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REPORT TO THE
2015 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING (ATM)
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2015 SPECIAL TOWN MEETINGS, March 23, 2015 (STM)
Released March 16, 2015
INCORPORATING ERRATA (Released March 19, 2015) &
UPDATES (Released April 15, 2015)
Released April 27, 2015
Submitted by:
Jill I. Hai, Chair
David G Kanter, Vice-Chair
Elizabeth DeMille Barnett
Rodney Cole
Wendy Manz
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2015 ATM&2015 STMs(Mar 23th)(Final)
Summary of Warrant-Article Recommendations
is Appendix E at the end of the report
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2015 ATM&2015 STMs(Mar 23th)(Final)
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 1
The Mission of the Capital Expenditures Committee 2
How to Read This Report 2
Summary of FY2016 Capital-Budget Requests. 3
Capital Budget 4
Big-Ticket Projects. 4
The Community Preservation Act(CPA) 6
Enterprise-Fund Projects 8
Revolving-Fund Projects 8
Small-Ticket Projects 8
Five-Year Capital Plan 9
Programs 13
Conservation and Open Space 13
Lexington Community Center& Muzzey Senior Center 14
Fire 14
Police 16
Library 16
Public Works 17
Public Facilities 22
Recreation 24
Schools 25
Information Services Department(IS) 27
Affordable Housing 27
Warrant-Article Explanations and Recommendations 32
2015 Special Town Meeting#1 March 23 2014 32
TM#1 Article 2 Appropriate For School Facilities Capital Projects 32
2015 Special Town Meeting#2 March 23 2014 36
STM#2 Article 2 Pump Station Repairs 36
STM#2 Article 3 Appropriate For Purchase Of Fire Engine 36
STM#2 Article 4 Appropriate For Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk
Enhancement(Historic Resources) 36
STM#2 Article 5 Amend FY2015 Operating,Enterprise And CPA Budgets (CPA Only) 37
STM#2 Article 6 Appropriate For Authorized Capital Improvements 37
2015 Annual Town Meeting 38
Article 7 (4t1i Fund Only) Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving Funds—
PEG Access Fund 38
Article 8 Appropriate the FY2016 Community Preservation Committee Operating
Budget and CPA Projects (Multiple Categories) 38
(a) Conservation Meador Preservation Program(Open Space) 38
(b) Parker S Revenge Site Restoration(Historic Resources) 39
(c) First Parish Church Restoration Historic Structure Report(Historic Resources) 39
(a1) Can,Memorial Building Records Center Shelving(Historic Resources) 39
(e) Battle Green Streetscape Inpr'o cements(Historic Resources) 39
()) Community Center Sidewalk Design(Historic Resources) 40
(g) Can,Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancement(Historic Resources) 40
(h) Commurnity center Preservation Restriction Endowment(Historic Resources) 40
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(i) Park and PlaigrormrdImprovements(Recreation) 11
(J) Park Improvements—Athletic Fields(Recreation) 11
(k) Paikand PlaigroundsADA Accessibilitt-Studs' (Recreation) 11
(I) Park Improvements—Hard Corn t Resin/acing(Recreation) 12
(in) Lincoln PaikField Improvements-Phase 3(Recreation) 12
(n) MinrrtemanBiken/ai' Culvert Rehabilitation(Recreation) 12
(o) Grain MillAllel-Design Funds(Recreation) 1.3
(p) Minuteman Biken/ai' J i'finding Signs Design Funds(Recreation) 1.3
(qq) Lower dine Brook Paved Recreation Path Reconstruction(Recreation) 11
(r) CPA Debt Service 11
(s) Administrative Budget 15
Article 9 Property Purchase-241 Grove Street(Open Space& Community Housing) 45
Article 10 Appropriate for Recreation Capital Projects 47
Article 11 Appropriate for Municipal Capital Projects and Equipment 48
(a) Center Streetscape Improvements vements and Easements Phase 1 18
(b) DPWEquipment 19
(c) Storm Drainage Improvements andNPDES Compliance 19
(d) Comprehensive Watershed Storm Water Management Studs-and
Implementation 50
(e) Sidewalk Improvements,vements, Additions, Design and Easements 50
)) Town-wide Culvert Replacement 51
(g) Town-wide Signals_ation Improvements 52
(h) Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements and Easements 52
(i) Street Improvements and Easements 53
(i) Bikewai'Bridge Repairs and Engineering 53
(k) Hastings Park Undeigrounding dares 53
(I) Iii Replacement Program 51
(m) Westview Cemeteri'BuuldingAssessment 51
(ir) Replace Town Wide Phone Si stems–Phase II 55
(o) Mmic oal Technologi'Improvement Program Phase III 55
(p) Police/Fire Dispatching and Records Software 55
(qq) Parking Meter Replacement 56
(r) Public Safetl-Radio Stabilization—Phase I 56
(s) Design/Engineering—Firing Range at Hartwell Compost Site 57
Article 12 Pleasant Street Sidewalk(Citizen Article) 57
Article 13 Prospect Hill Road Sidewalk(Citizen Article) 57
Article 14 Appropriate for Water System Improvements 58
Article 15 Appropriate for Wastewater System Improvements 58
(a) Wastewater Sweat Investigation and Improvements 58
(b) Pump Station Upgrades 59
Article 16 Appropriate for School Capital Projects and Equipment 59
(a) System Wide School Furniture Equipment and S,'stems 59
(b) SchoolTechnologl- Capital Request 60
(c) Additional Time Clock Sister Funds 61
(d) Food Service LHSDLchwasher&Installation 6?
Article 17 Technical Correction To The Borrowing Authorization Under Article 13B
Of The 2014 Annual Town Meeting 62
Article 18 Appropriate for Public Facilities Capital Projects 62
(a) Middle School Space Mining 6?
(b) Clarke Middle School Circulation and Parking Improvements, Design 63
(c) Lexington High School Phase 2 Overcrowding/Completion 63
(d) Public Facilities-Mayor Mechanical/Electrical Sistems Replacement 63
(e) Lexington Public School Educational Capacitl-Increase 61
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(f)
LHS Heating Sweats Upgrade Phases 2&3-Design 64
(g) School Building Envelope and Si stems 64
(h) Building Envelope and Sistems 65
(i) Ertraordinari'Repairs/Replacements/Upgrades 65
O School Paving Program 66
(k) Public Facilities Bid Documents 66
(I) Securiti' Cameras Upgrade 66
Article 24 Appropriate Bonds and Notes Premiums & Rescind Equal Prior
Borrowing Authorizations 66
Article 25 Rescind Prior Borrowing Authorizations. 67
Article 26 Establish and Appropriate To and From Specified Stabilization Funds (SFs) 68
Article 27 Appropriate to Stabilization Fund 69
Article 28 Appropriate from Debt Service Stabilization Fund 69
Article 30 Amend FY2015 Operating, Enterprise And CPA Budgets (Enterprise&
CPA only) 69
Article 31 Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvements 70
Article 35 Accept MGL Chapter 90-I, Section 1 (Complete Streets Program) 70
Article 41 Amend General Bylaws—Contracts And Deeds 71
Article 42 Commission On Disability Request 72
Article 46 Acquisition Of Land Shown On Assessors' Property Map 22 Lot 51B 72
Appendix A. School Building Project Consensus Plan A-1
Appendix B School Building Project Funding B-1
Appendix C School Building Project Schedules Scenario C-1
Appendix D Information on the Town's Current Specific Stabilization Funds D-1
Appendix E Summary of Warrant-Article Recommendations E-1
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Executive Summary
Beginning last October the Capital Expenditures Committee ("CEC") vetted proposals from municipal
departments, school administration, and various citizens groups for capital projects to be included in
Lexington's Fiscal Year 2016 ("FY2016") budget. Those that are in the budget recommended by the
Town to these Town Meetings are addressed in this report, along with this Committee's recommendations
thereon. A Summary of our Warrant-Article Recommendations is found in Appendix E and the individual
Warrant-Article Recommendations begin on Page 32 As a result of the detailed review and resulting
refinement of capital requests since the initial presentations, Town Meeting will observe that the CEC
most often has joined a consensus among the boards and committees relative to the capital articles being
presented to it
As has been stated repeatedly over the last several years, our budgetary focus has been, and continues to
be "capital, capital, capital" The Town needs to invest in existing infrastructure to maintain our assets,
yet also needs to expand or renew many elements, to meet changing demands. This means we have two
tracks of capital demands expansion, and maintenance and renewal.
The demands placed on our schools' capacity by the growth in our school enrollment have been well
publicized and discussed. The proposal before these Town Meetings will address needs at the primary and
middle school levels, but there is also a significant need looming at the high school. That need, while just
outside the five-year forecast on which this Committee reports,will likely dwarf the current cost estimates
for all of the pre-K, elementary and middle school needs combined. These significant investment needs
are not all that the Town faces as there are also demands in municipal areas. Most immediate among those
are our aged public-safety facilities that were designed for equipment and technology of an earlier
century but other needs are work to enhance our roads, sidewalks, and recreation facilities, major
upgrades to our Central Business District Streetscape, changes to mitigate traffic issues, and continuing
development and acquisition of affordable housing.
In addition to demands for expansion, the Town faces a continuing and significant need to invest in our
buildings and systems. With the creation of the Department of Public Facilities, the Town now has the
capability and has worked diligently to reduce the backlog of deferred maintenance projects that had
accumulated over many years. This investment needs to be ongoing as we continue to erase backlog and
invest in building and systems renewal. This Committee is pleased to see the continued commitment in
our building and system maintenance evidenced throughout the capital requests presented in this year's
budget.
While this Committee lauds the significant contributions being made by the Town toward our capital
needs, including through use of Community Preservation Funds, in order to accomplish the projects listed
in our capital plan through 2020 (not to mention those which we know fall just outside that timeline)will
take the additional support of tax payers through approval of debt exclusions from the limits of
Proposition 2'/2.
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The Mission of the Capital Expenditures Committee
From the Code of the Town of Lexington (§29-13)
A. Each year the Capital Expenditures Committee shall request and receive from the Town
boards and departments a list of all capital expenditures that mm be required within the
ensuing,five-near period The Committee shall consider the relative need timing and cost
of these projects the adequact thereof and the effect these expenditures might have on
the,financial position of the Town
B The Committee shall prior to each annual meeting for the transaction of business
prepare publish and distribute bt making copies available at the office of the Town
Clerk and at Can Memorial Librart and bt mailing or otherwise distributing to each
town meeting member a report of its findings setting forth a list of all such capital
expenditures together with the committee s recommendations as to the projects that
should be undertaken within the,five-year period and the approximate date on which
each recommended project should be started This publication mm be combined with and
distributed at the same time as the Appropriation Committee Report
From the Code of the Town of Lexington (§29-14) The term capital expenditures shall mean am and all
expense of a nonrecurring nature not construed as an ordinart operating expense the benefit of Athich
will accrue to the Town over an extended period of time
From the Code of the Town of Lexington (§29-26) the Capital Expenditures Committee shall state
At hether it endorses each recommendation of the Conmunitt Preservation Committee
How to Read This Report
Our report is divided into four sections
• An overview of capital projects in Lexington,
• Presentation of a five-year capital budget;
• Spending history and general capital plan for each department and program, and
• This year's capital-related Warrant Articles.
"Town Warrant"refers to the Town of Lexington Town Warrants for the 2015 Annual Town Meeting and
two Special Town Meetings, March 23 2015 "Brown Book" refers to the "Town of Lexington Fiscal
Year 2016 Recommended Budget & Financing Plan" February 27 2015 Where our narrative includes a
"See Article " (which is to an ATM Article unless "STM#1" or "STM#2" is included) it is referring
you to that Article in the last section—"Warrant-Article Explanations and Recommendations" In that
section you will find.
We have quoted the Town's or a Town Committee's documentation for each of the Articles on which
we are reporting. If we believe that quote has both adequately described the proposed work and
satisfactorily made the case for the Town's need, we will not reiterate either of those matters in this
report. However additional narrative is included where we felt it helpful.
Our Committee's recommendations and how we voted are shown only in the boxed header for each
Article and, if applicable in any sub-elements unless there are further comments on our
recommendation. (In any case where we are not unanimous in an Approval recommendation to Town
Meeting there will comments.) If there are comments, they will be in italics at the end of the text
below the boxed header
Our oral report on Town Meeting floor will highlight elements of our written report and present any new
information not available as of this writing. When we report on a capital article on Town Meeting floor
during the deliberations, a committee member will provide the committee's recommendation and, if
applicable comments related to that recommendation.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2015 ATM&2015 STMs(Mar 23th)(Final)
Summary of FY2016 Capital-Budget Requests
Requestsl 1
General Fund !Enterprise I I Approp.& I CEC
Art. Categories Debt I Cash2 I Funds3 I CPF4 I Auth.Others I Total 1 Differences
Community/Economic Development
8(a) Conservation Meadows Preservation Program I $26,4001 $26,4001
8(q) Lower Vine Brook Paved Recreation Path Reconstruction $369,8131 $369,8131
9 Acquistion of Wright Farm Parcel 2 $618,0001 $618,000
8(0) Grain Mill Alley Additional Design $18,0001 $18,0001 ($18,000)
Public Safety
STM#2 3 Fire Pumper 1 $500,0001 I $500,0001
11(p) Police/Fire Dispatching and Records Software $398,400 $307,5001 $705,9001
11(g) Parking Meter Replacement $500,0001 $500,000
11(r). Public Safety Radio Stabilization.Phase 1 $90,0001 $90,000
11(s) Design/Engineering F r ng Range at Hartwell Ave Site $50,000 I $50,000
Culture and Recreation
8(m) Lincoln Park Field Improvements $236,500 $193,500 $220,0001 $650,000
8(1) Park and Playground Improvements $68,0001 $68,000
8q) Park Improvements Athletic Fields $85,000 I $85,000
8(k) Park and Playgrounds ADAAccessibtlrty Study $78,0001 $78,000
8(I) Park Improvements-Hard Court Resurfacing $55,0001 $55,000
10 Pine Meadows Equipment $68,000 $68,000
Public Facilities Department
18(a) Middle School Space Mining $674,000 $674,0001
18(b) Clarke Middle School Circulation and Parking Improvements.Design $363,000 $363,0001
18(C) LHS Phase 2 Overcrowding/Completion $90,200 $90,200
18(d) Major Mechanical/tlectncal Systems Replacement $463,000 $463,000
STM#1 2 LPS Educational Capacity Increase Short and Long Term $4,080,000 $4,080,000
&18(e)
18(f) LHS Heating Systems Upgrade Phases 2&3 Design 2 $150,000 $150,0001
18(g) School Building Envelope and Systems $210,0001 $210,0001
18(h) Municipal Building Envelope and Systems $182,7601 $182,7601
18(1)(1) School Building Flooring Program $125,0001 $125,0001
18(x) School Paving Program $150,0001 $150,000
18(1)(2) School[ntenor Painting Program $133,4251 $133,425
18(k) Public Facilites Bid Documents $75,0001 $75,000
18(1)(3) Diamond Middle School Lighting to Rear Parking Lot $77,0001 $77,000
18(I) Security Camera Upgrade $38,500 $38,500
STM#2 4 Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancement $194,200 $194,200
&8(g)
8(f) Community Center Sidewalk Design $50,000 $50,000
8(d) Cary Memorial Bldg Records Center Shelving $75,398 $75,3981
STM#26 Supplemental Appropnaton LHS Modulars $350,000 $350,0001
Public Works Department
11(a) Center Streetscape Improvements Phase I $2,700,0001 I $2,700,000
11(b) DPW Equipment $399,0001 $100,000 $81,000 $690,000 $1,270,000
11(c) Storm Drainage Improvements and NPDES compliance $114,4251 $225,575 $340,000
11(d) Comprehensive Watershed Storm Water Management Study and $390,0001 $390,000
Implementation
11(e) Sidewalk Improvements.Additions and Design $600,0001 $600,000
8(n)& Town Wde Culvert Replacement $100,000 $290,000 $390,000
11(f)
11(g) Town-wide Signalization improvements $125,0001 $125,000
11(h) Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements $4,750,000 $4,750,000
11(1) Street Improvements $2,270 145 $961 105 $3,231,250
11:0) Bikeway tsndge Repairs.tngineenng $10,0001 $10,000
11(k) Hastings Park Undergrounding of Wires $300,0001 $300,0001 ($300,000)
11 ) Hydrant Replacement Program $75,000 $75,000 $150,000
STM#2 2 Pump Station Upgrades $1,350,000 $1,350,000
&15(b)
14 Water Distnbution System Improvements $900,000 $900,0001
8(e) Battle Green Streetscape Improvements $60,000 $140,000 $200,000 ($200,000)
8(p) Minuteman Bikeway Wayflnding Signs $39,000 $39,000 ($39,000)
11(m) Westview Cemetery Building Assessment $35,000 $35,000
15(a) Wastewater System Investigation and Improvements $1,200,000 $1,200,000
Lexington Public Schools
16(a) Systemwide School Furniture.Equipment&Systems $117,5001 $200,000 1 $317,5001
16(b) School Technology Capital Request $1,378,0001 $1,378,000
16([c) Additional Tme Clock System Funds $208,000 $208,000
16(d) Food Service LHS Dishwasher and Installation $82,5001 $82,500
Information Services Department
11(n) Replace Town Wide Phone Systems-Phase IV $52,0001 $52,000 I
11(0) Municipal Technology Improvement Program-Phase III $140,000 $140,000
7(CPA Network Redundancy&Improvement Plan Phase III $57,000 $57,000
Only)
Government(Other)
26 Appropriate To and From Specified Stabilization Funds 1 1TBD I I I I TBD 1
31 Appropriate for Authorized Capital Improvement TBD TBD
Non-Government
8(b) Parker s Revenge Restoration 1 1 $86,70011 $36,7901
8( c) Study for the Restoration of the First Parish Church $40,0001 $40,000
Community Preservation Committee(Other)
8(h) Community Center Preservation Restnction Endowmenty $25,0001 $25,0001
8(s) Administrative Budget $150,0001 $150,0001
Totals $18,187,025 $4,871,905 $3,867,500 $2,578,6011 $2,325,605 $31,830,6361 ($557,000)
1 Not included 1s the$124,057 debt service using State reimbursement for school projects(Art.28)or the$138,032±of Bond Issuance Premium received that 1s
being applied to exempt-debt Schools projects(Article 24)and rescinding other debt authorizations(Art.25).
2 All types of General Fund(including set-aside for roads from FY2001 Override).For the specific types,see the Summary in Appendix E or the Warrant-Article
Explanations and Recommendations starting on Page 32.
3 Includes use of retained earning and debt.For specific types,see the Summary in Appendix E or the Warrant-Article Explanations and Recommendations starting
on Page 32.
4lncludes both cash&debt appropriations,but excludes the$2,417,200 debt service on prior,financed,appropriations(Art.8(r))and the$1,000,960 additional
appropriation to reduce the outstanding financing of the Cary Memorial Building.
5lncludes using Town-created Revolving Funds(within the authorizations),the statutory Food Service Fund,and State Chapter 90 funds.
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Capital Budget
Lexington allocates appropriate resources to needed capital projects by considering them in four
categories
• Big-ticket projects (greater than$1 000 000),
• Small-ticket projects (between$25 000 and$1 000 000),
• Enterprise & Revolving Funds projects (greater than $25 000), and
• Community Preservation Fund projects (any dollar amount)
The Capital Expenditures Committee
• Assesses capital needs brought forward by each department (municipal and schools) as well as the
Community Preservation Committee (CPC) through the annual budgeting process,
• Works with those departments and the CPC to identify capital needs anticipated to manifest during
the next five years, and
• Independently considers public facilities, infrastructure systems and prospective longer-term needs,
as well as issues and facilities not being addressed within any department;
• Through this report and in presentations, this Committee advises Town Meeting about the necessary
and prudent investments to maintain, improve and create facilities required to serve Lexington
citizens safely effectively and efficiently During the year Committee members also work with and
advise staff members in various departments, consult with other public committees, and make our
views known to the Selectmen and School Committee in an effort to shape a responsible capital
budget for Lexington residents.
Please note these important caveats
• All cost figures are estimates and generally do not reflect the cost in then-year dollars. The degree of
accuracy varies by project. Those projected several years into the future are the most uncertain.
They are subject to refinement as projects are designed, bid, and built. Even relatively near-term
work is subject to cost uncertainties until projects are bid and contracts signed as material, labor and
contract-management costs are often highly variable even over a period of just a few months.
• The scope of future projects is often highly uncertain. Accordingly project budgets are subject to
significant revision as the work is defined through the political and budgeting processes.
• Dates for appropriations and taxpayer impact of financing projects are given in fiscal years,
beginning July 1 unless otherwise specified.
Big-Ticket Projects
Big-ticket capital projects typically cost about $1 million or more and satisfy the conditions under which
the Town is permitted to borrow funds for at least 10 years. They require careful analysis, budgeting, and
broad support. The Town Manager and BoS' capital policy has generally maintained that such big-ticket
projects be funded through borrowing, consistent with their expected life and annual budgeting for
operating needs.
This borrowing can be done in one of two ways
1 Through voter-approved debt exclusions that place the costs of financing outside the
Proposition 2'/2 tax-levy limit and ensuring broad support, or
2 By absorbing into the operating budget any portion of the borrowing not covered by CPA funds.
This option has significant implications for the financing of other Town needs.
When projects are funded under the CPA, a debt-exclusion vote is not required. Two past examples of
this are
1 The authorization at the March 18 2013 STM of$7 652,500 toward the $11,212,500 purchase
expenses of the land off of Marrett Road with the intended primary use as a Community Center
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2 The authorization at the November 4 2013 STM of $2 846 184 as the initial funding for the
build-out of the Community Center
The Projects Agenda
The following is a fairly comprehensive list of big-ticket items that are under consideration in Lexington.
Except for the first three items that have been stated by the BoS as the Town's highest importance—and
with which this Committee agrees—no such ranking is intended by the rest of the order of this listing.
1 Fire Station Central Headquarters—Renovation or Replacement
2 Police Station—Renovation or Replacement. Needed to accommodate current demands and to
improve working efficiencies.
3 School Buildings—Expansion, Renovation & Reconstruction. Additional space is needed imminently
at the elementary and middle school levels to accommodate growing enrollment. (See STM#1
Article 2 and Article 18) Expansion of existing buildings, replacement of the Maria Hastings
Elementary School, and ultimately renovation or replacement of the High School are all
contemplated in upcoming years.
4 Visitor Center—Expansion& Renovation.
5 Community(Affordable) Housing—Development and Acquisition. (See Article 9)
6 Conservation/Open Space Land—Acquisition and Enhancement(See Article 9)
7 Center Streetscape Improvements (See Article 11(a))
8 Greenways Corridor—Implementation. Projects to link open spaces with trails. The major West
Lexington Greenway Project—the proposed trail network west of I-95/Route 128 linking all
Town-owner open space with the centerpiece of the project to consist of a universally accessible
trail linking the Minuteman Bikeway with the Battle Road Trail in the Minuteman National
Historic Park—has been studied.
9 Hammond A. Hosmer House 1557 Massachusetts Avenue (previously called the White House)—It
has been stabilized,will now require build-out for a use
10 Minuteman Career& Technical High School—Renovation (through annual assessments)
11 Munroe School—Reuse if current license with the Munroe Center for the Arts is cancelled. (The
license has been renewed annually since its original term ended on October 1 2008 but has a 120-
day right for cancelation by either party )
12 Recreation Facilities—A continuing need(See Articles 8(i–m) & 10)
13 Roads—A continuing need. There are several arterial roads that need reconstructing. (See
Article 11(i))
14 Sidewalks—A continuing need. A large amount of work is needed on our sidewalks—in residential
areas, in the Central Business District ("CBD") and in other business districts elsewhere in
Town. (See Articles 8(f) & (g) and 11(e))
15 Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements
16 Stone Building, 735 Massachusetts Avenue (previously the East Lexington Library)—Build-out. It
has been stabilized,will now require build-out for a use
17 Traffic Mitigation—A continuing need. Actions taken are often an element of road-related projects,
rather than being solely to achieve the mitigation. (See Article 11(i))
18 Muzzey Senior Center 1475 Massachusetts Avenue (a unit within the Muzzey High Condominium
building) When that Center's operations move to the new Community Center a decision is
expected to be made about what, if any future use the Town has for that Town-owned property
As there is currently no commitment to retaining the property it is not being shown in this
Committee's Five-Year Capital Plan.
The BoS School Committee Community Preservation Committee and Permanent Building Committee
will continue to evaluate refine prioritize and schedule these projects for the next several years.
Realistic cost proposals should be incorporated in the 5-year projections. The Town-wide Facility Master
Plan, still a work in progress,will contribute to that process.
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The Community Preservation Act (CPA)
On March 6 2006 Lexington voters approved adopting the CPA for our Town at the level of a
3% surcharge on property taxes. The proceeds under the CPA may be used for various capital projects
within the categories of Community Housing, Historic Resources, Open Space and Recreational Use
There are limitations in the Act regarding which projects within those categories can be funded under the
Act.
In addition to the funding provided by that surcharge on its taxpayers, the CPA provides a process by
which all municipalities which have adopted that Act are eligible for supplemental State funding whose
source are surcharges on the transaction fees charged by the State's Registries of Deeds. Those funds are
transferred to the State's Community Preservation Act Trust Fund (CPATF) from which, according to a
formula based on each town's prior-fiscal-year's property-tax surcharges, that supplemental funding is
distributed. The supplement can be as high as a 100% match to the town's own surcharge revenue but the
percentage is not guaranteed. When there are not sufficient funds for a 100% match—which has been the
case since the distribution in FY2008 the State does a 2nd-round, and potentially 31d-round, calculation to
determine the final supplemental funding for those communities that have adopted the maximum 3%
surcharge including Lexington.
In the last two year and pending for FY2016 the State has also annually so far had a provision by which
the CPATF has received additional funding if the State's prior-year's budget ended with a surplus.
This table reflects how Lexington has fared since adopting the CPA, along with a projection for FY2016
Year in which Prior-Year's CPA State Supplement Percentage Total Suppl
supplement received Surcharge Collected' 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Total Amount
FY2008(Actual) $2,556,362 100 0% N/A N/A 100 0% $2,556,362
FY2009(Actual) $2,777,882 67.6% 1 8% N/A 69 4% $1,927 708
FY2010(Actual) $2,931,678 34.8% 0 9% 0 5% 36.2% $1,060,390
FY2011 (Actual) $3,042,587 27.2% 0 6% 0 4% 28.2% $858 729
FY2012(Actual) $3,206 117 26.6% 0 6% 0 4% 27.6% $885 463
FY2013(Actual)2 $3,344,371 26.8% 0 6% 0 4% 27.8% $929,507
FY2014(Actual)3 $3,572,460 52.2% 1 1% 0 7% 54 1% $1,932,347
FY2015(Actual)4 $3 777,676 31.5% 0 7% 0 4% 32.6% $1,230 116
Total Actual: $25,209 133 Received to date 45 1% $11 380,622
FY2016(Projected)° I $3,945,000 TBD I TBD I TBD 23.5% $927,000
Totals including projected: I $29 154 1331 42.2% $12,307 622
l The 'actuals' are the net amounts as used by the State;the 'projected' is the Town's projection for the gross collection
2 The Total Suppl Amount includes$255 to correct an underpayment in FY2012 from an error with Phillipston's surcharge.
s The Total Suppl Amount reflects there was a$25 million addition to the State s CPA Trust Fund because the State finished FY2013 with a
surplus of at least that amount—thereby permitting the maximum amount authorized by the State Legislature to go into that Fund
a The Total Suppl Amount reflects there was a$11 4 million addition to the State's CPA Trust Fund because the State finished FY2014with
a surplus of at least that amount—thereby permitting the maximum amount authorized by the State Legislature to go into that Fund.
s The projected percentage does not include any increase that would result from the State deciding to continue to infuse the State s CPA
Trust Fund with additional funding from a prior-year budget surplus.
