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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting Date, Place, and Location: February 28, 2012 8:00 A.M., Cary Memorial Building, Ellen Stone Room Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; Ted Edson, Vice - Chair; Bill Hurley; David Kanter Member Absent: Shirley Stolz Document Presented: Draft #2 of the Capital Expenditures Committee Report to the 2012 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) & 2012 Special Town Meeting (STM), April 2, 2012 distributed electronically, February 24, 2012. Call to Order: Mr. Lamb called the meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. Member Report: Mr. Kanter advised that at the previous - evening's meeting of the Board of Selectmen during the discussions leading up to that Board's approval of the FY2013 budget (by a vote of 3 -1 -1): The funds previously identified as unallocated — potentially for use on a capital project (e.g., the Estabrook School off -site street - related work under the 2012 ATM Warrant Article 12(n))— remain unallocated. Although the White House Stabilization project is in the Warrant (2012 ATM Article 16(e)), its funding is not included with the budget. While the project had not been recommended to that Town Meeting for funding under the Community Preservation Act, it had been expected that Town Meeting would be asked to approve use of the General Fund. Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes: It was moved and seconded that the Minutes of the Committee's February 7, 2012, meeting as reflected in the draft that had been distributed electronically, February 23, 2012, be approved. Vote: 4 -0. Discussion of the Committee's Report to the 2012 ATM and 2012 STM (April 2, 2012): The Committee walked through Draft #2, tentatively agreeing to the newly input wording and, where previously shown, the likely votes based on what is known at this time. In the process, specific attention was given to identifying which of the Articles the Committee didn't see the need for any supplemental text and to the Comments included in that Draft. Where possible at this time, resolution of those Comments was agreed upon. Among other actions included in that process: Article 12(p) (Telephone System Replacement Townwide): Mr. Kanter noted his concern that the plan to convert the telephone system to the voice - over - Internet (VoIP) protocol, while a technical advance he supports, would result under the current plan in the backbone connectivity for all of the Town's telephone (with minor exceptions) and data being dependent on a single wide -area network (WAN) —the one currently provided under a Town's license to RCN Telecom Services of Massachusetts, Inc., in conjunction with their cable -TV services to the Town and its residents. The rest of the Committee acknowledged Page 1 of 2