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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting Date, Place, and Location: July 24, 2012, 6:45 P.M., Town Office Building, Selectmen's Meeting Room Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; Bill Hurley, Beth Masterman; David Kanter Member Absent: Ted Edson, Vice -Chair Call to Order: Mr. Lamb called the meeting to order at 6:45 P.M. Documents Presented: (1) Sustainable Lexington Committee Presentation, April 2, 2012, "Rooftop Revolution: How Low Cost Solar Changes Everything" ( "Sustainable Lexington Solar Options 6-26 - 2012.pdf" provided by Mr. Sandeen, the Chair of that committee, in his e-mail, July 16, 2012, to Mr. Lamb —which he forwarded to the other Committee members that same date) (2) Mr. Edson's E -mail to Mr. Lamb, July 24, 2012 17:59:31 EDT, Re: Absence from July 24th Meeting Capital Expenditures Committee Representation on a Lexington Solar Energy Task Force The Committee discussed the invitation from Mr. Sandeen to provide a representative to that Task Force which will be reviewing the options for the Town to proceed with implementation of solar -panel installations on the municipal and school - building rooftops as well at the Hartwell Avenue site. (A small array of solar panels had already been placed on the Lexington High School rooftop in 2008 using State trust funds managed by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.) So far, Mr. Sandeen expects Task Force members from the Sustainable Lexington Committee, the Energy Conservation Committee, the Appropriation Committee, and the Department of Public Facilities; and the School Committee has also been invited to provide a member. Mr. Kanter reported that Deborah Brown, Town Moderator, has said that, regardless whether the Town By -Law restriction about our Committee members —as well as Appropriation Committee members — serving as members on other Town committees, or their sub - committees would apply, as the Task Force contemplates developing an Article for a future Town Meeting which our Committee will need impartially to evaluate and then advise Town Meeting, her preference is that both our and the Appropriation Committee representation, if any, be limited to a liaison -only role. The Committee discussed the relevance of the Task Force's purpose to this Committee's responsibilities. As Mr. Edson was not present to do so, Mr. Lamb quoted Mr. Edson's advice that he was very much against the Committee having representation on the Task Force as it may very well feel the Committee is obligated to support the project as a Committee member helped draft the proposal —and this could cause friction within the Committee if it ends up not supporting the project. Page 1 of 2