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<br />Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee <br />Monday September 20, 2010 <br />3:00 pm <br />Room 207 <br />Town Offices <br /> <br /> <br />Present: <br />Betsey Weiss, Chair; Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice <br />Chair; Jeanne Krieger, Wendy Manz, Nathalie Rice, Admin. Asst; Sandy Shaw and Dick <br /> <br />Wolk. <br /> <br />Absent: <br />Leo McSweeney <br /> <br />Also in attendance were David Kanter, member of the Capital Expenditures Committee <br />(CEC), and Glen Parker, Chair of the Appropriations Committee (AC). <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 3:05 PM by Ms. Weiss. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1.Chair Announcement – <br /> Ms. Weiss commenced the meeting with an <br />announcement that she would be stepping down as Chair of the CPC. She <br />read a prepared statement in which she reflected on the passage of the CPC in <br />Lexington and the many accomplishments of the Committee since 2006. She <br />highlighted the Douglas House as one of the most important projects the CPC <br />has funded, and thanked Marilyn Fenollosa for her excellent work as Vice <br />Chair. She thanked Committee members for their hard work over the years, <br />and recognized Ms. Pearson’s and Ms. Rice’s work as Administrative <br />Assistants. Members thanked Ms. Weiss for her tireless efforts over the years <br />and noted with great appreciation her enormous dedication to the CPC. Mr. <br />Wolk reflected on her tenure as Chair, stating that she had been so successful <br />due to her “fire” for the cause, a rare and necessary quality for leading a new <br />endeavor. Mr. Cohen, Ms. Fenollosa and Ms. Manz also spoke in <br />appreciation of Ms. Weiss’ leadership of the CPC, and Ms. Fenollosa <br />presented her with flowers on behalf of the Committee. Ms. Fenollosa wished <br />to memorialize Ms. Weiss’ accomplishments with a vote of thanks and <br />support and moved “to recognize Ms. Weiss with an expression of gratitude <br />and respect for all her service, and to wish her well in her future pursuits”. <br />Members unanimously approved this motion, supporting Ms. Weiss with a <br />resounding and unanimous vote of thanks. Ms. Weiss will remain as a <br />member of the CPC. <br /> <br />Ms. Shaw then moved to appoint Ms. Wendy Manz as the new Chair of the <br />CPC, which was unanimously approved. Ms. Krieger moved to re-appoint <br />Ms. Fenollosa as the Vice Chair, and this motion was also unanimously <br />approved. <br /> 1 <br /> <br />