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Minutes from Capital Expenditures Committee Meeting <br />1/25/2011, 8:OOam, Town Office Building, Rm 111 <br />Members Present: David Kanter, Shirley Stolz, Charles Lamb (Chair), Ted Edson <br />(Vice- Chair) <br />Member Absent: Bill Hurley <br />Other Attendees: Ginger McGuire (Muzzey High Condominium Association <br />[Association], Muzzey Community Preservation Subcommittee), Joel Adler (Community <br />Preservation Committee [CPC]) <br />Documents Presented and Reviewed: 1 -Page Handout from Ms. McGuire, "Muzzey <br />Window Replacement Project ", undated. <br />Mr. Lamb called the meeting to order at 8:OOam. <br />Muzzey Condominium Association — Window Replacement: <br />Ms. McGuire made a presentation on the project the Association submitted to the CPC <br />for funding of the difference in cost for the Renewal by Andersen replacement windows <br />required by the Historic District Commission (HDC) (estimated at $2,855 /window, <br />including installation) and what a Castle vinyl window would cost (estimated at <br />$931 /window, including installation). The HDC has been involved in this process for <br />about a year. The CPC has approved this project if in the form of a no- interest loan, to <br />be repaid when a unit is sold. <br />In 2008 there was an Engineering study funded by the CPC where the building was <br />reviewed. Changes were needed and identified to maintain the stability of the building. <br />The association performs regular assessments and allocates funds to repair things for <br />which they are responsible. <br />While the units in the Association owned by the Lexington Housing Assistance Board <br />(LexHAB) have 55 windows that need to be replaced, LexHAB —the funding of whose <br />windows are not a part of the request to the CPC —is looking at its own contracting <br />options to install those Anderson windows for its units' windows. It's possible that the <br />other unit owners who still need to replace their windows would join in any LexHAB - <br />initiated contract —which might make for a larger purchase and obtain a bigger discount <br />for both LexHAB and those other unit owners. <br />Other funding sources, including grants, were sought unsuccessfully and this project is <br />not eligible for the MassSave program because it has more than 5 units. Their <br />condominium documents stipulate that the unit owners are responsible, along with the <br />interior cost, for the costs associated with (at least) their windows. Assistance is being <br />sought from the Town as the Muzzey condominium is an affordable- housing complex. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />