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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Meeting Room
Thursday, April 17, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Present
: CPC Chair, Betsey Weiss, Joel Adler, Norman Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Wendy Manz, Leo
McSweeney, Richard Pagett, Judy Pearson, Sandy Shaw and Dick Wolk.
Also Present
: Deborah Brown and John Bartenstein from the Appropriation Committee; David Kanter, Charles
Lamb and Shirley Stolz from the Capital Expenditures Committee; Joyce Miller from the Conservation
Commission; David Williams from the Land Acquisition Committee; as well as Town Manager, Carl Valente,
Assistant Town Manager for Finance, Rob Addelson and Selectman, Jeanne Krieger.
After the meeting was called, a motion was made to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing
financing options and recommendations relating to the land acquisition articles in the 2008 Annual Town
Meeting Warrant. The motion was supported unanimously by roll call vote. The motion was also clear to
indicate that the meeting would return to open session at which time the CPC would continue with the following
agenda items.
The open session resumed at 5:25 p.m.
Fire Station Redesign
– to be prepared at Town Meeting (on 4/28/08) should this project and the CPC’s
posture be questioned, Betsey asked for volunteers to provide minority and majority position reports. Joel
agreed to provide the majority report on why the CPC voted against this project and Betsey will provide the
minority report.
Placeholder projects (Senior Center Design and Stone Building)
– Do these projects have to wait until next
spring Town Meeting or can they be eligible for a vote at a Special TM in the fall, if there is a fall TM? The
consensus of the Committee was that if there is a fall TM and the studies are completed with ample time and
present the projects as worthy and clearly defined, the CPC would be willing to consider them.
Content of the letter/email to go out to the 13 approved projects.
It was suggested that an email be very
simple and general – “the CPC is pleased that your project was approved by TM.” An email will be sent on
behalf of the CPC.
Other Business
–
1. Betsey mentioned that she had spoken to Stuart Saginor, Executive Director of the Community
Preservation Coalition and wanted to know if the Committee would like him to come out and conduct a
training session on CPA financial terminology and related matters. The consensus was yes. The date
identified as preference was Thursday, June 5, 2008. Betsey will follow-up with Stuart.
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2. Judy will post a CPC meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, immediately prior to the scheduled
7:30 p.m. public hearing. At this time, Carl and Rob will recommend a financing strategy for the
purchase of land parcels, should the CPC vote to acquire them. The CPC will vote on this matter
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following the April 29 public hearing.
With no further business, CPC Chair, Betsey Weiss adjourned the meeting at 5:43 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Judy Pearson
Administrative Assistant to the CPC
J. Pearson CPC Meeting 04.17.08 Minutes