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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, January 16, 2014 3:00 pm, Parker Room Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue Committee Members Present : Marilyn Fenollosa, Chair; Norman Cohen; David Horton; Jeanne Krieger; Leo McSweeney; Robert Pressman; and Sandra Shaw. Absent: Member Dick Wolk, Vice-Chair; Member Richard Canale; and Nathalie Rice, Administrative Assistant. Also in attendance : Rob Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance; Pat Goddard, Director of Public Facilities; David Pinsonneault, DPW Operations Manager; David Kanter, Vice-Chair, Capital Expenditures Committee \[CEC\]; Bill Hurley, Member, CEC; Fred Johnson, Member, Cary Memorial Building Renovation Design Committee \[Ad Hoc\]. Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order. FY 15 Submittal 7, Battle Green Master Plan - Phase 3 \[Revision date 10-10-13\] A vote on this proposal had been delayed due to a desire of two members to examine information showing the parameters and status of Battle Green projects previously funded. This information was provided prior to the meeting, by Mr. Pinsonneault, in a chart titled Battle Green Project Updates. It addressed the Battle Green Monument Restoration Project and Battle Green Master Plan projects Phase 1 and Phase 2. In response to a question, Mr. Pinsonneault stated that construction work on two projects is anticipated in the summer of 2014, as noted on the chart. The written proposal as presented to CPC requested $90,000 in CPA funds for Design/Engineer\[ing\] \[. . . for architectural services to develop plans and specs (25% design level) for Phase 3 of the project based on the Center Streetscape and Battle Green Traffic Engineering Studies.\] \[10-10-13 Revision\] Later construction would address traffic and pedestrian improvements, site amenities, historical landscaping and completion of new pathways. \[10-10-13 Revision\] Mr. Addelson reported that he and Town Counsel Kevin Batt had agreed that $27,000 of the $90,000 needed to address traffic safety at the juncture of Bedford, Hancock, and Harrington was not eligible for CPA funding. Decisive for Mr. Batt was that this work would be needed even if there was no Battle Green. On a motion duly seconded, CPC members approved by a vote of 7 to 0 an 1