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CEC Meeting, 10/20/06, 8:45am, TOB/G-15
TE, CWL, SS, RB, Kanter, Michael Young, Susan Bennett - Lexington,
Historical Society, George Burnell
Discussion of Hancock Clarke Restoration. Study for whether to put
aharives in basement, ADA compliance. $50k, $25K of which would come
from the MA Historic Commission, $25K from CPA.
TE: is it legal to use matching funds w/ CPA. [yes]
CWL: Where will construction $'s come from (America's Treasures
program, which is part of the National Park Service). Also lobby our
congressional reps to get money. Mass. Hist. Comm. will have some
money.
SB: Historic District Commission is not likely to be a problem.
SB: Lexington Historical Society owns the property.
SS: asked if it is legally required to provide ADA access. SB: LHS is
committed to providing ADA access. If a school group goes and a h/c
person can't go in, then none of the school group will go in.
SB: entire project will be roughly $500k. Roof is asbestos and needs
to be removed/replaced w/ cedar/shingle roof. Gable portion and
gamble portion need to be attached better. 1974 section needs to have
ADA access. Needs new gutters.
SS: Roof doesn't leak? [SB: no]
No water/sewer/plumbing issues at present. Heating system dates back
to the 70's. Can't use the basement for future archives storage for
LHS. Want to have a modern archives added to Munroe Tavern.
LHS wants bids in summer 2007, construction in 2008, reopen in 2009.
Funded by Fed/state/$'s + private funding (e.g. John Hancock foundation and
Ethan Allan). America's Treasures program would want 50% matching.
Sentiment 4:0 in favor. SS + RB are LHS members.
DK: Appropriation Committee has concerns about using CPA money for
private funding.
Discussion of reconciling private vs public funds. Points made:
. This is a 501(c)3 organization.
. The town has a duty to maintain historic buildings.
. The town has a public/private partnership with Buckman Tavern and
the LHS.
Discussion moves to Lexington Depot. LHS would like to install a
freight elevator for $44K.
RB/GB both ask if the floor load will be ok.
RB: concerned that this is not historic in nature, but only a
functional improvement.
SB: CPA says $'s can be used to restore a building to functioning use.
SS: Clearly this is within the intended use, but she has more trouble
with this than the Hancock Clarke study.
SB: What about the LPD dispatch room project at $100K?
DK: that crosses the public/private line. Are there other things that
this should be prioritized against?
TE: Doesn't care who owns the building -- it's a town asset.
SS: We might as well do it since there's nothing else to take the
funds at the moment.
RB: Would like to see a set of priorities by the CPC.
TE: Points out that this is a small amount of money.
Motion (TE): CEC endorse both projects. 4:0 unanimous.
CWL to write the report on these monies
Adjourn: 10:10am