HomeMy WebLinkAboutAd hoc Building Finance Committee - page from 1995 Annual Report Board of After several months of continuing con- tized," as a basis for the committee's
Selectmen versations, the Selectmen and the School subsequent report to the selectmen.
Committee agreed upon a budget calling
(continued) for an override of $1.5, a proposal sup- The committee met 30 times and visited
ported by both groups. The Board of every town-owned building at least once
A Business Development Committee was Selectmen decided unanimously to make to evaluate the Archetype rep oris and see
appointed and charged to make recom- the override unbundled,and all four parts how well each buildingworks to fulfill
mendations which would enhance the
passed in a special election in June. its present and potential uses.
commercial and industrial sectors.
Finally, the full Board met with the We were most gratified to receive the The ave attention to building rotec-
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School Committee in early September to annual Americanism Award from the tion and an urged adequately funded
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begin the process of looking together at Lexington Lodge of Elks at their annual annual maintenance program to lessen the
the fiscal situation for 1997. Fla Da ceremony on the P g •
Flag y y Green 1n June. need for later costly capital expenditures.
Their plaque, hanging in the Selectmen's
Other Highlights office,is greatly appreciated. Although the Archetype reports tagged
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$60,000,000 worth of improvements the
Chairman William J. Dailey, Jr., after In this abbreviated format, we can cover committee recommended $20,000,000 in
two years of wise and sensitive leader- only a few of the many matters we have expenditures over the next four to ten
ship, stepped aside in May, to be suc- discussed and decided during 1995. We ears to satisif the community's build-
ceeded by Leo P. McSweeney, serving invite citizens to reviewY Y Y "
the minutes filed ing needs well into the next century,
his fourth term as a member of the Board. in the Selectmen's Office for a more
detailed look at the year's activities. The committee also suggested the use of
Other top positions that changed in 1995; commercial resources for maintenance
Fire Chief, Assessor, plus DPW, Health, Finally, we want to pay tribute to our and improvements for such facilities as
Library,and Recreation Directors. Executive Clerk, Phyllis Smith, and to the library and school playgrounds. They
Lynne Pease, who took on a work load further suggested the town divest itself of
After many years of discussion and con- that expanded as we launched new pro- the former Munroe School, and consider
troversy, a mediation process involving jects; and to the citizens of this town more unified building maintenance.
the Board of Selectmen,the Conservation whose'ideas, hard work, and dedication
Commission, Mass Highway, the Town's to Lexington,expressed in a wide variety Five committee members were appointed
consultant, the Minuteman National of ways, make this community such a by the selectmen and two by the School
Historic Park, the State Department of good place in which to live. Committee. The were: Chairman Peter
Environmental Quality, and Senator Y
Kelley, David Eagle, Gilbert Garber,
Robert Havern, produced a new design Daniel P.Busa Donald Jenkins, William Kennedy, Mark
for the section of Marrett Road between William J.Dailey,Jr. Moore and Walter Pierce.
Route 128 and the Lincoln line, a stretch Elizabeth B.Eddison
called "the most dangerous road in Dan H.Fenn,Jr. Staff support came from Town Engineer
Lexington" by Police Chief Chris Casey. Leu P.McSweeney,Chairman Francis X. Fields Buildingand
Construction is expected to begin in the
Maintenance Superintendent Fred Sweet
spring or summer of 1996.
Building Finance and Director of School Building
Three new memorials were established, _.Commiftee
Operations John Moynihan.
one for police killed in the line of duty;
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another honoring veterans of World War In December 1994, the ad hoc Building
11;and a third remembering State Trooper Finance Committee was charged with
Davison Whiting. developing"a fiscally responsible plan to After a relative calm in HATS--Massport
provide the town with modest and serv- relations over the situation at Hanscom, a
The Town Celebrations Committee sur- iceable public buildings that reasonably period of successive crises ensued.
passed even their own records of achieve- meet the demands of the community."
ment with a program culminating several HATS, made up of representatives from
years of paying tribute to World War II Among the resources provided for the Bedford, Concord, Lexington and
veterans. committee's work were reports prepared Lincoln, under the leadership of Lora
in 1993 by Archetype Architecture, Inc., Goldenberg, representing Bedford select-
Thanks to the hard work of the Cable for the Permanent Building Committee. men, engaged in continuing discussions
Advisory Committee and its negotiating with Massport over three major issues:
team,the town moved forward in the dif- These reports inventoried all school and
ficult process of working out a new town buildings, and needed, the select- The Generic Environmental Impact
contract with Cablevision. men charged, "to be analyzed and priori- Report(GEIR) update;
TOWN OF LEXINGTON Page 7 ANNUAL REPORT 1995