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facilitating the work were discussed in order to relieve the Chair of some of the administrative burdens . Sara Chase agreed to assume the Chair for the coming year. Meetings will take place on the second Thursday of each month, starting in September. Some of the work will be divided as follows: Grady - annual report , budget ; Chase - grants cycle notification to National Register owners ; Bogen - representative to the Planning Board Housing Committee ; Orcutt - Design review representative to the Historic Districts Commission; Reinhardt - Inventory, building review for National Register, education, photography. Minutes will continue to rotate (except for Chairman) . HANCOCK SCHOOL Hancock School is now officially a part of the Historic District and subject to the district 's regulations. (Chapter 268 of the Mass . General Laws of 1978. ) According to the Hancock School deed, HDC is the holder of the preservation restrictions . The deed does not include controls on landscaping. LHC was not informed of the contents of the deed by the Selectmen nor was there any discussion of what would finally be incorporated in the deed. Sara uhase reported on the exterior cleaning of Hancock. The developer has indicated that cleaning the brnstone trim results in staining thebrick wall and has requested that he be permitted to clean the entire building. (The contract calls for cleaning trim only.) However, the developer has not given a firm price for this additional work but has indicated it would result in a higher price for the units than agreed upon. The Selectmen have said "no" on this basis . The use of scrubbing for the trim and draping the rest of the building or the possible scrubbing of the whole building were discussed. Orcutt suggested that in fact it might be cheaper for the developer to do the whole building, by scrubbing, than just the trim using the stream technique and draping. Whether the developer was actually trying to back out of any cleaning e all was also discussed. LHC members agreed that it would be preferable to c7 an the entire building in order to protect ityas well as from an aesthetic viewpoint. Grady will discuss the cleaning matter with Selectman Marge Battin. She will also talk to her about the role of LHC in town preservation matters and point out that the Commission is not routinely contacted about matters of importance to it as a legally mandated preserva- tion body in the town. HISTORIC HOUSE MARKERS An owner of an historic house has asked whether standard house markers are available . LHG decided not to get inolved in this matter. INVENTORY Available LHC members will meet with Betty Reinhardt on the 12th to discuss inventory matters. OTHER Bogen will take appropriate steps to have a member of LHC appointed to_ the Planning Board ' s Housing Committee . The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m. NORMA BOGEN