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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, December 11, 2014 Parker Room, Town Offices 1625 Massachusetts Avenue 2:00 pm Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa, Chair; Richard Canale, Norman Cohen, David Horton, Jeanne Krieger, Leo McSweeney, Bob Pressman and Sandy Shaw. Absent: Dick Wolk, Vice-Chair Administrative Assistant : Nathalie Rice Also in attendance were David Kanter, Vice-Chair of the Capital Expenditures Committee and Robert Addelson, Assistant Manager for Finance. The meeting was called to order at 2:03 pm. by Ms. Fenollosa. 1.Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancement, $162,000 – Mr. Goddard presented this project to the Committee, and showed the location of the additional sidewalk areas to be rehabilitated. The sections of sidewalk were located on the east and west sides of Cary Hall, extending toward the Police Station and toward the steps to the lower level of Town Offices respectively. Mr. Goddard explained that the Board of Selectmen had discussed the Cary Memorial Building Sidewalk Enhancement project, and had looked at the different surface options – concrete with a brick trim, or wire-cut brick. Based on recommendations from the Commission on Disabilities, Mr. Goddard said that the Board had decided on concrete with brick trim. Mr. Goddard also noted that the project included the installation of two light poles, which would be set in concrete. In response to a question from Ms. Fenollosa, Mr. Goddard said he had not yet met with the Historic Districts Commission (HDC) regarding the sidewalk project. Ms. Fenollosa noted that there were in fact three choices regarding the surface of the sidewalk, the two options Mr. Goddard presented, and perhaps a third that might be preferred by the HDC. The Committee discussed the cost of the two options currently up for discussion, concrete or wire-cut brick. Mr. Goddard noted that the project was currently priced for concrete, and that wire-cut brick would increase the project cost to approximately $335,000. He said the installation of the sidewalk was planned for after Patriot’s Day. In response to a question from Mr. Canale, Mr. Goddard said that the bike rack in front of the Cary Memorial Building was to be re-installed after the sidewalks had been rehabilitated. In a straw poll, the Committee voted (8-0) to approve the sidewalk project as proposed at $162,000. The Committee also took a straw poll on the option of the more costly wire-cut brick at a cost of $335,000; that vote was (5-3). 1