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2026 Annual Town Meeting, Town of Arlington, MA
Article: 67
Warrant Article Title:
CAPITAL BUDGET / HARDY SCHOOL FEASIBILITY STUDY
AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN
Warrant Article Text:
To see if the Town of Arlington will vote to appropriate, borrow, or
transfer from available funds an amount of money to be expended
under the direction of the Town Manager for feasibility study and
schematic design costs related to a potential heat pump
conversion project at the Hardy Elementary School located at 52
Lake St, Arlington MA, which proposed repair project would
materially extend the useful life of the school and preserve an
asset that otherwise is capable of supporting the required
educational program and for which the Town has applied for a
school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building
Authority (“MSBA”). The Town of Arlington acknowledges that the
MSBA’s grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary
program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and if the
MSBA’s Board of Directors votes to invite the Town to collaborate
with the MSBA on this proposed repair project, any project costs
the Town incurs in excess of any grant that may be approved by
and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the
Town; or to take any other action relative thereto
Requested By:
the Select Board, and at the request of the Town Manager, the
School Committee and the Capital Planning Committee
Report Excerpt:
The HVAC system at the Hardy Elementary School needs to be
replaced. This appropriation will fund a feasibility study and
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design costs associated therewith. This project, too, may be
eligible for partial reimbursement by the MSBA. (Requires a 2/3
vote).
Vote Language:
That the Town of Arlington hereby appropriates the amount of
Three Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000)
for the purpose of paying feasibility study and schematic design
costs related to a potential Accelerated Repair Project involving a
heat pump conversion project at the Hardy Elementary School
located at 52 Lake St, Arlington MA, including the payment of all
costs incidental or related thereto (the “Project”), which proposed
repair project would materially extend the useful life of the school
and preserve an asset that otherwise is capable of supporting the
required educational program, and for which the Town has
applied for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building
Authority (the “MSBA”), said amount to be expended under the
direction of the Town Manager. To meet this appropriation, the
Treasurer with the approval of the Select Board, is authorized to
borrow said amount under M.G.L. Chapter 44, or any other
enabling authority. The Town acknowledges that the MSBA’s
grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based
on need, as determined by the MSBA, and if the MSBA’s Board of
Directors votes to invite the Town to collaborate with the MSBA
on this proposed repair project, any project costs the Town incurs
in excess of any grant that may be approved by and received
from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the Town; and
that, if invited to collaborate with the MSBA on the proposed
repair project, the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this
vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Project
Funding Agreement, or Feasibility Study Agreement if applicable,
that may be executed between the Town and the MSBA.
Capital Planning Committee Report
Finance Committee Report
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