2022-12-01-CPC-min - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

1 Minutes for the Community Preservation Committee 12/1/2022 Remote Zoom Meeting Meeting id #:975 8275 6313 Committee members present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), Jeanne Krieger (Vice Chair), Kevin Beuttell, Bob Creech, David Horton, Lisa O’Brien, Bob Pressman, Mark Sandeen, Melinda Walker. Other Attendees: Sandhya Beebee (Capital Expenditure Committee Liaison), Sarah Morrison (LexHAB Executive Director), John Biggins (LexHAB Maintenance), Bob Phelan (LexHAB Director), Christina Burwell (Munroe Center for the Arts Executive Director), Brian Healey (architect for Munroe Center for the Arts), Amber Carr (Conservation Coordinator), Phil Hamilton (Conservation Commission Chair), Steve Poltorzycki (Munroe Center for the Arts Board Member), Jeff Howry (Archaeologist). Administrative Assistant: Christopher Tierney Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:02. Mark Sandeen Joined the meeting at 4:04. LexHAB Restoration: Sarah Morrison, Executive Director of LexHAB, returned to make a request for funding in the total amount of total of $345,000: $152,000 to preserve and rehabilitate seven housing units that were acquired with CPA funding, including $73,000 for the installation of solar panels at two of these units; $124,100 for the preservation of seven housing units that were not acquired with CPA funding; and contingency funding of $69,025. The funds for CPA-acquired units will be utilized for improvements in kitchens, plumbing, floors, electrical, bathroom renovations, fence installation and heater/furnace replacement. The funds for non- CPA -acquired units will be used to make exterior repairs to prevent injury, harm or destruction of the units, including porch and deck replacements, roof replacements, whole house painting and shingle repair, chimney repair, electrical work, and the replacement of a retaining wall . Ms. Walker asked if one of the properties, at 8 Emerald Street, was an “SHI” (Subsidized Housing Inventory) unit. Ms. Morrison said that this property was not on the SHI list and also was not procured using CPA funds. Ms. Fenollosa brought up exterior painting as a use for CPA funds, reminding the Committee that CPA funds can only be used for capital improvements, not regular maintenance. Mr. Biggins and Mr. Phelan commented that new exterior paint is a protective layer and keeps out moisture and the resulting rot. Ms. Morrison concluded by saying that all of these projects are preservation and rehabilitation and not maintenance,