As shown above our prior experience in the 2"d& 3rd rounds has been at least an additional 1 0%
So while the supplement level had fallen substantially since our first year—but with the last two years
having a rebound when there was additional funding into the CPATF from the State's surplus—our Town
will continue to receive significant help from the State toward the cost of our CPA-funded projects.
Projects are put forth to Town Meeting for action by a Community Preservation Committee (CPC) whose
membership in our Town, is prescribed in the Code of Lexington as follows
§ 29-23A. There is hereby established a Community Preservation Committee pursuant to Section
5 of Chapter 44B of the General Laws (the "Act") consisting of nine members. The Board of
Selectmen shall appoint three members of the Community Preservation Committee and the
following bodies shall each select one of its members for membership on the Community
Preservation Committee the Conservation Commission, the Planning Board, the Recreation
Committee the Historical Commission, the Housing Authority and the Housing Partnership
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Town Meeting can only approve reduce the funding, or disapprove a project and it cannot change the
purpose Town Counsel has provided an opinion that Town Meeting can change the funding mechanism
(cash or debt) As with any capital project, this Committee will give our recommendation on each of the
projects put before the Town Meeting. (See STM#2 Article 4 ATM Articles 8 & 9)
The CPA provides an alternative funding mechanism for capital projects. The CPA creates a separate
pool of monel that can be used for a limited set of projects and cannot be prioritized against the Town s
traditional capital needs
See the report of the CPC for information on how Lexington has spent the funds received from its
taxpayers and the State by the categories eligible under the CPA.
It is important to note that the projected available CPF cash is not a limitation on what the CPC can
recommend to Town Meeting for approval. The method of paying for what the CPC recommends can—
and now often does—include in part or in total, the issuing of debt instruments. It remains the
recommendation of this Committee that any such debt be for as short a term as practical after considering
the funding projected for the CPF over at least the next 10 years and consideration of projects that might
come before the CPC for consideration which would require funds beyond those allocated to the three
mandatory 10% of revenue Reserves for use on Open Space Historic Resources, and Community
(Affordable) Housing. If front-end loading of such debt were practical, that, too remains a
recommendation.
The debt service on such debt instruments is an obligation borne by the CPF throughout the term of those
instruments—whether short-term financing (e g. notes, such as a Bond Anticipation Note [BAN]) and/or
long-term financing (i.e a Bond) In the future years, it is incumbent on the CPC to recommend to Town
Meeting, and for Town Meeting to appropriate in full, those obligatory debt-service payments.
One approach that provides flexibility in making a decision about how much, if any CPF cash should be
applied, up front, for a very-large project is to defer that decision by initially issuing a BAN that has a
term of 1 year or less for the full amount of the project. When that BAN matures (which typically carries
an interest rate substantially below even the relatively low rates on the Town's bonds) at that time make
the decision on whether to use CPF cash to reduce the total for which a bond would then be issued. Doing
so permits the Town to have a better idea of how much CPF cash should be held in anticipation of the
next—and later—years' demands upon the CPF That mechanism has been used in the past and this
Committee would expect it to be proposed for FY2016 and in the future for other very-large projects.
Although there are other factors that will affect the size of the State's CPA Trust Fund from which the
supplements are made (e g. its administrative expenses and interest earned on that Fund) the following
table has a year-to-year comparison of CPA Trust Fund collections at the Registry of Deeds, its revenue
source for the first 3 months of this Trust-Fund year which is the latest data we have been given, so far
Also included in the last column is the change from last-year's collections to the year before that so the
chart provides the percentages for each of the last two year-over-year comparisons.
CPA Trust-Fund(CPATF)Collections at the Registries of Deeds($M)
Comparison of CPATFs
Current to Last Last:tops Previous
Month FY2015/2016 FY2014/2015 Change Percentage PercentageChange
Nov $2.099 $2.286 -$0 187 -8.2% -16.5%
Dec $1 720 $1.836 -$0 117 -6.4%
Jan $2.106 $1.875 $0.231 12.3% 42.3%
Totals2 $5.925 $5.998 -$0.072 -1.2%
Source Massachusetts Department of Revenue's (DOB's) Monthly Reports of Collections &
Refunds("Blue Book")
1 The month of the DOR's 'Blue Book' Although fees allocatable to the CPA Trust Fund are
collected in each month, the July through April collections are reported in the subsequent month's
report,and then the May&June collections are combined and reported in the June report.
2 Totals may differ due to rounding.Does not include any adjustments that may have been made to
monthly data prior to the latest month.
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See the CPA Summary in the Brown Book (Appendix C Page C-3) for a summary of the CPF status
including what projects have been funded from the CPF since its inception in Lexington and what is being
requested in FY2016 Also see the CPC's report to these Town Meetings for its projection of what the
CPF balance would be after these Town Meetings if Town Meeting were to approve all of the CPC's
recommendations.
Enterprise-Fund Projects
The Town operates three enterprise funds for revenue-producing activities funded outside the tax levy by
user fees. water distribution, wastewater distribution [sanitary sewers] and certain Recreation and
Community Programs (R&CP) services, such as the golf course swimming pools, and tennis courts.
Recreational playground restoration and equipment, in contrast, is not fee generating and capital
investment for such equipment is therefore normally funded as part of the small-ticket program of the
GF The 2012 amendments to the CPA, however expanded the range of recreation projects that are
eligible under that Act; therefore many recreational projects since then have been submitted to our CPC
for consideration of recommending to Town Meeting the use of the CPF as the fund source That
continues this year and you'll find many of the recreation projects coming before this ATM will either be
for full, or at least partial, funding from the CPF rather than from the EF or GF
$100 000 per year is paid from the R&CP Enterprise Fund for Lincoln Field debt service that is expected
to continue until February 1 2018 when that debt will be retired. Unlike property-tax revenues,
enterprise-fund fees are not subject to a limit under Proposition 2'/2.
Coming before this Town Meeting are recommendations for capital projects in support of responsibilities
of the Departments that manage the Water Sewer and R&CP Enterprise Funds. This year's submittals
include Park and Playground Improvements (see Article 8(i—m)) Pine Meadows Golf Course Equipment
(see Article 10) DPW Equipment Replacement (see Article 11(b)) Hydrant Replacement Program (see
Article 11(1) Water Distribution System Improvements (see Article 14), and Wastewater (Sanitary
Sewer) System Improvements (see STM#2 Article 2 and ATM Article 15))
Revolving-Fund Projects
Revolving funds established under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44
Section 53E'/2, must be authorized annually by vote of the Town Meeting. The fund is credited with only
the departmental receipts received in connection with the programs supported by such revolving fund, and
expenditures may be made from the revolving fund,without further appropriation, for those programs.
Revolving funds are usually expended to cover non-capital costs and, therefore this Committee normally
doesn't report on their annual authorizations unless a capital expense is contemplated. Such an expense is
contemplated in FY2016 (See Article 7)
Small-Ticket Projects
Capital projects that do not qualify as big-ticket projects are funded from the tax levy Generally they
cost between $25 000 the minimum qualification for consideration as a non-CPF capital expenditure and
$1 million, and represent projects that should be funded on a regular timely basis to maintain Town
infrastructure With the creation of the Department of Public Facilities as well as the Building Envelope
"set-aside" passed in the June 2006 operating override a new emphasis has been placed on continual
infrastructure maintenance a move that this Committee applauds. We continue to work closely with the
stewards of our assets to prioritize plan, and project such work for a period of five years or more
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Five-Year Capital Plan
The table on the next three pages summarizes the five-year capital plan that this Committee is submitting
for Town Meeting's consideration. It reflects the expected FY2016 appropriations at the 2015 ATM and
the two March 24 2014 STMs, and the FY2017–FY2020 requests this Committee contemplated. We
started with the amounts and timing shown in the Brown Book, Page XI-3 for FY2016 and XI-26 & 27
for FY2017–FY2020 Those requests have been updated based on any information we received after it
was published and we have made some additional entries or changes in the out years where we feel,based
on earlier studies, design& engineering (D&E) (also architect/engineer [A/E]) work, or the existence of a
multi-phase project, that there might be future requests, but where there is no formal position taken by the
Town. In that vein,there are important caveats to that table
Q Please see the footnotes for some information on the status of many of the entries and how this
Committee's position differs from that presented by the Town in the Brown Book.
Q Excluding the many tens of millions of dollars of to-be-determined (TBD) entries, the total in this
Committee's Plan for FY2017–FY2020 is already over $157 million. Because the TBD entries
include such major undertakings as the construction phases on projects for which only a small
percentage is that has even been estimated (e g. the School Capital Projects addressed in STM#1
Article 2) or entire major facility projects (e g. new public-safety headquarters) the TBDs may in
fact,be on the order of the total stated amounts in all the years of our Plan.
Q The Capital-related Stabilization Fund is receiving a significant net infusion for FY2016 (See
Article 26) These funds, along with available CPF resources, will help us make significant progress
on our more-routine capital projects, but will still leave us with a huge challenge to fund all of the
possible out-year projects—likely including one or more appeals to the voters to support exclusion
of the major capital projects just within the five-year span of this Plan from the limitation of
Proposition 2'/2.
Q Compounding the challenge of the next five years, inevitably there will be Big-Ticket Projects
facing the Town in the years past FY2020 largest of these not shown would be the replacement or
major renovation of the High School, which has been preliminarily estimated near $200 million in
the final report of the Town's Ad hoc Townwide Facilities Master Planning Committee
(August 30 2013)
Q Because of the huge challenge this Town faces with regard to the renovation/replacement/renewal
of its Capital Assets, this Committee continues to urge the BoS to move forward promptly to
develop a formal, Town-wide Facilities Master Plan for the Municipal facilities. A BoS-appointed
committee has provided its input to the BoS for such a Town-wide Plan. This Committee stands
ready to assist in any way that it can toward creation of such a Plan
Q This Committee appreciates the Town's concern about citing a preliminary estimate for projects
that are not at all well defined. We continue to urge the Town to present a prioritized and
time-phased list of Big-Ticket Projects and their funding using a "best guess" for the likely costs.
The Town's out-year amounts generally do not reflect the costs in then-year dollars. As this
Committee does not have the means reasonably to adjust current-year values to then-year values,
we are using the Town's dollar values unless we have made a change for another reason—in which
case there will be a footnote explaining that.
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I CEC FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN(FY2016-FY2020)1
Capital Projects(by executing department) I Recommended FY 2017 Plan I FY 2018 Plan I FY 2019 Plan I FY 2020 Plan I TOTABS
Community Development
Conservation Meadows Preservation Program $26.400 $26,400
Lower Vine Brook Paved Recreation Path Reconstruction $369.813 $369,813
Acquistion of Wright Farm Parcel 2 $618.000 $618,000
Parker Meadow Accessible Trail Construction TBD TBD
Land Acquisition 2 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Subtotal-Community Development 1 $1,014,2131 $01 $01 $01 $01 $1,014,2131
Economic Development
Parking Meter Replacement I $500.000' TBD' TBD I I $50 ,000
Grain
ill
TBD
I Subtotal-Economic Development 1 $500,0001 $01 $01 $01 $01 $500,0001
Fire and Rescue
Fire Pumper $500.000 $500,000
I Police/Fire Dispatching and Records Software $705.900 $705,900
'Ambulance Replacement $280.000 $280,000
Portable Radio Replacement TBD TBD
!Ladder Truck Replacement $1.000.000 $1,000,000
I Public Safety Radio Stabilization $90.000 $90.000 $180,000
I Subtotal-Fire and Rescue I $1,295,9001 $1,090,0001 $280,0001 $0I $01 $2,665,9001
Library
I Cary Library Internal Reconfiguration° I I TBDI I I I TBD I
I Subtotal-Library I $01 $01 $01 $01 $01 $01
Information Services
I Replace Town Wide Phone Systems $52.000 $204.000 $256,000
I Head End Equipment Replacement $125.000 $250.000 $375,000
I Municipal Technology Improvement Program $140.000 $100.000 $55.000 $80.000 $375,000
I Network Redundancy&Improvement Plans $57.000 TBD TBD $57,000
I Subtotal-Information Services I $249,0001 $329,0001 $350,0001 $55,000I $80,0001 $1,063,0001
Police
Police Outdoor/Indoor Firing Range-Hartwell Avenue I $50.000I TBDI I I I $50,000 I
Subtotal-Police 1 $50,000 1 $01 $01 $01 $01 $50,000I
Public Facilities
Fire Station Headquarters Replacements $242.000 TBD $242,000
Police Station:Renovation and Add-on7 TBD TBD TBD
LHS Phase 2 Overcrowding/Completion $90.200 $90,200
Townwide Roofing Program $416.408 $285.443 $704.834 $1.950.384 $3,357,069
Public Facilities Mechanical/Electrical System Replacements $463.000 $423.500 $484.000 $544.500 $605.000 $2,520,000
School Building Envelope and Systems Program $210.000 $215.000 $221.000 $226.000 $231.600 $1,103,600
Middle Schools Space Mining8 $674.000 $350.000 $1,024,000
LHS Heating Systems Upgrade $150.000 $368.000 $4.460.000 $2.570.000 $3.230.000 $10,778,000
Municipal Building Envelope and Systems $182.760 $187.329 $192.012 $196.812 $201 732 $960,645
School Building Flooring Program $125.000 $125.000 $125.000 $125.000 $125.000 $625,000
School Paving Program $150.000 $153.750 $157.593 $161.901 $166.000 $789,244
Interior Painting Program $133.425 $161.534 $294,959
Public Facilities Bid Documents $75.000 $75.000 $75.000 $75.000 $75.000 $375,000
Diamond Middle School Lighting to Rear Parking Lot $77.000 $77,000
Diamond Energy Improvements' $250.000 $3.500.000 $3,750,000
Visitors Center10 $2.080.298 $2,080,298
Middle School Science and Performing Arts $250.000 $3.100.000 $3,350,000
Hastings School Renovation/Replacement11 $3.800.000 $55.200.000 $59,000,000
Clarke Middles School Circulation and Parking Improvements $363.000 $2.200.000 $2,563,000
Security Camera Upgrade to Digital from Analog $38.500 $77.000 $82.500 $49.500 $247,500
Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancement $194.200 $194,200
Lexington Public School Educational Capacity Increase12 $4.080.000 TBD TBD TBD TBD $4,080,000
Community Center Sidewalk $50.000 TBD $50,000
Cary Memorial Bldg Records Center Shelving $75.398 $75,398
LHS Modulars $350.000 $350,000
Subtotal-Public Facilities $7 481,483 $11,374,819 $67,882,548 $4,653,547 $6,584,716 $97,977113+
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CEC FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN(FY2016-FY2020)1 (continued)
Capital Projects(by executing department) I Recommended I FY 2017 Plan I FY 2018 Plan I FY 2019 Plan I FY 2020 Plan I Non-TTOTALS
Public Works
Center Streetscape Improvements13 $2.700.000 $2.800.000 $2.900.000 $3.000.000 $11 400,000
Automatic Meter Reading System $657.250 $496.000 $496.000 $1,649,250
Equipment Replacement14 $1.270.000 $840.000 $790.000 $790.000 $770.000 $4,460,000
Street Improvements15 $3.231.250 $3.200.000 $3.200.000 $3.200.000 $3.200.000 $16,031,250
Bikeway Bridge Repairs.Engineering16 $10.000 $70.000 $80,000
Hastings Park Undergrounding of Wires17 $0
Storm Drainage Improvements and NPDES compliance $340.000 $340.000 $340.000 $340.000 $340.000 $1,700,000
Sanitary Sewer System Investigation and Improvements $1.200.000 $1.200.000 $1.200.000 $1.200.000 $1.200.000 $6,000,000
Hydrant Replacement Program $150.000 $150.000 $150.000 $150.000 $150.000 $750,000
Pump Station Upgrades $1.350.000 $600.000 $600.000 $600.000 $600.000 $3,750,000
Comprehensive Watershed Storm Water Management Study $390.000 $390.000 $390.000 $390.000 $390.000 $1,950,000
Water Distribution System Improvements $900.000 $1.000.000 $1.000.000 $1.000.000 $1.000.000 $4,900,000
Mass Ave-Three Intersections Improvement18 $50.000 See Note $50,000
Sidewalk Improvement19 $600.000 $885.000 $885.000 $750.000 $750.000 $3,870,000
Dam Repair $530.000 $530,000
Battle Green Master Plan Phase 320 $570.438 $570,438
Town Wide Culvert Replacement $390.000 $390.000 $390.000 $390.000 $390.000 $1,950,000
Town-wide Signalization Improvements $125.000 $125.000 $125.000 $125.000 $125.000 $625,000
Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements $4.750.000 TBD $4,750,000
Municipal Parking lot improvements21 $40.000 $440.000 $480,000
Hartwell Avenue Compost Site Improvements $350.000 $350,000
Battle Green Streetscape Improvements22 $200.000 $900.000 $1,100,000
Minuteman Bikeway Wayfinding Signs23 $39.000 $330.000 $369,000
Westview Cemetery Building $35.000 TBD $35,000
Public Parking lot Improvement Program $100.000 $500.000 $500.000 $500.000 $1,600,000
Subtotal-Public Works $17 441,250 $13,916,2501 $14,806,4381 $13,371,0001 $9,415,0001 $68,949,938'
Recreation
Lincoln Park Field Improvements $650.000 $650,000
Athletic Facility Lighting $287.552 $483.150 $770,702
Pine Meadows Improvements $50.000 $75.000 $125,000
Park and Playground Improvements $68.000 $68.000 $68.000 $60.000 $75.000 $339,000
Town Pool Renovation $1 188.308 $1,188,308
Park Improvements Athletic Fields $85.000 $120.000 $150.000 $210.000 $400.000 $965,000
Pine Meadows Equipment $68.000 $50.000 $52.000 $45.000 $215,000
Park and Playgrounds ADA Accessibility $78.000 TBD $78,000
Park Improvements-Hard Court Resurfacing $55.000 $55.000 $60.000 $40.000 $210,000
Center Track and Field Reconstruction $3.000.000 $3,000,000
Recreation Site Assessment of Potential Land Acquisition TBD $0
Subtotal-Recreation $1,004,000 $1,768,860 $3,268,000 $865,150 $635,000 $7,541,010'
Schools
Additional Time Clock System Funds $208.000 $208,000
Food Service Equipment24 $82.500 $35.000 $35.000 $35.000 $35.000 $222,500
School Furniture.Equipment&Systems Program25 $317.500 $100.000 $100.000 $100.000 $100.000 $717,500
Design Funds for School Traffic Safety Mitigation $40.000 $40.000 $80,000
LPS Technology Capital Request $1.378.000 $1.320.000 $1.320.000 $1.320.000 $1.320.000 $6,658,000
Subtotal-Schools $1,986,0001 $1,495,0001 $1,455,0001 $1,495,0001 $1,455,0001 $7,886,000'
Town Clerk's Office
Archives&Records Management/Records Conservation&Preservation 1
$01 $20.0001 $20.0001 $20.0001 $20.0001 $80,000
Election System Upgrade I
$75.000 $75,000
Subtotal-Town Clerk's Office` $95,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $155,000'
Community-Wide(Potentially CPF Funded in Whole or in Part)
LexHAB Projects26.27 $140.0001 TBD $140,000
Lexington Housing Authority Projects27 TBD $0
Community Housingk on the Leary Property27 TBD $0
CPA Restriction Drafting&Enforcement Funds $25.000 TBD $25,000
Parker's Revenge Restoration $36.790 $36,790
Study for the Restoration of the First Parish Church $40.000 $40,000
CPC Administrative Budget $150.000 $150.000 $150.000 $150.000 $150.000 $750,000
Subtotal-Community-Wide $251 790 $290,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $991 790
Totals(No Allowance for TBD5) $31,273,636 $30,358,9291 $88,211,9861 $20,609,6971 $18,339,7161 $188,793,964
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CEC FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN(FY2016—FY2020)1 (continued) I
Footnotes
1The following apply to all items below. (a) all actions or positions cited, unless otherwise identified, have been taken by this
Committee (b)the amounts include all fund sources, (c) 'TBD' indicates undefined at present, but the potential exists for one or more
requests in those years, (d) most FY2017–FY2020 amounts are not presented on an inflation-adjusted basis; and(e) individual amounts
may be below the$25,000 capital threshold if projected to be funded from the CPF
2May serve the Town for Recreation Community Housing,and/or Open Space(which could include providing land for the West Lexington
Greenway Project).It is likely that a major portion of the funding would be request from the CPF
I3Removed the$18,000 funding in FY2016 and replaced the$325 000 funding in FY2017 See Article 8(o)for the explanation.
°Changed the FY2017$375,000 request to a TBD as the Library's goal is to accomplish with private funds, however if that is not sufficient
funding a request may be made in FY2017 for the Town to provide supplemental funds.
5FY2016 funding is solely for intra-building WiFi access,an ancillary benefit to the public and staff but Phase III has slipped to FY2017 As
timing of the completion of the overall effort is dependent on earlier effort,a multi-year TBD has been added
6The Town does not yet have an available location;therefore,the Town has deferred the D&E funding request.CEC placed the request into
FY2017 however if a location were to become available an earlier request would be welcomed.Moved this project to Public Facilities as
that department will execute the project.
I7Work to upgrade the Police Headquarters is expected to follow the Fire Department Headquarters replacement. Moved this project to
Public Facilities as that department will execute the project.
I8Moved the FY2016 deferred$350 000 to FY2017
I9This project may be affected by the decision made in regard to the School Facility Projects.(See STM#1 Article 2)
10Left the Town's estimate for construction unchanged;however until the recommended scope from on-going D&E is understood the dollar
amount is considered just a placekeeper
11The Town is submitting this project to the MSBA for funding support. If MSBA accepts the project, both the actual overall cost and the
timing of the request to Town Meeting may change.
I12See Article STM#1 Article 2
13Concerned that even the FY2016 cost shown for the 1st phase may not prove sufficient. Therefore escalated each of the outyear
amounts.(See Article 11(a))
I14See Article 11(b)regarding the one-time purchase in FY2016
15Replaced the approximately$2.6 million annual amounts FY2017–FY2020 with the amount recommended by the Town's latest update to
the Pavement Management System Study (See the description for'Roads' on Page 17)
I16Added in FY2017 the projected construction;however note that estimate does not include a contingency amount.
I17Removed the$300 000 See Article 11(k)for the explanation
18FY2017 funding is a placekeeper in case the final design entails any land purchases required to accomplish the project. Removed the
FY2019 $6 550 000 funding as it is anticipated that this project would only be done with State Transportation Improvement Program
funding—which is not expected to be appropriated. However there may be unknown ancillary costs which the Town would bear
'Replaced the $400,000 FY2017–FY2020 annual amounts with a baseline $750,000 each year as the Town's current Pedestrian
Accessibility Study states 'It was observed that spending $750k a year keeps both the network conditions and backlog at current levels.
This is a good baseline for the Town to establish when budgeting for their sidewalk network. Shortfall of$270,000 in the FY2016 request
(see Article 11(e)) has been split as an additional increase across FY2017& FY2018 in order to remain on pace with the recommended
program.
20Slipped the request by one year as the timing of this project follows or correlates with the adjacent phases of the Center and Battle Green
Streetscape Projects
21 Believes any near-term work on those parking areas should commence after it is known what will be done about the renovation of the
adjacent Police Headquarters and/or the Hosmer House Therefore slipped each funding request by one year however recognizes the
deteriorating condition may not allow further slippage beyond that.
22Slipped the FY2016 & FY2017 requests each by one year as the 25% design of the intersection is not completed and believes both
elements of the project should remain together
I23SIipped the FY2016&FY2017 requests each by one year (See Article 8(p))
I24Added funding in FY2020 as this is seen as,potentially a continuing need.
I25Recognizes that the results of the District-wide inventory of its furniture is likely to affect the FY2017–FY2020 funding needs.
26lnserted in FY2017 the funding deferred from FY2016 to renovate the building(s) in the Wright Farm Parcel 2 whose purchase is
requested under Article 9 If an earlier opportunity presents itself(e.g. a STM),an earlier request would be welcomed
I27Added as potential requests to the CPC during the time frame of this Plan.
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Programs
Conservation and Open Space
Following the Town's purchase of the Busa Farm property in 2012 it remained under lease for farming
with the original owner until November 2013 At that time the Town signed a lease with the Lexington
Community Farm Coalition, Inc to operate a community farm on a 7.39-acre portion of the property
The term of the lease is 10 years, commenced on January 1 2014 with an option for two 5-year renewal
periods. Operation of the farm continues,with support from private donors.
The 2012 ATM approved, under its Article 9 the acquisition of most of the Wright Farm property on
Grove Street for open space (See Article 8(r)) for the funding history ) This year the Town seeks Town
Meeting's approval to exercise its option to purchase the remaining parcel of the Wright Farm. (See this
ATM's Article 9)
The 2014 ATM approved under its Article 8(1) a joint request from the Conservation Commission, the
Commission on Disability and the Recreation Committee for $34,500 from the CPF for the design of an
accessible trail at Parker Meadow A Request for Proposal (RFP) has been completed for a consultant to
prepare the final bid documents for this project, and bids will be solicited this spring. Funding for the
construction would be sought in the FY2017 budget cycle
The Town is applying for funding to preserve meadow lands in Lexington by clearing extensive woody
vegetation and removing invasive species which block views of stone walls and interfere with passive
recreation. Funding is sought this year for the first phase of a multiphase project. (See Article 8(a))
The Conservation Commission has taken over responsibility from the Recreation Department for a path
along the Vine Brook from Fairfield Drive to North Street. (See Article 8(q))
Continuing prior practice the CPC is requesting funding of its administrative budget. (See Article 8(s))
Conservation and Open Space 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All
Sources)
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Cataldo/Cotton Farm Acquisition' $3,357,000
Minuteman Bikeway Preservation $320,000
Wright Farm Acquisition2 $3,072,000
Conservation Restriction Enforecement $25,000
Lexington Center Pocket Park $21,500
ACROSS Lexington $5,875
5-Year Open Space& Recreation Plan $30,000
Update
Land Acquisition Off Concord Avenue $220,000
(Portion of Sellars Parcel)
Parkers Meadow Accessible Trail D&E' $34,500
Totals $3,677,0001 $0 I$3,072,000 I $82,3751 $254,5001
Purchase authorized at the 2010 ATM,Article 9 Closing date not known The full purchase price for the
about 4.2 acres was$3,857,000, but subsequently, the Town accepted a$500,000 State LAND Grant
(2011 ATM,Article 33) in regard to this purchase and it was subsequent received at the end of FY2012;
therefore, the amount shown above is net of that$500,000
2Purchase authorized at the 2012 ATM,Article 9 Closing date was December 20, 2012 The purchase
price for the about 12 6 acres(Parcel 1)was$2,950,000 and there were$122,000 needed for purchase-
associated costs
3This project the result of a joint request from the Conservation Commission, the Commission on Disability,
and the Recreation Committee
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Lexington Community Center & Muzzey Senior Center
Lexington's Community Center (LCC) at 39 Marrett Road, was purchased for $10 950 000 (with an
additional $262,500 for costs ancillary to the purchase) with funding appropriated at the March 18 2013
STM, Article 2 Title to that land passed from The Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasons to the Town of Lexington on December 3 2013 and was recorded on
December 5 2013 The BoS had already created the Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee
("AhCCAC") on April 22 2013 to identify short-term and long-term improvements to the property
needed to support Town and potentially other programs to be housed at the LCC The LCC will
incorporate the functions of the current Senior Center and other Town staff and programs, but the greatly
expanded space will permit a much broader range of multi-generational services to the Town. (At present,
there is no decision as to what the Town will do with the space in the Muzzey Condominiums that has
been the Senior Center There are deed restrictions on that space so the Town's options are bounded.
