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Cary Hall Restoration & Rehabilitation The Town Manager’s Office, working with the Lexington Center Committee, is seeking Community Preservation funding to restore and rehabilitate historic Cary Hall as a center for public presentation and performance. The CPC funding request is $147,130 as follows: 1) $80,000 to fund three separate studies to examine the feasibility, impact, scope, nature, and st cost of restoring Cary Hall’s performance capabilities to 21 century standards, including: a) $10,000 for Feasibility, Impact, & Operations Analysis. Should this study determine NOTNOT that the larger project is feasible, the remaining studies would be undertaken. b) $60,000 for Architectural Concept & Performance Studies, including: 1. $25,000 Architectural Concept 2. $11,000 Theatrical Planning 3. $11,000 Sound, Video, Theatrical, Rigging, Lighting & Electrical 4. $7,000 Acoustical Study 5. $6,000 Historical Study c) $10,000 Schematic Design 2) $8,000 to purchase and install black out curtains to enhance daytime meeting & presentation capabilities. 3) $59,130 to implement stage extensions and lighting and dimming over the extensions, needed for performances of the Lexington Symphony and Cary Lecture Series. This includes: a) $20,000 motorized rigging & batten above stage extension b) $20,000 stage extension c) $15,000 lighting over stage d) $2,000 dimmer pack e) $2,130 curtain to cover motorized batten An upgraded Cary Hall will serve a significant number of residents and maximize the utility of this Town-owned property: *Cary Hall will become the “heart of the community” as the Cary family intended it to be when more fully and broadly utilized; *Cary Hall will attract cultural opportunities to the downtown that do not exist today; *With enhanced performance capability, Cary Hall will contribute greatly to the vitality of the center; *There is real potential for revenue as a unique, well equipped, large capacity performance venue; and *Cary Hall will coexist with, and complement, the National Heritage Museum auditorium – too small a space for large audiences, and the High School auditorium – where school uses take first priority. The Community Preservation Committee recommends funding this request.