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Community Preservation Committee
March 1, 2007
The meeting was called to order by Betsey Weiss, chair, at 4:05 p.m. Also present were
Richard Pagett, Norman Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Sandra Shaw, Leo McSweeney, and
Joel Adler.
1. It was reported that the Capital Expenditures Committee would not recommend
passage of the $300,000 voted by the Committee for the Douglas House project
unless the sponsoring agency, Supportive Living, Inc., agreed to pay real estate
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taxes or a PILOT. Betsey will be meeting on March 2 with Rob Addelson,
Charles Lamb and a representative from Supportive Living, Inc. to discuss the
matter.
2. At the Planning Board hearing on the proposed inclusionary housing by-law, the
use of CPA funds for housing purposes was brought up a number of times.
Betsey will answer any questions on this subject as they arise. The Committee
will not take any official position on the question whether CPA funds should have
any bearing on whether or not the by-law should pass.
3. Richard and Norman will be available to speak about the various projects
approved by the Committee when they are brought up at the TMMA information
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session on March 15 and the Moderator’s meeting on March 22.
4. The Committee believes that the Battle Green flagpole would be eligible for CPA
funds since it is a structure.
5. The Board of Selectmen will decide whether they need presentations on any of
the approved CPA projects. Richard and Norman will handle unless the Board
notifies the Committee that sponsors are needed. It was speculated that there
would be a request for a presentation on four projects: Douglas House, Muzzey
Condominiums, Cary Hall, and West Lexington Greenway. (Lynne Pease told me
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today, 3/6/07,that Richard will be coming in on March 19 to answer any
questions for the BoS.)
6. The Housing Partnership has asked that when open space projects are proposed,
other interested groups such as recreation and affordable housing, in addition to
the Conservation Commission, be brought into the discussion to determine what
the appropriate use of the property should be. The CPC discussion will be
continued at another meeting to see how the process will be worked out.
7. A brief discussion was had with respect to the need for an unqualified document
from the State declaring that the fifteen units in the Douglas House all qualify as
affordable units for Chapter 40B purposes.
8. The Committee approved the write-ups of the projects as submitted. They will be
used at the information sessions and at Town Meeting. Betsey and Marilyn will
look over the write-ups to finalize them.
The next meeting of the Committee will be Thursday March 29, 2007, 4-6:00pm if
needed.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Norman Cohen