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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, November 1, 2012, 2:00 pm Ellen Stone Room Cary Memorial Building Present: Board Members: Wendy Manz,Chair, Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Jeanne Krieger (arrived 2:30 pm), Leo McSweeney, Sandy Shaw, Betsey Weiss, Dick Wolk. Administrative Assistant : Nathalie Rice Also in attendance were David Kanter of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC), John Bartenstein of the Appropriation Committee and Town resident, Robert Pressman. The meeting was called to order at 3:03 pm. by Ms. Manz. 1.Approval of the Minutes – A vote was taken (7-0) to approve theminutes from the meeting of 2/22/12 and to release the Executive Session minutes of the meeting of 7/24/12. 2.Policies Related to Land Acquisitions, Draft Letter – Ms. Manz asked for comments on a draft letter she had prepared for the Committee which requested Board of Selectmen consideration of all the interests in the CPA statute during the planning stages of a CPA-funded land acquisition. The letter also proposed a modification of the Capital Request Form in the form of a check box that indicated that all purposes of the CPA statute had been considered and all interested stakeholders had been contacted. There was a brief discussion of Ms. Manz’s letter, in which Mr. Cohen stated his objection to a sentence, which stated that there had historically been “little or no debate over the appropriate use of land” in Conservation Commission acquisition prior to the passage of the CPA. Members voted on whether to delete this sentence, (3-4) and the sentence was left as is. Mr. Wolk reacted strongly to the letter stating that he felt it unfairly targeted land acquisitions, and said that he felt proper consideration had been given to the various purposes in the recent land acquisitions, particularly Busa and Wright Farm. Mr. Adler noted his concern over the Selectmen’s proposal for the acquisition of the Wright Farm, which he felt did not allow time for proper consideration of the proposal. Members agreed to continue discussion of the letter th at the November 8 meeting. 3.Election of Chair and Vice-Chair – Mr. Cohen made a motion to elect Ms. Manz as Chair of the CPC and Ms. Fenollosa as Vice-Chair for the upcoming year. The motion was seconded and voted unanimously (7-0). (Ms. Kreiger had not arrived by this point.) 4.5-Year Open Space Plan Update, $30,000 – Karen Mullins, Director of Community Development and Emily Schadler, Conservation Assistant, presented 1