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Home My WebLink About2015-11-02-STM-Final-Motions 1 TOWN OF LEXINGTON MOTIONS 2015 Special Town Meeting #2 (Articles 1-10) (November 2, 2015) Article 1 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES a. Report of the Appropriation Committee MOTION: That the report of the Appropriation Committee be received and placed on file. b. Report of the Capital Expenditures Committee MOTION: That the report of the Capital Expenditures Committee be received and placed on file. c. Report of the Community Preservation Committee MOTION: That the report of the Community Preservation Committee be received and placed on file. (11/2/15) Article 2 AMEND MINUTEMAN REGIONAL AGREEMENT MOTION: That the Town accept and approve the “Amendment to Minuteman Regional Agreement regarding the Withdrawal of the Town of Wayland from the Minuteman Regional School District”, which Amendment was approved by the Minuteman Regional School Committee on July 7, 2015. (11/2/15) Article 3 TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO LEXHAB MOTION: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to transfer custody and control of the land known as 34 Lowell Street and further described in the Article to the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, Inc. (“LexHAB”) for one dollar and other valuable consideration. (11/2/15) 2 Article 4 APPROPRIATE FOR WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS MOTION: That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to make water distribution systems improvements, including the installation of new water mains and replacement or cleaning and lining of existing water mains and stand pipes, conducting engineering studies and purchasing and installing of equipment in connection therewith, and to expend all incidental costs related thereto in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; to appropriate $2,500,000 for such distribution systems improvements and land acquisition; and to meet this appropriation $400,000 be appropriated from Water Fund Retained Earnings, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow $2,100,000 under M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 8 or any other enabling authority, and further the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and in connection therewith to enter into a loan agreement and/or security agreement. (11/2/15) Article 5 APPROPRIATE FOR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS – 241 GROVE STREET MOTION: That the Town appropriate $200,000 to remodel, reconstruct and make extraordinary repairs and related improvements to the existing farm house at 241 Grove Street for community housing purposes, and for other mitigation to the property, and that to meet this appropriation $200,000 be appropriated from the Community Housing Reserve of the Community Preservation Fund. (11/2/15) Article 6 APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR FIRE STATION SITE STUDY MOTION: That the Town appropriate $20,000 for studying potential sites for a fire station, and that to meet this appropriation $20,000 be raised in the tax levy. (11/2/15) 3 Article 7 AMEND FY2016 OPERATING, ENTERPRISE FUND AND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION BUDGETS MOTION: a) That the following adjustments be made to the following line items of the FY2016 Operating Budget as approved under Article 4 of the 2015 Annual Town Meeting: Line Item Program From To 8330 Public Celebrations Committee $ 42,000 $ 48,000 3100-3500 DPW Expenses $4,985,157 $ 4,995,157 2400 Facilities $9,899,631 $10,078,631 2230 Temporary Borrowing $ 623,135 $ 1,102,743 and, further that said adjustments be financed from an appropriation of $479,608 from the General Fund Unreserved Fund Balance and the remaining amounts be raised in the tax levy. b) That the following adjustment be made to the following line item for the FY2016 Water Division Budget as approved under Article 5(a) of the 2015 Annual Town Meeting: Description From To Debt Service $1,415,508 $1,344,114 and, further that $75,000 be appropriated from Water Fund Retained Earnings to support the FY16 Water Division Budget. c) That the following adjustments be made to the following line items for the FY2016 Wastewater Division Budget as approved under Article 5(b) of the 2015 Annual Town Meeting: Description From To Debt Service $ 940,679 $1,060,456 MWRA Assessment $7,041,716 $6,970,176 and, that said adjustments be financed from wastewater receipts. (11/2/15) 4 Article 8 ESTABLISH TO AND FROM SPECIFIED STABILIZATION FUNDS MOTION: That: a) $1,481.44 be appropriated to the Transportation Demand Management Stabilization Fund, and to meet this appropriation $1,481.44 be transferred from the Transportation Demand Management special revenue account; b) $481.45 be appropriated to the Traffic Mitigation Stabilization Fund, and to meet this appropriation $481.45 be transferred from the Traffic Mitigation special revenue account; and c) $87,345 be appropriated to the Transportation Management Overlay District Stabilization Fund, and to meet this appropriation $87,345 be transferred from the Transportation Management Overlay District Stabilization Fund special revenue account. (11/2/15) Article 9 APPROPRIATE FOR AUTHORIZED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MOTION: That this article be indefinitely postponed. (11/2/15) Article 10 APPROPRIATE FOR PRIOR YEARS’ UNPAID BILLS MOTION: That $15,076.60 be appropriated to pay unpaid bills for services rendered to the Department of Public Works in fiscal year 2015 and that said bills be paid from funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016 from line item 3100-3500 DPW Expenses as approved under Article 4 of the 2015 Annual Town Meeting. (11/2/15)