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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:00 pm, Parker Room Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue Present: Committee Members: Marilyn Fenollosa, Chair; Richard Wolk, Vice-Chair, Richard Canale, Norman Cohen, David Horton, Jeanne Krieger, Leo McSweeney, Robert Pressman and Sandra Shaw. Administrative Assistant : Nathalie Rice Also in attendance was David Kanter, Vice-Chair of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC). The meeting was called to order at 3:04 pm. by Ms. Fenollosa. 1.Final Votes on Projects not requiring the submittal of further information Ms. Fenollosa stated that final votes would be taken at the end of the meeting. Mr. Horton asked for a breakdown of total project requests vs. available funds, and Ms. Fenollosa and Mr. Kanter provided rough estimates that indicated that there were sufficient funds in the Community Preservation Fund to accommodate all requests that had been approved in prior straw polls. Ms. Fenollosa took the opportunity to remind the Committee of the need to adhere to the Open Meeting law when emailing. She read a portion of the Open Meeting law as it related to the distribution of electronic communications. She asked Mr. Pressman to read an email he had distributed to the Committee relative to emails the CPC had received regarding affordable housing at the Busa (and Leary) properties and asked that it be made part of the public record of the meeting. Mr. Pressmans email was as follows: Since August 2012, I have attended 11 Lexhab meetings. Ellen McDonald is the only other resident who has ever attended one of these meetings. She attended in August 2012 and about two months ago. Busa and Leary have frequently been on the published agenda. Lexhab's position stated two months ago is that they will not move on Leary until after Fairview and Busa have moved along. Earlier Leary discussions related to demolition of the residence \[a task the BOS requested Lexhab to undertake\]. There has been no discussion by Lexhab members on how to move ahead on units at Leary. Leary was not even on the agenda or mentioned at yesterday's Lexhab meeting. Lexhab allows me full participation when I raise my hand. Members reply to my comments. The same thing occurred when Ms. McDonald wanted to speak in August 2012. If residents don't come to meetings to ask questions and express their opinions, their whining about Lexhab lacks merit. Think of it, 7 volunteers with 2 paid staff are implementing the Town's core values at sites scattered throughout Town, with units totaling 60 plus. Some have been doing this for 25 years. 1