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Minutes of the
Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
March 30, 2016
Location and Time:
Lexington High School, Building B, Room 154, 7:00 ..
PM
Members Present:
Jill Hai, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk; Elizabeth Barnett;
Rod Cole; Wendy Manz
Members Absent:
None
Others Present:
None
Documents Presented:
Notice/Agenda of CEC Public Meeting, March 30, 2016
Ms. Hai’s e-mail, 3/20 Meeting, March 28, 2016 10:01 .., with Lexington
AM
Police Chief Corr’s Statement regarding funding of the 2016 Annual Town Meeting
(ATM), Article 10(p), Parking Meter Replacements—Phase 2
Mr. Kanter’s e-mail, Amendment to Grain Mill Alley Design Implementation Project
(2016 ATM, Article 8(o)) to Do Only the Bikeway End, March 29, 2016 10:38 ..,
AM
with Lexington Economic Director Melisa Tintocalis’ request to reduce the scope and
costs of that project
Draft #3 Minutes of CEC Meeting, March 1, 2016
Draft #4 Minutes of CEC Meeting, March 8, 2016
Draft #2 Minutes of CEC Meeting, March 10, 2016
Draft #2 Minutes of CEC Meeting, March 15, 2016
Draft Minutes of CEC Meeting, March 18, 2016
Draft Minutes of CEC Meeting, March 30, 2016
Call to Order:
Ms. Hai called the meeting to order at 7:12 ..
PM
Discussion on any matters included in the Committee’s Report to the 2016 ATM:
Article 10(p), Parking Meter Replacements—Phase 2
The Committee took under advisement Chief Corr’s statement that explained why, in his
opinion, failure to fund the second phase “puts the parking plan in a big bind”. However, the
Committee’s position is only that it is premature to request that funding before all the results
of the pilot program—the last of whose meters were only installed this month—are
presented and vetted. At that time, the Committee would welcome seeing the Phase 2
request brought forward—even if then in any Special Town Meeting that might otherwise be
called.
A Motion was made and seconded that the Committee retain its recommend disapproval of
Article 10(p) at this ATM. Vote: 4–1 (Ms. Manz in opposition)
Article 8(o), Grain Mill Alley Design Implementation Project
The Lexington Community Preservation Committee (CPC) has received a request from
Ms. Tintocalis, the proponent of that project, to amend it by eliminating the work at the
Massachusetts Avenue end of the alley; leaving just the work adjacent to the Minuteman
Commuter Bikeway—with the attendant reduction of the total cost from $219,114 to
$132,838. (An approximately $5,000 balance remains from a previous appropriation that
would still reduce the requested appropriation amount.) The CPC hopes to discuss and
vote on that request at a meeting tomorrow. (If not, the change could be accomplished as
an amendment at the on-going Annual Town Meeting.) Mr. Kanter reported that at the
Board of Selectmen’s meeting earlier this evening, it endorsed the reduced-scope project.
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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
March 30, 2016
A Motion was made and seconded that, if and when such a downsizing were to be
presented to the 2016 ATM, this Committee would support the reduced scope and
associated reduced funding request. Vote: 4–1 (Ms. Barnett in opposition)
Approval of Minutes:
A Motion was made and seconded to approve the following Minutes of CEC meetings:
Draft #3 for March 1, 2016, and Draft for March 18, 2016, both as presented. Vote: 4–0–1
(Ms. Barnett abstained as she did not attend those meetings.)
A Motion was made and seconded to approve the following Minutes of CEC meetings:
Draft #4 for March 8, 2016, Drafts #2 for March 10 & 15, 2016, all as presented. Vote: 5–0
Mr. Kanter read the draft Minutes for this meeting. A Motion was made and seconded that
those Minutes of this meeting, including the immediately subsequent adjournment, be
approved as presented. Vote: 5–0
Adjourn:
A Motion was made and seconded at 7:30 .. to adjourn.Vote: 5–0
PM
These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on March 30, 2016.
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