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3/07/2024 AC Minutes 2 will come off the Consent Agenda. A motion to recommend approval of this article was approved by a 7-0 vote. Article 10(d) FY2025 CPA – Lincoln Park Fitness Stations Equipment Mr. Levine explained why a response to the Committee’s question whether the Trustees of Public Trusts might contribute funds from the relevant trusts for the fitness path rehabilitation project had not been forthcoming. Of the three members of the Trustees, one died in early March and the other two resigned in February. Two new members were appointed by the Select Board on February 26. The sense of the Committee was to request that this section of Article 10 be separated out for later discussion and to leave this Committee’s recommendation pending. Ms. Kosnoff noted that there is much to do to get a new group of trustees up to speed. She will try to contact a newly appointed member of the Trustees to inquire about their ability to address the funding request before the end of the upcoming town meeting. Article 33 Authorize the Select Board to Seek Affordable Housing Mr. Bartenstein stated that he supports not taking a vote for or against Article 33 and instead doing a write-up to reflect the Committee’s views and concerns. The write up would identify categories of potential financial impacts of the projects, positive and negative, noting that they cannot be quanti- fied in the absence of more specific plans. It would also point out that if the requested authorization to the Select Board is approved, Town Meeting would not have a later opportunity to consider the project through the appropriation process. The sense of the Committee was in support of this ap- proach. Mr. Bartenstein said he would prepare the first draft of a write-up on this article, and that he expected Mr. Levine, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Padaki would also participate in the drafting so that a write-up representing all points of view can be made available for review well in advance of Mon- day evening’s meeting. The goal will be to include the write-up in the Wdesk version of the report by Sunday evening. Mr. Padaki noted that any comments or proposed edits from other committee members should not be placed into the document but held for discussion at the open meeting on Monday evening. Committee Report to the 2024 Annual Town Meeting Mr. Michelson pointed out that a table in the write up of Article 10 is missing numbers representing amounts from the General Fund to supplement the CPA funds for subsections (a) and (f). Mr. Pa- daki reviewed a list of comments on the status of subsections of the draft report from Mr. Parker. Mr. Osborne agreed to complete the write up of the shared expenses budget. Mr. Bartenstein indi- cated that he will complete the text for Article 13 on Friday. Ms. Yan or Ms. Kosnoff will contact the Semiquincentennial Commission to confirm the amount requested under Article 24. Mr. Michel- son noted that he needs to check one budget entry in order to complete the update of Appendix A. The Committee agreed that next year, the material on the Affordable Housing Trust in Appendix E (Specified Stabilization Funds) should be put into a separate appendix, and the bylaw establishing the revolving funds may need to be checked as it may still include funds that have been dissolved. Future Meeting Schedule The Committee was reminded that a meeting will be posted for Monday, March 11, to give final ap- proval to the report. Minutes of Prior Meetings Approval of the minutes from the Committee meeting on February 29 was deferred to the next meeting.