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Ms. McKenna may be scheduled for additional time with the CPC in December, once complete application materials have been submitted. 3.Antony Park Project – Ms. McKenna, presented this project on behalf of the Tourism Committee for an unspecified amount of CPA funding. There was no plan submitted for the Park, but Ms. McKenna explained that Antony Park would include French gardens and a “water element”, and commemorate Lexington’s friendship with its sister city Antony, France. She said it would be located on the south side of Tower Park, and that a second abutting Town- owned parcel could also be used for the Park’s construction. Ms. Manz read an email from Kevin Batt, Town Counsel, in which Mr. Batt discussed his opinion as to whether the project would qualify for CPA funding. Mr. Batt noted that if Tower Park were determined to be historical, the construction of Antony Park would be new construction, not a rehabilitation of existing resources. If Tower Park were open space, the same would be true. (CPA funds similarly cannot be used to rehabilitate or restore open space that was not first purchased with CPA monies.) Ms. Manz noted that it looked questionable whether the Antony Park project would be eligible for CPA funds. 4.Battle Green Implementation Plan – Ms. McKenna presented this request for $224,845 in CPA funding on behalf of the Tourism Committee. Mr. Pinsonnealt, Director of Operations at DPW, was in attendance for this discussion. The Battle Green Master Plan Implementation Plan includes restoration work to the paths around the Battle Green and Belfry Hill, restoration of the fence at Ye Old Burying Ground, and a traffic study. Ms. Manz questioned how the traffic study qualified for CPA funding. Mr. Pinsonneault stated that the traffic study would be integral to the flow of traffic in the historic Battle Green area, and was a critical piece in determining the ultimate restoration of the Green. In response to a question from the CPC, Ms. McKenna noted that the traffic study was $60,000 out of the requested $224,845. Ms. McKenna noted that the breakdown of costs for the Battle Green Project could be found on pages 91 through 94 of the Master Plan, which was not before the Committee at the time of her presentation. 5.Center Playfields Project – Mr. Pinsonneault, Director of Operations at DPW gave an overview of phases I and II of the Center Playfields Project, and described the work in the third and final phase. He noted that Phase I was nearly complete, with rehabilitation of the varsity baseball and softball fields. In Phase II, the football and JV baseball fields will be addressed, and in the final phase, for which he was requesting $605,718, he explained that the 2