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<br />Executive Session <br />Community Preservation Committee <br />Monday, November 24, 2008 <br />Legion Room, Cary Memorial Building <br />1605 Massachusetts Avenue <br />2:00 pm <br />Present: <br />Committee Members: <br />Betsey Weiss, Chair; Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice Chair; Joel Adler, <br />Norman Cohen, Jeanne Krieger, Wendy Manz, Sandy Shaw and Dick Wolk. <br />Administrative Asst: <br /> Nathalie Rice <br />Also Present <br />: David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison. <br />At 2:00 pm, upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted by a roll call to enter <br />into Executive Session under Exemption 6 to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or <br />value of real property and to reconvene in Open Session; the Chair declaring that an <br />Open Meeting might have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the Town. <br />1. Leary Property <br />- Mr. Wolk asked the Committee to enter Executive Session for the <br />purpose of discussing the Leary property, presently under consideration for <br />acquisition by the Conservation Commission. He described the property and updated <br />the Committee on the negotiations for this parcel. <br />The parcel is approximately 14.5 acres and is located on Vine Street, where it has its <br />only legal frontage. It contains an existing house, which is in disrepair, two wetland <br />areas, woods and brushy fields. It abuts Vine Brook Conservation Area and is <br />considered of high conservation value. <br />Mr. Wolk said the property is now being surveyed, after which a wetland delineation <br />will be completed. With this information, a land planner will do a highest and best <br />use development plan, which will then be sent to an appraiser. He said the Town’s <br />appraisal would be completed by mid-December. He added that the estate of Mr. <br />Leary is currently paying for the survey work, but noted that this cost would likely be <br />added to the purchase price. <br />Mr. Wolk said that Mr. Leary, a retired Town DPW employee and friend of George <br />Woodbury, the former Director of DPW, had long intended for his land to go to the <br />Town. He lived simply and in his last days, willed his property to the Catholic <br />Church. It is believed that the Church does not want the property, only the proceeds <br />from the sale. <br />There was a general discussion of the parcel’s present status and eventual use. <br />Questions arose regarding the Conservation Commission’s receptivity to a mixed use <br />1 <br /> <br />