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<br />Community Preservation Committee <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br />Thursday, March 26, 2009 <br />Cary Hall <br />7:00 pm <br /> <br /> <br />Present: <br />Betsey Weiss, Chair; Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice Chair; Joel Adler, Norman <br />Cohen, Leo McSweeney, Nathalie Rice, Admin. Asst.; Sandy Shaw, Dick Wolk. <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> Jeanne Krieger and Wendy Manz <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:07 pm. Approximately 30 residents were in <br />attendance. <br /> <br />The purpose of the Public Hearing was to receive public comments on four projects under <br />consideration for Annual Town Meeting. Three of these projects had been discussed at a <br />previous hearing in December, but had had significant changes to them, necessitating a <br />second hearing. These three projects were the Stone Building, Center Playfields, and the <br />LexHAB project). The fourth project, the purchase of land at 116 Vine Street, had not <br />been discussed at the December hearing. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1.The Stone Building <br /> <br />Mr. Pat Goddard, Director of Facilities, spoke to this project, stating that the <br />initial request to the CPC had been changed in scope, and that in the meantime, <br />the building had been designated as a Heritage Center by the Library Trustees. He <br />explained that the revised project entailed the preparation of an Historic <br />Structures Report, which would give the Trustees valuable information about the <br />condition of the building. The information in this report, augmented by the <br />existing HKT Feasibility Study will be used to conduct stabilization work that is <br />needed in the short term. In the long term, he explained that the Library will be <br />back before the CPC for additional funding to renovate the Stone Building for its <br />future use as a Heritage Center. <br /> <br />Mr. Richard Pagett asked what the extent of the stabilization work would be, to <br />which Mr. Goddard replied that it focused on making the building weather tight. <br />It might include repair to windows, or the removal and replacement of the <br />aluminum siding to secure the exterior of the building. Mr. Goddard explained <br />that the stabilization work would be limited to the exterior of the building, not to <br />any structural work. <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br /> <br />