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Minutes of the
Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC)
� Remote-Participation Meeting
September 26, 2024
Location and Time: All-Remote Virtual (Zoom) Meeting; 6:00 P.M.
Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; Lisah Rhodes, Vice Chair; Rod Cole, Editor;
David Kanter, Clerk; Sandy Beebee; Michael Boudett
Members Absent: None
Others Present:
Invited Guests: Lorraine Finnegan, SMMA, and Mike Burton, Dore + Whittier (D+W)
Monitoring Only: For Appropriation Committee: Glenn Parker (Chair) & Anil Ahuja
(Member)
Documents Presented:
• Notice of CEC Meeting, September 26, 2024
• Information from Ms. Finnegan
Call to Order: Mr. Lamb called this Committee's all-remote meeting to order at 6:00 P.M., As
the Committee members and the others joining this meeting had been previously advised of
the special conditions of this meeting, he passed on repeating them (i.e., the authority to not
require a physical presence of a quorum and other selected terms under the Open Meeting
Law had, by legislation on March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed into law a supplemental
budget bill which, among other things, extends the temporary provisions pertaining to the
Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2025, pursuant to Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2023")
Mr. Lamb made successful incremental Roll Calls of all the 6 Committee Members and the
Invited Guests.
Primary Points During the Discussion:
• We affirmed that on this November 12, the School Building Committee (SBC) would
have to decide on exactly one option for the Field House (FH), whether it be
renovation or add-renovation. The Designers cannot move forward to Schematic
Design with multiple FH options still in play as it creates too many variables for the
base project which could impact the best and final layout for the new High School
building and site.
• There was much discussion about when the next round of cost estimates would be
available and that it would be in time for the October 15 SBC meeting.
• A renovation (reno) of the FH would give it a 75-year life, modulo the usual 25-year
(approximately) systems life cycle events that happen for any building.
• There was discussion of the FH "life support" systems that could/would be cut off
depending on the build option selected.
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Continued Minutes of the
Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC)
Remote-Participation Meeting
September 26, 2024
• There was extensive discussion on what a "temp fix" (read: 3-5 years only) would
mean and Ms. Finnegan reminded the group that she has not engaged the Building
Inspector in that discussion yet.
• The reno and add/reno options would include all new systems, roof, and new poured
track.
• There was discussion of the difference in build timelines between build-in-place and
build-on-fields.
• Three members are in favor of build-on-fields (one strongly) and three members have
not stated a position on build-on-fields versus build-in-place.
• The CEC discussed being prepared to offer their opinion on a preferred option at their
October 24th meeting.
Adjourn: Mr. Lamb called for a CEC Motion to adjourn. Mr. Kanter made it and Ms. Rhodes
Seconded at 6:58 P.M. to adjourn. Roll-Call Vote: 5-0 (Ms. Beebee absent)
This Minutes was approved by the CEC at its meeting on October 17, 2024
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