Once the space is vacated, the DPF will maintain the space in a care-taker mode )
Major renovations were needed to convert the facility into one that can meet the needs of the services that
are planned at the LCC The contract for that work was awarded on August 7 2014 and performance is
proceeding on schedule (For a summary of the funding actions for that work, see the background text
explanation for Article 8(r) subparagraph c ) The LCC expects to open its doors in late May of this year
That opening will be with an initial capability and the services are expected to have ramped up within a
few months, thereafter
To manage the LCC and the associated Town functions, the BoS has approved a reorganization that has
created a Recreation and Community Programs Department. The new department includes what had been
the Recreation Department and the new staff being added for the management of the LCC That
department also has close tie with the Town's Human Services staff.
With the completion of the renovation contract, the currently known capital effort at the LCC will be
completed. The AhCCAC had determined that the LCC could better provide an even-further-expanded
program scope by the addition of two more buildings with which to provide a gymnasium and a larger
multipurpose space However the other major capital demands facing the Town over at least the next
five years—which are addressed in this report—preclude any further action in the near-term for such an
expansion at the LCC
Fire
The Fire Department uses industry standards and its own experience to establish the replacement schedule
for its capital equipment. Unlike many pieces of Town equipment, fire engines and medic (rescue-
ambulances) trucks are partially custom-made and equipped, require very detailed specifications, and
typically require many months between placing the order and the delivery and acceptance of a piece of
equipment.
The mission of the Fire Department in the 214 century has shifted beyond traditional firefighting to
emergency services, homeland security and community education—with our firefighters now being
trained for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) The equipment to
perform these missions has changed with new technologies for firefighting and communications, yet the
basic pumper truck, ladder truck, and rescue-ambulance are still essential to the mission.
There are three FY2016 Capital requests by the Fire Department: Replacement of a pumper truck (see
STM#2 Article 3) Fire/Police Dispatching and Records Software (Article 11(p)) Public Safety Radio
Stabilization, Phase I (see Article 11(r))
Lexington must continue to replace its aging equipment and retain back-up capacity The table on the next
page includes the forecasted need for replacing major capital vehicles in the current Department
inventory
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Major Capital Equipment
Except for the first entry (which is an FY2016 requested purchase) and the last (which reports the final
disposal of a truck) the following is the current inventory of the Fire Department's major capital
equipment'—ordered by the year of the currently projected replacement funding.
Originally
Projected Projected
Replacement Model Year Put-in-Service Useful Life
Funding ID Type Make Purchased Date (Years) Original Cost
FY2016 E-2 Pumper TBD 2015 TBD 202 TBD3
FY2017 L-1 Aerial Emergency 2000 Jun 2001 202 $588,000 4
One/Cyclone
FY2018 M 09 Ambulance Chevrolet/ 2009 Jul 2009 95 6
Lifeline $204,000
FY2021 M-12 Ambulance Ford/Horton 2012 Mar2012 95 $251,199
FY2022 E-3 Pumper Emergency 2004 Jan 2005 202 $345,000
One/Typhoon
FY2024 M-15 Ambulance Ford/Horton 2015 Feb 2015 95 $240,127 8
FY2027 E-1 Pumper Ferrara/ 2007 Apr 2008 202 $389,000
Intruder II
FY2034 E-4 Pumper Emergency 2013 Mar 2014 202 $465,000 s
One/Typhoon
FY2036 E-2 Pumper TBD 2015 TBD 202 TBD
NotApplicablel0 S-1 Bucket Truck International 1984 1984
Includes ID series 'E' (pumpers),'L (ladder), & 'M' (Medic)(M designation followed by vehicle year). Not included are ID
series 'C' (cars), 'H' (trailer), 'S' (service vehicles, including trailer), "F"(forestry), and a light unit as they are(or would be)
funded from the operating budget.
2 The life span of these vehicles is based on 10 years of frontline service,and 10 years in reserve status.
3 See STM#2,Article 3
4 As of Mar 2015,projected replacement cost in FY2017 is over$1,000,000
5 The life span of ambulances is based on 3 years of primary service, 3 years of secondary service,and 3 years in reserve.
6 As of Mar 2015,projected replacement cost in FY2018 is-$280,000
Net cost was$241,199($251,199 less$10,000 for the trade-in for old M-3),but gross cost being listed as future status of a
trade-in is unknown—plus it's expected any purchase -8 years out will, as with all the other out-year purchases, be at a
much higher cost.
8 Net cost was$230,127($240,127 less$10,000 for the trade-in for old M-06),but gross cost being listed as future status of
a trade-in is unknown—plus it's expected any purchase -8 years out will, as with all the other out-year purchases,be at a
much higher cost.
s $485,000 was appropriated in FY2014 The engine cost was $465,000 less $50,000 for the trade in of a 2003
Ferrar/International pumper, put in service in July 2003,with a net cost of$415,000 Approximately$20,000 was spent for
ancillary equipment for the new pumper
10 This truck had been used to service the remaining wired fire-alarm circuits. Its bucket was transferred over from a 1960
model-year truck that had been in the inventory The recheck was done to ensure that those circuits to be removed by other
parties had also been removed and they had. The truck has been scrapped It could no longer be certified, it had no
remaining value, and will not be replaced. Equipment would be borrowed from DPW, if needed, for a similar function in the
future.
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Fire Department 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus $260,000
Fire HQ Alarm Receiver $30,000
Fire Trucks&Ambulances $240,000 $485,000 $250,000
Firefighter Protection Turnout Gear $88,000
Public Safety Radio Connectivity $50,000
Heart Monitor $105,000
Totals $290,0001 $328,0001 $50,0001 $485,0001 $355,0001
Police
The Lexington Police Department (LPD) which provides public safety services through a team of
dedicated police officers, detectives, dispatchers and support staff, is supported by the Town's Capital
Program in the areas of communication systems, computer systems, and improvements to the facility in
which it is housed and trained.
The FY2016 Capital Budget contains one request for funding a Police Department capital project (and
one joint request with the Fire Department (see above)) A new firing range at the Hartwell Ave compost
site has been contemplated for several years in order to meet current firearms training requirements and
needs of modern police work, as well ensuring readiness to respond to weapons currently on the streets—
and potentially serving a regional need. We are pleased to see the timing of this project moved to a D&E
request this year (See Article 11(s))
We note that the Town's recommended 5-Year Capital Plan reflects funding D&E related to a renovation
and add-on to the existing Police Station located at 1575 Massachusetts Avenue in FY2019 with
construction funding as TBD Beyond correcting very basic needs due to overcrowding and functional
inadequacy the renovation of the police station will include other necessary enhancements. For instance
the Police Department must substantially improve its ability to process fingerprints with a larger fuming
tank and replacement of the smaller tank. (Standing alone these costs would exceed $25 000 ) Because
this upgrade requires a larger lab and building design to support the use it will be incorporated into the
Police Station renovation project.
The Federal Government has mandated that public-safety agencies (including Lexington's Police and Fire
Departments) will be required to move their radio-band frequency from the current 400 band, to the 800
band. This will require a complete replacement of radio equipment, including hand held, mobile and base
stations. The radio system was upgraded and changed in 1994 at a cost of over $1 million. A change to
the new frequency band will be a capital project affecting both the Police and Fire Departments. The
departments are currently studying how best to comply with the new mandates. Cost estimates will follow
once the scope and timing of the project is clearly defined
Police Department 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
I FY2011 I FY2012 I FY2013 I FY2014 I FY2015
Police Station Ventilation System' $31,700
Totals I $31,/WI $U I $U I $U I $U
1 CPF
Library
In December 2010 architects Adams and Smith were hired to study how operations at the Main Library
could be improved ($25 000 under 2010 ATM, Article 12(q)) Funding of $100 000 for recommended
changes was approved under 2011 ATM, Article 13(1) The recommendations include changes to
workflow and ergonomics. Under 2013 ATM, Article 10(b) $124 000 was appropriated to purchase
equipment and supplies and provide for staff time to convert Cary Library materials to Radio Frequency
ID (RFID) as a direct result of that report. That implementation is underway As a result of a 2013
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strategic plan, the library is looking to realign and reconfigure some of its spaces and services to today's
library patron needs. That work is expected to be funded privately
Restoration work to and updating the Massachusetts Historical Commission Inventory on, the Stone
Building (former East Lexington Library Branch) including a new roof, gutters, aluminum siding
removal, painting, and window glazing, were completed in 2010 using $202,933 from the CPF under
2010 ATM, Article 8(q) Although the Historic Structures Report on which this work was based
recommended a small addition to the rear those plans were not acted upon as the Town has not yet
determined a new use for the building. The building continues to be maintained by the DPF under the
oversight of the Cary Library Board of Trustees.
Library 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 I FY2014 I FY2015
Materials Handling&Workflow—Study $25,000
RFID Conversion Project I $124,000
Totals I $25,0001 $0 I $0 I $124,0001 $0
Public Works
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for design, bidding, construction, and
management of projects related to all Town facilities except buildings that are assigned to the Department
of Public Facilities (DPF) The DPW is organized around seven divisions which are responsible for these
elements Administration, Engineering, Highway Public Grounds, Environmental Services, Water and
Sewer Environmental Services manages solid waste, recyclables, yard waste from Lexington, the Town
of Arlington and private contractors, and hazardous products from Lexington and 8 other neighboring
communities.
Mayor components of DPW's FY2016–FY2020 capital projects include
• Road and sidewalk improvements
• Water distribution and sanitary-sewer systems improvements
• Storm-water control and management
• Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements
• Trucks and heavy equipment necessary to accomplish the DPW mission
DPW's capital needs—except CPA, Revolving-Fund, or Enterprise-Fund projects—must be funded by
the general tax levy and/or voter-approved debt exclusions. Almost all construction projects for the
sanitary-sewer system and for the water-distribution system are funded from Enterprise Funds. Likewise
large trucks and heavy equipment used in support of the sanitary-sewer and water-distribution systems are
funded by Enterprise Funds.
Engineering
Engineering work for all DPW projects is either done "in house" or contracted to outside consulting
and/or design firms. In addition to supporting on-going DPW work, it represents an essential component
of the development of a majority of our DPW's future projects. The Engineering Division will oversee the
design of multiple projects funded in this-year's budget. (See Article 11(a) (c–k) & (m))
Roads
Lexington has a total of 199 6 miles of roads. That total consists of 135 0 miles of Town-accepted
roadways, 18.5 miles of private/unaccepted roadways, and 46 1 miles of State highway (Source Fay
Spofford & Thorndike (FST) report delivered to the Town, January 9 2015) DPW maintains the public
roadways, the remainder being maintained by the private owners or the State DPW also maintains the
Town's portion(5 3 miles) of the 10 0-mile Minuteman Commuter Bikeway
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In April 2010 the Town retained FST a civil-engineering consulting firm, to develop and implement a
Pavement Management System (PMS) for its public roadways and its portion of the Bikeway The first
study was completed in November 2010 and has been updated annually The latest update (cited above)
states "Lexington is in very good shape shape from a Pavement Management standpoint. Over 40% [of]
the entire roadway network is in the `Do Nothing' treatment band and 5 5% of the network requires `Base
Rehabilitation' which is even less than last year's 6%." and "We recommend the Town maintain a
pavement management funding level in the $3.2 million range this year"
Funding for roads is a combination of State Chapter 90 funds and Town funds and fulfills that
recommendation. (See Article 11(i))
The comprehensive study with the annual updates, provides an extensive roadway database describing
actual pavement conditions and roadway characteristics in order to better understand future roadway-
funding requirements. The initial study reported the replacement cost for just the Town-accepted
roadways would be in excess of$85 million in FY2011 dollars. (A more detailed analysis of the report is
contained in this Committee's report to the 2011 ATM, starting on Page 21 )
The latest update reports the current backlog of outstanding work is $23,231 870—which is about
$1 1 million more than last year's. ("Backlog" is the cost of repairing all the roads within one year and
bringing the average Pavement Condition Index (PCI) to a near perfect 100 ) It also reports the current,
average PCI in Lexington is 73.2 which has decreased slightly from last year's 74 1 That puts the
Town's roadway network in what is considered the "Routine Maintenance" treatment band (68-87) one
down from the top "Do Nothing"band (88-100)
This Committee remains extremely pleased to 8(g the annual update of the PMS study as that provides a
quantitative basis for determining the condition of the pavements that the DPW maintains. That
information, along with recognition of pending associated impacts on our pavements (e g. cuts for
utilities work, construction for storm-water and wastewater system improvements, sidewalk-related
projects, etc ) offers the promise of an even-more productive and cost-effective program going forward.
(See Article 11 (h) & (i))
Sidewalks
The town has over 84 miles of sidewalks. In 2005 due to the overdue need to upgrade and extend the
sidewalks, the BoS appointed the Sidewalk Advisory Committee (SAC) Sidewalk maintenance and
extension are expensive These costs reflect issues of obstructions, easements, and addressing objections
from residents. The SAC's overall policy is to develop a prioritized sidewalk construction plan focusing
on the Safe Routes to School Program, other high-pedestrian-traffic routes, and high-walking-hazard
streets.
This Committee is pleased that funding requests for center-business-district sidewalks are presented
separately from those for residential sidewalks and that there are now three sidewalk categories
residential, CBD and non-CBD business.
The FY2016 sidewalk-funding request will allow the completion of residential projects outside the CBD
chosen through cooperation between the SAC and the DPW This work includes D&E (as needed) as
well as construction of new sidewalks and rebuilding/repaving existing sidewalks in several areas, with a
focus on residential areas. Funding is also being requested for the design of a sidewalk at the Community
Center (See Articles 11(e) & 8(f)) In addition, feasibility studies for sidewalks on Pleasant Street and
Prospect Hill are proposed. (Articles 12 & 13 respectively) There also is additional sidewalk work
proposed. (STM#2 Article 4 &ATM Article 11(a))
Town-wide Signal Improvements
Many of the Town's signals are outdated and sometimes malfunctioning. An Engineering Division study
funded with Traffic Mitigation funds, has identified those locations in need of improvement, after
assessment of condition, signal timing, delays,ADA requirements, etc (See Article 11(a) & (g))
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Water Distribution System
Many of the Town's water mains were installed in the early 1900s and require an ongoing engineering
program plan of pipe cleaning, lining, or replacement. On an annual basis, the DPW implements work for
cleaning, lining, and/or replacement of unlined, inadequate aged, and breaking water mains to improve
water quality pressure and fire-protection capabilities, and to reduce frequency and severity of
water-main breaks, as well as to minimize water-main "dead ends" Work continues to replace remaining
unlined pipes. The work will then focus on replacing aging mains or those with a higher break history
Engineering has a program plan for this work and its project list is shortening. (See Article 14)
Heavy equipment and trucks used by the Water Division are procured with Water Enterprise funds.
Where equipment is shared with the Sewer Division, the costs are shared. (See Article 11(b))
The Engineering Division has documented the materials, age and break history of the Town's water
mains and uses that information as well as material sampling (when appropriate) to determine its
engineering replacement-and-rehabilitation plan, as well as suitable methods therefore Some of the "out
year" funding in the capital plan is still approximate due to the difficulty of actual testing in a working
water system (unlike roads which can be analyzed visually and with easily accessible samples, water
systems can only be tested by shutting down service to the section being tested (and the residents that
section serves) and deep excavation. In the instance of older components of the system, (Massachusetts
Avenue for instance is over 100 years old) work scope cannot be completely developed until
preliminary exploratory work on actual site conditions is performed. That exploratory testing is both
costly and disruptive and therefore is performed on as limited a basis as practicable (See Article 14)
Hydrant System
The FY2016 funding for hydrant replacement is evenly divided between Tax Levy funds and the
Water-Enterprise Fund. This Committee continues to encourage replacement at an accelerated rate and
welcomes that the level of funding proposed for this year is 50 percent more than the FY2015 level. (See
Article 11(1))
Sanitary Sewer
The sanitary-sewer system (also known as the wastewater system) like the water-distribution system, has
sections that date back to the early 1900s. Due to age-related deterioration, some sections are susceptible
to storm-water inflow and groundwater infiltration which increases the total flow to the Massachusetts
Water Resources Authority (MWRA) treatment system, resulting in increased charges to the Town, and
causing overloading of parts of the system. There is an ongoing program of investigating, evaluating,
replacing and repairing sections of the system. (See STM#2 Article 2 &ATM Article 15)
The system has 10 wastewater pumping stations that need continual maintenance and periodic updating
and which the Sewer Division has been upgrading. In September 2012 the engineering firm Wright-
Pierce performed a detailed survey of the pump stations, generating a 20-year repair/replacement plan for
the 10 pumping stations. This year's request is consistent with those findings (See Article 15)
Three pumping stations (Main pump station, Concord Avenue and Potter Pond) now have backup
electric-power generators. This Committee considers that emergency generators should be provided at
other pump stations as soon as practicable and we are pleased to report that DPW has made plans to
accomplish that. With a combination of available Capital funds and their Operating Budget, this
important enhancement began in FY2013 with the Concord Avenue station, and a comprehensive plan
now exists for the remaining stations.
Heavy equipment and trucks used by the Sewer Division are procured with Sewer Enterprise Funds that
are funded by Sewer Rate-Payer fees, additional fees and charges, investment income and connection
fees. Where equipment is shared with Water Division,the costs are shared. (See Article 11(b))
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Dam Restoration
The State Department of Conservation and Recreation mandates inspecting every five years every dam
that is rated as a "significant-hazard dams" That rating is assigned to dams based on the risk from the
water it impounds being released, it does not reflect its state of repair There are two dams in Lexington.
Butterfield Dam on Lowell Street: Engineering studies and construction work were funded under
2011 ATM Article 10(a) & 2012 ATM Article 12(g) Construction of Phase II (the last) of that work is
now complete with the exception of minor punch-list items.
Old Reservoir Dam on Marrett Road. 2014 ATM Article 10(1) funded design and cost estimates
for the work on it to insure its long-term stability Proposals are currently being solicited for design work.
This design work is expected to commence this spring. It is now contemplated that a request for the
construction funding for that work will be brought to the 2016 ATM.
Storm-Water Drainage and National Pollution Discharge Elimination
Systems (NPDES)
Storm drains collect storm water along Town streets and parking areas, and convey this water to streams
and other bodies of water The storm-drain pipes and the pavement-level catch basins that direct storm
water to them occasionally fail due to heavy loads passing over them and/or loss of supporting soil around
them thereby creating holes in the street. In addition, as streets are repaired and repaved, it is frequently
discovered that the storm-drainage system is seriously deteriorated. Concurrent drainage-system repairs
are required to prevent further deterioration and to protect newly paved streets. It also is necessary to
study and repair drains where overflow conditions develop and/or complaints are received. (See
Article 11(c)) The goal of the Federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
program, under which the Town has a State-administered permit, is to maintain water quality New
permitting regulations are anticipated that are expected to increase costs and complexities of this work in
future years.
Comprehensive Watershed Storm Water Management Systems
The Town must maintain its 18 brooks, three watersheds, and its numerous wetlands in a condition such
that they do not reduce the volume of water that can be handled by our storm-drainage systems. Sediment
and broken tree limbs impede the flow of water and cause flooding and damage to private property thus
creating liabilities for the Town. Funding is being requested for the continuing design/implementation of
the watershed plans. (See Article 11 (d))
Culvert Repair
There are more than 50 culverts in Town and many are near or at, failure A culvert is defined as a pipe
or drain that carries a stream or ditch under a roadway DPW's engineering program for on-going culvert
inspections has confirmed a need for culvert replacement and extraordinary repairs. This is a companion
program to the on-going Watershed Management Plan. The 2011 ATM Article 7(s) appropriated $65 000
for the review design, and permitting for repairs to the three culverts under the access road to the
Hartwell Avenue Compost Facility The 2012 ATM Article 12(d) appropriated $390 000 for replacement
of those three culverts and for D&E for repairs to culverts identified in storm-drainage studies. The three
culverts at the entrance to the Compost Facility and an additional culvert on Concord Avenue near the
Belmont Town Line were replaced in 2014 In 2015 construction is planned for the culvert under Revere
Street at the North Lexington Brook and for the culvert under Concord Avenue at Hardy's Brook.
FY2016 funding is being requested to replace a culvert carrying the Bikeway (including the D&E cost
and a contingency) and design work for future culvert construction. (See Articles 8(n) and 11(f)
Public Grounds
The Town owns approximately 630 acres of land of which approximately 110 acres are in parks,
playgrounds, conservation areas, athletic facilities, school grounds, and historical sites. In addition, Town
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staff administers and maintains four cemeteries with a combined area of a little over 30 acres. The
Forestry staff maintains approximately 10 000 trees along roadways and an indeterminate number of
trees, shrubs, and plantings on Town-owned land.
This year's request is for the relocation from overhead to underground of electrical distribution lines in
Hastings Park. (See Article 11(k))
Minuteman Commuter Bikeway
This 10-mile Bikeway which was opened in 1993 runs from the Alewife MBTA Station to the Railroad
Freight House in Bedford, 5.3 miles of the Bikeway lies in Lexington. The DPW maintains the Lexington
segment.
A request is being made to investigate restoring the bridge carrying the Bikeway over Grant Street. (See
Article 11(x)) and, as noted above under Culvert Repair there is a request to replace a culvert supporting
the Bikeway
In addition, funding is requested for the design of Way-Finding-and-Etiquette signage for the Lexington
portion of the Bikeway (See Article 8(p))
DPW Equipment
DPW has 145 pieces of significant equipment (includes vehicles) The replacement value for that
equipment today is approximately $8 million. Of these 90 pieces had an individual acquisition cost in
excess of$25 000, therefore their replacement would normally be subject to this Committee's review
DPW has developed a well-conceived program of replacing the older less fuel-efficient and
high-maintenance equipment with standard, off-the-shelf vehicles and equipment that will last longer and
cost less to maintain and operate Replacement of equipment replacement with individual acquisition
costs under $25 000 and of all automobiles, is funded with operating funds. The current 5-year
equipment-replacement schedule projects annual costs between $700 000 and $800 000 per year The
FY2016 requested funding was increased above that usual annual range to purchase a windrow turner for
the compost operation at Hartwell Avenue This piece of equipment was added to the budget as a result of
the study done in conjunction with the solar project that was approved for the compost site The study
demonstrated that the having the windrow turner will assist the compost operation by enhancing
efficiency and productivity—even if not required to operate in a reduced space as a result of the solar
project. (See Article 11(b))
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DPW 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
I FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Capital using Tax Levy&Chapter 90 Funds
DPW Equipment $400,384 $365,000 $595,000 $349,000 $428,440
Street Improvements&Easements1 $1,376,578 $1,546,602 $4,026,000 $2,814,238 $3,216,029
Street light/Traffic lights/Traffic mitigation $217,000 $87,000 $125,000 $125,000 $125,000
CBD Streetscape $240,000 $600,000
Battle Green Area Improvements $203,845 $90,000
Town-wide Culvert Replacement $390,000 $390,000 $390,000
Drainage/dams/brook cleaning $270,000 $770,000 $600,000 $340,000 $340,000
Sidewalk/bikeway improvements $340,000 $200,000 $550,000 $3,304,000 $400,000
Comprehensive Watershed Study&Implement $110,000 $50,000 $165,000 $390,000 $390,000
Hydrant Replacement $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 $50,000
Public Grounds $35,000 $15,000 $120,000
Tax Levy&Chapter 90 Totals $2,738,962 $3,078,602 $6,919,845 $7,777,238 $6,149,469
1 FY2013 includes$175,000 of D&E&$1,500,000 of construction for Grove Street&Robinson Road work that,although off
the site and,thus,is the responsibility of DPW,is in conjunction with the New Estabrook School project.
Capital using Enterprise Funds
Sanitary Sewer
I Sanitary Sewer System $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000
I Pump station upgrades $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $600,000
DPW Equipment $45,000 $145,000 $40,500
Sewer Sub-Totals $145,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,445,0001 $1,840,500
Water
Water Mains Relining&Replacement $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000
DPW Equipment $57,420 $145,000 $216,500
Hydrant Replacement $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 $50,000
Rehabilitate Standpipes $160,000
Water Sub-Totals $1,142,420 $25,000 $925,000 $1,095,0001 $1,166,500'
Enterprise-Fund Totals $1,287,420 $1,325,000 $2,225,000 $2,540,000 $3,007,000
Capital using DPW Compost Operating Revolving Fund
Culvert Replacement I I $65,0001
Revolving Fund Totals $0 $65,000 $0 $0 $01
Public Facilities
The Department of Public Facilities (DPF) is responsible for the coordination and care of all Town-owned
buildings including those under the control of the BoS Town Manager Library Trustees, and School
Committee Expenses associated with the DPF staffing, maintenance (including preventative
maintenance) custodial services, capital-project management, utilities, landscaping and grounds (at
schools only) and building rentals are the responsibility of this department.
The DPF is organized around four areas of responsibility• Administration, Project Management, Facility
Maintenance and Repair and Custodial Services. Administration is responsible for the administration of
the Department. Project Management is responsible for major capital renovations and providing staff
support to the Town's Permanent Building Committee for new construction. Facility Maintenance and
Repair is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all the facilities listed below Custodial Services is
responsible for custodial services in all those facilities.
DPF is responsible for buildings at 23 locations Town Office Building, Cary Memorial Building, Police
Station, Fire Department Headquarters, East Lexington Fire Station, Samuel Hadley Public Services
Building, Stone Building (previously used as the East Lexington Library) Cary Memorial Library
Visitors Center Council on Aging Facility (Senior Center in the Muzzey Condominiums,
1475 Massachusetts Avenue) Community Center (property at 39 Marrett Road to which the Town took
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renovation to that property (projected to be this May) Westview Cemetery the Hammond A. Hosmer
House nine schools, and the Schools' Central Administration(in the old Harrington School)
DPF has taken a systematic approach to solving problems that affect both Municipal and School
buildings, including roofs, flooring, building envelope and school paved parking and sidewalk areas.
