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Status Report on 2007 CPA Projects Center Playfields Drainage Engineering Study Annual Town Meeting voted $40,000 in CPA funds to hire an engineering firm to assess the Center Playfields, between Worthen Road and Park Drive, and to make recommendations for drainage improvements. Tutela Engineering Associates has been hired to perform the drainage study and will begin work in the spring of 2008. The contract with Tutela is for $36,000 with a $4,000 contingency. Historic Cemetery Preservation at Ye Old Burial Ground (Colonial Cemetery) and Munroe Cemetery Annual Town Meeting voted $367,000 in CPA funds to hire a qualified stone conservator and a qualified stone preservation contractor to preserve and repair the grave markers at both cemeteries. Building and Monument Conservation was hired to perform table top marker repairs at Ye Olde Burial Ground. This portion of the project is two- thirds complete with a total expenditure of $15,332 from the appropriated amount of $23,000. Building and Monument Conservation will then be hired at a cost of $10,000 to develop bid specifications and oversee the remaining restoration work at Ye Olde Burial Ground and Munroe Cemetery. This work will be bid out some time in April 2008. The bulk of the remaining $334,000 will be used for the remaining restoration work. Improved Fire Monitoring at Lexington's Historic Houses Annual Town Meeting voted $18,120 in CPA funds for the purchase of radio boxes and their installation at Buckman Tavern, the Hancock - Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern. Because the Town has a project underway to install radio boxes for improved fire monitoring in all town buildings, the Fire Department offered to sweep these Historical Society properties into this larger effort, with CPA funding the Society's portion of the project. Assistant Fire Chief, Wayne Delaney is managing this project and anticipates that the radio boxes will be installed this spring. New Boiler and Oil Tank for Buckman Tavern Annual Town Meeting voted $10,685 in CPA funds for a new boiler and oil tank for Buckman Tavern. The new boiler and oil tank were installed in the fall of 2007. Total project cost was $9,900, slightly under budget. This project is complete. Comprehensive Cultural Resources Survey of Lexington Annual Town Meeting voted $90,000 in CPA funds to update and correct the Town's inventory of historic properties and neighborhoods in Lexington. The Town signed a contract with Lisa Mausolf, Preservation Consultant, in late November 2007 and she immediately began working. She will review, update and complete new research on approximately 2,000 properties in Lexington. An easily accessible reference guide will be produced as a byproduct of her work. 22