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09/14/2023 AC Minutes 1 Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) September 14, 2023 Place and Time: Remote participation via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; John Bartenstein; Eric Michelson; Lily Manhua Yan (8:12pm); Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Members Absent: Anil Ahuja; Sean Osborne Other Attendees: David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee; Sara Cuthbertson, School Com- mittee; Rosalyn Impink, Lexington Budget Officer At 7:34 p.m. Mr. Parker called the meeting to order. The meeting was recorded for the purpose of generating minutes. A roll call of the members was taken to note their attendance. Preliminary Mr. Parker welcomed a new staff member, Rosalyn Impink, who started the previous week as the Town’s Budget Officer. Mr. Parker then asked the Committee members if there was any objection to his use of an AI soft- ware application called “Jamie” to produce a transcript as well as a summary of the meeting that could be useful in creating a first draft of minutes. After a brief discussion regarding the nature of the product and how the audio recording would be used, the Committee agreed to proceed. Announcements and Liaison Reports Mr. Parker summarized his participation in a “Goals Setting” seminar for Town committees to pro- vide feedback to the Select Board. The main feedback he provided was that the Committee would like the Select Board to provide timely and comprehensive information about their positions on warrant articles. Mr. Levine reported on the work of the School Building Committee, which has hired the architec- ture firm of Dore + Whittier as the Town’s Owner’s Project Manager to provide overall support throughout the MSBA design and construction process. This same firm also worked on the Hastings Elementary School and the Police Headquarters Station projects. They are currently supporting the selection of a design team for the high school project, which has attracted six candidate proposals. A committee of 18 people, i.e., the Designer Selection Panel which includes 3 representatives from Lexington and 15 designated by the MSBA, will make the choice from the list of candidates. This decision should be finalized by mid-October after which the Feasibility phase will begin. The Fea- sibility phase will be followed by the Schematic Design phase which is nominally projected to con- tinue into late 2025. The School Building Committee and Dore + Whittier are holding a community meeting this evening to give a status report and receive input from the public. School Building Committee related material including agendas, minutes, presentations, and meeting recordings may be found by clicking on “LHS Building Project” that is located on the LPS home web page. Mr. Parker asked if the decision on renovation versus reconstruction had been resolved. Mr. Levine responded that the feasibility phase is required to produce at least three options including: