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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:30 pm, Parker Room Town Offices Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue Present: Committee Members: Marilyn Fenollosa, Chair; Richard Wolk, Vice - Chair, Richard Canale, Norman Cohen, Jeanne Krieger, Leo McSweeney, Robert Pressman and Sandra Shaw. Administrative Assistant: Nathalie Rice Also in attendance were David Kanter, Vice -Chair of the CEC and Beth Masterman, CEC member. The meeting was called to order at 3:30 pm. by Ms. Fenollosa. 1. 39 Marrett Road (Community Center) — Request for FY14 CPA Funding — The CPC met with Patrick Goddard, Facilities Director, Michelle Ciccolo, Chair of the Ad hoc Community Center Advisory Committee (AhCCAC), Town Manager Carl Valente, Robert Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance and Linda Vine, Deputy Town Manager to discuss the Board of Selectmen request for potential FY14 funding at Fall Special Town Meeting for "move -in" costs for 39 Marrett Road (the Community Center). Mr. Goddard presented the preliminary proposal stating that the AhCCAC had met with the Board of Selectmen and had further defined the scope for the programming of the project. The current CPA request is in the range of $775,000 to $1,210,000, though Mr. Goddard indicated that the cost projections might increase by Special Town Meeting. He stated that the funding that is presently being sought for the Fall Special Town Meeting is a portion of the $8.5m in CPA eligible renovation costs discussed at the 2013 Annual Town Meeting. Ms. Fenollosa questioned whether there were items in the proposal for which tax levy funding might be sought. She noted that the Project Estimate list which had been sent to the CPC included sidewalks, carpeting, other furnishings /items that might not be eligible for CPA funding. Mr. Valente addressed this point, suggesting that all the items on the list made the Community Center "functional for its intended use ". This prompted a discussion of CPA funding eligibility for interior renovations. (Later in the meeting it was ultimately decided that the Committee would invite Town Counsel, Kevin Batt, to attend the October 24 meeting of the CPC to respond to member questions about eligibility of individual items on the "punch list ".) Mr. Pressman raised the issue of the permanent Historic Preservation Restriction for the Community Center buildings and grounds, and asked when the document would be signed. Mr. Valente responded that the Town will not close on the sale until December 3 rd and that the Restriction would be drafted at some point after that. Mr. Pressman noted that the CPC would then be in a position of approving funding prior to knowing which portions of the property were potentially limited by the Restriction. Ms. Fenollosa explained that the Restriction is written by the Town and Town Counsel, and would include exclusions for the proposed renovation work. Mr. Pressman also noted that he was concerned about approving CPA funds for the portion of the building which was built in 2003. He said he did not see the "addition" listed on the Town's Comprehensive Cultural Resource Survey ( "the Inventory ") online. Ms. Fenollosa