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Proj ect: <br />CPA Category: <br />Amount Requested: <br />Amount Recommended: <br />CPC Vote: <br />Project Description: <br />ARTICLE 10 (a) <br />Archives and Records Management/ Records <br />Conservation & Preservation <br />Historic Resources <br />$ 20,000 <br />$ 20,000 <br />This FY21 request for CPA funds is for the conservation and preservation of historic municipal <br />documents and records. The current request will fund the conservation and preservation of older <br />documents and make them available in the Town's digital archives. Documents to be conserved <br />under this funding request include but are not limited to selected Colonial Tax Warrants, an 1873 <br />Tax Book, Police Department Journals from 1874-1909 and Valuation Books from 1916-1918. <br />The Historical Commission determined these documents to be "Historic Resources" by <br />unanimous vote at their meeting on December 18, 2019. <br />Project Goals and Objectives: <br />Preserve older documents and make them available in the Town's digital archives; and <br />Ensure retention and accessibility for current and future access. <br />Project Benefit: <br />Significant progress has been made in preserving Lexington's historic documents, but there is <br />still a continuing need to preserve records from the 1800s and early 1900s and to make them <br />widely available. The preservation and conservation of permanent records for archiving creates <br />the basis for documenting Lexington's history for the future. <br />Funding Request: <br />$20,000 is requested for FY21. <br />