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application requested CPA funds for interpretive materials that would be installed and/or used after land clearing and archeological excavations had been completed. The CPA request included exhibit panels and stands, cases, interpretive painting and a mobile phone tour. Members discussed the application in light of Town Counsels opinion that the hard costs associated with the project were defensible, but that the soft costs of interpretation were harder to justify under the CPA statute. Ms. Fenollosa reported that she had put in a call to Mr. Batt, but had not yet had an opportunity to talk with him about the project. Ms. Krieger explained that certain aspects of the project with hard costs had already been completed, such as land clearing. She said future hard costs were difficult to define, since they were dependent upon as yet uncompleted work. Given Mr. Batts opinion, members agreed that Ms. Krieger should discuss the project with Mr. Batt and resubmit the application for funding of hard costs only. Members of the CPC stated that they were generally very supportive of the project, but felt that a straw vote on the application was premature. Ms. Krieger will contact Mr. Batt and resubmit an amended project application to the CPC in the coming weeks. 4.Town-Wide Culvert Replacement (Minuteman Bikeway), $290,000 Mr. John Livsey presented this project to the CPC, noting that the location of the culvert to be replaced was on the Minuteman Bikeway, north of Camellia Place off Bedford Street. Ms. Fenollosa commented that the project title seemed inappropriate for a CPA project since it gave the impression that the culvert replacement was on municipal roadways. Mr. Livsey explained that the culvert was an old granite box culvert, which had fallen into disrepair. It measured 20x4x4 and had been identified in an inspection of the macadam surface of the Bikeway, which had begun to sink. Investigation of the area under the bikeway revealed that a large supporting section of granite had shifted out of place and could likely fall. Mr. Livsey proposed replacing the failing granite culvert with a concrete box culvert, the base of which would be depressed two feet to eliminate scouring. Mr. Livsey described the stream (North Lexington Brook) and its watershed. He noted that the $290,000 requested would be used exclusively for the culvert replacement on the Bikeway. After a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC voted in a straw vote (9-0) to approve the culvert restoration project on the Minuteman Bikeway. 5.First Parish Church Exterior Preservation and Restoration, Mr. Russell Tanner and Mr. Erik Svenson, $195.000 Russell Tanner and Erik Svenson of the First Parish Building Committee met with the CPC and described their request to use CPA funds to replace the Churchs exterior windows, rehabilitate the existing entrance steps, landscape the front of the Church, conduct exterior siding and trim repairs and add exterior up- lighting to the lower levels of the sanctuary. Two members of the church were in attendance. Mr. Tanner and Mr. Svenson explained the details of the project and reviewed the timing of their request. They explained that they had not yet met with the HDC, and that preliminary specs and plans would not be expected until March. Members discussed the projects timeline, and stated that they felt HDC approval was critical prior to CPC review, since HDC exterior design standards might well determine the project costs. Members also questioned the timing of not having definite cost estimates until March, 2