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Hosmer (White) House — (Frank Kern) — The Historic Structures Report was completed last year by designer Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc. Since then nothing has been done to stabilize the building. Pat Goddard mentioned that the CPC is requesting funds to demolish all but the main house (scenario #5) p. ix of HSR executive summary. The idea is to use the house as a jumping off point for the Liberty Ride as well as for some use by the Lexington Farmer's Market and that $680,000 ($502,000 CPA) is proposed to be spent on scenario #5 including a reconstruction of the porch like the one depicted in old photographs. Ms. Fenollosa mentioned that there will be a lot of resistance on the part of town meeting to spend any funding on the White House. Mr. Welch expressed concern about enforcement over privately held residences should the town be allowed to demolish structures within the Historic District. A motion was made and seconded to support the use of CPA funds for this project. The vote was 7 in favor with one opposed. Cary Memorial Hall — Wendall Kalsow - Mills Whitaker Architects LLC is the architect on this project. Mr. Kalsow expressed his satisfaction with the report. He's recommending a single phase approach as a more cost effective and less challenging way of dealing with the needs of the building. A motion was made and seconded to support the use of CPA funds for this project. The vote was 9 -0 in favor. Fire Station — the constraints of keeping the existing fire station in lieu of a new facility were discussed and the consensus was that a new facility is the path the town will take. The existing facility is too small with no room for structural additions. Estabrook School — Pat Goddard offered some brief background on the PCB situation and a planned start of demolition in July of 2014. Sally Zimmerman mentioned the need for documentation of the school's historical provenance in light of it being planned for demolition and the urgency of starting this process now. She mentioned a discussion she had with Donna Denisco regarding this since Estabrook is one of the (if not the) first schools in the country designed around the team teaching approach. Also mentioned was the possible preservation of the mosaic at the school and an estimated $500,000 cost. Leary Farm — concern about the security of the house was discussed and the proper channels to effect this given that it is not a publicly used building. Pat Goddard mentioned that he is not involved and suggested the Town Manager or Board of Selectmen. David Kelland agreed to correspond with Gary Rhodes or Carl Valente about securing the property. Ms. Fenollosa highlighted the remaining projects proposed by the CPC for Town Meeting in the spring. A motion was made and seconded to approve the meeting minutes from the October meeting with all in favor.