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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-03-18-AC-min March 18,2013 Minutes Minutes Town of Lexington Appropriation Committee March 18, 2013 Place and time Reed Room, Town Office Building, 6 30 p m Members present Glenn Parker, Chair, John Bartenstem, Vice Chair and Secretary, Mollie Garberg, Alan Levine, Susan McLeish, Eric Michelson, Richard Neumeier, Jomna Schonfeld Members Absent Robert Cohen The meeting was called to order at 6 39 p m 1 Announcements and Liaison Reports • The Ad hoc Town-wide Master Planning Committee is meeting on Wednesday morning, March 20 Joe Pato, recently-elected Selectman, will be replacing George Burnell, recently-retired Selectman, as a Selectmen liaison on the Committee • Mr Bartenstein recently learned from Rob Addelson that a Town Meeting member will be attending the next meeting of the Retirement Board on Thursday morning of this week to discuss investment issues At Mr Addelson's invitation, Mr Bartenstein will attend as well 2 Committee's Report to the March 2013 Special Town Meeting Mr Parker asked the Committee to approve the Committee's report to the Special Town Meeting on the proposed acquisition of the 33 Marrett Road property as drafted It was so moved and seconded VOTE 8-0 Mr Parker distributed copies of his draft remarks to the Special Town Meeting on Article 2 and took comments There was a discussion about the impact that buying the property at 33 Marrett Road would have on the availability of Community Preservation Act(CPA)funds for other proposed projects, such as the renovation of the Cary Memorial Building It was noted that, according to the analysis prepared by Mr Addelson, the 33 Marrett Road project will use approximately 60% of the available CPA funds, leaving enough for other projects, but influencing how quickly the other projects can be pursued 3 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Articles There was discussion about several articles on the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, as follows • Article 10h Hasting Park Gazebo Rehabilitation/Design and Engineering It was noted that the Selectmen hadn't yet voted on this item The Committee will address this article after the Selectmen have taken a position 1 March 18,2013 Minutes • Article 8e Visitor Center—Design Phase It was noted that the Community Preservation Committee supported this project, but wants a portion of it to be funded with non-CPA funds The Selectmen did not include any funding for it in their proposed FY2014 budget Dawn McKenna, Chair of the Tourism Committee, is currently suggesting that a needs assessment would be appropriate It may be necessary for this Committee to caucus during Town Meeting to take a position on this article • Article 8c Cary Memorial building Upgrades The Selectmen's most recent vote on this article was 2-2-1, but they have not yet taken a definitive position The Selectmen may support postponing a vote on this project until a fall Town Meeting 4 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7 07 p m A list of documents and other exhibits used at the meeting is set forth below Respectfully submitted, Sara Arnold Recording Secretary Approved May 9, 2013 Exhibits 1 Meeting Agenda posted by Glenn Parker, Chair 2 Draft Remarks to the March 2013 Special Town Meeting on the proposed acquisition of the 33 Marrett Road property, prepared by Mr Parker 2