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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, March 13, 2014 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 and Leo McSweeney. Administrative Assistant : Nathalie Rice Also in attendance were David Kanter, Vice-Chair of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC), Dawn McKenna, Chair of the Tourism Committee, Michelle Ciccolo, BOS member and chair of the Ad Hoc Community Center Advisory Committee, Patrick Goddard, Director of Public Facilities, and Rob Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance. The meeting was called to order at 3:04 pm. by Ms. Fenollosa. 1.Review of Report for Special and Annual Town Meetings – The final draft of the CPC Report to Special and Annual Town Meetings was approved as submitted to members; final editing will be done by Ms. Fenollosa. 2.Date Certain for CPA Article at Town Meeting – Ms. Fenollosa notified members that th Article 8 (the CPA article) will come before Annual Town Meeting on April 7. 3.Update on LexHAB Set-Aside Funds for the Creation/Acquisition of Community Housing at the Busa property – Ms. Fenollosa updated the Committee on the recent vote of the Board of Selectmen on the LexHAB project. The Board voted (3-1-1) for the creation of the 6 units of community housing. Ms. Fenollosa noted that there was no discussion by the Board of the Visitor Center project. 4.Approval of Minutes – The minutes of the meeting of November 21, 2013 were approved as amended by Mr. Horton (a small change was made to record of the discussion of the Hennessey Field Conservation Extension); the minutes of the meeting of January 16, 2014 were approved as submitted. 5.Discussion of Busa property Acquisition Costs – The CPC discussed the valuation of the two Busa house lots on Lowell Street, relative to the CPA table in its Report to Annual Town Meeting which lists the total appropriations from each “bucket”. The Committee noted that it would need the Selectmen to have the lots valued/appraised before the CPC can designate the acquisition cost as Open Space or Community Housing. The acquisition is currently shown as “undesignated”. Michelle Ciccolo, a Planning Board member who was in attendance for the discussion of the Community Center project, stated that the Planning Board had not yet received an ANR plan (Approval Not Required) for the lots, which would be the basis for an appraisal. Mr. Cohen will follow up on the matter. 1