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THE LEXINGTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02173 MEETING February 8 , 1979 , 7: 30 p .m. , Town Office Building, Room 111 . Present: Sara Chase (Chair) , Anne Grady, Norma Bogen, John Orcutt , Bebe Fallick MINUTES The minutes of the Meeting of January 9 were read and accepted as modified. PROPOSED LEGISLATION Sara Chase asked Norma Bogen to review the draft of the bill filed with the General Court by the Cambridge Historical Commission and intended to protect individual buildings and provide a more flexible tool than historic districting for neighborhood protection. Bogen will review the proposed legislation and outline the issues for discussion by LHC at the next meeting. LHC FILES A metal file case has been made available to LHC in Room ill of the Town Office Building, and the Commission's file material has been gathered together by Bebe Fallick and placed in it. HANCOCK SCHOOL The Commission reviewed the draft letter written by John Orcutt in response to the Sidney/Noyes letter which discussed some of the factors of concern to the Commission and others . Orcutt 's draft specifically requests: (a) repainting of all building trim and (b) masonry facing on concrete walls and basement terraces . It was suggested that the impact of the paint color on the character of the neighborhood and the need for cleaning also be referred to . A copy of the letter as modified will be sent to the Town Manager (Hutchinson) , Kirk Noyes , and the Lexington Minute Man. Chase will ask the Mass . Historical Commission to look at Hancock School to determine whether they will be willing to make some statement as to the developer's insensitive treatment of a National ' Register building. Anne Grady has used the Hancock School as a case study for a course paper. The paper outlines the process and includes criticism of the Selectmen's role in that process . The Commission will use the paper as a background for making some recommendations to the Selectmen as to policies and procedures that the Selectmen should follow in the future when town owned buildings become available for reuse .