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Minutes of the
Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
March 13, 2014
Location and Time: Town Office Building, Reed Room (111), 6:30 ..
PM
Members Present: Jill Hai, ChairDavid Kanter, Vice-Chair; Bill Hurley; Wendy Manz;
;
Beth Masterman
Members Absent: None
Others Present: None
Documents Presented:
Notice of Public Meeting/Agenda for CEC Meeting, March 13, 2014 (posted
March11,2014)
Plot Plans & Accompanying Estimates for Walkway Options 1 & 2 at Lexington
Community Center, 39 Marrett Road, dated February 5, 2014 (GCG Associates, Inc.)
Draft #7 CEC Report to 2014 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) & March 24, 2014,
Special Town Meeting (STM) (distributed electronically earlier today)
Draft Minutes of the CEC Meeting, March 11, 2014 (distributed electronically
March 11, 2014)
Call to Order: Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 6:37 ..
PM
Continued Discussion of the Fiscal Years 2015Ã2019 Capital Program considering
the FY2015 Recommended Budget and Financing Plan (the ÅBrown Book) including
any later information on Specific Projects
The Committee reviewed the plans and estimates for a sidewalk portion that would, by
connecting with an existing sidewalk, provide a continuous sidewalk from Marrett Road to
the Community Center. Although the proposed routing required the yet-to-be-obtained
agreement of the Scottish Rite of Masons upon whose property the sidewalk portion would
run, the Committee agreed that what had just been received provided sufficient design and
costing information for the Committee to support the construction funding being proposed at
the 2014 Annual Town MeetingÄunderstanding agreement with the Masons was required.
Continued Discussion of the CommitteeÈs Report to the 2014 ATM and the
accompanying March 24, 2014, STM
Mr. Kanter led the Committee through the Draft #7 of that report and it was Moved and
Seconded to re-vote all positions so as: (1) to consider new information (e.g., the earlier
discussed Community Center sidewalk) and (2) to include Ms. MastermanÈs vote as she
th
had not been able to attend the CommitteeÈs previous meeting (on the 11) when the other
four members had participated in a vote on Draft #4 of the report. Vote: All members other
that Ms. Masterman re-affirmed their prior votes; Ms. Masterman voted to join in approval
of all Articles and sub-Articles, including on Article 10(l) (Traffic Island Renovation) where
the prior vote had been 3Ã1 to recommend disapproval. (Her vote thus made the
CommitteeÈs position 3Ã2 for disapproval.) Thus, every vote included votes by all members.
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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
March 13, 2014
All the members cited their agreement with the text and approach of that Draft #7.
Mr. Kanter led the Committee through his embedded Comments in that draft in which he
had identified the matters he believed were still open for resolution and members accepted
their assignments to provide Mr. Kanter with the additional input needed as soon as
practical. In no case did the Committee find that what was left to be resolved was material
to any of the positions held by the Committee.
A Motion was made and seconded that the Committee approve the Draft #7 with the
changes made at this meeting and authorize Mr. Kanter, working with Ms. Hai, to make
further editorial and data entries (e.g., build the still-missing tables which summarized the
information; enter what had been provided later to fill in the blanks or address actions in the
Comments; etc.) that do not have any substantial effect on the CommitteeÈs positions as
stated through this meeting. Vote: 5Ã0
Member Concerns and Liaison Reports: Mr.Kanter reported that although the
Massachusetts Depart of RevenueÈs (DORÈs) February ÅBlue BookÆ had not yet been
posted on line, Mr. Julius Kamau in the Revenue Accounting Unit of the DORÈs Financial
Services Bureau had graciously provided today by e-mail what the Community Preservation
Trust Fund Collections will be in that ÅBlue BookÆ and a link to DORÈs just-released estimate
that the November 2014 State match will be 23% in the first round.
Approval of Minutes:
Mr. Kanter identified two of the changes that Ms. Hai requested be made to the Draft
Minutes of the CEC Meeting, March 11, 2014. A Motion was made and seconded to
approve those Minutes with those changes. Vote: 4Ã0Ã1 (Ms. Masterman abstained as she
was not present at that meeting.)
Adjourn: A Motion was made and seconded at 7:42 .. to adjourn. Vote: 5Ã0
PM
These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on March 26, 2014.
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