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Community Preservation Committee March 30, 2006 Attending: Joel Adler, Norm Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Wendy Manz, Leo McSweeney, Richard Pagett, Sandy Shaw, Betsey Weiss Not attending: Dick Wolk The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. 1. Public hearing on projects to be discussed for 2006 Town Meeting: a. Cary Hall vault --install environmental controls -- $60,000 Donna Hooper, Town Clerk: The vault is 800 square feet; it is now subject to high temperatures and low humidity – not the proper environment to maintain town records. Also, the town has made a request to the National Endowment for the Humanities for a grant for shelving, which will give us 1-1/2 times more shelving space. A CPA grant would serve as matching funds. The vault contains police and fire logs (historical, for research purposes); old town reports; personal records (marriage and birth certificates); other things to be added that are now in smaller vaults and in different departments. These improvements will centralize storage. Richard: What protections from fire are in the building? The fire suppression system releases non-harmful gas, and is a self contained system located adjacent to main furnace room. Leo: What does money buy? the HVAC system Ms. Hooper: Per attached diagram: Area C is the reading room; B was originally a civil defense area, now used for records storage; A is the vault. According to remarks from dedication in 1927, the purpose of the building was to “store relics and treasures pertaining to the history of the town.” Norm: If we recommend this to Town, would it be part of capital appropriation or CPA article? It would stay part of Article 28 (item (i)) Betsey: any questions from the audience? None b. Police Station renovations to dispatch area -- $100,000