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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee Thursday, November 30, 2023 Hybrid Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 972 2796 4723 Parker Meeting Room – Town Office Building 1625 Massachusetts Ave 5:00 PM Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Jeanne Krieger (Vice-Chair), Kevin Beuttell, Robert Creech, Lisa O’Brien, Robert Pressman, Kathryn Roy, Mark Sandeen, Melinda Walker. Administrative Assistant: Thomas Case Other Attendees: Suzanne Barry, Vice Chair, Select Board and Chair, Cary Memorial Library Board of Trustees Executive Committee; Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs; Sandhya Beebee, Liaison, Capital Expenditures Committee; Margaret Heitz, Housing Partnership Board; David Kanter, Vice Chair & Clerk, Capital Expenditures Committee; Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager for Finance; James Malloy, Town Manager; Bridger McGaw, Economic Development Advisory Committee (arrived at 6:16 PM); David Pinsonneault, Director of Public Works; Linda Prosnitz, Affordable Housing Trust (arrived at 5:50 PM); Lisa Rhodes, Capital Expenditures Committee (arrived at 5:03 PM); Koren Stembridge, Library Director, Cary Memorial Library; Elaine Tung, Chair, Affordable Housing Trust. Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 5:02 PM. FY25 CPA Funding Request – Land Acquisition – Mr. Malloy requested CPA funding on behalf of the Town for the purpose of land acquisition. Mr. Malloy shared with the Committee that the Town’s appraisal had valued the property at $500,000 but that the current property owner was also conducting their own appraisal and that Mr. Malloy would be meeting with the property owner next week to discuss the Town’s appraisal. Mr. Malloy said that the appraiser determined that the property was not developable at this time. Ms. Fenollosa commented that the CPC has to assign one or more CPA uses to their projects and asked Mr. Malloy what use the Town would seek to use the property for. Mr. Malloy said that one potential use could be open space but added that affordable housing could be a future use. Ms. Fenollosa commented that once assigned as open space, the property would have to remain open space. Mr. Malloy suggested that the land acquisition be dedicated as both open space and community housing. Ms. Fenollosa shared that there were many issues following the Busa Farm purchase, which was also a CPA funded land acquisition designated as open space, affordable housing, and recreation, and Ms. Fenollosa advised the Town to avoid a similar 1