During FY2013 DPF further refined its estimates for these programs, which in a few cases should be
more on-going maintenance than capital expenditures. However as the needs exist and the work will be
funded using GF cash, the Committee supports these projects being in the Capital Budget.
This year's request for DPF Capital funding includes a wide range of important work to both enhance
buildings to meet the programmatic demands of the programs that occur in them as well as to attend to the
extraordinary repairs and maintenance that are essential to extending the useful life of the buildings. (See
Article 18)
This fiscal year has required attention to concluding the project management of the new Estabrook
Elementary School (completed except for a few punch-list items that are scheduled for close out this
May) and renovation to the newly acquired property at 39 Marrett Road for a Community Center to
accommodate the Senior Center programs, expanded programming for all ages in the community and for
the Social Services and Recreation Department staff which manage those activities. (When the
Community Center opens—currently projected for May 2015—pending a decision by the BoS on reuse of
the space currently occupied by the Senior Center DPF's management of that space would become
"caretaker" as is the current case for the Stone Building and the Hosmer House ) The contract for the
Cary Memorial Building Upgrades was awarded on June 19 2014 and certificate of occupancy is
scheduled for this September Project Management also continues on previously authorized projects with
the first phase of the project for pre-fabricated modular buildings at the Lexington High School finished
in time for the opening of the current school year and now moving into the second phase whose units are
to be available before the start of the 2015/2016 school year Additional funding will be requested at the
March 23 2015 Special Town Meeting #2 for that phase (See STM#2, Article 6) There will be
significant, continuing, management demands on the Facilities Department as other major and minor
projects are being explored in the coming years.
The School Master Plan was completed on January 28 2015 That Plan determined the capacity of the
existing nine schools and proposed options to expand capacity to meet the growing enrollment forecast by
the Superintendent's Enrollment Working Group The March 23 2015 Special Town Meeting #1 will
request funds to address capacity increases for pre-kindergarten (pre-K) elementary and middle schools
by confirming the Master Plan concepts, developing schematic designs and then developing design-and-
construction documents in preparation for future construction appropriations by future Town Meeting(s)
As part of the process, the School Committee voted to authorize the Superintendent to submit a Statement
of Interest(SOI) to Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for the Maria Hastings Elementary
School—and that is expected to be done this month after the BoS votes to do so If MSBA selects to
participate in replacing that school, the Town may receive approximately 30% of the eventual cost in
State funding. (See STM#1 Article 2)
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Public Facilities 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
As inconsistencies have been found with the FY2011—FY2014 data as presented in prior reports, at this
this time they are not being repeated. (Once validated, they will be provided, as applicable in a future
report.)
Program I FY2015
Municipal
Building Envelope $178,302
Visitors Center Design $220,608
Cary Memorial Building Upgrades $8,677,400
Community Center Renovations $3,551,000
E Lexington Fire Station Fitness Rm $75,000
Municipal Sub-Total $12,702,3101
Schools
Evaluation of Middle Schools Spaces $40,000
Public Facilities Bid Documents $75,000
Building Envelope $230,000
Landscaping/Paving $100,000
Extraordinary School Repairs $423,750
Clarke School Auditorium $69,300
Clarke School Elevator $275,000
School Master Plan $250,000
LHS Heating System $75,000
Schools Sub-Total $1,538,050
Grand Totals $14,240,360
Recreation
Recreation Department programs are funded from three sources
• Tax Levy (e g. used for neighborhood playgrounds, athletic fields, and basketball court
improvements)
• Recreation Enterprise Fund (e g. used for fee-based activities such as Pine Meadows Golf
Course Irving H. Mabee Pool, Old Reservoir and tennis courts)
• CPA funds (e g. preservation of recreation facilities, including those for fee-based activities)
Fee collections for Enterprise Fund-based activities are weather dependent and can vary from year to
year The Recreation Enterprise Fund makes an annual debt-service payment of $100 000 per year for
Lincoln Fields (ending in February 2018) It also makes an annual indirect payment to the Town that in
FY2015 will be $233 600
CPA monies have enabled some large projects which otherwise might not have been financially viable
Most recently the Center Playfields Drainage Project has been funded $2,392 754 through CPF
appropriations in FY2011—FY2013 Significantly amendments to the CPA that were signed into law on
July 8 2012 now allow CPA funding to replace playground equipment and other rehabilitation work on
fields not originally purchased with CPA funds.
At this Town Meeting, Recreation-related funding requests include funds to
• Renovate the playground at Marvin Park. (See Article 8(i)) This project is part of an ongoing
program to update community playgrounds and to bring them into compliance with current
Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA) standards.
• Renovate Lincoln Park natural-grass softball field, including permanent features. (See
Article 80))
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• Conduct a study of the Town's recreation areas with regard to accessibility (See Article 8(k))
Standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act evolve over time and compliance
with the ADA requires ongoing efforts to meet them.
• Rehabilitate the basketball courts at Marvin Park and Sutherland Park. (See Article 8(1)) This is
part of an ongoing hard-court-resurfacing program of the Town's track, basketball and tennis
courts.
• Replace synthetic turf at the 31d of the 3 such fields at Lincoln Park. (See Article 8(m))
• Replace a Pine Meadows Golf Club mower which has exceeded its life expectancy (See
Article 10) The Recreation Department tracks all of its capital-equipment life expectancy based
on manufacturers' recommendations, but replacement is based on the actual, observed,
condition.
Recreation 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
Program FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Athletic Fields $50,000 $60,000 $65,000 $100,000
Park, Playgrounds, &Tot Lots $185,000 $147,500 $150,000
Pine Meadows Golf Course $46,000 $75,000 $51,000
Swimming(Old Res&Center) $25,000
Center Playfields Drainage $875,173 $911,863 $605,718
Town Pool Renovations $165,000
Lincoln Fields Improvements $565,000 $620,000
Totals $950,1731$1,12176,8631 $896,7181 $852,5001 $921,0001
Schools
Overview
The Lexington Public Schools (LPS) provide educational, athletic and club activities for students in
grades Kindergarten-12 This is the enrollment for the current and the two previous academic years
Enrollment in Lexington Public Schoolst
Academic Year
Grades 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015
Kindergarten(K)-5 2,847 2,925 3,024
Middle Schools(6-8) 1,641 1,657 1,616
High School (9-12) 1,991 2,002 2,094
Totals 6,479 1 6,584 1 6,734
tEnrollment figures are those as of October 1st as required by the State s
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)for each
academic year
Pre-school programs are also offered by the LPS The number of children in Pre-K is variable,but the number of
special-education children needing a full-day placement vs. a half-day placement has been rising which has added
significantly to the pressing need for additional Pre-K classrooms
LPS currently own and operate six elementary-school buildings, two middle-school buildings, and the
high-school complex of four freestanding, academic buildings and a field house Central Office
("Administration") personnel and services are located in what had been the old Harrington School. In
addition, the old Harrington houses elements of the Lexington, Arlington, Burlington, Bedford, Belmont
(LABBB) Collaborative and Pre-K programs. The maintenance of those fourteen buildings is overseen by
the DPF
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Perhaps the most important capital issue facing LPS is the fact that other than the Estabrook Elementary
School, the schools are already at or over capacity so the increasing enrollments present a growing
pressure on the schools from a building-capacity perspective To confront this issue the LPS put together
a group of citizens to address the issue of forecasting enrollments. That Enrollment Working Group
reports that the recent enrollment growth was driven primarily by an increase in families with school-age
children moving into apartments. There exists enough headroom in apartments for this to continue for
some years into the future so the expectation is that enrollment will likely continue to grow for at least
several years.
As a result of the likely continued growth in enrollment coupled with the lack of additional capacity in the
current schools and the condition of the Maria Hastings School, the LPS formed the Ad hoc School
Master Planning Committee It developed and began the process of assessing various options for school
remodeling, school additions, and school replacement. Based on that work, the School Committee is
expected to adopt a plan that is expected to begin implementation in the very near term, and will need an
initial appropriation at the March 23 2015 Special Town Meeting#1 The plan will start with further and
more-detailed examination of various prefabricated classroom, brick-and-mortar additions, and building
replacement if funding is appropriated at that Special Town Meeting
While capital projects for the LPS buildings and their environs are managed by the DPF there are often
requests for capital appropriations directly managed by LPS in the following four areas
School Technology Program
There is a long-term plan to upgrade technology throughout the schools by replacing the oldest computers,
peripherals, projection systems, network-delivery systems, and other associated hardware and software to use as
enhanced instructional and administrative tools (See Article 16(b))
Classroom and Administrative Furniture
On an annual basis the school department replaces and/or repairs old or outdated furniture such as student
and teacher desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets and other basic furnishings. In addition to classroom and
office furnishings, other system-wide furnishings include conference and cafeteria tables, bookshelves,
and storage units. This Committee is pleased to see that this year's request includes funding to accomplish
a District-wide inventory and assessment of all the furniture—and continuing inventory assessment as the
assets change That should provide important insight into the on-going management of that expensive
asset base provide for enhanced reuse and/or repair of existing furniture and help tailor new requests to
the minimum quantity type and costs of furniture that is needed to support the educational programs.
(See Article 16(a))
Equipment
Food-service operations in all schools serve hot and cold meals to thousands of students each school day
It is essential to purchase and maintain equipment for preparing and maintaining cooked items and that
provides for safe distribution. The food-service operations are contracted to a private vendor but the
purchase of equipment is the responsibility of the school system. FY2016 funding is being requested to
replace the dishwasher at the High School (See Article 16(d))
In addition, the District needs supplemental funding in order to make the purchase of a time-clock system
to improve efficiency and to make it easier and more reliable to comply with State wage laws. (See
Article 16(d))
Traffic Mitigation for Safety
While traffic mitigation to improve safety has been a Capital request in past years, there is no FY2016
request for further School-District-wide studies as that effort continues using the previous appropriation.
There is, however an FY2016 request to proceed with developing construction documents and an
implementation plan, for a future appropriation of construction funds, for the preferred option for the
Clarke Middle School. (See Article 18(b))
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School 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
Program FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Technology $696,000 $737,000 $1,002,000 $1,213,000 $1,110,000
Classroom Furniture $58,571 $150,000 $83,000 $281,031 $261,594
Food Service Equipmentt $99,500 $64,000
Time Clock/Time Reporting System $97,000 $30,000
School Traffic Mitigation for Safety $30,000
School Defibrillator Replacement $30,500
Totals $951,0711 $951,0001$1,085,0001$1,524,0311$1,432,0941
tin FY2012, includes$30,000 from the Food Services RF
Information Services Department(IS)
"Mission. The Information Services Department (formerly the Information Technology Department)
provides information technology services and resources to all Town staff, including accounting and
payroll applications, along with other core technology related services for municipal and school
departments.
"Budget Overview. The Information Services Department (IS) supports, maintains and manages the
Town's information technology systems (hardware software and web sites) that are critical elements of
service delivery and program management for all of the Town's departmental operations. Services
provided include hardware and software support for all information technology activities in all municipal
operations, training of end users, maintenance of financial management hardware and software (MUNIS)
that serves town and school departments, electronic mail and Internet access, support of the Town's
website on the Internet and Intranet; voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) infrastructure and applications,
head end management and support; and co-management, with School Department Information
Technology staff, of the Town's metropolitan area network that connects 27 town and school buildings.
[Brown Book, Page X-24]
There are two requests for capital upgrades to the IS infrastructure (See Articles 11(n) & (o))
IT 5-Year Capital Appropriation History (All Sources)
Program FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Public Safety Radio Connectivity $50,000
Telephone System Replacements $55,000 $591,000 $146,000 $260,000
MIS Technology Improvement Program' $465,000 $165,000 $256,000 $140,000
Town-wide Electronic Documentation $410,000 $145,000 $60,000
Management System
Totals $520,0001 $575,0001 $786,0001 $462,0001 $400,0001
1 FY2011 includes$55,000 for a MUNIS Financial-Software Upgrade
Affordable Housing
The Capital Expenditures Committee recognizes that to provide for the needs of its residents and to meet
the requirements of State law the Town must plan and budget for the creation of units of affordable
housing, in parallel with the continuing private production of market rate homes. Following is a brief
primer on the requirements of State law and Lexington's efforts to provide affordable housing.
The Lexington Housing Partnership (LHP) is a 14-member board of Town residents appointed by the
Board of Selectmen to 3-year terms. The LHP was instrumental in Lexington's adoption of the CPA in
2006 as housing is one of the project categories that may be financed with funding under that Act. The
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LHP's primary mission is to keep Lexington residents informed of the Town's housing needs and to plan
and advocate for the preservation and creation of affordable housing units on an ongoing basis.
The Lexington Housing Authority (LHA) was created under Massachusetts General Law
Chapter 121B Section 3 passed by the State legislature in 1969 Under the statute municipal housing
authorities manage State- and Federally-subsidized housing units and administer Federal housing
vouchers to individuals and households who qualify Four members of the LHA are elected, and a fifth is
appointed by the Governor As of December 2012 the LHA owned or managed 240 units, which include
one-bedroom units for elderly or disabled residents at Countryside Village Greeley Village and
Vynebrooke Village as well as 18 two-to-four-bedroom units scattered throughout the Town. The LHA
also administers 78 housing vouchers, which are used by households to pay private landlords. Depending
on the size and type of housing unit, the LHA's wait time for eligible households varies from 1'/2 to 8
years.
The Lexington Housing Assistance Board (LexHAB) is unique to Lexington. It was founded in 1983 by
a group of citizens concerned about the need for affordable and transitional housing for Lexington
residents experiencing economic difficulties. With initial contributions from the developers of the
Brookhaven Life-Care Living Facility and the Potter Pond condominium, LexHAB acquired attached and
detached rental-housing units, which now total 64 They are administered by the volunteer 7-member
Board, which uses rents to maintain and improve the units as needed. Since Lexington's adoption of the
CPA in 2006 Town Meeting has approved annual allocations of CPA funds to LexHAB for the
acquisition of additional units and, recently for the construction of units on Town land. LexHAB also
maintains a reserve fund to be used to purchase units on which the deed restrictions maintaining their
affordability may expire
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40B, passed in 1969 is the State statute that requires each
municipality in the Commonwealth to have 10% of its housing "affordable" as defined by the statute and
its regulations. An affordable unit is defined as one that could be purchased or rented by a household
receiving income of up to 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI) assuming that the household spends
no more than 30% of that income on housing. AMI for the Greater Boston Area is adjusted annually and
varies according to household size To be maintained as affordable a unit must be subject to a long-term,
preferably perpetual, deed restriction limiting its sale price to the affordable level as determined at the
time of sale To encourage the creation of more rental units, the statute also provides that if a
rental-housing development deed-restricts 25% of its units, all of the rental units will count as part of the
town's Subsidized Housing Inventory (SHI) even though 75% of them are actually priced at market rate
To avoid unlawful discrimination, the State requires affordable units coming available to be assigned by a
lottery among applicants whose eligibility has been established.
Lexington's SHI. The housing units administered by the LHA and those LexHAB units which have been
assigned under the State's lottery procedure all count on Lexington's SHI. In 2007 the completion of the
rental complex Avalon at Lexington Hills gave the Town 387 additional rental units, all of which count
on the Town's SHI, although only 25% of them are deed-restricted. (Prior to including these units, 7 3%
of Lexington's housing was on the SHI.) This put Lexington's affordable housing (per the statutory
definition) at 11.2%, making Lexington one of only 50 of the 351 Massachusetts municipalities that have
met the statutory 10% requirement. (However it should be noted that the actual percentage of housing
units that are subject to deed restrictions maintaining them as affordable is closer to 5% )
If the Town's SHI falls below 10% of Town-wide housing units, the statute provides that private
developers who deed-restrict 25% of units in their projects may not be subject to the density restrictions
of Lexington's zoning bylaw allowing them to build larger and more densely sited subdivisions than
Lexington would otherwise allow Prior to reaching 10%, Lexington saw such a "40B project"
constructed on Lowell Street.
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) provides that 10% of each year's revenue under the Act (i.e
the designated tax surcharge revenue plus what is now partially matching State contribution, and interest
earned on the Community Preservation Fund (CPF)) be allocated for community (affordable) housing.
Since Lexington's adoption of the Act in 2006 the Town has relied primarily on the CPF to create and
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support community housing. The CPC has recommended, and Town Meeting has approved, annual
appropriation of funds to the LHA, LexHAB and the LHP as set out in the following table
Town Meeting Description Proponent Amount($)
2007 ATM Replacement of windows at Greeley Village LHA 228 404
Construction of affordable units for brain Douglas House 300 000
damaged individuals'
Structural evaluation of Muzzey LexHAB& 26 750
Condominimum(includes 12 affordable units) Muzzey
Condominium
Assocation
Subtotal 555 154'
2008 ATM Window replacements at Vynebrooke Village LHA 158 686
Purchase of three condomominium units at LexHAB 652,800
Parker Manor for deed restriction
Survey and define affordable housing LHP&LexHAB 25 000
programs
Subtotal 836 486
2009 ATM Roof replacement at Greeley Village LHA 320 828
Purchase of 4 units at scattered sites for LexHAB 845 000
rehabilitation and deed restrict
Purchase of Leary property on Vine Street LexHAB 600 000
(30 022 square-foot portion(0 7 acres))2
Subtotal 1 /tib 828'
2009 STM Purchase of the 7 93-acres Busa property on LexHAB 250 502
(May 6) Lowell Street had about 0 5 acres allocated
for affordable housing.(The balance of about
7 4 acres was for Open Space.)
2010 ATM Study for replacement of Vynebrook drainage LHA 10 000
Replacement of siding at Greeley Village LHA 386 129
Purchase of 2 units at scattered sits for LexHAB 695 000
rehabilitation and deed restriction
Subtotal 1 091 129
2011 ATM Construction of Vynebrooke drainage system LHA 364 800
Set aside for purchase of properties as LexHAB 450 000
available
Subtotal 814 800
2012 ATM Construction of 4 handicapped accessible LHA 810 673
units at Greeley Village3
Set aside for purchase of properties as LexHAB 450 000
available
Subtotal 1,2bU b/3'
2013 ATM Replacement of doors at Greeley Village' LHA 172,734
2014 ATM Vynebrook Village Renovations(replacement LHA 300 551
of roofing,siding,exterior doors)5
LexHAB set-aside funds for development of LexHAB 750 000
community housing at Busa Farm on Lowell
St6
Subtotal 1 U50 551
Total 7,797,857
'Remainder of funds raised by the Douglas House
2Purchase price for 14.2-acres parcel was$1 659 749 of which$1 059 749 was allocated to
Open Space(13 5 acres)
3Total project cost was$1 110 673 of which$300 000 was paid by a State grant.
4Total project cost was$190 734 of which$18 000 was paid by a State Grant.
5Total project cost was$901 653 of which$601 102was paid by a DHCD grant.
6The 2014 ATM voted to add the requested sum of$750 000 to funds already held by
LexHAB $450 000 in unused funds from the 2013 allocation,and$84 653 in unused funds
from the 2011 allocation for a total of$1,284 653 for use in building community housing at
the Busa Farm site.
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As noted above the housing units administered by the LHA are subsidized by the State (Greeley Village
and Vynebrooke Village) or the Federal government (Countryside Village) However in recent years
State contributions toward the maintenance and improvement of these developments have been
inadequate despite the LHA's annual application for state grants. (For construction of new accessible
units in FY 2013 the LHA secured $300 000 in State funds, and for replacement of Greeley Village doors
in FY 2014 $18 000 in State funds.) CPA funds may be used for the creation and support of housing,
including capital improvements. CPA funds allocated to the LHA have been for capital improvements to
keep existing units functional and in compliance with legal standards. The 2012 allocation for the
construction of four accessible units in Greeley Village will bring it into compliance with statutory
accessibility requirements when the units are completed, as well as adding to Lexington's SHI.
Funds allocated to LexHAB have been the primary means of adding affordable units to Lexington's
inventory
In keeping with its original practice of acquiring scattered units throughout town, LexHAB has requested
CPA allocations to purchase and rehabilitate individual attached and detached homes, which are then
deed-restricted and rented to eligible households.
The CPC has established guidelines with regard to housing purchases with CPA funds, and has capped
the amount available for any one purchase and rehabilitation at $525 000 For FY2012 and again for
FY2013 LexHAB requested CPA allocations of$450 000 in order to have funds on hand to purchase
properties when they became available and not to lose a chance because of the annual Town Meeting
appropriation cycle However as housing prices in Lexington continue to rise there are fewer
opportunities to purchase and rehabilitate properties within the guidelines. LexHAB underspent its
allocation from FY2012 by $84 653 and has not yet spent the FY2013 allocation of $450 000 For
FY2014 Town Meeting rejected the recommendation of the CPC to vote another annual allocation of
$450 000 for the creation of new units on Town-owned land already designated for affordable housing,
rather than for purchase of an additional existing home Town Meeting rejected LexHAB's application,
heeding arguments that the number and style of units on Town-owned land had not yet been determined
by the BoS leaving the project insufficiently specific for funding.
There are two parcels of land purchased by the Town in 2009 with Community Preservation funds that
include portions specifically designated for affordable housing• the Leary property on Vine Street and the
Busa Farm property on Lowell Street.
The 14.2-acres Leary property was purchased in 2009 with 13.5 acres as open space with 30 022
square feet (0 7 acres) on Vine Street designated for affordable housing—paid for with CPA open-space
and housing funds. A committee appointed by the BoS investigated the potential of the parcel and
recommended that six attached units be built there In 2011 the Annual Town Meeting rejected a
LexHAB application for design funds for this project, and no action is currently pending, although the
designated land remains deed restricted for housing.
The 7 93-acres Busa Farm property also was purchased in 2009 with both CPA open-space and
housing funds. In response to community demand, about 7 4 acres has been designated as open space and
is currently leased to the Lexington Community Farm, Inc now operating as a community farm, The
remaining about 0.5 acre (about 20 000 square feet) on Lowell Street has been designated by the BoS for
affordable housing. LexHAB's FY2015 application for $750 000 in CPA funds was approved by Town
Meeting to be added to the funds LexHAB already has on hand and used for the creation of six housing
units, in two buildings, on Lowell Street. The project will require the completion and approval of a Local
Initiative Program(LIP) application to the Zoning Board of Appeals before construction can begin.
LexHAB has recently received approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals on another LIP program
involving the purchase and rehabilitation of an existing home on Fairview Street and the addition of three
more attached units on the same parcel. This project is being funded out of LexHAB's reserve (non-CPA)
funds and construction is expected to begin this April or May
The CPC is recommending additional community housing funds for FY2016 (See Article 9)
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Projected Need for Affordable Housing Units The Lexington Planning Department and the LHP
assisted the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in preparing a draft Housing Production Plan
for Lexington, which was presented to the Board of Selectmen on March 10 2014 The BoS accepted the
report, but has not determined what portions it may choose to implement. (Note. The Plan has not been
presented to this Committee and, therefore, this Committee has not vetted it.)
While allocations for affordable housing have been made each year since Lexington's adoption of the
CPA in 2006 the number of new housing units actually produced or in process over that time has
averaged less than 2.5 units per year three at Parker Manor four at Greeley Village three on Fairview
Street, and seven more at scattered sites. As the data in the Housing Production Plan receives more
analysis, it should help the Town to determine what the actual housing needs of its residents are and
where the greatest demand for housing will lie for example among down-sizing seniors, young families
with children, professional couples, etc With the Plan's preparation, the Town has begun to look more
closely at its housing needs, whether funding should continue to come almost exclusively from the CPF
and how to provide the necessary amount of housing while realizing economies of scale and greener
building methods. Unless totally funded outside of Town resources, including the CPF this Committee
will continue to participate in the evaluation of the housing program and housing projects.
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Warrant-Article Explanations and Recommendations
Cites of the "Town Warrant-refer to the "Town of Lexington Warrant for the 2015 Annual
Town Meeting", January 29 2015 Cites of the "Brown Book"refer to the "Town of Lexington
Fiscal Year 2016 Recommended Budget& Financing Plan", February 27, 2015
2015 Special Town Meeting #1, March 23, 2014
TM#1 Article 2: Fund Funding
Appropriate For School Authorization Source Committee Recommends
Facilities Capital Requested
Projects $4,080,000 GF (Candidate for Approval(5-0)
Excluded Debt)
"The 2015 School Master Plan, funded by Article 5 of June 2014 Special Town Meeting, concluded that
eight of the nine Lexington Public Schools were at or over capacity The Master Plan identified several
short and long term options for meeting the capacity forecast over the next five years of the
Superintendent's Enrollment Working Group The Ad hoc School Master Planning Committee
recommended that the School Committee seek $4 080 000 in funds to move several projects through
schematic design, design development, and construction documents, and then seek construction funds at a
future Town Meeting. (At the time of the printing of this document, these projects were still under
consideration by the Board of Selectmen.)"
[Brown Book, Page XI-11]
[Note. The following was developed in cooperation with the Appropriation Committee!
Background
Recent enrollment growth in the Lexington Public School (LPS) System, and anticipated continuing
growth over the next few years, will require the Town to increase the capacity of its school facilities to
restore flexibility and avoid unacceptable levels of overcrowding. In addition, the Maria Hastings School
requires extensive repair and renovation, or replacement. The capacity needs are greatest in the Pre-K
program, where the town has statuary requirements that must be met either in-district or with expensive
out-of-district placements (averaging approximately $100 000 per placement) and with strict class-size
regulations. Pre-K has outgrown its space at the Harrington School and is currently using space at Old
Harrington. This stopgap approach is unlikely to be viable long term. The elementary schools are nearing
capacity as a system, and four of the six schools are currently over capacity The middle schools are
nearing capacity As these students move through the system capacity issues may arise at the high-school
level as well in later years. A confounding issue is that over time student density around Town has
evolved and our school capacities have changed, most notably at the new Estabrook School. Our current
elementary school districts no longer assign students in a space-efficient manner leading to increased
overcrowding in some schools.
The Enrollment Working Group (EWG) an ad hoc body of the School Committee and Administration,
was formed to study the LPS enrollment history and to create a projection of enrollment numbers for the
next five years. Their results are summarized in the following table
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Current Enrollment Growth Over Current
Grade Group Enrollment) in FY2020 FY2014 Capacity
Elementary (K-5) 3 036 3 188 ±267 260±267 2 990-3 1182
Middle School (6-8) 1 618 1 830±70 171 ± 70 1 620-1 656
High School(9-12) 2 112 2,290± 120 269± 120 2,250-2,290
Total3 6,766 7,279±410 671 ±410 6,860-7,064
lAs of January 15 2015
2For the Elementary schools the value of 3 118 is from the Phase 1 SMMA report. The lower
value of 2 990 is derived by reducing the SMMA capacities by 46 and 41 students to size
Bowman and Bridge respectively to core space (532 students each) and a reduction of
41 students at Maria Hasting to account for the nature of its special-education program
where moderately high-needs students are accommodated in general-education classes
requiring somewhat smaller-class sizes. The ranges for the Middle and High Schools are
from the Phase 1 SMMA report.
