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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, December 21, 2017 Parker Meeting Room Town Office Building 1625 Massachusetts Avenue 3:00 PM Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Dick Wolk (Vice-Chair); Charles Hornig, David Horton, Jeanne Krieger, Joe Pato, Bob Pressman, Sandra Shaw, Melinda Walker. Administrative Assistant: Elizabeth Mancini Other Attendees: Wendy Manz, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison to the CPC; Nathalie Rice, Town Clerk; Lee Yates, Archivist; Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs; Peter Coleman, Assistant Director of Recreation; Dave Pinsonneault, Director of Public Works; Christine Dean, Community Center Director; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance; Carl Valente, Town Manager; Sergio DeMango, Facilities Engineer. Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 3:01 PM. 1) Archives and Records Management/ Records Conservation & Preservation- Prior to reviewing the FY19 request for $20,000 for conservation and digitization of historical municipal records, Ms. Rice updated the Committee on the progress of past CPA-funded projects. She also advised that she anticipates ongoing requests in future fiscal years for continued preservation and digitization. Based on recently issued Town Counsel opinions, Ms. Fenollosa advised that the documents should be deemed 'historically significant' by the Town's Historical Commission in order to comply with the statute. The Committee also discussed the ongoing need for preservation and what would be considered 'historic' in the future. After a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC issued a final vote (9-0) to recommend the project to Town Meeting on the condition that the Historical Commission determines the records to be historically significant. 2) Athletic Facility Lighting and Center Track and Field Reconstruction- Ms. Battite reviewed the memo she prepared for the Committee which contained additional information requested at a prior meeting. In response to the CPC's concern about the potential for a new high school built on the site, Mr. Pinsonneault advised that a joint meeting between the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee was anticipated for January 4, 2018, at which time the projects and the potential impact of the new high school would be discussed. There was additional discussion about the possibility of just replacing the track's surface and maintaining the sub-surface but both Ms. Battite and 1