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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Parker Meeting Room
Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue
4:00 PM
Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Richard Wolk (Vice-Chair); Norman Cohen,
Richard Canale, David Horton, Bob Pressman, Sandra Shaw
Absent: Jeanne Krieger
Other Attendees: David Kanter, Vice Chair of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) and liaison to
the CPC, Melisa Tintocalis, Economic Development Director, Rob Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for
Finance.
Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM. She noted that Mr. McSweeney had recently
moved from Lexington and resigned from the CPC and other committees on which he served. She noted
that he had been the Lexington Hs formation ten
years ago and would be missed.
1) Grain Mill Alley Design Implementation- ommendation to
proceed with only one third of the initial project, Ms. Tintocalis appeared before the CPC to request the
recommendation of a lesser amount for FY17. The total cost to develop just the space adjacent to the
Minuteman Bikeway was $132,838 and Ms. Tintocalis asked that $127,838 be recommended in FY17
funds. A remaining $5,000 balance from the FY16 appropriation for design funds would be used to
supplement the requested FY17 appropriation.
Ms. Tintocalis noted that the project included just one third of the proposed design due to potential
conflicts between the Mass. Ave. end and pending Center Streetscape improvements. The scope of the
project would now focus entirely on the alternative transportation node in the area adjacent to the
Minuteman Bikeway. The CPC questioned the appropriateness of completing just one of the three parts
but ultimately decided it was best to move forward with construction and consider the development of
the bikeway -0 to recommend the reduced
amount to Town Meeting for development of the alternative transportation node.
Due to the revised recommendation, the CPC voted 7- to supplement the
previously approved and released 2016 Report to Town Meeting.
The CPC also discussed updates regarding LexHAcquisition request. It was confirmed
that the closing date would occur after July 1, 2016 so the motion would be revised to reflect the full
amount being appropriated from the Community Housing Reserve in FY17.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 PM.
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The following documents were submitted at the meeting:
1) Anticipated Project Costs for Alternative Transportation Node March 28, 2016 (revised design
concept)
2) Alternative Transportation Node (break-down of revised costs)
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Lane
Administrative Assistant
Community Preservation Committee
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