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Parish Church’s records book dating between 1698 and 1845, which is the oldest original remaining records book in Lexington. In response to questions from the CPC and Mr. Kanter, Ms. Bennett explained that the records conserved under this project will remain in the Historical Society’s stewardship in the humidity controlled room at the Hancock-Clark House. The digitized records, however, will go to the Town and be available through the Town’s website. Ms. Bennett explained that the Society has a “hand- shake” agreement to keep and preserve the First Parish records, to which Mr. Kanter suggested drawing up a written agreement to formalize the arrangement. 7.Town Counsel Review of FY13 Applications - Ms. Manz reported that Kevin Batt, Town Counsel had reviewed all the FY 13 projects and had ruled that certain projects, or portions thereof, were not eligible for CPA funding. These included: a.)Battle Green Master Plan Implementation – Traffic Study . Ms. Manz reported that Mr. Batt had felt this element of the project could not be funded with CPA funds due to the fact that it did not strictly qualify under the guidelines for historic preservation. b.)Visitor Center – Ms. Manz noted thatMr. Batt did not believe feel the Visitor Center met the strict intention of the historic resources definition due to the fact that it was constructed in the 1960’s. Ms Manz read a rebuttal written by Ms. Fenollosa which indicated that the building was not only in the HDC but on the State and Federal List of Historic Places. The CPC will vote to reinstate this project. c.)Antony Park – Ms. Manz stated that Mr. Batt had also deemed the Antony Park project to be ineligible for two reasons. First, Tower Park which is the proposed home for Antony Park, was not purchased with CPA open space funds, and therefore cannot be “rehabilitated” for new open space with CPA funds. Secondly, if Tower Park were a historical park, the same holds true – it would have to have been initially purchased with CPA historic resource funds for any future historic rehabilitation to be eligible. Given the opinion of Mr. Batt, the CPC voted (7-0) to remove the Traffic Study component of the Battle Green Master Plan Implementation project and the Antony Park project from further consideration. 8.Approval of Administrative Funds for Two Appraisals – TheCommittee was in receipt of a memo from Ms. Mullins, Director of the Community Development Department, requesting $9,500 in CPA administrative funds for two appraisals for the Wright Farm. Some members voiced their objection to another open space acquisition, stating that they felt the cost of the Cotton Farm acquisition had been too high. After a short discussion of the appraisal 5