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Memorandum
Date: December 17, 2013
To: Donna Hooper, Town Clerk
From: Lynne Pease, Executive Clerk
RE: Community Center Advisory Committee Revised Charge
At its meeting on December 16, 2013, the Selectmen voted to revise the charge of the
Community Center Advisory Committee. The only change is making the Permanent Building
Committee Liaison into a member.
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AD HOC COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Members: 8
Appointed by: Board of Selectmen
Length of term: The Committee tasks should be completed in 3 or fewer years
Staff: Public Facilities
Liaisons: Selectmen, Departments (Recreation, Human Services, Cary Library, Town Manager, MIS,
Police, Fire, Public Facilities, Public Works, School); Committees (Appropriations and Capital
Expenditures)
Description: To provide recommendations to the Board of Selectmen of how to best serve the intellectual, physical,
cultural and social needs of our diverse community by identifying services to be delivered in the Community Center, to
be located at 33 Marrett Road and as voted at the March 18, 2013 Special Town Meeting. Consideration must be given to
the timing and sequencing of providing these services, along with the implications for staffing. Proposals to upgrade the
facility should be made in a manner which is sensitive to the historic nature of the site and to maintain the Town's
relationship with the immediate abutter(s).
Recommendations for buildings upgrades and/or renovations to accommodate such services may be referred at a future
time to the Permanent Building Committee.
Recommendations by the Committee may be organized by: L-Ij _
• Programmatic components; ri --i
• Organizational and staffing needs;_
• Impact on other municipal departments; and
• Facility and space needs driven by the programs, 0 -� .a
Interim recommendations to the Board of Selectmen that will allow the initial operation of the Coni fr ity ante • nd
relocation of appropriate Town departments, shall be provided. The Committee will have completed its chae when the
Community Center is fully operational as defined by the Board of Selectmen.
Any and all recommendations of the Committee, including funding recommendations for facility upgrades or in support of
the Committee's work, shall be made only to the Board of Selectmen unless the Selectmen direct otherwise. The Board of
Selectmen may choose whether to further these recommendations, including presenting the request to Town Meeting,
based on the Board's determination of what is in the best interests of the community.
Criteria for Membershi: The Committee shall consist of citizens with sufficient background to understand the delivery
of human services, recreation services and continuing education. It will also include a member of the Permanent Building
Committee Further, they should have sufficient understanding of facility and operational management and its impact on
delivering said services. The Chair shall be selected by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager will select a non-
voting staff member to serve as Vice Chair.
Prior to serving as a member of this Committee, appointees are required to:
1. Acknowledge receipt of the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Statute. Further, to continue to serve on the
Committee the member must acknowledge annually receipt of the summary of the Conflict of Interest Statute.
Said summary will be provided by and acknowledged by the Town Clerk.
2. Provide evidence to the Town Cleric that the appointee has completed the on-line training requirement
required by the Conflict of Interest Statute. Further, to continue to serve on the Committee, the member must
acknowledge every two years completion of the on-line training requirement.
Ref: Charge adopted by the Board of Selectmen on April 22, 2013.
Board of Selectmen voted to designate members as Special Municipal Employees on April 22, 2013.
Selectmen revised the charge to include a Selectmen liaison on June 3, 2013.
Selectmen revised the charge to include a liaison from MIS and appointment of a Vice Chair on July 1, 2013.
Selectmen approved changing the Permanent Building Committee Liaison position to a member on
December 16, 2013.