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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, January 17, 2019 Robbins Meeting Room Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building 1605 Massachusetts Avenue 4:30 PM Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Dick Wolk (Vice-Chair), Charles Hornig, David Horton, Jeanne Krieger, Joe Pato, Bob Pressman, Lisah Rhodes, Melinda Walker. Administrative Assistant: Gina Federico Other Attendees: Wendy Manz, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison to the CPC; Ellen Basch, Appropriations Committee; Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs; Christine Dean, Community Center Director; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance (arrived 4:43); Dave Pinsonneault, Director of Public Works; Tom Shiple, Town Meeting Member. Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:33PM. 1020 Funding Requests- At the CPC meeting on 1-10-19 Ms. Battite and the Recreation department were asked to prioritize the four proposed recreational projects for FY20 CPA funding. The CPC allotted $2,000,000 to the Recreation Department to be disbursed. A memo from the Recreation Committee was distributed to the Committee detailing how the Recreation Committee would like the $2,000,000 to be disbursed. $620,000 for the Old Reservoir Bathhouse, $70,000 for Park Improvements- Hardcourt Resurfacing, $1,000,000 for the Inter Municipal Agreement with Minuteman (IMA) and $310,000 for Park Improvements-Athletic Fields, totaling $2,000,000. In the memo the Recreation Committee reduced their original request for the Athletic Fields from $435,000 to $310,000. It was also stated in the memo that if the IMA is not approved at the 2019 Annual Town Meeting (ATM) then the Recreation Committee requests an additional $125,000 for Athletic Fields, restoring the original request of $435,000. Ms. Battite updated the Committee on the IMA project. She explained that there is still excitement for the project at the full build design but there is an inability to fund the project. Minuteman's design team was able to reduce the scope of the work for the Town's portion of the project from $8.5 million to $4.9 million. Ms. Battite explained that the new project would remove the stadium seating, storage, and restrooms. The restrooms were an important part of the project for the stakeholders. Eliminating the restrooms helps save costs because it now eliminates the underground utility work that was necessary for functional restrooms. The tennis 1