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Town of Lexington c. a." ) � 3 � Alan Fields Chairman Trustees of Public Trusts 10 Marshal Road Lexington, MA 02173 Dear Alan: f 5 May 14, 19.92 sl v Enclosed for your review and approval is a recommendation from Park and Tree Superintendent, Dale Gaasland, relativ'd -to a proposal for the treatment of the Minuteman Statue. The Center for the Conservation and Technical Studies Conservator, Henry Lie, has offered two options for the cleaning and treatment of the memorial. As you know the statue was vandalized with red paint in April of 1991. Although the bulk of the paint was removed some small spots remain. Mr. Lie performed the initial cleaning and recommended that further treatment would be beneficial. Option A of Mr. Lie's proposal would clean and restore the statue to it's original bronze color while option B would provide a similar cleansing process and leave the statue with the same green tint that it has now. Dale sought estimates for this restoration work from two other sources but did not receive a response to his telephone calls. I support Dale's recommendation. The statue has been the same color as long as I can remember and every photo or painting of the memorial that I have seen has reflected it's current green tint. Once this process has been completed we will develop a yearly maintenance schedule for the statue. The enclosed proposal of the Conservator of $4,276.00 represents the amount of funding needed from the Trustees to complete this project. leases contact me al-Tour earldest convenience at 861 -2752 between the hours of 8:30 am. and 4:30 pm. A.- verbal approval is sufficient for us to begin work. RES /j enc cc Richard White Dale Gaasland Richard E. Spiers. Director of Public WorkaiEn9. 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02173 Sincerely, Ric and E. Public Wor s /Engineering ers, Director (617) 861-2752 Fax (617)863 -2350