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Tintocalis showed a series of slides of the locations and several examples of pocket parks. Though a initial rendering of Grain Mill Alley has been prepared, Ms. Tintocalis said the design of the parks would be a collaborative design process, with public meetings and input. Mr. McSweeney questioned whether the two strips of land involved were privately held or Town -owned. Ms. Tintocalis replied that they were privately held, though she believed there may be an easement on the smaller walk-through by Michelson's. In response to a second question, she said she had not yet approached the land owners to request easements, or for any contribution toward the parks. Ms. Tintocalis explained that the projects had not appeared as part of the recent Streetscape study as they involved land use beyond the street frontage. Mr. Kanter of the CEC noted that the ratio between the D&E estimate and the construction costs seemed askew at $20,000:$30,000. He also asked if the CPC funding could be leveraged; perhaps seeking grants or financial support from the landowners or other store owners. Ms. Fenollosa noted that the "Historic" box had been checked on the application, but questioned how much of the project was truly historic. Ms. Tintocalis said she initially had thought the project might fall under Historic Resources, since it was located in a Historic District, but after talking to Stuart Saginor of the Community Preservation Coalition, she felt the project was better suited as an open space project. Ms. Tintocalis's application originally included a third pocket park east of Panera Bread, but this has since been removed from consideration. Ms. Tintocalis will submit an amended project application, with lowered costs, and an accurate indication of the project as an open space project. 9. Archives and Records Management and Conservation — Town Clerk Donna Hooper, and Archivist, Nasrin Rohani met with the CPC to request $20,000 in CPA funds to continue an ongoing project to preserve historic Town documents. (Previous CPA funds appropriated for this project have been $150,000 annually for each of the past five years.) Ms. Hooper noted that as part of this project, 110 volumes of records have been conserved and preserved; 225 volumes have been digitized; 60 volumes have been microfilmed; many collections have been catalogued for access and retrieval, and the hardware used for the process has been upgraded. Work undertaken in year 5 with FYI funds, will include conservation, preservation and digitization of historic Board of Appeals, Board of Health, Planning Board, Board of Selectmen and voter registration records. In FY14, (year 6), Ms. Hooper explained that the currently requested $20,000 in CPA funding would be used for conservation, preservation and digitization of newer Town documents. She said anticipated a time when she would be caught up with this work, and the task might become part of her operating budget. She did not anticipate this happening for a few years, however. 10. Buckman Tavern Restoration Plan — Susan Bennett of the Historical Society met with the CPC to request $650,000 in CPA funding for the restoration of the 5