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Community Preservation Committee May 17, 2006 Attending: Norm Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Wendy Manz, Leo McSweeney, Richard Pagett, Sandy Shaw, Betsey Weiss, Dick Wolk Not attending: Joel Adler The meeting was called to order at 5:20 P.M by Betsey Weiss. application forms 1. The for CPA projects, as previously amended, was unanimously approved. It was agreed that the form would be available to the public through Lynne Pease in the Selectmen’s Office. Minutes 2. of the Community Preservation Committee meetings of April 19, 2006, April 26, 2006 and May 3, 2006 were reviewed and unanimously approved. 3. The Committee reviewed the proposed “Town of Lexington Board of Assessors” envelope stuffer , which will go out with the July tax bills to town residents. Charts use larger fonts to be more readable and other fonts will be made uniform. The Committee agreed that the presentation of CPA operation in the envelope stuffer be consistent with that in the FAQ sheet given to town employees; the FAQ will be revised. The envelope stuffer, with the amendments discussed, was unanimously approved. It will be available in the Town Assessor’s Office as well as in the tax mailing. The Committee discussed the need to discuss this information with individual citizens who have questions after reading the mailing. A citizen in the audience commented that many residents who have not followed the CPA will be shocked when they read about it with their tax bill, and that they should be prepared by a pre-tax mailing or other notice. The Committee noted that there has been much public discussion of the CPA in newspaper articles, in . public hearings and on the floor of Town MeetingHowever, it was agreed that it re-run explanatory materials would be a good idea to in The Colonial Times , and The Minute Manto include information on exemptions and how to apply for them, as well as how to propose a CPA project with the new applications forms. CPA website 4. Candy McLaughlin is working on the , which should be up within a couple of weeks. It will include the CPC Report to Town Meeting, a list of the members of the CPC with the entities they represent and their terms, application forms, minutes, how to apply for exemptions, and any other pertinent information. [As an aside, the Committee noted that the initial member term is one year, expiring 6/30/07, and thereafter, two years.] Needs Assessment Report 5. The CPC is required to prepare a town wide which it will work on over the summer. It was noted that much of the material for such a report has already been gathered in the Comprehensive Plan, a Building/Space