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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Remote Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 881 7970 7808
4:00 PM
Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), Jeanne Krieger (Co-Vice Chair),
Kathryn Roy (Co-Vice Chair), Robert Creech, Frederick DeAngelis, Paul Linton, Mark Sandeen,
Melinda Walker.
Administrative Assistant: Thomas Case
Absent: Kevin Beuttell
Other Attendees: Sandhya Beebee, Liaison, Capital Expenditures Committee; Mary de Alderete,
Town Clerk; Andrea Jackson, Recreation Committee (arrived at 4:04 PM); Carolyn Kosnoff,
Assistant Town Manager for Finance (arrived at 4:03 PM); Robert Pressman, 22 Locust Ave
(arrived at 4:05 PM).
Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:01 PM.
FY27 Funding Request – Town Clerk – Document Conservation – The Committee watched a
short video on the Town’s archival work and document conservation projects. Ms. de Alderete
requested $20,000 for the preservation of six historic municipal documents and records, most
over 100 years old. The documents include Police Department Journal, Book 1, June 1923 to
December 1925; Police Department Journal, Book 2, January 1926 to July 1927; Marriage
Intention Ledger, 1918-1923; Marriage Intention Ledger, 1923-1927; Police Department Arrest
Ledger No. 2, 1921-1926; and Tax Collector's Book, 1899. The committee discussed with Ms. de
Alderete the Town’s archival process, history, and future outlook. Ms. Fenollosa confirmed that
the documents for this project were identified as historic resources by the Historical
Commission.
Ms. Fenollosa conducted a straw poll on the Committee’s support for the project (6-0-2). Mr.
Linton and Ms. Walker abstained.
Ms. de Alderete left the meeting at 4:22 PM.
CPA Financials Discussion - Town staff, Ms. Kosnoff and Mr. Case, reviewed the current CPA
funds and financial outlook with the Committee. Mr. Case reviewed the CPA Summary FY2027
Budget dated 11-12-25, showing all FY27 requests. This scenario funds $510k from the
Historical Resource Reserve for the Munroe Center debt service and document conservation
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projects; about $884k from the Community Housing Reserve for requests from LexHAB and the
AHT; and about $5.6 million from the Unbudgeted Reserve for the AHT, Harrington Athletic
Fields, Playground Infrastructure, and administrative budget requests. The AHT’s request is split
funded between the Community Housing and Unbudgeted reserves. This scenario leaves a
combined Unbudgeted and Undesignated fund balance of about $2.8 million, about $1.3 million
above the targeted $1.5 million reserve.
Ms. Kosnoff presented to the Committee the option of changing the $2 million debt financing
for the Munroe Center project, previously authorized by the 2023 ATM Article 10b, to cash
funding out of the CPC’s FY27 budget. This option would be funded by $1.65 million from the
Historical Resources Reserve and $350k from the Unbudgeted Reserve. This option would
essentially fully spend the Historical Resources Reserves and save the Committee an estimated
$270k in interest payments. Ms. Beebee conveyed the Capital Expenditures Committee’s
preference for cash financing. The Committee agreed to review the cash funding option and
continue this discussion with Ms. Kosnoff at their 11/20/25 meeting.
Mr. Case presented a model on the additional surcharge revenue that would result following a
passing vote for the Lexington High School debt exclusion schedule on December 8, 2025. The
model projects about $4.7 million in additional surcharge revenue over the course of fiscal
years 2027 - 2036. The Committee discussed the debt exclusion impact and potential changes
to the CPA surcharge.
Ms. Beebee left the meeting at 5:21 PM.
Committee Business – The Committee discussed the schedule for the 2025 Needs Assessment
Report (NAR). The Committee agreed to send section drafts to Mr. Case by December 2, discuss
the NAR draft in a public meeting on December 4, and hold a public hearing on the NAR on
December 11.
The Committee planned to meet again on November 20 to review the funding request from the
Department of Public Facilities.
Minutes – The Committee agreed to postpone approving the minutes from the 11-6-2025
meeting.
After a motion duly made and seconded, the Committee voted by a roll call vote (8-0) to
adjourn at 5:32 PM.
The following documents were used at the meeting:
1) Town Archives movie
2) CIP – Document Conservation
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3) CPA Summary FY2027 Budget dated 11-12-25
4) CPA Projected Debt Service dated 11-13-25
5) LHS Impact Revenue Projection Model dated 11-13-25
6) Draft Minutes 11-6-25
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas Case
Administrative Assistant
Community Preservation Committee
APPROVED: 11/20/2025