HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-05-28-CEC-min Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
May 28, 2013
Date, Place, and Location May 28, 2013, 8.00 A M , Cary Memorial Building, Ellen Stone
Room
Members Present Charles Lamb, Chair, Beth Masterman, Vice-Chair, Jill Hai, Bill Hurley,
David Kanter
Documents Presented
• Proposal for CEC Input to Selectmen's Goal Setting (Jun 2013) (Mr Lamb's e-mail
to Committee members, May 26, 2013, 8 58 A M )
• Posted Warrant for the June 17, 2013 Special Town Meeting (STM)
(http.//www lexingtonma.gov/towngovernment/2013%2OSTM-June%2017/STMwarrant-061713-Print.pdf)
• Outline Minutes for the CEC Meeting, May 28, 2013
Call to Order Mr Lamb called the meeting to order at 8.02 A.M
Mr Lamb asked that the Review of the STM Warrant be taken up first and the Committee
concurred
Review of the Warrant for the June 17, 2013, STM
The Committee discussed the Articles on that Warrant. It concluded that while none
warranted a formal report by the Committee under Article 1 (Reports of Town Boards,
Officers, Committee), the Committee's position on Article 3 (Technical Correction to
Article 2 of the March 18, 2013, STM—Land Purchase Off Marrett Road)—related just to the
funding for that purchase—should be presented to that STM It was moved and seconded
that the Committee recommend approval of Article 3 Vote 5-0
CEC Input to Selectmen's Goal Setting (Jun 2013)
The Committee discussed the 12 topics, with explanations, submitted by Mr Kanter (Other
members were asked if they had additional topics to propose, but there were none )
1 Commitment to Increased Extraordinary Maintenance Funding
2 Cash Financing for Capital "Programs"
3 3-year versus 2-year capital projects
4 Roads
5 Residential Sidewalks
6 Affordable Housing Policy
7 Enhance the Town's Recreation Field Capacity
8 Improved Capital Planning
9 Capital Project Submission Process
10 Enhanced Transparency of the Board's Decision Making (Exclusive of Executive
Session)
11 Early Position-Taking Regarding Town Applications for Use of the Community
Preservation Fund
12 CEC Representation at Executive Sessions Related to Capital Matters
Mr Hurley left at 8:29 A.M
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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
May 28, 2013
Ms Hai will provide Mr Lamb with suggested alternative explanations for topics #5, 6, and
11 —with Ms Masterman's input for topic#6
It was moved and seconded that the Committee's submission to the Board of Selectmen
include topics #1-11, but not #12, and with the Chair to decide just what explanations to
include for the topics being submitted Vote 4-0
Member Concerns and Liaison Reports
Mr Kanter reported on two items
1 The Selectmen's Ad hoc Townwide Facilities Master Planning Committee
(AhTFMPC) also would be making an input to next-month's Selectmen's Goal
Setting, however, at this point in the AhTFMPC deliberations, it is not prepared to
make specific timing recommendations, with projected financial implications, for the
capital projects for all of the facilities it has been charged to consider Instead, it will
present some preliminary facility recommendations with pros and cons for
alternatives it has identified for each facility It hopes to have its final report
completed by the end of next month
2 The Selectmen have scheduled two public meetings regarding their on-going
consideration of the issuance of a Request for Proposal for the construction and
operation of an anaerobic-digester facility at the Town's Compost Facility on Hartwell
Avenue The first meeting is in the evening on June 13, 2013, in the Cary Memorial
Building [subsequently confirmed to be at 7.00 P M, in that building's Battin Hall], the
second, on June 20, 2013, at 9.00 A.M in the Cary Memorial Library's Large Meeting
Room
Approval of Minutes
As no other business was before the Committee, it then reviewed the presented Outline
Minutes for this meeting and updated it to reflect the actions taken Then it was moved and
seconded to approve the updated version with the inclusion of what will be the actual time
of adjournment and with Mr Kanter authorized to make any needed editorial adjustments
Vote 4-0
Adjourn A Motion was made and seconded at 8 53 A M to adjourn Vote 4-0
These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on May 28, 2013
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