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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Legion Room, Cary Memorial Hall Thursday, April 3, 2008 4:00 p.m . Present: Betsey Weiss, Chair; Joel Adler, Norm Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Richard Pagett, Judy Pearson, Sandy Shaw, Dick Wolk. David Kanter, CEC Liaison was also present. Absent : Wendy Manz, Leo McSweeney. Betsey Weiss, Chair of the CPC called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m. The agenda was as follows: 1. CPC Introduction, Survey and Define, and Parker Manor main points for 4/7 TM – Betsey Betsey reviewed her introduction and overview. She will highlight the Allowable Uses chart and emphasize the role of the CPC. Betsey also reviewed her summary of Survey and Define. Joel offered his main points on Parker Manor. 2. Munroe postponement – tentative date? – Norman A postponement date was unknown. It was agreed that Betsey would type up the main points for this project and send them to Joel, who will respond, if necessary. At this point in the agenda, the Committee agreed to jump to agenda item #5 due to the fact that one member of the CPC would need to leave early. 3. Agenda item #5 - An issue has come up that has to be voted on today before the Monday, 4/7 meeting – Norman Norman Cohen made a motion to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing a matter of litigation. The motion was supported unanimously by roll call vote. The motion also was clear that the meeting would return to open session. The open session resumed at 4:30 p.m. 4. Agenda item #3 – Land acquisition update – Dick With the aide of maps, Dick reviewed four parcels of land owned by two parties – Goodwin and Cataldo. These land parcels are identified in Articles 10, 11 and 13. The question before the CPC is does the Committee want to support the purchase of Goodwin land for approximately $175,000 and the purchase of Cataldo land for approximately $3,175,000? A public hearing on these land parcels has been scheduled for April 29, 2008. 5. Agenda item #4 – The Minuteman article dated 4/3/08 on the four most expensive CPC projects – Parker Manor, Old Harrington, Hancock and Munroe – Response? – Betsey It was agreed that the article in the Minuteman was harmless, however, the editorial against Old Harrington/School Administration Building was of more concern. 6. Other – Betsey Betsey mentioned that in June or post-June she would like to meet with appropriate town officials to discuss Municipal CPA projects and applications. Several shared that Municipal applications need more information and greater detail in order for the CPC to make well informed decisions. J. Pearson 2008-04-03-CPC-min 1