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JS�®pN�N Minutes of the �3 Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting H October 30, 2019 Location and Time: Town Office Building, Parker Room (G-15); 7:45 A.M. Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Sandy Beebee; Rod Cole; Wendy Manz; Frank Smith Members Absent: None Others Present: Mark Corr, Chief, Police Department (Dept.); Michael McLean, Captain of Operations, Police Dept.; Derek Sencabaugh, Chief, Fire & Rescue Dept.; Christopher Ford, Assistant Chief, Fire & Rescue Dept.; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance; Jennifer Hewitt, Budget Officer; Nick Nichols, Appropriation Committee Documents Presented: • Notice of CEC Meeting, October 30, 2019 • Draft #3 Minutes of the CEC Meeting, October 23, 2019 • Draft #2 Capital Expenditures Committee Report to the 2019-1 Special Town Meeting (STM) • Police and Fire and Rescue FY2021-FY2025 Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) • Police Dept. responses to CEC Questions Provided Regarding the Police FY2021-FY2025 CIPs (Police Q&A) • Fire & Rescue Dept. responses to CEC Questions Provided Regarding the Fire & Rescue FY2021-FY2025 CIPs (Fire & Rescue Q&A) Call to Order: Mr. Lamb called the meeting to order at 7:45 A.M. Review of the Police Dept FY2021-FY2025 CIPs Chief Corr discussed CIP #967, Police Outdoor/Indoor Firing Range—Hartwell Avenue. In addition to his written responses to questions submitted by this Committee, he provided the following information: • The 30-foot earth berm at the current Hartwell Avenue outdoor range helps attenuate the noise from shooting practice, but it is still necessary to restrict use of the range to 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. to minimize the disruption to residential areas. • The size of the current outdoor range does not facilitate dynamic shooting practice, which incorporates the movement of targets. • The goal is for a new shooting range with a noise attenuating, all-weather roof that would restrict noise from traveling to residential areas while maintaining air flow features that would minimize the need for "scrubbing" the air within the building after use. • Shooting ranges across eastern Massachusetts are closing; currently, Towns are bartering their services and use of their facilities so that the departments get the target practice required by the State, but practicing more than two times a year would be considerably more desirable. • This CIP requests design funds; once a design is available, it is likely that Lexington could get grant money for building a range for target practice. There is considerable support from a variety of entities. Page 1 of 3