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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, January 10, 2013, 2:00 pm Parker Room Town Offices Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue Present: Committee Members: Wendy Manz, Chair; Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice Chair; Jeanne Krieger, Leo McSweeney, Sandra Shaw, Bob Pressman and Dick Wolk. Administrative Assistant: Nathalie Rice Also in attendance was David Kanter of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC). The meeting was called to order at 2:03 pm. by Ms. Manz. 1. Approval of the Minutes — Approval of the minutes of the regular CPC meeting of December 19 the minutes from the Public Hearing for the Needs Assessment Report of December 19 and the Executive Session Minutes of December 19 were approved as submitted. 2. Updates on FY14 CPA Project Applications a.) Print Shop Renovation, Central Administration Building — Ms. Manz noted the receipt of a revised application for the Print Shop Renovation project. Pat Goddard, Director of Facilities had modified the cost estimate for the project, reducing it from $430,835 to $312,000. Mr. Adler posed the question of whether a more detailed breakdown was needed for electrical costs. Members generally felt this was unnecessary since the project had not received CPC support in a previous straw vote. The final vote on the project was 2 -5 -1. The Print Shop Renovation project will not be forwarded to Town Meeting. b.) Lexington Center Pocket Parks Project — Ms. Manz updated the CPC on the Pocket Park project, for which a revised application had been submitted by Melisa Tintocalis, Director of Economic Development. Town Counsel reviewed the revised application and expressed some reservation about the private ownership of land on which the parks were proposed. Ms. Manz posed this issue to Kathy Roth at the Community Preservation Coalition, who reported that such parks were currently a favored use under the CPA. She suggested that if the private land was not "acquired" but was subject to an agreement such as a contract or a ground lease, a permanent use restriction would not be required. The CPC noted that there will be legal work needed to arrange contracts with the three land owners involved. Mr. Cohen noted that the project could not commence until such legal agreements were in place. Ms. Krieger offered a motion to add $15,000 to the project cost to cover legal expenses. The vote on this motion was 4 -4 -1 and it did not pass. Ms. Manz then called for a vote on the Pocket Park project contingent upon the resolution of the necessary legal issues. The vote was 8 -0 -1 in favor of the project. c.) Hastings Park Gazebo Renovation /Rehabilitation — Dave Pinsonneault, Director of Operations for DPW, reports that the assessed value of the gazebo is