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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Remote Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 857 3310 2157
4:00 PM
Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), Jeanne Krieger (Co-Vice Chair),
Kathryn Roy (Co-Vice Chair), Kevin Beuttell (arrived at 4:05 PM), Robert Creech, Frederick
DeAngelis, Paul Linton, Melinda Walker.
Administrative Assistant: Thomas Case
Absent: Mark Sandeen
Other Attendees: Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs; Sandhya
Beebee, Liaison, Capital Expenditures Committee; Peter Coleman, Assistant Director of
Recreation; Christine Dean, Community Center Director; Andrea Jackson, Recreation
Committee; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance.
Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM.
Minutes – After a motion duly made and seconded, the Committee voted by a roll call vote to
approve the minutes from the Public Meeting on 10-16-2025 (6-0-1). Mr. Creech abstained.
FY27 Funding Request – Park Improvements – Athletic Fields – Harrington – Ms. Battite
requested $2,630,000 for the creation of athletic fields at 146 Maple Street, the current
location of the LPS Central Office Building and Harrington Elementary School. The request will
be combined with the FY26 appropriation of approximately $1.2 million for the complete
construction of two natural grass, full-size, multipurpose athletic fields, with a cricket field
overlay. The project is contingent on the demolition of the current LPS building, which is
contingent on the passing of the Lexington High School debt exclusion vote on December 8,
2025.
The Committee discussed the status of current CPA funded recreation projects at Harrington
Fields and Bowman, prior authorizations for Recreation’s athletic fields projects, and the LHS
project’s funding for displaced fields. Ms. Walker expressed her disagreement with Town
departments seeking full funding for CPA-eligible projects. Mr. DeAngelis and Ms. Krieger
expressed their support for the project. Ms. Battite provided the Committee with an update on
the Lincoln Field Working Group. The Committee discussed the Town’s current usage and needs
of field hours.
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Ms. Fenollosa conducted a straw poll on the Committees support for the project (6-0-2). Mr.
Linton and Ms. Walker abstained. Ms. Fenollosa expressed to Recreation that the CPC’s final
vote will be dependent on the other requests received and the Committee’s overall budget.
Ms. Battite, Mr. Coleman, and Ms. Dean left the meeting at 4:40 PM.
Committee Business – The Committee planned to meet again on November 6 to review funding
requests with LexHAB and the Affordable Housing Trust.
Ms. Kosnoff reviewed the Recreation Enterprise Fund and Recreation’s impact on the Town’s
general fund budget.
Mr. DeAngelis left the meeting at 4:50 PM.
After a motion duly made and seconded, the Committee voted by a roll call vote (7-0) to
adjourn at 4:51 PM.
The following documents were used at the meeting:
1) Draft Minutes 10-16-25
2) CIP – Park Improvements – Athletic Fields – Harrington Fields
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas Case
Administrative Assistant
Community Preservation Committee
APPROVED: 11/6/2025