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Community Preservation Committee Monday, September 14, 2009 Legion Room 4:00 pm Present: Betsey Weiss, Chair; Marilyn Fenollosa, Vice Chair; Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Jeanne Krieger, Wendy Manz, Nathalie Rice, Admin. Asst.; Sandy Shaw, and Dick Wolk. Mr. David Kanter of the Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) and Mr. John Bartenstein of the Appropriation Committee (AC) were also in attendance. Absent: Leo McSweeney Ms. Weiss called the meeting to order at 4:05 pm. The purpose of the meeting was to reconvene after the summer break, to arrange a meeting with the Town’s financial committees, and to update the CPC on the status of ongoing and proposed projects. 1.SB 90, An Act to Sustain Community Preservation – The Committee voted unanimously (7-0, Mr. Wolk was not yet present) to support SB 90 which would insure a 75% State match, and enable CPCs to recommend and municipalities to approve funding for the rehabilitation of existing recreational facilities. It was decided that Ms. Weiss, Ms. Manz, Ms. Fenollosa and Mr. Cohen would attend the hearing. Ms. Rice had written a letter in support of the bill on behalf of the Committee, which members reviewed. Any comments/changes will be submitted by email and the letter will be sent out at the end of the week. 2.Long-Term Capital Projects – Ms. Weiss explained that the CPC would be meeting with the CEC, the AC, and the Selectmen in efforts to open a dialogue about long-term capital projects and CPC policies. The Committee thnd decided upon October 8 and October 22 at 7:30 pm as possible dates for the three Committees to convene. Ms. Weiss will contact the AC, CEC and the Board of Selectmen, and will invite Mr. Valente and Mr. Addelson. The Committee reviewed a spreadsheet that Ms. Rice had prepared which outlined ongoing capital projects. There were seven projects which the CPC had previously recommended and Town Meeting had approved for which continued funding was requested through FY 2013. The total for these projects was through FY 2013 was $11,352,047. Discussion then turned to the possibility of a repeal of the CPA in Lexington. Ms. Krieger stated her opinion that repeal of the Act is not likely, despite the 1