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Historic
Burying Grounds
Scroll down for most current proposal.
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location:
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citywide: East Parish Burying
Ground (Cotton & Centre Streets), West Parish Burying Ground
(Cherry Street), South Parish Burying Ground (Winchester
Street) |
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goals:
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For: pruning and where
necessary,
removal of trees that are diseased or threaten integrity of gravestones
or tombs; for conservation, repair,
stabilization, and cleaning of over 130 historic headstones,
footstones, and monuments (in phase 1), and of approximately 30
historic
tombs (in phase 2); and for improved public access, including
historically appropriate
ornamental fencing and interpretive signage. |
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total funding:
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| $445,672
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CP
funds appropriated (historic
resources)
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| $602,049
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CP
funds requested (historic
resources)
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$1,047,721
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TOTAL CP
funds requested or appropriated (historic
resources)
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contacts:
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Bob
DeRubeis, Commissioner
City of Newton Parks & Recreation Dept.
70 Crescent Street
Auburndale, MA 02466
email: bderubeis@newtonma.gov
phone: 617.796.1500
Cynthia Stone, Director
Historic Newton
527 Washington Street
Newton Corner, MA 02458
email: cstone@newtonma.gov
phone: 617.796.1451 |
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PROPOSAL REVIEW &
APPROPRIATIONS
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October 2002
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Phase
1 proposal (gravestones) |
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October 2002
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Full
project letters
of support
Includes letters from Parks & Recreation Dept. and
Newton
Historical Commission. |
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1 November 2002
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Phase 1 schedule
& budget,
updated (gravestones) |
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3 January 2003
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Letter
addressing maintenance
concerns |
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7 April 2003
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Phase 1 CPC
funding
recommendation
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22 April 2003
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Phase 1 Board
order (appropriation):
$188,277
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October
2004
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Phase
2a proposal (tombs)
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October 2004
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Phase 2a budget |
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November 2004
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updated
Master
Plan (all phases)
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November 2004
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updated
recommendations
for
fencing |
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Nov 2004 -
Jan 2005
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updated
full project budget (all phases) |
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12 January 2005
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Phase 2a CPC
funding
recommendation
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19 April 2005
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Phase 2a Board
order (appropriation):
$257,395 |
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12 October 2010
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Phase
2b proposal
(tombs & fencing)
Includes summary, project budget,
annual budget for the City partner (Jackson Homestead/Newton History
Museum) within Historic Newton,
& project manager's qualifications |
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12 October 2010
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Phase 2b maps
&
photos |
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12 October 2010
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Phase 2b analysis
of historic significance |
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with October 2010 proposal (links repeat those above): |
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Newton
Historical Commission letter supporting overall project
(see p. 2
of this document), from Oct 02 |
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Phase
2a CPC
funding
recommendation, from Jan 05 |
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preservation
consultants' recommendations, from Dec 09-Jan 10 |
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15 December 2010
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Phase 2b
public hearing presentation (long file,
may be slow to load) |
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4 January 2011
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City of
Newton Law Dept. confirmation
of eligibility for line items in project budget |
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16 March 2011
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Phase
2b proposal
revisions & updates (includes photos):
- minimum scope of work & additional
funding required to begin using funds remaining from
prior appropriations
- fencing
- volunteer training
- maintenance committment by Parks &
Recreation Dept.
- total revised funding request
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16 March 2011
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revised
proposal presentation,
with photos (long
file, may load slowly) |
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16 March 2011
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Newton
Historical Society annual
financial statements
(unintentionally omitted
from October 2010 proposal) |
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CPC funding recommendation |
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Board order (appropriation) |
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PROJECT NEWS
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2000
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Dept. of Conservation
& Recreation historic cemeteries handbook,
recommendations
for Newton
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ongoing
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Historic Burying
Grounds page on Historic
Newton website |
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23 May
2008
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process
for approving revisions to
workplan & budget |
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16 April 2008
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project budget
update |
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December 2009
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written project
work update |
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December 2009
& January 2010
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preservation
consultants' recommendations (from Building &
Monument Conservation and Structures North, who helped
to develop the May 2010 invitation for bids) |
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26 May 2010
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revised
workplan & budget, with CPC approval
In contrast
to May 2008 process above, Board of Aldermen
determined that their approval was not required.
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16 December 2009
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presentation
- part of Historic
Newton overall/project updates |
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July 2010
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invitation
for bids and
plans
(long
documents, will load slowly) |
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August 2010
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Phase
2a/2b bid
received |
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21 April 2011
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revised
invitation for
bids and plans
(long
documents, will load slowly) |