3The analysis of the system was done independently from the individual elements so except
for Current Enrollment, the total is not simply the sum of the values in the columns.
In June 2014 a Special Town Meeting appropriated $250 000 for school facility master planning. The
School Committee and School Administration then appointed the Ad hoc School Master Planning
Committee (AhSMPC) The AhSMPC and Public Facilities Department retained the architectural firm,
Symmes Maini & McKee Associates to evaluate school facilities and capacity and perform an initial
assessment of various options to add capacity to the elementary- and middle-school buildings.
SMMA and the AhSMPC evaluated the capacities of all the school buildings currently in use and
delivered a list of several options for addressing the perceived needs. The School Committee voted to
pursue "Option 9" which had an estimated cost of$119 million.
After a series of summit meetings with the Board of Selectmen, Appropriation Committee Capital
Expenditures Committee and Permanent Building Committee a draft consensus plan evolving out of
Option 9 was developed. An evolved version of the consensus plan was formally adopted at a joint
meeting of the Board of Selectmen, School Committee Appropriation Committee and Capital
Expenditures Committee held on February 25 2015 (Budget Collaboration/Summit 7) (See Appendix A)
This plan describes how to initiate a large interconnected group of projects to respond to growing
enrollment needs in a timely and cost-effective manner while respecting the need to continue studying
and refining the school capital plan. It is expected that this plan will carry a somewhat lower cost, but that
is yet to be verified. An initial estimate allocating the funds being requested (see Appendix B) and a
schedules scenario reflecting one possible outcome of producing the additional capacity (See
Appendix C) were provided based on the cooperative effort by Jon Himmel, Co-Chair Lexington
Permanent Building Committee and Pat Goddard, Director DPF
As part of that consensus and apart from the work proposed in this request, the School Committee has
agreed to study redistricting options that could be implemented before new classrooms are available even
though redistricting is unlikely to mitigate the overall, long-term, capacity issues predicted by the EWG
Proposed Work
The School Committee has requested $4 080 000 for a combination of concept-confirmation studies,
design-development work, and construction documents to execute or in some cases to refine the school
capital projects in the consensus plan. The work proposed in this request will establish the basis for a
more-detailed discussion of the school capital plan in the summer and fall of 2015 The study results are
critical for policy makers to have a fully informed debate on the construction components of the capital
plan.
This request would fund various components of the plan to different stages of completion. Approximately
one-third of the request will fund an initial set of investigative tasks, each with potential follow-up tasks
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to be performed contingent on recommendations from the School Committee and formal approval by the
Board of Selectmen. This Committee the Appropriation Committee the Permanent Building Committee
and the Department of Public Facilities will be consulted during this approval process.
This request will allow the Town to research key issues prior to making decisions about which projects to
pursue when they should be initiated, and how they should be financed. These issues include basic
viability cost estimates, timing, and scheduling factors for each phase of the proposed projects. With this
information, the Town will have greater confidence in the successful completion and cost of each
program element and will be prepared to proceed quickly with the school capital projects.
The proposed work and estimated costs is provided in the table below Each element in the second phase
is contingent on review of the information gathered in the initial phase
Building, Construction Type Initial Phase Second Phase Total Cost
Diamond,bricks and mortar $316 000 $380 000 $696 000
Diamond, pre-fabricated $130 000 $388 000 $518 000
Clarke pre-fabricated $111 000 $307 000 $418 000
Bridge pre-fabricated $93 000 $250 000 $343 000
Bowman,pre-fabricated $86 000 $221 000 $307 000
Hastings,bricks and mortar $390 000 $530 000 $920 000
Pre–K, standalone or addition,bricks $115 000 $297 000 $412 000
and mortar
Harrington, Pre-K to K-5 Conversion $35 000 $43 000 $78 000
Other(Fiske bricks and mortar School $45 000 $0 $45 000
Administration Building)
Fiske pre-fabricated $93 000 $250 000 $343 000
Total $1,414,000 $2,666,000 $4,080,000
The Financial Environment
The school facilities projects in the present plan are not the only large capital projects that the Town is
likely to need in the next five years or so Some of the additional, major municipal capital projects are
listed in the following table—which this Committee believes may well be in excess of$70 million. When
added on to the total anticipated costs for the projects in the current request, this represents a significant
future burden on the Town.
Project Description
Diamond eneruv imnrnvementc1
Middle school science & nerforming artsl
LHS heating system renairs1
Clarke circulation/parkin gl
Center Streetscane imnrovements2
Fire Headquarters renlacement3
Police Headquarters renovation/expansion/renlacement4
llmtial feasibility or design funded,but not yet construction
21st-phase construction funding is in the FY2016 requests (Article 11(a))
3No funding yet appropriated for what is likely to be the new project
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This Committee has reviewed a preliminary model of the finances and tax impacts prepared by the Town
Manager and Assistant Town Manager for Finance The model is built on a large number of assumptions,
many of which that will need to be changed as the plan evolves. We therefore do not present the details of
the model here as that will be a factor at the fall Town Meeting when decisions will have been made
about what major construction elements will be proposed for execution.
Many of these projects will require approval from voters through a debt-exclusion referendum under the
provisions of Proposition 2'/2. If all of these projects are carried out in the next five years, the financing
will require annual tax increases that could approach or exceed 10% for several years according to an
initial assessment by the Town.
In recent years the Town has appropriated funds into the Capital Projects/Debt Service Reserve/Building
Renewal Stabilization Fund for the purposes expressed in its title as well as withdrawn funds for those
same purposes. The table below states the current and anticipated reserves
Capital Projects Stabilization Fund Amount
Balance as of December 31 2014 $8 039 928
FY2016 appropriation (net of withdrawals) into
the Fund $8 612,265
Total $16,652,193
Money in this Stabilization Fund can be appropriated to pay for a portion of the Town's annual
excluded-debt service mitigating the impact on taxpayers by limiting their annual increases to a lower
percentage per year—to the extent the balance in that Fund is sufficient to do so
Consideration of this article should be taken with appreciation of this financial environment.
Financial Aspects of the Present Request
In our view funding this request is a necessary first step but this should not be construed as tacit
approval by this Committee of any particular project. This Committee and other boards will have to
evaluate any future capital requests based on what is learned in each phase of the planning process. In
addition, significant future funding will require appropriation by Town Meeting. As noted above several
projects will require voter approval in a debt-exclusion referendum—and that doesn't address what will
likely be a debt-exclusion need for other municipal projects.
Per advice from the Town's Bond Counsel, in order for significant design costs associated with each
successful project to be financed as exempt-debt service the funds expended on design work must be
carefully tracked. One or more Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) will be issued under the initial
appropriation giving the Town a short-term, interest-only loan. For projects that are eventually approved
in debt-exclusion referenda, the BANs will be converted into bonds with a term of 20 or more years. The
initial spending on any project that does not result in construction must be managed as in-levy debt.
Supporting Material
The various reports from the EWG SMMA, and Ad Hoc School Master Planning Committee are
available on the LPS website(http.//lps.lexmgtonma.org/Page/5740)
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2015 Special Town Meeting #2, March 23, 2014
STM#2 Article 2: Pump Fund Funding
Station Repairs Authorization Source Committee Recommends
Requested
$750,000 Wastewater EF Approval(5-0)
(RE)
" $750 000 of this funding request is for anticipated improvements to the main pumping station off of
Route 95/128 which has serious operational issues impacting the force main on Gleason Road.
[Brown Book, Page XI-23]
See Article 15(b) for the balance of the funding for Pump Station work beyond the above scope
STM#2 Article 3: Fund Funding
Appropriate For Authorization Source Committee Recommends
Purchase Of Fire Requested
Engine $500,000 GF (Debt)Debt Approval(5-0)
Service to be
Funded with FY16
Free Cash/
Settlement with
Manufacturer
"This is a request to purchase a new fire pumper to return the department's fleet back to four(4) Pumpers.
The Town was able to negotiate the return of a defective pumper (Engine 2, purchased in 2010) The cost
of this new pumper will come from proceeds from the fire pumper manufacturer Until this pumper is
replaced, the Fire Department will continue to borrow back-up equipment from neighboring communities
when the Town's front-line pumpers are out-of-service"
[Brown Book, Page XI-5]
STM#2 Article 4: Fund Funding
Appropriate For Cary Authorization Source Committee Recommends
Memorial Building Requested
Sidewalk Enhancement $194,200 CPF(Cash) Approval(5-0)
(Historic Resources)
"The 2014 March Special Town Meeting appropriated funds to renovate the Cary Memorial Building. At
the time of the funding request, the design of the sidewalk accessibility had not been decided. The Board
of Selectmen. voted that the material for this sidewalk will be a concrete surface with a wire cut brick
band running parallel with the direction of travel. In addition, two additional post lamps are being added
before the new concrete sidewalks are poured in place"
[Brown Book, Page XI-19]
This request is instead of one being made under Article 8(g)
The BoS is continuing its discussion with the Commission on Disability (CoD) with regard to the
suitability of the sidewalk surface chosen by the BoS (as cited in the above quote from the Brown Book)
for this project. There now is an extra focus as the position of the Historic Districts Commission (HDC) is
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that the sidewalk in the front of the building, with its monumental steps, should have a granite surface
instead.
A resolution on the surface to be used has not yet been reached, however this Committee defers to the
BoS HDC and CoD regarding the appropriate surface As the cost estimate that led to the amount being
requested included the extra cost for the use of granite according to the HDC's position, this Committee
believes that any of the surfaces being considered can be implemented within the requested amount.
STM#2 Article 5: Amend Fund Funding
FY2015 Operating, Authorization Source Committee Recommends
Enterprise And CPA Requested
Budgets (CPA Only) None None N/A
"To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations, to be used in conjunction with
money appropriated under Articles 4 and 5 of the warrant for the 2014 Annual Town Meeting, to be used
during the current fiscal year or make any other adjustments to the current fiscal year budgets and
appropriations that may be necessary "
[Town Warrant]
At this time there is no planned action to the CPA Budget under this Article, however see Article 30
where such an amendment is being requested.
STM#2 Article 6: Fund Funding
Appropriate For Authorization Source Committee Recommends
Authorized Capital Requested
Improvements $350,000 GF(Debt) Approval(5-0)
"Phase II—LHS Modular Classrooms requested to complete the LHS prefabricated modular
classrooms project. The low bid for the construction of the second phase prefabricated building exceeded
the construction budget by $500 000 This supplemental appropriation, in addition to an $150 000
Appropriation Committee reserve fund transfer will ensure that the schedule can be maintained to
construct the specially designed vocational spaces for incoming ILP students."
[Brown Book, Page XI-11]
This request, in conjunction with the Reserve-Fund transfer will provide an amended total appropriation
that has sufficient remaining funds to permit a contract award of the Phase II work.
Providing suitable classroom space is an important component of providing a quality and educationally
suitable program for these special education students. In addition to providing a high-quality education
for these students, it reduces out-of-district placements that carry significant costs. It is important that this
construction proceed in a timely fashion.
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2015 Annual Town Meeting
Article 7(4th Fund Only): Establish Funds Authorization Departmental Committee
and Continue Departmental Requested Receipts Recommends
Revolving Funds PEG Access $57,000 (within the License Fees
Fund $565,000 from Cable TV Approval(5-0)
Authorization) Providers
"Network Redundancy and Improvement Plan The purpose of this multiphase project is to both
improve the resiliency of the Town Wide fiber network and to provide better networked services. This
phase involves installation of a wireless network in Cary Memorial Building. Upon completion of the
Cary Memorial Building renovation in 2015 a wireless system is proposed to serve both public/users,
committees and Town staff. The installation of this wireless will improve both the usability and function
of the building.
[Brown Book, Page XI-24]
As this annual Article only provides the required authorization for revolving funds, this Committee
normally would not comment on it; however as the Town intends to pay for a capital project using funds
from the PEG Access Revolving Fund, this authorization is being handled by this Committee as it does
with other capital-related matters—which includes our review and recommendation to Town Meeting.
Article 8:Appropriate the FY2016 Funds Funding Committee
Community Preservation Requested Source Recommends
Committee Operating Budget
and CPA Projects (Multiple $4,183,601 CPF (Cash) +
$4,673,601 $60,000 GF (Free Cash)+ See Below
Categories) $236,500 GF (Debt) +
$193,500 R&CP EF (RE)
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(a) Conservation Meadow
Preservation Program(Open Space) $26,400 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
"This project proposal is to preserve and protect Lexington's conservation meadows for their historical
landscape significance including historic stonewalls and vistas, for passive recreation, and for enhanced
wildlife and plant habitat. The project will be implemented in multiple phases over several years, in year
one Hennessey Field and Joyce Miller's Meadow will be preserved. Of the approximately 1400 acres of
conservation land owned and managed by the Conservation Commission, approximately 75 acres are
upland meadows.
"The project entails.
• Preserving meadow land through an extensive woody vegetation removal program to clear
heavily overgrown shrubs, trees, and vines, preserving views of stone walls, which serve as
historic resources for Lexington's agricultural past.
• Managing invasive species encroachment on the field edges and throughout meadows that
interfere with passive recreational opportunities and the historic vistas.'
[Brown Book, Page XI-19]
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Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(b) Parker's Revenge Site $36 790 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Restoration (Historic Resources)
"The Friends of the Minute Man National Park are proposing to restore the Parker's Revenge battle site
for the education and enjoyment of visitors. The archeological research phase of the project to be funded
with CPA funds includes a Military Tactical Field Simulation Event, archeological analysis, report and
coordination with interpretative projects, and artifact conservation and materials analysis. The project
includes archeological analysis, site restoration and implementation of an interpretative plan. The total
project cost is estimated at$152 930 with the balance from private funding."
[Brown Book,Page XI-25]
The Motion for this sub-element will specify that funding is to be from already available funds so they
can be used once this Town Meeting has dissolved—subject to a call for a voter referendum.
Project Description(CPA Category Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(c) First Parish Church Restoration
Historic Structure Report(Historic $40 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Resources)
"This project is for a historic structure assessment and report that will research and document existing
conditions for the First Parish building, assess key elements of the exterior structure and
mechanical/electrical systems, and determine priority needs for future preservation and repairs. A portion
of the total cost of this work will be provided by the First Parish."
[Brown Book, Page XI-25]
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(d) Cary Memorial Building
Records Center Shelving (Historic $75,398 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Resources)
"This project is for the removal of undersized shelving and replacement with stationary shelving. The
Cary Records Center area is repository for retention of long-term and some permanent records of
significant and historical value The Current shelving in Records Center is repurposed from the time when
the Cary Memorial Library Children's Department was housed in the Robbins Room and adjacent storage
room area. Replacement of undersized shelving with standard sized archival/records storage shelving will
provide for proper retention of boxed records."
[Brown Book, Page XI-19]
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$140 000 CPF
(e) Battle Green Streetscape $200 000 (Cash) + Disapproval (5-0)
Improvements (Historic Resources) $60 000 GF
(Free Cash)
"Funds for a study of the Battle Green area were approved in FY13 The study reviewed the pedestrian
and vehicular safety and flow in and around the Battle Green,ways to enhance the access and visibility of
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the historical sites and how it relates to the overall Center Streetscape Project. A conceptual plan will be
developed for review The FY16 funding request of $200 000 will allow the Town to hire an
architect/engineering firm to take the conceptual ideas to a 100% design, which will provide a plan and
cost estimates for any recommended improvements to the area."
[Brown Book, Page XI-23]
This Committee unanimously disapproves this request as being premature The request is to fund
preparation of 100% design and cost estimates, but the project has not yet reached the previously funded
25% design stage—which is considered especially important before anything further is done regarding the
challenging Bedford Street/Harrington Road intersection. This Committee believes a prudent course
would be to develop the plans to the 25% design stage present the results to the CPC and the finance
committees, and then if recommended by the CPC for its share of the overall funding, return to a
subsequent Town Meeting to request funding for the 100% design stage (Keeping the work that is
more-specific to the Battle Green in the same scope with the adjacent intersection work is still considered
reasonable )
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(f) Community Center Sidewalk $50 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Design(Historic Resources)
"This request is for the design of a pedestrian sidewalk from Marrett Road to the new Community Center
The 2014 March Special Town Meeting appropriated funds to renovate the Community Center At the
time of the funding request, the design of the sidewalk from Marrett Road to the Community Center was
not yet complete The design for this sidewalk is complicated by the grade of the land leading from
Marrett Road to the Community Center The funding request, therefore also includes an amount for
preparing landscape renderings."
[Brown Book, Page XI-19]
Project Description(CPA Category') Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(g) Cary Memorial Building Indefinite Postponement
Sidewalk Enhancement(Historic N/A N/A (5-0)
Resources)
See STM#2 Article 4 under which the funds for this work are to be requested.
Project Description(CPA Category') Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(h) Community Center Preservation
Restriction Endowment (Historic $25 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Resources)
"The Community Center at 39 Marrett Road was purchased by the Town of Lexington from the Scottish
Rite in December 2013 using CPA funding. The Community Preservation Act requires that any property
so purchased using CPA historic resource funding be subject to a preservation restriction, deeded in
perpetuity and approved by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. The preservation restriction will
ensure that the architecturally and historically significant elements of the property be preserved and
maintained to appropriate standards. The Lexington Historical Society has agreed to be the holder of this
restriction, and has requested that an endowment fund be established to compensate the Society for its
administrative expenses in maintaining the preservation restriction. Under the terms of the contract to be
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signed between the Society and the Town, once the fund is depleted, estimated in 5-10 years, the Town
and the Society will negotiate a replenishment of the fund."
[Draft CPC Report to the 2015 ATM, February 28 2015 Page 17]
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(i) Park and Playground $68 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Improvements (Recreation)
"This project is to replace the play equipment at Marvin Park, which is outdated does not meet current
safety standards. The new playground and play equipment will comply with the Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the American with
Disabilities Act(ADA) standards."
[Brown Book, Page XI-24]
The renovation of this playground on Morris street includes replacing an outdated play structure and
swing set, installation of safety surfacing, and addition of amenities such as park benches, signage and
trash barrels.
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(j) Park Improvements—Athletic
$85 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Fields (Recreation)
"This request is for funds to renovate the natural grass Softball Field at Lincoln Park. The renovation to
the softball field will include laser grading the skinned infield, adding a new irrigation system, grading
the outfield for proper drainage replacing the existing backstop and adding two permanent player
benches. The Town's athletic fields see excessive use and timely renovations and replacement are critical
to provide safe and playable fields for all user groups. This project was originally scheduled for FY2017
but based on the condition of the field, it has been advanced to FY2016 "
[Brown Book, Page XI-24]
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(k) Park and Playgrounds ADA $78 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Accessibility Study(Recreation)
"This request is to complete a study of the Town's recreation areas to determine accessibility
improvements. The Lexington Recreation Facilities and ADA Compliance Study will include a facility
compliance assessment, recommendations and options of probable costs (play equipment, facility access,
signage handicapped parking, accessible pathways, accessible and non-compliant seating, bleachers,
picnic facilities and golf course buildings) As a result of the study a Transition Plan will be completed
and incorporated into future capital plans."
[Brown Book, Page XI-24]
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Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(1) Park Improvements—Hard $55 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Court Resurfacing (Recreation)
"The FY2016 request is to rehabilitate the basketball courts at Sutherland Park and Marvin Park. The
project will include reconstruction of the courts and installation of new backboards/poles. The current
surfaces have extensive cracks and frost heaves that require reconstruction."
[Brown Book, Page XI-24]
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$220 000 CPF
(Cash) +
(m) Lincoln Park Field $236,500 GF
Improvements - Phase 3 (Recreation) $650 000 (Debt) + Approval (5-0)
$193,500
R&CP EF
(RE)
"This is the third phase of a three-phase capital improvement program to address safety and playability at
Lincoln Park. The Recreation Committee requests $650 000 to replace the synthetic turf field at Lincoln
Park field #3 and work in the vicinity of the field. The estimated cost is based on the actual amount for
Lincoln Park field #1 in October of 2013 and cost estimate developed by a landscape architect in August
2014 Funding to replace the synthetic turf on Field #2 was approved in 2014 and that work should be
completed in the Spring of 2015 "
[Brown Book, Pages XI-9 & 24]
This addresses the safety and utility of the Lincoln Park Fields, which see extremely heavy use
Installation of new turf on Lincoln Field 1 will begin this year as soon as the snow is gone Bidding on
Lincoln Field 2 closed this month, and installation is expected to begin in June of this year The work on
Lincoln Field 3 will include inspection and any necessary repair of drainage grading, rehabilitation of
walkways and edging, and installation of guard rails. It will be bid during the summer of 2015 CPA
funds cannot be used for installation of synthetic turf, but are available for grading, underlayment, and
related work.
Project Description(CPA Category') Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(n) Minuteman Bikeway Culvert $290 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
Rehabilitation(Recreation)
" for the design and replacement of a culvert along the Minuteman Bikeway just North of Camelia Place
at the headwaters of the North Lexington Brook. This includes construction funding, oversight, and
contingency "
[Brown Book, Page XI-8 & 21]
This rehabilitation is the major part of the FY2016 request under the Town-wide Culvert Program. See
Article 11(f) for the balance of the FY2016 request.
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Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(o) Grain Mill Alley Design Funds $18 000 CPF (Cash) Disapproval(4-1)
(Recreation)
"This request is to fund additional design development of a pocket park in the alley between 1775 and
1778 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington Center and includes $2 000 of anticipated legal fees. The
additional design development will allow for public outreach and a schematic design. The project is a
public space project designed to enliven the Center by improving an underutilized area and creating a
sense of place that will serve as people spot that draws in activity improves pedestrian connectivity and
generates business for the Center The size of the alley is approximately 6,300 SF in total, offering a
pedestrian connection from the Minuteman Bikeway to the Center's retail corridor along Massachusetts
Avenue (roughly 27 by 233 feet) In 2013 the CPC approved $24 000 to fund the preliminary schematic
design, which included site analysis, design development, and cost estimates. It also included legal
services to develop a contract with the adjacent property owners."
[Brown Book, Page XI-20]
The majority of this Committee opposes the additional use of funds for this project which is well in
advance of the Center Streetscape Improvements' phase that will address the alley's connection to
Massachusetts Avenue, the current alley adequately provides connectivity with the Minuteman Commuter
Bikeway; and this project would be Town-funded improvement to private property
One member of this Committee supports the additional funding to bring the design process to a
conclusion after a lengthy process of public input and design work to create this adjunct pieces of the
Center Streetscape work.
Project Description(CPA Category') Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(p) Minuteman Bikeway
Wayfinding Signs—Design Funds $39 000 CPF (Cash) Disapproval(3-2)
(Recreation)
"This request is to fund the design of wayfinding and etiquette signage related to the Minuteman Bikeway
in Lexington. This is the next necessary step recommended in the report entitled 'Navigating the
Minutemen Bikeway' that was completed with the cooperation of the Bicycle Advisory Committee as
well as representatives from the towns of Arlington and Bedford. The goal of this plan is to design and
install signage along the bikeway and adjacent roads and connections points. This signage will provide
information to users which includes direction on accessing the bikeway nearby points of interest (e g.
businesses, shops, tourist attractions) and signs clearly describing the rules of etiquette for users. Upon
completion of the design plans, full bidding documents will be developed that include detailed cost
estimates, specifications, stamped plan sets, and bid documents."
[Brown Book, Page XI-23]
This Committee supports the concept of funding design for unified way-finding signage following
collaboration with neighboring towns on the Minuteman Bikeway but that is not what this article
proposes. As noted, the Towns of Arlington and Bedford participated in the early discussions with
Lexington about the need for way-finding signage but this article reflects a decision not to wait for
Arlington or Bedford to commit to use of the outcome of this design in order that the signage design be
unified. It is important to note that in January 2015 the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
launched its LandLine - Our Plan for a Connected Greenway which would link the Bikeway to other
green resources. This MAPC initiative is in the early stages, but one of its future goals is to adopt unified
signage in the Boston metropolitan area for bikeways and pathways. Funding is not expected to be a part
of this initiative but bikeway and pathway signage guidelines are expected to be one of the final products.
With the goal of maximizing economic efficiencies and support for unified signage we recommend that
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the Town wait to fund Minuteman Bikeway way-finding signage once MAPC produces design
guidelines.
Two members of this Committee believe that wayfinding signs are needed on the Lexington portion of
the Bikeway for safety and to encourage visits to the Town's commercial center and that such work
should not be contingent on commitment from adjoining towns that are not presently contemplated.
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(q) Lower Vine Brook Paved
Recreation Path Reconstruction $369 813 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
(Recreation)
"The project proposes to reconstruct the subsurface and surface of the entire 5 905 feet of paved pathway
The path has been degrading over the years and is now in need of full reconstruction if the path is to
continue to serve as a safe and usable recreational resource The project is similar to the path replacement
completed at Lincoln Park in 2014 Components of Phase 1 of this project include
• Wetlands permitting(including wetlands delineation and permitting fees),
• Tree pruning(to allow truck access on Fairfield Drive end of path), and
• Path reconstruction."
