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9/1/2016 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) September 1, 2016 Place and time: Parker Room, Town Office Building, 7:30 p.m. Members present. John Bartenstein, Vice Chair and Secretary; Kate Colburn; Mollie Garberg; Alan Levine; Eric Michelson; Richard Neumeier; Andrei Radulescu -Banu; Rob Addelson (non- voting, ex officio) Members Absent: Glenn Parker, Chair Membership Note: There is one vacancy on the Committee which has yet to be filled. Others Present: David Kanter, Vice -Chair & Clerk, Capital Expenditures Committee; Elaine Ashton, Town Meeting member The meeting was called to order at 7:33 pm. 1. Articles for Special Town Meeting (STM) 2016 -5 The articles were discussed in the order presented below, as follows: • Article 5: Appropriate Funds for Police Station Feasibility Study: The requested $65,000 would be used to create schematic /conceptual designs for a new /renovated police station at the current site and for a new station at 171 -173 Bedford Street, providing two options for consideration. Mr. Michelson reported that he and Jill Hai, Chair, CEC, recently met with and learned the following from Police Chief Mark Corr: > The requested amount is based on the 2010 Donham & Sweeney Public Safety Building Feasibility Study; a lot has changed since 2010, particularly in terms of technical needs. The Study should only be used as a starting point. > The current facility is 12,500 square feet; 25,000 square feet is needed. > The current facility has structural deficiencies /inadequacies, including: • There are no sprinklers. • The station is located on a fault but is not designed to be earthquake- proof. • The installation of air conditioning units resulted in structural damage along a back wall. • The facility is not Americans with Disability Act accessible, e.g., there is no elevator. • There is a serious shortage of evidence storage space; evidence must be kept longer than was required in the past. Such space does not need to be on -site, but it must be secure. • The booking area needs a shower. • The boiler room is used to store bicycles and all kinds of batteries. • There is only one indoor parking space.