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Community Preservation Committee June 21, 2007 Attending: Joel Adler, Norm Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Wendy Manz, Leo McSweeney, Richard Pagett, Sandy Shaw, Betsey Weiss, Dick Wolk The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. 1. Needs Assessment Wendy noted that she had redistributed marked up copies of the Needs Assessments and asked for any further comments. Betsey pointed out a few errors, especially with respect to goals and recommendations that were not fundable with CPA funds. Marilyn noted three changes that the Historical Commission requested for the Historic Preservation section. Much discussion was held with respect to whether the recommendations should be general or project-specific. Marilyn read the applicable section of the Department of Revenue’s Informational Guideline Release No. 00-209 (as amended) that states that “the [community preservation ] program should identify long term and short term goals and needs, set criteria for evaluating proposed acquisitions and initiatives, prioritize projects and estimate their costs.” Wendy suggested that we cross reference the Town’s Comprehensive Plan, since that document was more specific. Richard requested that all members review their sections with their boards and commissions to ensure completeness and eligibility under CPA and resubmit to him. 2. CPC Administrator job description The members reviewed the list of proposed tasks for the administrator and made suggestions and corrections. Betsey will revise the list, circulate it to CPC members and then review with Carl Valente. 3. CPC Application Betsey thanked Richard and Sandy for making the necessary date changes to the documents, and noted that they are now posted on the CPC website. 4. Fall application notice for newspapers Betsey advised that a notice must be placed in the Minuteman and Colonial Times, as well as to Carl Valente for distribution to town departments, in September to announce the November 1 deadline for submitting project applications. She will look for last year’s article to see if it can be updated and submitted.