[Brown Book, Page XI-20]
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(r) CPA Debt Service $2 417,200 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
"Community Preservation Fund Debt Service"
[Town Warrant]
Based, but with editorial changes, on the Draft CPC Report to the 2015 ATM, February 28 2015
Page 28 and with independent updates to what is subparagraph d,below.
a. Wight Farm Parcel 1 Purchase $424 800 Under Article 9 of the 2012 ATM, voters approved
the $3 072 000 acquisition of a substantial portion of the Wright Farm property Of this appropriation, the
Town was authorized to borrow $2 950 000 In February 2013 the Town sold a $2.95 million bond
anticipation note (BAN) that came due in February 2014 The interest payment on the BAN was $36 875
The BAN was refinanced in February 2014 through the issuance of a $2 95 million bond for a ten-year
term. The first debt-service payments of principal and interest on the bond were made in the current fiscal
year(FY2015) in the amount of$434 633 Debt service for FY2016 is $424 800
b Community Center Acquisition. $1 065 100 At the STM in March 2013 voters approved an
appropriation of $10 950 000 to fund the acquisition of a portion of the Scottish Rite Property at
39 Marrett Road. The CPF portion of this purchase was $7,390 000 In November 2013 the Town sold a
$7.39 million BAN that came due in February 2014 The interest payment on the BAN was $9,237 At
the same time a $7 39 million bond was issued for a ten-year term to retire the BAN The first debt
service payments of principal and interest on the bond were made in the current year (FY2015) in the
amount of$1 089 774 Debt service for FY2016 is $1 065 100
c Community Center Renovations $11 178 ($9 020+$2 158) At the November 2013 STM,
voters approved $3 169 000 in initial renovation costs to prepare the former Scottish Rite building for use
as a Community Center and to enable Town Departments to move into the building. Subsequent to that
time the recommendations of the Selectmen-appointed Ad Hoc Community Center Advisory Committee
resulted in an accelerated construction schedule and modifications to the scope of renovations at the
Community Center The revised total cost of the project is $6 720 000 of which $6,297 184 was CPA
eligible The bulk of this cost was financed from cash on hand under Article 3 of the March 24 2014 and
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Article 10 of the June 16 2014 STMs. Of this revised amount, it is estimated that $451 000 will be
financed through the issuance of a BAN in June, 2015 to come due in February 2016 Interest on this
BAN is estimated to be $9 020 The BAN will be converted to a 10-year bond at that time Estimated
issuance costs for the bond, to be paid with FY2016 CPF funds, is $2 158
d. Cary Memorial Building Upgrades $916 122 ($899 459+$13 447+3,216) Under Article 2 of
the STM in March, 2014 Town Meeting voters approved an appropriation of$8 677 400 to fund the costs
of renovations to the Cary Memorial Building. Of this amount, $8,241,350 was requested in CPF funding
to be financed through the issuance of debt. A BAN in the amount of $3,286 000 was issued in
June 2014 That BAN came due in February 2015 at which time a bond of $6,569 000 was issued
comprised of two components the conversion of $2,286 000 of that BAN issued in June 2014 to
long-term debt, and new financing of the project in the amount of $4,283 000 In February 2015 the
residual portion of the June 2014 BAN $1 000 000 was refinanced as a new BAN with a term of
4 months, at which time it is proposed that it be retired with cash from the CPF An appropriation of
$1 000 000 for that purpose along with the $960 for the interest due on that new BAN will be sought
under Article 30 of this ATM. The first debt-service payments of principal and interest on the $6,569 000
bond will be made in FY2016 and will be $899 459 The final piece of financing for the project is
expected to be issued in June 2015 as a $672,350 BAN to come due in February 2016 at which time
interest to be paid on the BAN estimated at $13 447 will be due as well as the cost of issuance to convert
the BAN to a bond, estimated at$3,216
Project Description(CPA Category) Amount Requested.Funding Source Committee Recommends
(s) Administrative Budget $150 000 CPF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
"Administrative Budget"
[Town Warrant]
Of the request:
$50 000 is for the planning, legal, survey and appraisal work associated with the acquisition of
open space Such funds will enable the Conservation Commission to complete the due diligence required
to prepare for a land acquisition. While other Town projects use "study monies"to investigate the benefits
of a particular project, the Conservation Commission does not have the advantage of this type of
lead-time It must often act quickly to evaluate a property through legal, survey and appraisal work.
Without designating these funds for open space planning, the CPC's charge of allocating a portion of its
revenues to open-space preservation would be hindered.
The remaining $100 000 funds administrative legal, membership and advertising expenses.
Included are funds for a year-round, 3 days/week, administrative assistant (the Town's GF covers the
other 2 days) and $7 900 for membership in the Community Preservation Coalition, a State-wide non-
profit, organization working on behalf of communities who have adopted the CPA.
If any of these appropriated Administrative Budget funds are not required by the end of the fiscal year
then that balance will become part of the Undesignated Fund Balance and, thus part of the CPF's total
amount available for later appropriation.
Article 9: Property Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Purchase-241 Grove Source
Street (Open Space &
Community Housing) $618,000 CPF (Cash) Approval(5-0)
"In 2012 the Town purchased, for Conservation purposes, the 12 6 acre Wright Farm parcel on Grove
Street for $2 950 000 At the time of the purchase Kathleen Wright retained a 43 446 sq ft. parcel that
included the house she was living in, a detached garage and a barn. With the passing of Ms. Wright in
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January the Town has the option to purchase this remaining portion of the Wright farm, for the pre-
negotiated purchase price of approximately $520 000 The Board of Selectmen and Conservation
Commission are recommending that the Town exercise its option to purchase this remaining parcel of the
Wright Farm. The Selectmen propose to turn the house over to LexHab to be an affordable housing unit,
and for the barn and the remaining portion of the land to be used for conservation purposes. LexHab's
estimated cost to renovate the house is $140 000 The remaining amount requested in this appropriation,
$95 000 is for a land management plan, survey deed restriction, legal and other closing costs.
[Brown Book, Page XI-25]
This Committee understands the Motion will only address the $520 000 purchase price the $95 000 for
ancillary costs, and $3 000 for protection of the house It is expected that the funding for LexHAB to do
the renovation will be requested at a future Town Meeting.
While two of the funding sources ($264 428 for Community Housing and $253 027 for Open Space,
totalling $517 455) are CPA-category specific only the use of$100,545 of the Unbudgeted Reserve must
be analyzed regarding assignment to CPA categories. (That assignment has no bearing on the financial
sourcing, but is just for tracking how the Town is using the funding to meet the objectives of the CPA.)
That use includes $5,545 related directly to Community Housing (including the $3 000 for protection of
the house) and $95 000 for ancillary costs (legal and other miscellanous purposes related to the purchase
and use of the property) This Committee's approach is to assign the ancillary funding in the same
proportion as the category-specific funding. In this case that category-specific funding (including the
$5,545) is 51 6% for Community Housing and 48 4% for Open Space That results in the $95 000 for
ancillary costs having $49 020 assigned to Community Housing and $45 980 to Open Space The total
appropriation then has $318 993 allocated to Community Housing and$299 007 to Open Space
What is now proposed to be purchased is labeled as Parcel 2 in the following cropped and further
annotated image of the Proof Plan, dated April 11 2012 (The balance of the land, labeled Parcel 1 is
what was approved for purchase by the 2012 ATM under its Article 9 See the Supplement to this
Committee's report to that Town Meeting, released May 4 2012 for further information on that
purchase ) The parcel contains a house a garage and a barn. Some to-be-designated portion of the parcel
(approximately the portion with the house and garage) will be a purchase for Community Housing. The
balance (including the barn)will be for Open Space Once the exact allocation of the parcel for those two
purposes under the CPA has been determined, two lots will be established formally
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Article 10:Appropriate I Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
for Recreation Capital
Projects I $68,000 R&CP EF (RE) Approval(5-0)
"This request is to purchase a Toro Grounds Master 4500D mower to replace the existing 2007 Toro
Grounds Master The life expectancy of golf course mowers average 7 years. New emission regulations
increased the cost of the mower by over $10 000 from the FY2014 capital plan. The 4500D is
approximately 9 feet wide and has five floating decks. It will be used almost daily in maintaining the
rough at Pine Meadows that covers approximately fifteen acres of turf ”
[Brown Book, Page XI-24]
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Article 11:Appropriate for Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Municipal Capital Source
Projects and Equipment
$10,005,743 GF
(Debt) + $2,270,145
GF (Cash)+
$1,350,075 GF (Free
Cash) + $961,105
Chapter 90+
$690,000 Compost
$15,539,150 RF (Debt) + $115,500 See Below
Water EF (RE) +
$40,500 Wastewater
EF (RE) +$35,000
Cemetery Trust
Fund+ $71,082
Unexpended Cash
Balances
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(a) Center Streetscape
Improvements and Easements—Phase $2 700 000 GF (Debt) Approval(4-1)
1
"This project is Phase 1 of a multi-phased request to address pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety in the
Center As part of the design and analysis work for this project, in FY13 funding was approved for traffic
counts and traffic modeling of multiple scenarios and for the design to progress to the 25% stage The
FY15 request of$600 000 provided funding to complete the design and develop plans and specifications
necessary for bidding the project. The construction funding is requested in multiple years. The
construction phases will provide for certain pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular safety improvements, the
restoration, removal and replacement of the sidewalk along the northerly side of Massachusetts Avenue
from Woburn Street to Harrington Road, streetscape improvement, improved lighting as well as other
aspects developed in the Plan. In addition to the restoration of these areas, all of the existing pedestrian
corridors and ramps will be brought into ADA compliance This phase of the project will be for the
portion of Massachusetts Avenue from Woburn Street to Cary Hall.
[Brown Book, Page XI-6]
The disapproving vote supported funding for the signalization component (including the road-alignment
work) of this request and asked that this component be broken out. This request contrasts sharply with the
Town's current capital fiscal pressures and need for school and public-safety building programs. A
disproportionate amount of this request is for costly elective elements such as decorative walls, post-and-
rail fences, boulders, special light fixtures and decorative brickwork. These elements are not only being
proposed for this project, but also for three or more additional Center Streetscape construction projects
over a five-year period,which will in aggregate be $5.3 million dollars beyond this request.
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$399 000 GF
(Debt) +
$100 000 GF
(Free Cash) +
$40,500 Water
EF (RE)+
(b) DPW Equipment $1,270 000 $40,500 Approval (5-0)
Wastewater
EF (RE)+
$690 000
Compost RF
(Debt)
"This is an annual request to replace equipment that is beyond its useful life and whose mechanical
condition no longer meets work the requirements of the Department of Public Works (DPW) Without
regular equipment replacement, the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the DPW's operations would be
handicapped due to equipment down time and excessive repair costs The selection of vehicles to be
replaced begins with the proposed replacement date Then each vehicle is assessed as to its mechanical
condition and work requirements. The systematic replacement program defines what equipment is
expected to need replacement during the next five years, with the intent of preventing any unexpected
emergency purchases. The proposed Loader for the Compost Site has an energy efficient engine which
will reduce fuel use by approximately 50%.
The table below shows each piece of equipment recommended and its proposed financing source
General Fund Free Cash Water Fund Sewer Fund Compost Fund Total
F350 Pick-Up $ 9,000 $ 40,500 $ 40,500 $ 90,000
2-Toro GroundlMlaster Mowers $ 80,000 $ 100,000 $ 180,000
Cat Loader $ 190,000 $ 190,000
Windrow Turner $ 500,000 $ 500,000
F550 Bucket Truck $ 140,000 $ 140,000
F350 Pick-Up with plow $ 90,000 $ 90,000
F350 Pick-Up with plow $ 80,000 $ 80,000
$ 399,000 $ 100,000 $ 40,500 $ 40,500 $ 690,000 $1,270,000
[Brown Book, Pages XI-6 16 & 21]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$43,343 GF
(Debt) +
(c) Storm Drainage Improvements $225,575 GF
and NPDES Compliance $340 000 (Free Cash)+ Approval (5-0)
$71 082
Unexpended
Cash Balances
"This is an annual request. $70 000 is estimated for the compliance with the construction related portions
of the National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) minimum control measures as
mandated by EPA in the storm water general permit issued to the Town. This includes the development
and submittal of the Notice of Intent and Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) as required by the
EPA as well as illicit discharge detection and elimination. The draft of the next permit phase was issued
by DEP in September 2014 Requirements measures include illicit discharge detection and elimination,
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and BMP (best management practices) installation and retrofits. $270 000 will be used to repair/replace
drainage structures encountered during the road resurfacing program, repair other drainage areas of
concern in town and improve stormwater issues discovered during the NPDES investigation work.
"This request will provide funds to restore the function of select town drainage systems. Much of the
town has been developed and old systems are inadequate There are many trouble spots in the watersheds
of the Vine Brook, Mill Brook, Beaver Brook, and Kiln Brook as well as other areas throughout town.
Recent drainage installation and rehabilitation included Shade Street, Walnut Street, Adams Street,
Ledgelawn Avenue and Hastings Park. Anticipated drainage installation is planned for Paul Revere Road.
Illicit discharge detection and elimination has been ongoing in the Vine Brook and Mill Brook which are
areas identified to have contamination."
[Brown Book, Page XI-7 & 22]
The following table identifies the Unexpended Cash Balances from prior appropriations that are being
reappropriated as part of the funding of this capital effort:
Unexpended Cash Balances to be Re-Appropriated
Original Appropriation Original Purpose Amount
1996 ATM,Article 14 Library Construction $4,513
2009 ATM,Article 18A School Technology $721
2011 ATM,Article 12A School Technology $67
2012 ATM,Article 15B Classroom Furniture $78
2012 ATM,Article 11B Park Improvements—Hard Court Resurfacing $6,332
2013 ATM,Article 10A Fire Pumper Replacement $47,687
2013 ATM,Article 13B Classroom Furniture $6,706
2013 ATM,Article 14M Public Facilities Vehicle Replacement $4,978
Total $71,0821
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(d) Comprehensive Watershed
Storm Water Management Study and $390 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Implementation
"This is an annual request. DPW-Engineering and Conservation are collaborating on addressing
dramage/brook management issues. The Charles River Shawsheen River and Mystic River watershed
management plans have all been completed with prior authorizations. Design work is underway for the
daylightmg and drainage improvements at Willards Woods and the bank stabilization at Vine Brook in
the Saddle Club Road area. This request is for the continuing design / implementation of the watershed
plans and for the construction of priorities established in the watershed plans. Staff has reviewed the three
watershed plans and developed a likely prioritization schedule with built-in flexibility pending unforeseen
changes. The requested funding will be used to move forward with the determined prioritized areas.
Please note that there is some overlap with the Town Wide Culvert Replacement project, as some of these
projects include culvert work as well as stream management work. Possible priority areas include the
Valleyfield area and Whipple Brook area."
[Brown Book, Page XI-7]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(e) Sidewalk Improvements, $600 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Additions, Design and Easements
"This is an annual request to rebuild and/or repave existing asphalt sidewalks and to begin design work on
new sidewalks. Proposed funding has been increased from prior years in order to address the Selectmen's
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goal of improving the overall condition of existing sidewalks and providing new sidewalks. Specifically
it is recommended that the Selectmen consider using a portion of this capital request to forward the
neighborhood petitions for a) a feasibility study for a sidewalk on Pleasant Street (estimated at $20 000),
and b) a sidewalk and intersection improvements on Prospect Hill Road, subject to neighborhood
consensus (estimated at$50 000 for the sidewalk and $50 000 for the intersection improvements)
"DPW in conjunction with various committees and other town departments develops a list each year of
the sidewalks most in need of repair/replacement. There are four determining factors that dictate the
repair of a sidewalk 1) Is the sidewalk unsafe for travel due to trip hazards, defects, etc 2) Is the sidewalk
within the Safe Routes to School Program 3) Is the volume of pedestrian traffic heavy light or average
and 4) Is the general condition of the sidewalk poor fair or good which dictates treatments such as full
reconstruction, overlay or patching[ ] All work will be ADA compliant. DPW has worked with Fay
Spofford & Thorndike a pavement consulting firm, to compile a sidewalk condition survey that will help
prioritize sidewalk repair locations. It is recommended that $20 000 of this funding be used for a
feasibility study for a sidewalk on Pleasant Street, which is also being supported by a neighborhood
petition.
"The history of prior Sidewalk appropriations is.
Sidewalk Funding
History
FY2008 $100,000
FY2009 $275,000
FY2010 $ -
FY2011 $200,000
FY2012 $200,000
FY2013 $300,000
FY20141 $400,000
FY2015 $400,000
1$200,000 of which is for
the Hartwell Ave mixed
use path)
[Brown Book, Page XI-8]
This Committee appreciates that the funding request is 50% greater than last year's, but is disappointed at
that level for two reasons (1) A Town-wide analysis of our existing sidewalks indicated that it likely
would take annual funding of $750 000 considering an estimated, current, existing-sidewalk-network
backlog of about $7 million, if we wished at least to maintain the current Sidewalk Condition Index(SCI)
at 68 for the whole network—which funding level still projects a slow increase in the backlog, and (2)
$120 000 of the request is being applied toward creation of two new residential sidewalks—leaving only
$480 000 available toward the projected $750 000 funding need, a shortfall of $270 000 At the same
time we welcomed the Board of Selectmen's decision to treat both of those matters as being an anomaly
from what it supports—especially with regard to the 2nd point—because the prioritization of those two
new sidewalks surfaced so late in the budget cycle
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(f) Town-wide Culvert $100 000 GF
Replacement $100 000 (Debt) Approval (5-0)
"This is an annual program request. Ongoing culvert inspections indicate the need for a replacement
program for many of the older culverts in town. Of the funding requested, $250 000 is an estimate of
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construction costs necessary for culvert replacement with $65 000 for design, permitting, and bidding.
The remainder is for contingencies. Of the total project cost, $290 000 is being requested through CPA
funding for the design and replacement of a culvert along the Minuteman Bikeway just North of Camelia
Place at the headwaters of the North Lexington Brook. This includes construction funding, oversight, and
contingency On-going culvert inspections are proving a need for a replacement program as many of the
older culverts in town are near or at failure The Watershed Management Plans have identified a number
of these failing culverts. This replacement program is a companion effort with the ongoing Watershed
Management Plan. DPW recently completed the Concord Avenue culvert near the Belmont line and the
Compost facility culvert. The Revere Street at North Lexington Brook culvert and Concord Ave at
Hardy's Brook culvert are in permitting and expected to be constructed in 2015 Please note that there is
some overlap with the Comprehensive Stormwater Management project as some of these projects include
culvert work as well as stream management work
[Brown Book, Page XI-8 & 21]
This request is funding to address additional culverts as they are identified as needing replacement. See
Article 8(n) for the CPC's recommendation to this Town Meeting for the balance of the FY2016 request
for this program.
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(g) Town-wide Signalization $125 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Improvements
"This is an annual request for funds to update traffic and pedestrian signals in Lexington. A signal
inventory and compliance study has been completed. The study includes ADA compliance condition
assessment; signal timing, delays, and prioritized recommendations. Potential locations for this funding
include the intersections of Bedford Street at Worthen Road, Lowell Street at East Street, Lowell Street at
North Road and improved pedestrian crossings along Massachusetts Avenue In most cases the design
work is minimal and is therefore reflected as 10% of the total cost."
[Brown Book, Page XI-9]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(h) Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure $4 750 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Improvements and Easements
"This request is to design, permit, and construct vehicle pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements to a
portion of Hartwell Avenue and, specifically to address vehicle capacity and safety at the Hartwell
Avenue/McGuire Road intersection. The proposed FY16 funding will be used to replace or rehabilitate
the Hartwell Avenue bridge crossing at Kiln Brook and to upgrade the Maguire Road intersection and
potentially provide a protected pedestrian crossing at the Bedford Street intersection. This proposed work
was developed as part of the Transportation Management Plan for the Hartwell Avenue area developed by
the Planning Board. The proposed funding request will be to provide construction, construction oversight
and fund potential land acquisition (easements, land takings, etc ) Since this construction work will be
phased over two or more construction seasons, the debt service table above reflects this phasing of the
work. Additional work may be proposed beyond FY16 but the detailed scope and costs have not yet been
developed."
[Brown Book, Page XI-9]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$2,270 145 GF
(i) Street Improvements and (Cash)
Easements $3,231,250 +$961 105 Approval (5-0)
Chapter 90
"This is an annual request for the street resurfacing and maintenance program. Funds will be used for
design, inspections, planning, repair patching, crack sealing and construction of roadways and roadway
related infrastructure including repair and installation of sidewalks. A preliminary list of the streets to be
repaired under this article is currently under development. A pavement management system is utilized to
assist in analyzing the road network and selecting roadways for repairs. This model is kept updated on a
regular basis. Approximately $20 000 of this funding is for data collection, analyses, proposal review
recommendations, and to develop plans for traffic mitigation and improvements town-wide Traffic
calming requests, complete street evaluations and other issues that require Traffic Safety Group (TSG)
evaluation will be funded through this request. Significant traffic calming projects may require additional
funding to be requested."
Street Improvements—Financing Components
FY16 St. Improvements
2001 Override Increased by 2 5% per year $ 624,061
Maintenance of unallocated revenue from FY12 Revenue Allocation Model $ 281,234
Maintenance of unallocated revenue from FY13 Revenue Allocation Model $ 164,850
Additional Tax Levy due to Health Insurance Savings $ 1,100,000
Additional Tax Levy Funding—Shade Street Traffic Calming $ 100,000
Estimated Chapter 90 Aid $ 961,105
$ 3,231,250
[Brown Book, Page XI-21]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(j) Bikeway Bridge Repairs and GF (Free
Engineering $10 000 Cash) Approval (5-0))
"The Grant Street Bridge along the bikeway is showing signs of deterioration. The Engineering Division
is working with a structural engineer to determine the extent of the work needed to restore the bridge The
Minuteman Bikeway is used by many residents and non-residents as a commuter and recreational path.
This work is essential to keeping a safe pathway for all users. The estimated cost of the repairs is
$70 000 "
[Brown Book, Page XI-22]
This Committee believes this effort (as well as any follow-on construction) is eligible for funding under
the CPA and would have preferred that it have been presented to the CPC for consideration for FY2016
funding from the CPF rather than the GF
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(k) Hastings Park Undergrounding $300 000 GF (Free Disapproval (5-0)
Wires Cash)
"This request is for the undergrounding of utility wires at Hastings Park. NStar [Now "Eversource"] has
provided preliminary design and installation estimates to place the current overhead wires underground.
The use and overall aesthetic view of the park is obstructed by the power lines that run through the park
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from Worthen Road to Lincoln Street. This request will provide funds to put the power lines
underground, which will open up useable space and make the park more aesthetically pleasing. The
project will involve removal of the existing utility poles and wires and installation of underground conduit
and wires. Hastings Park is one of the most used park areas in Town. It provides green space and a gazebo
for events such as the carnival, weddings, company picnics, concerts, family functions, school events,
recreation events and other community related events."
[Brown Book, Page XI-22]
This project is not projected to have any material effect on the actual usage of the park. This Committee
cannot support this request in light of the current, more-pressing, capital needs the Town faces.
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$75 000 GF
(1) Hydrant Replacement Program $150 000 (Free Cash) + Approval (5-0)
$75 000
Water EF (RE)
"This is an ongoing replacement program designed to maintain the integrity of the fire protection system
throughout town. The Town of Lexington has 1,500 fire hydrants in its fire protection system. Faulty
hydrants need to be replaced annually to meet safety requirements. A list of hydrants needing replacement
each year is generated during the annual inspection and flushing of hydrants by the Water Department and
the Fire Department as well as hydrants being replaced [due to accidents.] Based on discussions between
the Water Department and the Fire Department the target goal is to replace approximately 60 hydrants per
year With a replacement cost of approximately $2,500 per hydrant the capital request will ensure the
continued operability of the fire protection system. A total of 266 hydrants (approximately 18% of the
system) have been replaced. Hydrants typically have a 50 year life unless they are damaged."
[Brown Book, Page XI-23]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(m) Westview Cemetery Building $35 000 Cemetery Trust Approval (5-0)
Assessment Fund
"Westview Cemetery is the Town's active cemetery with an average of 200 burials per year The current
building, which serves as the cemetery office meeting area for grieving families and work space for the
maintenance staff has deteriorated, needs to be reconfigured and needs to be brought up to code Many
times a grieving family will come into the office while there is maintenance being performed in the
adjacent garage area or other people or staff enter the office area with no other room for the grieving
family The maintenance area is small and not all of the equipment can be stored indoors which affects
the durability and life of the equipment. The FY2016 requested funds of$35 000 will be used to hire an
architect to assess the current building, determine if the existing building can be renovated and expanded
and determine if a new building is needed. DPW and the architect will work closely with the Facilities
Department to determine the best long-term solution for the building."
[Brown Book, Page XI-25]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(n) Replace Town Wide Phone GF (Free
Systems–Phase IV $52 000 Cash) Approval (5-0)
"This request is being submitted on behalf of the Municipal Information Services Department, the School
Department and the Public Facilities Department. This is Phase IV of a multi-phase VOIP system to
address Town wide telephone needs. The request is to fund the replacement of the phone system at the
Police Station. The bulk of the two system cores, located in the High School and the Public Services
Building, were installed in FY2014 Buildings that have received new VoIP systems in the earlier phases
are the Town Office Building and the High School."
[Brown Book, Page XI-21]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(o) Municipal Technology $140 000 GF (Free Approval (5-0)
Improvement Program—Phase III Cash)
"This request is for additional disk-based storage to be added to the redundant SANs and additional
backup via disk and tape libraries. The SANs installed in both the Town Office Building and 201 Bedford
St. server rooms will be expanded by adding expansion drive arrays to the SANs. Backup expansion will
be achieved by adding another backup disk array and backup tape library This storage growth is expected
to meet the needs of the expanded use of the Town's document management system and the addition of
Public Safety storage needs. Additional software will also be purchased to assist with file storage
archiving and discovery Future year funding will be to continue to expand the SAN capacity by adding
expansion arrays to the existing SAN and expanding backup capacity to match the file storage growth."
[Brown Book, Page XI-21]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$398 400 GF
(p) Police/Fire Dispatching and (Debt)+
Records Software $705 900 $307,500 GF Approval (5-0)
(Free Cash)
"This project is a joint Police/Fire Capital/Information Services request. In October 1990 the Lexington
Police Department purchased CrimeTRACK from MICROsystems of Melrose MA, a police software
package It is a menu driven system that has been upgraded through the years including a graphic user
interface (with Windows like features) The software allows for tracking police/fire/9-1-1 calls, computer
assisted dispatching, central records, tracking of warrants - citations - restraining orders, a report writing
system, business-residence records, arrest management, personnel management, scheduling, and more It
was designed to be a fully integrated system linking police and fire operations. The 2004 Public Safety
Staffing Review panel reviewed the computer network and recommended replacing the software as it has
not met the needs of the Lexington Fire Department almost since it came on-line in 1994 The company
has served Lexington well but remains a small operation with the inherent risk of losing the ability to
service the system if one or more key members are lost. During 2014 the Fire and Police departments
identified a product with a fully integrated police / fire / dispatch software system that is designed in a
Windows format and compatible with a robust variety of software/hardware accessories. The product is
used by over 300 public safety agencies including Nantucket, MA Police Department. Lexington's current
hardware will need to be upgraded to accommodate the new software system to include new servers. This
product requires 2-3 days training for basic users and 7-10 days for "power" users and "train the trainer"
staff. There will also be costs for converting 24 years of current data from the existing system into the
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new software This request include hardware software project management and staff training costs."
