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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Meeting Room
Monday, January 7, 2008
4:00 p.m
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Present:
Betsey Weiss, Chair; Joel Adler, Norm Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Wendy Manz, Leo
McSweeney, Richard Pagett, Judy Pearson, Sandy Shaw, Dick Wolk. David Kanter, CEC Liaison was
also present.
The agenda of the meeting was to review and vote on FY2009 CPC Proposals. The meeting began at
4:00 p.m. with a brief review of the CPC’s submission for the 2007 Annual Town Report. A photo of
the CPC Committee was taken for the Annual Town Report and general discussion was as follows:
1. Survey and Define Affordable Housing Assistance Programs
: The Committee voted
unanimously to support Lexington Housing Partnership and LexHAB’s joint request for
$25,000.
2. Belfry Hill Tree Restoration
: The Committee voted unanimously to support the Tree
Committee’s request for $9,850. The Committee also confirmed that this request qualifies
under the category of Historic Preservation.
3. Hancock-Clarke House Restoration
: The Committee voted unanimously to support the
Historical Society’s request for $600,000.
4. Old Reservoir Management
: The Committee voted unanimously to support the Recreation
Department’s request for $55,000.
5. Vynebrook Village Windows
: The Committee voted unanimously to support the Housing
Authority’s request for $158,686.
6. Archive Record Management & Conservation
: The Committee voted unanimously to
support the Town Clerk’s request for $150,000.
7. Parker Manor Condo Purchases
: Upon learning Town Counsel’s opinion, which is that this
project qualifies for CPA funding, the Committee voted 8 in favor and 1 (Pagett) abstention to
support LexHAB’s request for $652,800. If the units qualify for inclusion in the Subsidized
Housing Inventory and therefore count toward the Town’s 40B requirement, the project would
have unanimous Committee support. The Committee will have a wind-up vote after this
determination is made.
8. Senior Center Design, Renovation & Expansion
: The Committee voted 8-1 (Wolk) in favor
of having a PLACEHOLDER for this project. It was agreed to remove the dollar amount from
this request, as the actual cost for this project is unknown at this time.
9. Identify Potential Building Lots for Affordable Housing
: The Committee voted 1 (Weiss)
to support and 8 against supporting the Housing Partnership’s request for $25,000.
10. Harrington Pre-School Playground
: The Committee voted unanimously to support the
School Department’s request for $75,000.
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11. School Administration Building/Old Harrington
: The Committee agreed to postpone a vote
until next week after additional information is provided. CPC Chair, Betsey Weiss will ask Pat
Goddard, Director of Facilities and Grounds to attend next week’s meeting. A formal vote will
take place upon additional material.
12. Fire Department HQ Renovations & Redesign
: The Committee voted 4 (Cohen,
McSweeney, Shaw, Weiss) in favor and 5 opposed to supporting the Fire Department’s request
for $40,000.
13. Town Office Complex Building Envelope
: The Committee voted unanimously to support the
DPW’s request for $95,000.
14. East Lexington Fire Station
: The Committee supported a motion to split this project into two
projects: (1) $18,000 for the replacement of storm windows and (2) $29,500 for a new A/C
system. The Committee voted unanimously to support the Fire Department’s request for
$18,000 and voted 5 in favor and 4 (Fenollosa, Manz, Pagett, Wolk) against supporting the Fire
Department’s request for $29,500.
15. ADA Accessible Bathrooms and Signs for TOB
: The Committee voted unanimously to
support the DPW’s request for $70,000.
16. Town Office Building Use Study & Renovation Design
: The Committee voted 7-2
(Fenollosa, Pagett) to support the Town Manager’s request for $100,000.
17. Stone Building Renovation
: PLACEHOLDER. No discussion.
18. Land Acquisition
: PLACEHOLDER. No discussion.
19. Munroe Fire Prevention System Replacement
: In the interest of time, it was agreed to
postpone this discussion until next week.
Betsey asked the Committee who should be invited to the next week’s meeting (to provide additional
information). Pat Goddard was suggested and David Kanter also suggested Chief Middlemiss. The
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next meeting of the CPC will be on Monday, January 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting
Room.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Judy Pearson
Administrative Assistant to the CPC
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