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04/07/2021 AC Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee (AC) April 7, 2021 Place and Time: Remote Participation: in accordance with the Governor's March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law; communication took place via a Zoom teleconferencing session that was open to the public; 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Glenn Parker, Chair; Sanjay Padaki, Vice-Chair; Alan Levine, Secretary; Anil Ahuja; John Bartenstein; Vineeta Kumar; Eric Michelson; Meg Muckenhoupt; Lily Manhua Yan; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager, Finance (non-voting, ex officio) Member(s)Absent: None Other Attendees: None Mr. Parker confirmed attendance, reviewed the authorization for meeting remotely, noted that the meeting was being called to order at 7:04 p.m. on April 7, 2021, and stated that the meeting would be recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. He also noted that materials for the meeting were available on-line. Mr. Levine agreed to take minutes. Article 16(g) Mr. Parker stated that the Select Board voted to seek reconsideration of Article 16(g), which requests funds for the renovation of the restroom/storage building at the Center fields, and then to recommend indefinite postponement. Ms. Kosnoff noted that there was concern that the project did not go through the usual vetting process. The process was apparently modeled after the process used in the case of the Old Res bathhouse renovations. Ms. Kosnoff further noted that the designs for the work in the present case were not vetted as extensively as those for the Old Res bathhouse before the request for construction funds was submitted to town meeting. The designs for the Center fields facility should be reviewed by the Permanent Building Committee, the Sustainable Lexington Committee, and the Recreation Committee. If the article disposition is changed to indefinite postponement, the intention is to obtain the reviews and then bring the request for construction funds to a fall special town meeting. It was also noted that the restroom/storage building has been maintained by the DPW and that responsibility for that maintenance was transferred very recently to the Dept. of Public Facilities. Mr. Parker asked whether the storage of sports team equipment in trailers near the restroom/storage facility might be considered. A motion was made and seconded to support reconsideration and then indefinite postponement. Vote (roll call): 9-0. Article 24 Article 24 is the request for funds for a feasibility study regarding Lexington High School to be performed jointly with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). The MSBA Board of Directors has a meeting scheduled every two months with the next one on April 14, at which time they could announce their decision about the High School project. The article will therefore come before town meeting on Wednesday, April 14, 1