[Brown Book, Page XI-5 & 22]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
GF (Debt)Debt
service to be
(q) Parking Meter Replacement $500 000 funded from Approval (3-2)
Parking Meter
Fund
"In June 2014 the Board of Selectmen adopted the "Lexington Center Parking Management and
Implementation Plan" (the Plan) and approved the implementation of the initial recommendations that
included replacing the Center's 525 parking meters with new technology The goal of the plan is to
manage the existing parking supply more efficiently increase parking availability and simplify the
parking system for users. New meter technology will allow users to pay with a credit card and possibly
smart phone in additional to coin payments. While meter rates are recommended to increase the Plan
also calls for providing users with the first 15 to 30 minutes free The new meters will also have the
ability for improved monitoring and reporting of parking utilization in the area thereby enabling Town
Officials to assess and alter rates as deemed appropriate "
[Brown Book, Page XI-9]
The members in opposition to this project believe it is premature to provide this funding. Their concerns
include but are not limited to that (1) exactly what will be purchased is not known, (2) the request is to
fund the "full buy" of meters before any success has been demonstrated, (3)there is an insufficient
understanding of just how the meters will be programmed with the expectation to achieve the presumed
behavioral change, (4) there is no material change proposed in the enforcement activity (still just one
Parking Enforcement Officer) to enhance the likelihood of the presumed behavioral change, (5)no
requirement that employers will be required to work in parallel so employees are not using prime parking
intended for customers, and (6) they have much doubt that in the Lexington context the expected change
in behavior will be achieved and may in fact, cause some customers to shop and visit elsewhere
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(r) Public Safety Radio $90,000 GF (Free Cash) Approval (5-0)
Stabilization—Phase I
"This two-phase project is based on the 2013 radio study to identify options to improve reliability and
redundancy in the Public Safety Radio System. There is some overlap in both police and fire radios
(common antennas,power source and grounds) that should be separated to have two separate (redundant)
systems. Currently the main transmitter is in a shared shelter belonging to Verizon, is not secure and only
provides battery backup in case of power failure Phase 1 (FY 2016) will include moving the existing
police radio system from copper to fiber optic lines, relocating some existing equipment, and adding
backup generators to our main radio and repeater sites. Phase 2 (FY 2017) will expand the wireless
connections between the main radio system and outlying devices, by adding antennae locations to Cary
[Memorial Building] and the Public Services building, and create a redundant repeater system at the DOT
site The results of the Information Technology Department engineering study of redundant pathways
may alter the scope of Phase 2 "
[Brown Book, Page XI-20]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(s) Design/Engineering—Firing
Range at Hartwell Avenue Compost $50,000 GF (Free Cash) Approval (5-0)
Site
"This request if the first phase to relocate expand and modernize the current Lexington Police outdoor
firing range onsite at the Hartwell Avenue facility The Lexington Police Department has been using a
150' x 75' area (dimensions do not include safety embankments) since the 1970's for required outdoor
firearms training and qualification. Working closely with the Department of Public Works, this
engineering phase will provide for a feasibility study as to how and where a firing range can be relocated
at the Hartwell Avenue site The firing range should be a minimum of 300 ' by 100' to accommodate
modern firearms training. The range should be surrounded by structure and/or clean fill mounding (no
less than 20' high) for safety and to absorb/deflect sound. An indoor facility abutting the range would
provide secure storage of range materials, a training room, restrooms, and space for an indoor firearms
simulation system. The outdoor range should be equipped with lighting, a variety of target locations,
moving targets and a public address system."
[Brown Book, Page XI-22]
Article 12: Pleasant Street Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Sidewalk (Citizen Source
Article) Indefinite
None Unspecified Postponement
(5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a feasibility study relating to
the installation of a new sidewalk on Pleasant Street which would connect the existing sidewalk segments
and result in a complete sidewalk along the entire length of Pleasant Street "
[Town Warrant]
Provision for funding such a project is included in the scope under Article 11(e)
Article 13: Prospect Hill Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Road Sidewalk Source
(Citizen Article) Indefinite
None Unspecified Postponement
(5-0)
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct a sidewalk on Prospect
Hill Road,
[Town Warrant]
Provision for funding such a project is included in the scope under Article 11(e)
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Article 14:Appropriate Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
for Water System
Improvements $894,845 Water EF
(RE)+ $5,155
Unexpended Cash
$900,000 Balance from Approval(5-0)
2010 ATM,
Article 13B,
Rehabilitating
Standpipes
"This is an annual program for replacement of unlined, inadequate aged and failing water mains and
deteriorated service connections as well as the elimination of dead ends in water mains. For this fiscal
year we are requesting $820 000 for construction and it is estimated that $80 000 will be used for
engineering services which is approximately 10% of the construction cost. This is a lower design
percentage as the Engineering Division designs and bids the water main work in-house and using
engineering services only for construction oversight. Possible locations for water system improvement are
Massachusetts Avenue from the Arlington town line to Oak Street or the Prospect Hill Road area."
[Brown Book, Page XI-23]
Article 15:Appropriate Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
for Wastewater System
Improvements $1,200,000
Wastewater EF
$1,800,000 (Debt) + $600,000 Approval(5-0)
Wastewater EF
(RE)
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(a) Wastewater System $1,200 000 Wastewater EF Approval (5-0)
Investigation and Improvements (Debt)
"This is an annual request for rehabilitation of sanitary sewer infrastructure Engineering investigation
and evaluation will be done on sewers in various watersheds. Work will include replacement or repair of
deteriorated sewers and manholes identified throughout Town. Sewage leaks and overflows present a
direct danger to the health of the community through transmission of waterborne diseases. In addition, the
Town's assessment by the MWRA for sewage treatment is based, in part, on total flow through the meter
at the Arlington town line so excessive flow of storm water in the sewer results in unnecessarily higher
sewage bills.
"Projects may be eligible for MWRA grant/loan program funding. Further identification, prioritization,
and repair of sanitary sewer in the town reducing inflow and infiltration into the system has been ongoing
in several sewer basins in town. Recent completed work in town includes sewer basin area 6 (Tophet
swamp) area 7 (Reed Street area) area 10 (Marrett, Lincoln, School Street areas) area 3 (Adams Street,
Grant Street, Saddle Club Road area) and area 9 (Parker Street area) Possible future areas of
investigation and removal are the Bow Street, Maple Street, Woburn Street, Bloomfield Street, Waltham
Street / Concord Avenue and Adams Street areas. Additional work may also include force main
rehabilitation and replacement including,but not limited to pump station work."
[Brown Book, Page XI-14]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(b) Pump Station Upgrades $600 000 Wastewater EF Approval (5-0)
"This is an ongoing program for upgrade of the stations including bringing them in compliance with
federal (OSHA) regulations, equipment replacement and generator installations. Lexington has 10 Sewer
pumping stations valued at over $6 million. In July of 2013 a detailed evaluation and capital plan was
developed for the town with the assistance of Wright-Pierce This includes a detailed engineering survey
of the pumps stations to determine current and future needs as well as a time table and probable costs for
the proposed work. $600 000 of the FY16 funding request is for full pump station replacement, which
will likely be used for the Constitution Road Pump Station as shown in year 3 of the Capital Improvement
Plan developed by Wright-Pierce "
[Brown Book, Page XI-23]
See STM#2 Article 2 for additional funding for Pump Station work related to the force main on Gleason
Road.
Article 16:Appropriate Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
for School Capital
Projects and $1,903,500
Equipment (An additional $1,703,500 GF
$82,500 does not (Debt) + $200,000 Approval(5-0)
require GF (Free Cash)
appropriation.
See (d).)
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
$117,500 GF
(a) System Wide School Furniture $317,500 (Debt)+ Approval (5-0)
Equipment and Systems $200 000 GF
(Free Cash)
"The school department annually requests replacement of furniture that has reached the end of its useful
life In addition, new furniture inventory is required to address growing enrollment in our schools.
Generally furniture repair replacement, or additions consist of workstations, office furniture folding
chairs/tables, conference room furniture bookshelves, storage units and cabinets, student work tables,
library furniture carts, bulletin boards, partitions, and other classroom equipment or systems that
facilitate the delivery of instruction.
"The Furniture Equipment and Systems Replacement Program includes requests for
a. Replacing Furniture Program. $88,230
i. School-wide Furniture Replacement
•Art Tables and Stools & Cafeteria Tables
• Whiteboards, Bookshelves, Wooden Cubbies, Adult Classroom Desks and Chairs,
Student Desks and Chairs, Lab Tables
•Art Tables and Art Stools and Fire Proof Filing Cabinets
ii. Disposal, Recycling, and moving of furniture
b New Program Furniture $129,270
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i. 3 elementary classrooms and Cafeteria Tables at$15 000 each
ii. 2 Middle school Classrooms at$7 000 each
in. High School staff member replacement/new office furniture (5 C $2500 each) plus
$12,500 for other new office and classroom spaces.
iv Emergency Response Communication System(62 District Two Way Radios) $25 000
v Special Education Equipment Program $20,270
c District Furniture Assessment Analysis $100 000
i. Services would include
•Assessment for Repair and Replacement
• Subsequent inventory assessment, surplus and discard each year"
[Brown Book, Page XI-11 & 17]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(b) School Technology Capital $1,378 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Request
"This request is to the District's Strategic Goal for enhancing the capacity to utilize technology as an
instructional and administrative tool. This technology equipment includes technology workstations
(desktops, laptops, and mobile devices) printers/peripherals, interactive projection systems, network
head-end equipment, and improved wireless network delivery systems for the High School and middle
schools.
This capital improvement project would provide the funding for
• Technologl Workstations (Desktops, Laptops, Mobile Devices) - $575 000 is requested of which
$525 000 is to replace aging computers that will be 5-6 years old during FY15 with up-to-date
technology workstations. Approximately 550 computers during FY16 will need replacement.
$50 000 will be allocated as part of a three year plan to make sure all six of our elementary
schools are equitable in their technology
• Expanding One-To-One Mobile Technologl Initiative at Grade 8 Middle Schools - $275 000 is
requested to provide every Grade 8 student (550 students) at Diamond and Clarke Middle schools
an iPad for use at home and school.
• Expanding Individualized iPad initiative in High School - $45 000 is requested to expand and
further embed our current iPad initiative at the High School to provide iPads to additional 9th
grade classrooms so that these classes can utilize the iPads on a regular basis to engage in
classroom activities supported by technology
• Technologl- Peripherals - $30 000 is requested to purchase and replace old printers, document
readers, and projection systems through the district as the building needs arise
• Upgrading the Managed Wireless Networks at the High School and middle schools - $277 000 is
requested to upgrade the density and capacity of our wireless networks at the high school and two
middle schools.
• Upgrading Additional Components schools LAN networks - $86 000 is requested to (1) upgrade
backbone between network head-end to 10 Gb for Estabrook, Clarke and Diamond schools, (2)
replace the current mail and media storage servers, and (3) purchase expanded fireproof data
storage repository for the data backup of key systems.
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• Interactive Projector/Whiteboards Units - $90 000 is requested for the fourth stage in our
completion of our goal that will allow the Lexington School District of having every Grade 3-12
classroom equipped with interactive projector/whiteboard unit.
[Brown Book, Page XI-12]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(c) Additional Time Clock System $208 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Funds
"Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers are required to record and have available for audit and
payment to employees the following information for hourly employees
• Time and day of week when employee's workweek begins,
• Hours worked each day and total hours worked each workweek;
• Basis on which employee's wages are paid,
• Regular hourly pay rate,
• Total daily or weekly straight-time earnings,
• Total overtime earnings for the workweek;
• All additions to or deductions from the employee's wages,
• Total wages paid each pay period, and
• Date of payment and the pay period covered by the payment.
"The goal of this system is to not only meet the requirements of pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act
for School employees, but to also have accurate recording an reporting of time worked, overtime and
absences for hourly employees."
[Brown Book, Page XI-13]
This would be the third appropriation for this project:
Appropriations for the Schools Time-Clock System
Town Meetings Amount Source
2010 ATM,Article 15(c) $97,000 GF(Debt)
2013 ATM,Article 13(c) $30,000 GF(Free Cash)
Prior Subtotal $127,000
This Request $208,000 GF(Debt)
Total if This Request Approved $335,0001
The first additional funding was in recognition that "During implementation planning, it was discovered
that the original estimate did not include one building and a management/supervisor interface for the
first year" A spring 2014 Request for Proposal resulted in no award as all responses were priced at far
more than the then-available funding. This further appropriation is needed in order to have what is now
believed to be sufficient funds to contract for the full scope that is recognized to achieve all the cited
information goals and thus meet the District-wide needs and statutory requirements.
This Committee expects that the wording of the motion will reflect that the original debt authorization is
being amended to $305 000—reflecting the increase this request is making that would also be financed.
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(d) Food Service LHS Dishwasher $82,500 Food Service N/A
& Installation RF
"This request is for the purchase and installation of a dishwasher in the main kitchen of the High School.
It is driven largely by the increase average daily participation from SY2012 through SY2015 of 21% and
an increase in utensil usage by 35%.
[Brown Book, Page XI-17]
While this Committee unanimously approves of this project, as it is to be funded from a statutory fund, it
will not be presented to Town Meeting as such funding does not require a Town Meeting appropriation.
Article 17: Technical Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Correction To The Source
Borrowing
Authorization Under
Article 13B Of The N/A N/A Approval(5-0)
2014 Annual Town
Meeting
"To see if the Town will vote to make a technical correction to the borrowing authorization approved
under Article 13b of the warrant for the 2014 Annual Town Meeting (School Technology)by deleting the
figure "$1 100 000" and substituting therefor the figure "$1 110 000" or act in any other manner in
relation thereto "
"DESCRIPTION This article seeks to correct a scrivener's error in the motion as originally passed. The
borrowing authorization was $10 000 below the authorized appropriation."
[Town Warrant]
Article 18:Appropriate Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
for Public Facilities
Capital Projects $1,740,200 GF
$2,731,885 (Debt) + $808,925 See Below
GF (Free Cash) +
$182,760 GF (Cash)
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(a) Middle School Space Mining $674 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
"A study funded by Article 14H of 2014 Annual Town Meeting for $40 000 evaluated the two middle
schools for opportunities to improve space utilization. As a result of the study two projects are being
recommended. The first project is to divide the underutilized Clarke teacher's lunchroom into two spaces,
a conference room and smaller lunch room. The second project, also at Clarke is to renovate the
Resource Room 318 into a more functional space A suite with a group area and smaller educational
spaces will be created for staff and students, and the remainder of the space will separated as a full
classroom, thereby increasing overall utilization for the space The Diamond School space mining project,
originally planned for FY16 has been deferred by the Superintendent.
[Brown Book, Page XI-10]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(b) Clarke Middle School GF (Debt,
Circulation and Parking $363 000 possibly Approval (5-0)
Improvements, Design excluded)
"This project is requesting design funds to modify and expand paving around the Clarke Middle School
for increased parking, improved circulation for vehicles and to improve the safety of pedestrian and
bicycle routes. The construction funds will be requested after the design and phasing schedule is
completed. The current construction estimate is $2.2 million. During the school drop off and pick up
period, the existing paved areas do not provide adequate circulation for the amount of passenger cars and
busses that access the site Additionally students weave themselves through the often stopped vehicles.
Implementing this project will improve safety and circulation of vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists,
provide adequate parking and provide needed capacity from increasing enrollments."
[Brown Book, Page XI-10]
This Committee recognizes the need to increase safety and to improve the flow of traffic at the Clark
Middle School as well as increase the amount of parking due the increasing size of the school population.
Care during this planning phase will be needed to ensure that the eventual product will be compatible
with any changes or additions to the school that might arise from adding capacity (See STM#1 Article 2)
The DPF is aware of, and is planning for this coordination between projects.
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(c) Lexington High School Phase 2 $90,200 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Overcrowding/Completion
"This project is requesting funds to complete the renovation of Room 228 LHS Overcrowding Phase 2
repurposed Room 228 into programmable space The room has been temporarily used as a small
classroom, and for FY 2016 funding is requested to complete the renovation into offices for the English
and Social Studies Department Heads. After this renovation is completed, the two department heads and
administrators will be relocated and their current offices in suite 217 will be used to consolidate Special
Education Department staff into one area."
[Brown Book, Page XI-10]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(d) Public Facilities-Major
Mechanical/Electrical Systems' $463 000 GF (Debt) Approval (5-0)
Replacement
"This project is an annual replacement of HVAC and electrical systems that have exceeded their useful
life and require replacement before excessive failures begin occurring. The following systems have been
identified for replacement in FY 2016 LHS — Replace RTU A-1 serving the IT Department, due to
failure history and replace with larger RTU with energy recovery sized for the additional IT room 164
Town Office Building. Replace both AHUs serving the Town Office Building due to failure history and
inability to maintain conditions. The Design will include return air and energy recovery"
[Brown Book, Page XI-10]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(e) Lexington Public School N/A N/A Indefinite Postponement
Educational Capacity Increase (5-0)
See STM#1 Article 2 under which the funds for this scope of work are to be appropriated.
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
GF (Debt or
(f) LHS Heating Systems Candidate for
Upgrade—Phases 2 & 3—Design $150 000 Excluded Approval (5-0)
Debt)
"2014 Annual Town Meeting,Article 14B funded $75 000 to evaluate options to determine the most cost
effective approach to extend the useful life of the LHS main building HVAC systems. Phase one of this
project was completed under an authorization at 2009 Annual Town Meeting, Article 19C which made
improvements to the LHS outer buildings. The analysis completed by the consulting engineers presented
four options. 1) replace all controls, including actuators and dampers pneumatic controls with DDC
controls, 2) replace all equipment, including new DDC controls, but replace with the same equipment,
3) similar as option 2 but upgrade with condensing hot water boilers, hot water unit ventilators, and
energy recovery ventilation, and 4) new energy recovery ventilation, with partial air conditioning, for all
spaces. Remove unit ventilators from the classrooms. The steam distribution system and unit ventilators
for the classrooms are original to the buildings (1948 and 1953) During the 2000 renovation and 2003
renovations several roof top units were added, some with steam heat and some with hot water The protect
cost for option 4 is approximately $10 000 000 This is just over $50/sq ft. for the 190 000 square feet
that is part of this analysis. This project is recommending funding of the design of the option 4 so that
funding for phased implementation, which aligns with the Lexington Public School Master Plan, can be
presented at future Town Meetings."
[Brown Book, Page XI-11]
The heating system in the main building at the High School is over 60-years old and beyond its useful
life Modern heating units and controls are needed to provide efficient heating and adequate
air-tempering, as well as quiet service suitable for classroom use While the main building is over
60-years old, it is structurally sound and will likely be in service for many years even after the rest of the
High-School complex is renovated/replaced. Therefore we endorse that the replacement system be of
high quality and energy efficient(i.e the selection of option 4)
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(g) School Building Envelope and GF (Free
Systems $210 000 Cash) Approval (5-0)
"This project involves performing annual prioritized design, repairs and modifications to prevent
deterioration of school building exteriors and building systems. Proper maintenance of school buildings
requires continual investment in the building envelope and building systems. This includes but is not
limited to repair of damaged panels and siding, re-caulking and weatherproofing windows and doors,
repainting the wood exterior and extraordinary repairs to mechanical systems. Small, individual items
such as failure of a specific door or window or small painting projects will continue to be funded through
the operating budget. FY 2016 priorities may include Clarke Middle School drainage improvements and
caulking replacement, network improvements to the DPF building automation system, and educational
space modifications from enrollment changes."
[Brown Book, Page XI-18]
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(h) Municipal Building Envelope $182 760 GF (Cash) Approval (5-0)
and Systems
"This ongoing capital request, originally approved for funding in the 2006 Proposition 2'/2 Override
includes repair/replacement projects for the maintenance and upgrade of municipal buildings and systems.
Repairs to roofs, windows, mechanical and electrical systems, and interior finishes are required on a
continual basis to maintain town facilities for their intended function. The public building infrastructure
will always need to be maintained, repaired, and upgraded to prevent structural deterioration and avoid
safety hazards. The projects within this program do not increase the size of the public building stock and
therefore do not result in increased utility usage or maintenance costs. This year's request intends to
implement extraordinary repairs and to install a drainage system for the Town Office Building basement."
[Brown Book, Page XI-18]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(i) Extraordinary GF (Free
Repairs/Replacements/Upgrades $335 425 Cash) Approval (5-0)
1 School Building Flooring Program($125 000)
"This is a multi-year project that will replace carpet, vinyl tile and ceramic tile flooring systems are
beyond their useful life Flooring systems must be replaced periodically to insure the surfaces are safe and
cleanable Worn or broken flooring creates a tripping hazard, can provide harborage for bacteria and
water and is difficult to clean. Smaller repairs of flooring components are funded through the operating
budget. This is the sixth year of this program and new flooring systems have been installed in Clarke
stairwells, classrooms, and auditorium, Hastings main corridor Diamond School, and Central
Administration and LHS This year the Department will also be evaluating replacing flooring in areas that
house 12 month programs with low maintenance flooring systems."
[Brown Book, Page XI-18]
2 School Interior Painting Program($133 425)
"This is a multi-year project for a school building interior painting program with the intent of
systematically repainting interior surfaces on a 7 to 10 year schedule Elementary school interiors are
occasionally painted through PTA planning of community volunteers. The last two years has resulted in
improvements at the middle schools and the high school. The third year will focus on the elementary
schools and Town office buildings."
[Brown Book, Page XI-18]
3 Diamond Middle School Lighting to Rear Parking Lot($77 000)
"This project is for adding additional lighting at the Sedge Road side of Diamond Middle School. This
project will install seven(7) new LED light fixtures on twenty five(25) foot aluminum poles."
[Brown Book, Page XI-19]
4 Diamond Middle School Motors for Backboards
This sub-element has been withdrawn
5 LHS Bike Racks and Installation
This sub-element has been withdrawn
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Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(j) School Paving Program $150 000 GF (Free Approval (5-0)
Cash)
"This project requests funds for design and construction to maintain school parking and paved pedestrian
surfaces in a condition suitable for public use This program funds paving replacement on school grounds
and has resulted in improvements at Bridge Bowman, Fiske Hastings, Diamond, and Central
Administration buildings. In addition, improvements were made to various school buildings to remove
access barriers identified in the ADA Survey completed in 2011 It is anticipated that a priority for next
year will be to replace paving in the Bowman School parking lot and to study the requirements for the
Sedge Road entrance to Diamond Middle School for replacement in FY 2017 "
[Brown Book, Page XI-18]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
(k) Public Facilities Bid Documents $75 000 GF (Free Approval (5-0)
Cash)
"This is an annual request for funding of professional services to produce design development,
construction documents, and/or bid administration services for smaller school projects in anticipation of
requests for construction funding at town meeting that that have a high probability of approval. This will
insure that the projects can be completed in the then-current construction season, which is particularly
important for the timely completion of such projects given the short window between the end of school in
June and the beginning of school the following August."
[Brown Book, Page XI-19]
Project Description Amount Funding Committee Recommends
Requested Source
GF (Free
(1) Security Cameras Upgrade $38,500 Cash) Approval (5-0)
"This project is to upgrade the older PELCO analog security camera system to the newer evacqVision
digital security camera system over a five year period."
[Brown Book, Page XI- "]
Article 24: Original Funding
Amount Involved Committee Recommends
Appropriate Bonds Source
and Notes
Premiums & Appropriate that amount
of premiums on bonding
Rescind Equal ±$149,140 received&Reduce the Approval(5-0)
Prior Borrowing bonding authorities,
Authorizations accordingly
"To see if the Town will vote to apply premium received on account of the sale of bonds or notes of the
Town that are the subject of a Proposition 2'/2 debt exclusion, to pay costs of the project being financed by
such bonds or notes, provided that the amount authorized to be borrowed for such project, but not yet
issued by the Town, is reduced by the same amount, or act in any other manner in relation thereto "
"DESCRIPTION Passage of this article would permit premiums received upon the sale of bonds
or notes issued to finance projects approved at a debt exclusion election to be appropriated to pay
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for project costs, subject to guidelines promulgated by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Such appropriations would be for the purpose of supplanting, not supplementing,bond financing
of the project in question."
[Town Warrant]
It is expected that this Article will combine the two equal, offsetting actions—rather than leave the
rescission action as subject to an independent vote under Article 25
Actions Original Appropriation Descriptions Amount
Appropriated Premiums on
Bonds Sold on February 19, 2011 STM (Nov 14)Article 2 Bridge/Bowman Reconstruction $32,858
2015, and Reduce Bond
Authorizations by the same 2012 STM (Apr 2)Article 2 Estabrook School Construction $116,282
amountst
Total $149,140
tThere is no change to the total funding authority for each project.
Article 25: Rescind Amount for Rescission Original Committee Recommends
Prior Borrowing Authorization
Authorizations $3,264,471 See Below Approval(4-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to rescind the unused borrowing authority voted under previous Town
Meeting articles, or act in any other manner in relation thereto "
"DESCRIPTION State law requires that Town Meeting vote to rescind authorized and unissued
debt which is no longer required for its intended purpose"
[Town Warrant]
Beyond the rescissions addressed under Article 24 there are the following additional rescissions
Original
Appropriation Purpose Amount Reason
2007 ATM,Article 36 Public Works $2 261,871 Project completed without needing this
Facility remaining authority
Land
Purchase—Off Project completed without needing this
2010 ATM,Article 9 Marrett Road $1,002,600
(Cotton Farm remaining authority t
Acquisition)
Total $3,264,471
tSeller financed, without interest and over two years, the$2,300,000 balance due on the
$3,800,000 purchase after an initial CPF cash payment of$1,500,000 The first payment due
against the balance was under a BAN (for cash received) That payment originally was to be
$1,300,000 in FY2012, but was accelerated and discounted to$1,297,400 due to financing
costs to be borne by the Town that had not been contemplated, leaving$2,600 of the overall
authorization unused (That BAN was paid off under the 2011 ATM,Article 8(k) )The last
$1,000,000 payment was due on a BAN (but written for the seller as security only; no cash
received, and thus did not use any of the bonding authorization)that was paid off as a debt
service under 2012 ATM,Article 8(1) The authorization now being rescinded is the sum of
those two unused debt authorizations
Note No-longer-needed cash balances.from issued debt are not a sub/eel.for rescission Those are
nomad!'proposed to To tion Meeting for appropriation to later CapitalArticles
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Article 26: Establish and Funds Funding Committee
Appropriate To and From Requested Source Recommends
Specified Stabilization
Capital Projects/Debt Service Reserve/Building Renewal SF
Funds (SFs)
Withdraw Capital Projects/Debt
$215,000, Service Reserve/Building
Renewal SF Approval(5-0)
Deposit $3,042,797 GF (Cash)+
$9,447,832 $6,405,035 GF (Free Cash)
Traffic Mitigation SF
Deposit Traffic Mitigation Special
$18,174.93 Revenue Account Approval(5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to create rename and/or appropriate sums of money to and from
Stabilization Funds in accordance with Section 5B of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws for
the purposes of: (a) Section 135 Zoning By-Law (b) Traffic Mitigation, (c) Transportation Demand
Management/Public Transportation, (d) School Bus Transportation, (e) Special Education, (f) Center
Improvement District; (g) Debt Service (h) Transportation Management Overlay District (i)Avalon Bay
School Enrollment Mitigation Fund, and (j) Capital Projects/Debt Service Reserve/Building Renewal
Fund, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy by transfer from available
funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto "
[Town Warrant]
Note. All of the Town's Specified Stabilization Funds are in addition to the Town's General
Stabilization Fund. See Appendix D for a table with information on all the current Specified
Stabilization Funds.
The only two of the funds identified in the Warrant under this Article with capital implications and for
which actions are contemplated at this Annual Town Meeting are as follows.
a. The Capital Projects/Debt Service Reserve/Building Renewal SF—whose balance as of
December 31 2014 is $8 039 928
(1) The first action is to withdraw from that fund, with a 2/31d vote $215 000 to be used to
mitigate the increase to the taxpayers from the exempt-debt service for the Bridge/Bowman, and
Estabrook Schools projects. (An additional $620,567 will be withdrawn as an appropriation under
Article 4 (Appropriate FY2016 Operating Budget) to provide similar mitigation from the
non-exempt-debt service for the 2-year High School Modulars Project that was authorized at the
November 4 2013 STM under its Article 4 )
(2) The second action is to deposit into that fund $9 447 832 that are not designated for use
toward FY2015 expenses.
(3) The projected balance after those actions (including the additional $620,567 withdrawal
under Article 4)would be $16 652 193—which fund has continued to accrue interest earned since the end
of last year and will continue to accrue interest earned, going forward. That balance would remain in this
Fund and be available later in FY2015 and thereafter to be applied, with a 2/31 vote by a future Town
Meeting, toward any of the purposes in the full title of the Fund.
b The Traffic Mitigation SF—whose balance as of December 31 2014 is $69 129 The deposit
into this Fund is available as a result of a $18 175 payment received from Cubist Pharmaceuticals in
connection with approval of a property-development project in Town.
