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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, December 3, 2015 Parker Room, Town Office Building 1625 Massachusetts Avenue 3:00 PM Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa, Chair; Richard Wolk, Vice - Chair; Richard Canale, Norman Cohen, David Horton, Jeanne Krieger, Leo McSweeney, Bob Pressman, Sandra Shaw. Administrative Assistant: Elizabeth Lane Other Attendees: David Kanter, Vice -Chair of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC); Bill Kennedy, Chair, LexHAB; Caileen Foley, Executive Director, Lexington Housing Authority; Melisa Tintocalis, Economic Development Director; Fred Johnson, Chair, ad -hoc Grain Mill Alley Steering Committee; Dave Pinsonneault, DPW Operations Manager. Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 3:04 PM. 1) Committee Business- The Committee approved the minutes (9 -0) from the CPC meeting on November 19, 2015, as amended. Updates to the Committee's Need Assessment Report were due. The full draft report will be circulated for final review and comment so it can be voted on during the next CPC meeting on December 10th The Committee spoke briefly about the status of the on -going Community Center Sidewalk Design project for which CPA funds were approved at the 2015 Spring Annual Town Meeting. Mr. Kanter reported that construction costs are still pending. Ms. Fenollosa also relayed that Town Counsel provided a favorable recommendation of the Greeley Village Rear Door and Porch project. 2) LexHAB Property Purchase at Keeler Farm- Bill Kennedy presented LexHAB's request for $180,000 in CPA funds to potentially fund the purchase of one unit of affordable housing at the new Keeler Farm development. Mr. Kennedy presented the request to the CPC as a placeholder since LexHAB is pursuing alternate funding for the purchase. If received, the alternate funding would be used to purchase the property in its entirety. He confirmed that all banked money appropriated to LexHAB in previous funding cycles has been allocated to other projects and no balances remain. The Committee briefly discussed maintenance of common -areas within the development since it will be overseen by a homeowner's association and Mr. Kennedy confirmed there would be no condo fees associated with the unit. LexHAB would hold it as a rental property for tenants chosen through a lottery system.