the Lincoln Field improvements.” The Committee voted 0-5-1 to recommend against approval of Amendment 10(i)-Krieger. [During the following session of Town Meeting, the Committee’s vote was revised to 0-7-1.]