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Article 27:Appropriate to Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
Stabilization Fund
Indefinite Postponement
N/A N/A
(5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to the previously created Stabilization
Fund. "
[Town Warrant]
At this time there is no planned action under this Article
Article 28:Appropriate Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
from Debt Service
Stabilization Fund $124,057 Debt Service SF Approval(5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Debt Service Stabilization Fund to
offset the FY2016 debt service of the bond dated February 1 2003 issued for additions and renovations to
the Lexington High School, Clarke Middle School and Diamond Middle School, as refunded with bonds
dated December 8 2011, "
"DESCRIPTION This article would allow the Town to pay the debt service on the 2003 School
Bonds from the Capital Debt Service Stabilization Fund set up for that specific purpose "
[Town Warrant]
In August 2006 the Town received over $14 million from the Massachusetts School Building Authority
as reimbursement toward the Town's secondary-schools renovation project. After using over $11 million
of those funds to retire short-term debt taken on in anticipation of that reimbursement, there was
$2 143 079 excess reimbursement that needed to be applied toward the project's long-term exempt debt.
By Department of Revenue [DOR] regulations, these funds must be used only to offset debt service on
the outstanding bond for that exempt debt.
With the prior-year appropriations from this fund and, over the same period interest being earned on the
amount in the fund, the balance is now $1 014 881 With continued, yearly appropriation of this same
amount($124 057) all the excess reimbursement will have been applied with the payment in FY2023
With the present balance that would still leave $22 425 in the fund, but the residual balance will be
higher in FY2023 as a result of interest that will be earned over the next 8 years. It is the Town's position
that the residual balance should be applied against other exempt debt in FY2024 as the requirement to
reserve these funds was to "return" the funds to the taxpayer through the mitigation of exempt-debt
service
Article 30:Amend Funds Funding Committee
Budget Requested Purpose
FY2015 Source Recommends
Operating, Recreation $30,000 Recreation Recreation EF Approval(4-0)
Enterprise EF Expenses (RE)
And CPA
Budgets CPA $1,000,960 CPA Debt CPA (Cash) Approval(5-0)
(Enterprise & Service
CPA only)
`To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations, to be used in conjunction with money
appropriated under Articles 4 5 and 8 of the warrant for the 2014 Annual Town Meeting, to be used during the
current fiscal year or make any other adjustments to the current fiscal year budgets and appropriations that may be
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necessary; to determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including the
Community Preservation Fund, or act in any other manner in relation thereto
[Town Warrant]
Recreation EF
The current estimate for the equipment needed for the Community Center's exercise room is $60 000;
however that funding wasn't included in the Center's capital budget and purchasing that equipment so
the room is fully functional is considered important. DPF does not believe there will be a sufficient
balance in the existing capital appropriation to finance that purchase The requested increase in the EF
budget, together with a matching amount that the BoS has authorized be spent from the Selectmen's Gift
Account,will provide the funding needed for the exercise-room equipment.
CPA
It was contemplated when the financing was begun for the cost of the Cary Memorial Building Upgrade
that there would be a review when the initial Bond Anticipation Note (BAN) was to mature as to whether
the Town's CPF had sufficient cash to permit using some of it to paydown the BAN and, therefore
reduce the dollar amount of the follow-on long-term bond. The CPC was presented with an analysis of the
CPF's current and projected cash positions by the Town's Finance Department and concurred with using
$1 000 000 of the current cash balance for such a paydown. This appropriation provides the funding for
both that principle amount of a new note with a 4-month term and also the $960 of interest due on it.
This Committee appreciates that the review was made to determine if the long-term obligation of the CPF
could be moderated and, in this case that the cash balance of that fund is able to permit a reduction.
Trying to moderate long-term obligation has been a recommendation of our finance committees since the
Town adopted the CPA.
Article 31:Appropriate Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommends
for Authorized Capital
Improvements N/A N/A Indefinite Postponement
(5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to make supplementary appropriations to be used in conjunction with
money appropriated in prior years for the installation or construction of water mains, sewers and sewerage
systems, drains, streets,buildings, recreational facilities or other capital improvements and equipment that
have heretofore been authorized, "
DESCRIPTION This is an annual article to request funds to supplement existing appropriations
for certain capital projects in light of revised cost estimates that exceed such appropriations."
[Town Warrant]
At this time there is no planned action under this Article See STM#2 Article 6 where such an action is
requested.
Article 35:Accept MGL Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Chapter 90-I, Section Source
1 (Complete Streets
Program)
N/A N/A Approval (5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90-I, Section 1 as amended,
the Complete Streets Program, to allow the Town to participate in, apply for and receive funding from
said section and Section 6121-1318 of the Session Laws, Chapter 79 of the Acts of 2014, or act in any
other manner in relation thereto "
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"DESCRIPTION Acceptance of this statute will allow the Town to apply for state grants under
the new Complete Streets Program."
[Town Warrant]
Article 41:Amend Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
General Bylaws— Source
Contracts And Deeds
N/A N/A Deferred Decision
(5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 32-4 of Chapter 34 (Contracts and Deeds) of the Code of
the Town of Lexington by deleting the following.
"Type of Contract Number of Years
Lease of public lands and buildings 20"
And replacing it with the following.
"Type of Contract Number of Years
Lease of public lands 20
Lease of public buildings 30"
"And further by adding the following to the end of said section.
"This section shall not apply to
Contracts excluded from the Uniform Procurement Act under M.G.L c 30B Section 1 unless
otherwise expressly included in the list above (e g contracts for waste disposal and recycling,
electricity and solar energy)
Settlement agreements
Copyright and other agreements with respect to intellectual property
Agreements entered into by the Town or its boards and commissions in their capacity as
permitting or regulatory authorities."
"DESCRIPTION This amendment to the General Bylaw on Contracts and Deeds tracks
exemptions from the state Uniform Procurement Code G L c 30B and will leave to the Board
of Selectmen and Town Manager's discretion under the Town Manager Act, or other boards in
their regulatory authority certain types of contracts, such as intergovernmental agreements,
settlement agreements, copyright agreements and subdivision covenants, some of which are
intended to be perpetual or very long term, and other contracts not amenable to predetermined
terms."
[Town Warrant]
This Committee would support this change if it has been determined to be legally sound (e g. does not
introduce any conflicts or ambiguities) as it provides the Town with greater flexibility dealing with
long-term lease arrangements, That assurance has not yet been given to this Committee, therefore this
Committee is deferring taking a position until the resolution of that matter has been reported. However
this Committee has voted that if there is no legal issue it then stands unanimously for recommending
approval. And if there is an issue it stands unanimously for Indefinite Postponement.
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Article 42: Commission Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
On Disability Request Source
N/A N/A Disapproval (5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to either amend the Code of the Town of Lexington, or request the Board of
Selectmen to establish a policy to specify appropriate materials be used for public pathways,both new
and reconstructed, to ensure safe passage for citizens who have trouble traversing uneven surfaces, or act
in any other manner in relation thereto "
"DESCRIPTION This article seeks to prohibit the use of sidewalk materials that make passage
difficult for people with disabilities."
[Town Warrant]
While this Committee fully supports the Town's continuing commitment to comply with all requirements
of the Americans with Disabilities Act and related State statutes to insure safe passage for citizens with
disabilities, it believes that because of the imprecision and inherent redundancy of the Motion under this
Article it does not advance the cause
Article 46:Acquisition Of Funding
Funds Requested Committee Recommends
Land Shown On Source
Assessors'Property
Map 22, Lot 51B
N/A N/A Approval (5-0)
"To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take by eminent domain or
otherwise acquire for municipal purposes the land shown as Lot 51B on Assessors' Property Map 22 now
of owners unknown, or act in any other manner in relation thereto "
"DESCRIPTION This parcel,with owner unknown, is adjacent to the Town-owned land by the
Stone Building/Waldorf School in East Lexington. By making it Town-owned land,the Town
can accommodate the Waldorf School,which is planning for a small addition and may need to
restructure its parking spaces.[Town Warrant]
[Town Warrant]
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Appendix A: School Building Project Consensus Plan
School Building Project Consensus Plan
Consensus of the 25 February 2015 Lexington Budget Collaboration/Summit
Introduction
This document describes the consensus position of the Lexington Budget Collaboration,Summit
(Board of Selectmen[BoS], School Committee, Appropriation Committee,and Capital
Expenditures Committee) held on February 25 2015("Summit') regarding Article 2 of the
March 2015 Special Town Meeting#1
That Article will request initial funding to develop various school-building projects in response
to ongoing and future overcrowding issues,and building-condition issues, in the Lexington
Public School(LPS) System. The projects cover school buildings serving grades
Pre-Kindergarten(Pre-K) R-5 and 6-8,and may include pre-fabricated classrooms, brick-and-
mortar additions,and,or a new elementary school building Total costs are estimated to be on the
order of$100 to$120 million. A debt-exclusion vote will be required to finance the costs of the
actual construction and the design&engineering costs for projects that proceed to construction.
This document is the result of the discussions of a working group before the Summit composed
of two members from the BoS and each committee,and reflects subsequent feedback obtained
from deliberations of the BoS on February 23 2015 and deliberations of the School Committee
on February 21 &23 2015 and again at the Summit,as well as input from the Appropriation
and Capital Expenditures Committees.
Basic Assumptions
Enrollment growth has been growing at approximately 3`T per year for the past seven years and
it is causing overcrowding in existing school facilities now This growth is expected to continue
for several more years, bringing even greater pressure to a strained school system.
The LPS System requires expanded school facilities to properly meet its educational mandates,
and to limit the need for expensive out-of-district placements.
The long-term goals for the public school system are to
• keep school buildings moving towards their optimal usage,
• minimize disruptions to students,
• avoid extremes of over-or under-utilization.
The Town must pursue these goals in a fiscally responsible manner and without ignoring other
vital capital projects(e.g. public-safety buildings)
The requested appropriation will be based on a flexible plan that allows the Town to begin by
spending some of the requested funds to study a set of alternatives in depth. Some options may
be modified or eliminated during this process. In late summer or early fall, the School
Committee and the BoS will coordinate the refinement of the plan, with advice from the two
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finance committees,and then the BoS will approve additional spending from the original
appropriation. Depending on the project,that additional spending will advance the work into the
design development or construction-and-bid document phases. The results of this process will
inform the request for funds at a fall Special Town Meeting.
Input from the Department of Public Facilities and the Permanent Building Committee is
expected throughout this process—for both facility planning and for advice on timing needed to
execute desired projects.
Planning Process
The Town must carefully manage its spending in light of the uncertainty around future needs in
the school system. Our process for school planning will be to keep a close eye on long-range
trends, while limiting definitive construction plans to a 3-year window We will monitor this plan
continually and re-assess the plan at least annually
Leased Modular Classrooms
Leased modular classrooms(lifespan of 3 to 10 years) provide only short-term solutions to what
we see as a long-term problem.
Pre-Fabricated Classrooms
Adding pre-fabricated classrooms with a lifespan of 20+ years at the Bridge,Bowman,and Fiske
elementary schools,and the Diamond and Clarke middle schools, will help to alleviate current
overcrowding in those schools.
Once the populations at Bridge and Bowman are lowered,their pre-fabricated classrooms or
equivalent square footage of existing space will be adapted for other school system needs such as
in-house special education programs. That reallocation will not significantly increase pressure on
core spaces.
We will start by doing feasibility and design-development work for all the pre-fabricated
classrooms. In order to bring them online quickly the Town may opt to proceed with
construction-and-bid documents for some or all of these locations prior to a fall Special Town
Meeting. This will be contingent on a review of the studies and would be initiated by a request of
the School Committee,a review of funding needs by the financial committees, with final
approval from the BoS
Bricks and Mortar
The existing Maria Hastings elementary school requires significant repairs. It is also burdened
with sub-standard-sized classrooms,and its 8 modular classrooms are well past their intended
lifespan. Constructing a new school on the site is the preferred solution. The new school should
be designed as a 30-classroom(5 sections of each grade K-5) building with up to 9 more
classrooms than the existing facility(including its modulars) assuming that the site and resulting
traffic circulation can accommodate that size. The request to the upcoming Special Town
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Meeting#1 covers a feasibility study for a new building on the Hastings site both with and
without pre-K.
In the fall, if the feasibility study shows that a new Hastings School can be constructed on the
site,then a construction proposal for Hastings(and any other components determined to be
necessary and desirable) will be brought to Town Meeting and a debt-exclusion vote will be
presented to the voters at the end of the year or early in 2016. The current Hastings School will
remain in operation during construction.
In parallel, the Town will again file a Statement of Interest(SOI)with the Massachusetts School
Building Authority(NISBA) for the Hastings School. We expect to receive a response to this
filing by the end of the year the Town s 2014 SOI filing was declined by the NISBA in
December 2014 Should the NISBA accept our request and choose to partner with the Town on
the Hastings project,the design will be subject to constraints imposed by the NISBA. The Town
will have the opportunity to continue on its own or to engage with the NISBA.
For the(new) Harrington,the architectural consultant firm Symmes Nlami &Nlchee Associates
(SNINIA) has proposed a complicated renovation that incorporates an expanded Pre-K and an
enlarged cafeteria and gym. This proposal is expensive considering the number of new
classrooms that would result,and it requires moving three geothermal wells. This plan will not
be studied.
Contingency funding is included for exploring options at Harrington and Fiske if the preferred
plan for a larger Hastings proves to be infeasible. At Harrington and Fiske we have the option to
develop feasibility studies for expansion.
Based on the analysis by DiNisco Design,the Estabrook School site is not considered suitable
for expansion.
Pre-K
Pre-K requires 15 000 square feet as a standalone program. It is currently hosted at Harrington
with a recently expanded satellite program at the Central Office(old Harrington) Relocating the
entire Pre-K program to a new building would allow the four Pre-K classrooms at Harrington to
be refurbished for use as R-5 classrooms. Filling these four R-5 classrooms would bring the
school s population to the maximum of the school s core capacity
We will study the feasibility of constructing a new Pre-K building or relocating the Pre-K
program to an existing building. If a site is identified,then work will proceed on the
design-development phase for the construction of a new building or the renovation of an existing
building. A plan for the minor refurbishments needed at Harrington would be included in this
project.
Middle Schools
For the two Nliddle Schools, the topography at Diamond is more suitable to an extension,and we
would rather do construction at only one Nliddle School. We will perform a feasibility study for
adding a single large extension at Diamond. We will also study an extension at Clarke in the
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event that the Diamond site cannot accommodate the physical-space or educational-policy needs
(e.g. effects of such a large school)of the school system on its own.
Redistricting
The potential benefits of any redistricting plan are based on untested assumptions.The School
Committee will initiate a technical redistricting study to identify plans and will provide an
analysis of the pros and cons of each so that policy discussions can occur later this year
The study will explore redistricting plans that would shift school density away from
more-crowded schools towards Estabrook at the northwest end of town. If deemed practical,
such a plan will be implemented as soon as possible.
Given the volatility of students moving into and out of the school system throughout town,plans
that are not traditional in Lexington should be explored. For example,adding `buffer zones at
district boundaries might allow districts to adapt by placing new students into one of two or three
adjoining districts. These buffer zones would be large enough to accommodate volatility but not
so large as to require unreasonable bus routes.
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Appendix D: Information on the Town's Current Specific
Stabilization Funds
Review of Lexington's Specific Stabilization Funds
for Applicability to the Capital Expenditures Committee's Reports to Town Meeting
Town Warrant,Town of Lexington,for Special Town Meeting on 4 Nov 2013,signed 7 Oct 2013
Article 3:Appropriate To and From Specified Stabilization Funds
'To see if the Town will vote to appropriate sums of money to and from Stabilization Funds in accordance with Section 5B of Chapter
40 of the Massachusetts General Laws for the purposes of• (a)Section 135 Zoning By-Law,(b)Traffic Mitigation,(c)Transportation
Demand Management, (d)School Bus Transportation,(e)Special Education,(f)Center Improvement District;(g)Debt Service,(h)
Transportation Management Overlay District(TMO-1),(i)Avalon Bay School Enrollment Mitigation Fund,and(j)Capital Projects/Debt
Service Reserve/Building Renewal Fund;and determine whether the money shall be provided by the tax levy,by transfer from
available funds,or by any combination of these methods;or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
Warrant Town Meeting(ATM=Annual;STM=Special) Capital
Sequence Name Created Purpose Related Comment
(a) Section 135 Zoning By-Law 2007 ATM, 'for the purpose of financing Yes
Art 39 public improvements pursuant to
Section 135 of the Code of
Lexington'
(b) Traffic Mitigation 2007 ATM, 'for the purpose of financing Yes
Art 39 traffic mitigation projects
pursuant to conditions of special
permits issue by the Town
(c) Transportation Demand 2007 ATM, 'for the purpose of supporting No Name should be 'Transportation
Management Art 39 the operations of Lexpress Bus Demand Management/Public
Service' Transportation' as that is how it
was cited in the Motion that
created it.
(d) School Bus Transportation 2007 ATM, 'for the purpose of supporting No
Art 39 transportation of students to and
from school on a daily basis'
(e) Special Education 2008 ATM, None stated when created,but No
Art 24 Appropriation Committee Report
to that Town Meeting says 'for
setting aside reserves to help
cover unexpected out-of-district
Special Education expenses that
exceed budget'
(f) Center Improvement District 2009 ATM, 'to fund needed improvements Yes
Art 25 in Lexington Center'
(g) Debt Service 2009 ATM, 'for the purpose of paying a Yes
Art 26 portion of the debt service on
certain outstanding bonds of the
Town issued for the purpose of
the Diamond Middle School,
Clarke Middle School and High
School construction projects'
(h) Transportation Management 2011 ATM, 'for the purpose of financing Yes The (TMO-1)' should be
Overlay District(TMO-1) Art 20 transportation infrastructure deleted from the name as that
improvements per Section 135- was not cited as part of the
43C of the Code of the Town of name in the Motion when
Lexington' created and the cited Section of
the Code just defines such an
overlay district.
(i) Avalon Bay School Enrollment 2011 ATM, 'to mitigate the cost of students No
Mitigation Fund Art 20 attending the Lexington Public
Schools who reside at Avalon
Bay'
(j) Capital Projects/Debt Service 2012 STM None stated when created but Yes
Reserve/Building Renewal Fund 19 Nov the name identifies the intended
Art 3 purposes.
Prepared 15 Oct 2013 by David G.Kanter Vice-Chair Capital Expenditures Committee
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Appendix E:
Summary of Warrant-Article Recommendations
Abbreviations RF = Revolving Fund CPF = Community Preservation Fund
EF= Enterprise Fund RE = Retained Earnings GF = General Fund
SF = Stabilization Fund TBD = To Be Determined ATM=Annual Town Meeting.
STM= Special Town Meeting. R&CP =Recreation & Community Programs
CEC
Art. Description Request Funding Source Difference
STM#1 2 School Facilities Capital Projects $4,080,000 GF(Debt)candidate for exclusion I
STM#2 2 Pump Station Repairs $750,000 Wastewater EF(RE) I
STM#2 3 Purchase Of Fire Engine $500,000 GF(Debt)(Debt svc with FY2016 Free Cash&
Settlement)
STM#2 4 Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancements $194,200 CPF(Cash) I
STM#2 5 Amend FY2015 Operating,Enterprise And CPA None
Budgets(CPA Only)
STM#2 6 Authorized Capital Improvements(LHS Modular $350,000 GF(Debt)
Classrooms-Phase II
7I Establish and Continue Departmental Revolving I $57,000I PEG Access RF I �
8 Community Preservation Committee Operating Budget and CPA Projects
8(a) Conservation Meadow Preservation Program $26,400 CPF(Cash) I
8(b) Parker's Revenge Site Restoration $36,790 CPF(Cash) I
8(c) First Parish Church Restoration Historic Structure $40,000 CPF(Cash)
Report
8(d) Cary Memorial Building Records Center Shelving $75,398 CPF(Cash) �
8(e) Battle Green Streetscape Improvements $200,000 $140,000 CPF(Cash)+$60,000 GF(Free Cash) ($200,000)
8(f) Community Center Sidewalk Design $50,000 CPF(Cashl I
8(g) Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancement(IP) N/A N/A(See STM#2,Article 4) I
8(h) Community Center Preservation Restriction $25,000 CPF(Cash)
Endowment
8(i) Park and Playground Improvements $68,000 CPF(Cash) I
8(I) Park Improvements Athletic Fields $85,000 CPF(Cash) I
8(k) Park and Playgrounds ADAAccessibility Study $78,000 CPF(Cash) I
8(I) Park Improvements-Hard Court Resurfacing $55,000 CPF(Cash) I
8(m) Lincoln Park Field Improvements Phase 3 $650,000 $220,000 CPF(Cash)+$236,500 GF(Debt)+
$193,500 R&CP EF(RE)
8(n) Minuteman Bikeway Culvert Rehabilitation $290,000 CPF(Cash) I
8(o) Grain Mill Alley Design Funds $18,000 CPF(Cash) ($18,000)I
8(p) Minuteman Bikeway Wayfinding Signs-Design $39,000 CPF(Cash) ($39,000)
Funds
8(q) Lower Vine Brook Paved Recreation Path $369,813 CPF(Cash)
Reconstruction
8(r) CPA Debt Service $2,417,200 CPF(Cash) I
8(s) Administrative Budget $150,000 CPF(Cash) I
9 I Property Purchase-241 Grove Street (Parcel 2) I $618,0001 CPF(Cash) I I
110 I Recreation Capital:Pine Meadows Equipment I $68,000 I R&CP EF(RE) 1 I
11 Municipal Capital Projects&Equipment �
11(a) Center Streetscape Improvements and Easements $2,700,000 GF(Debt)
Phase 1
11(b) DPW Equipment Replacement $1,270,000 $399,000 GF(Debt)+$100,000 GF(Free Cash)
+$40,500 Water EF(RE)+$40,500 Wastewater
EF(RE)+$690,000 Compost RF(Debt)
11(c) Storm Drainage Improvements and NPDES $340,000 $43,343 GF Debt+$225,575 GF(Free Cash)+
Compliance $71,082 Unexpended Cash Balances
11(d) Comprehensive Watershed Storm Water $390,000 GF(Debt)
Management Implementation Measures
11(e) Sidewalk Improvements,Additions,Design $600,000 GF(Debt)
11(f) Town-wide Culverts $100,000 GF(Debt)
11(g) Town-wide Signalization $125,000 GF(Debt)
11(h) Hartwell Avenue Infrastructure Improvements $4 750,000 GF(Debt)
11(i) Street Improvements $3,231,250 $2,270 145 GF(Cash)+$961 105 Chap.90
11(j) Bikeway Bridge Repairs and Engineering $10,000 GF(Free Cash)
11(k) Hastings Park Undergrounding Wires $300,000 GF(Free Cash) ($300,000)
11(I) Hydrant Replacement Program $150,000 $75,000 GF(Free Cash)+$75,000 Water EF
(RE)
11(m) Westview Cemetery Building Assessment $35,000 Cemetery Trust Fund �
11(n) Replace Town-wide Phone Systems-Phase IV $52,000 GF(Free Cash) I
11(o) Municipal Technology Improvement Program-Phase $140,000 GF(Free Cash)
III
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Summary of Warrant-Article Recommendations (continued)
CEC
Art. Description Request Funding Source Difference
11(p) Police/Fire Dispatching and Records Software $705,900 $398,400 GF(Debt)+$307,500 GF(Free Cash)
11(q) Parking Meter Replacement $500,000 GF(Debt)(Debt Svc from Parking Meter Fund)
11(r) Public Safety Radio Stabilization—Phase I $90,000 GF(Free Cash)
11(s) Design/Engineering—Firing Range at Hartwell $50,000 GF(Free Cash)
Avenue Compost Site
112 I Pleasant Street Sidewalk(Citizen Article)(IP) I None I
113 I Prospect Hill Road Sidewalk(Citizen Article)(IP) I None I 1
14 Water System Improvements $900,000 $894,845 Water EF(RE)+$5,155 Unexpended
Cash Balance from 2010 ATM,Article 13B, III
Rehabilitating Standpipes
15 Wastewater System Improvements
15(a) Wastewater System Investigation and Improvements $1,200,000!Wastewater EF(Debt)
15(b) Pump Station Upgrades $600,000 Wastewater EF(RE)
16 School Capital
16(a) Systemwide School Furniture,Equipment,&Systems $317,500 $117,500 GF(Debt)+$200,000 GF(Free Cash)
16(b) School Technology $1,378,000 GF(Debt)
16(c) Additional Time Clock System Funds $208,000 GF(Debt)
16(d) Food Service LHS Dishwasher&Installation $82,500 Food Service Fund
17I
Technical AuthorizationrUnder Article rection To e13BrOfThe 2014ATM
rowing N/A IN/A
118 Public Facilities
1 18(a) Middle School Space Mining $674,000 GF(Debt)
18(b) Clarke Middle School Circulation and Parking $363,000 GF(Debt)(possibly excluded)
Improvements,Design
18(c) Lexington High School Phase 2 $90,200 GF(Debt)
Overcrowding/Completion
18(d) Public Facilities-Major Mechanical/Electrical Systems' $463,000 GF(Debt)
Replacement
18(e) Lexington Public School Educational Capacity N/A N/A
Increase(IP)
18(f) LHS Heating Systems Upgrade—Phases 2& $150,000 GF(Debt)(candidate for excluded)
3—Design
18(q) School Building Envelope and Systems Program $210,000 GF(Free Cash)
18(h) Municipal Building Envelope and Systems $182,760 GF(Cash)
18(i) Extraordinary Repairs/Replacements/Upgrades $335,425 GF(Free Cash)
18(i)(1) School Building Flooring Program $125,000
18(i)(2) Interior Painting Program $133,425
18(i)(3) Diamond Middle School Lighting to Rear Parking Lot $77,000
18(I) School Paving Program $150,000 GF(Free Cash)
18(k) Public Facilities Bid Documents $75,000 GF(Free Cash)
18(1) Security Cameras Upgrade $38,500 GF(Free Cash)
24 Appropriate Bonds and Notes Premiums& $138,032 Bond Premiums appropriated and same amount
Rescind Equal Prior Borrowing of debt authorization rescinded.
Authorizations
125 I Rescind Prior Borrowing Authorizations I Multiple ISee Article for original authorizations.
26 Establish and Appropriate To and From Multiple See Article for specifics.
Specified Stabilization Funds(SFs)
127 1APpropriate to Stabilization Fund (IP) I N/A I
28 Appropriate from Debt Service $124,0571 Originally a State reimbursement for school
Stabilization Fund projects.
301 Amend FY2015 Operating,Enterprise And Multiple See Article for specifics.
CPA Budgets(Enterprise&CPA only)
311 Appropriate for Authorized Capital N/A 1 1
Improvements(IP)
1-1 Totals(excluding values of 'Multiple' entries)1$34,509,9251 ($557,000)1
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