HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-02-14-CPC-min Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Parker Meeting Room
Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue
4:30 PM
Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Dick Wolk (Vice-Chair), Charles
Hornig, David Horton, Joe Pato, Lisah Rhodes, Melinda Walker.
Administrative Assistant: Gina Federico
Remote Participation: Jeanne Krieger and Bob Pressman joined the meeting remotely due to
their physical presence being unreasonably difficult.
Other Attendees: Wendy Manz, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison to the CPC.
Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM and announced that Jeanne Krieger and
Bob Pressman would be participating remotely due to their physical presence being
unreasonably difficult. Ms. Fenollosa also stated that all votes taken during the meeting would
be by a roll call vote.
Consider revised language for LexHAB Guidelines— Ms. Fenollosa suggested that the
Committee table the conversation about the revision of language for the LexHAB guidelines
because there are no proposed community housing acquisition projects for FY20. Ms. Fenollosa
stated that Mr. Kennedy or other representatives from LexHAB were willing to come to the CPC
meeting on 2-14-19 to discuss the guidelines but felt that the visit would be premature. LexHAB
will discuss the guidelines at their regularly scheduled meeting on 2-27-19. The Committee
agreed to remove the LexHAB Guidelines from the 2019 Report to Annual Town Meeting and to
discuss a revision in a future meeting.
Review Report to 2019 Annual Town Meeting-The Committee discussed adding information to
page one of the Report to Annual Town Meeting to include how many projects were reviewed
by the Committee for FY20 funding. The Committee reviewed 14 projects for FY20 and 11 were
recommended to Town Meeting. Of the three not recommended one was withdrawn, one was
ineligible, and one was not supported by the CPC. The Committee also discussed minor changes
in Article 14 (f) the Inter Municipal Agreement with Minuteman (IMA).
After a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC voted in a roll call vote (9-0) to approve the
report as amended allowing for small adjustments if necessary, nothing substantive.
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Project Updates/ Member Concerns- Ms. Fenollosa noted that at that evening's precinct
meetings Town Meeting candidates would be asked for their positions on the proposed
reduction of the CPA percentage from 3%to 1% and asked Committee members who attend to
advocate for the CPA and to correct any misinformation if needed. Mr. Hornig stated that the
Planning Board unanimously supported all the Committee's recommendations and opposed the
reduction. Ms. Rhodes stated that the Recreation Committee voted to oppose Article 4 and that
an official document would be sent to the CPC.
Minutes- Mr. Pressman suggested amending the minutes from 1-17-19 to add the words
undesignated and unbudgeted before fund balance on page three paragraph two. It was also
suggested to change the wording of the last paragraph on page four to say "to reject the CPA
surcharge reduction" replacing "to decrease the CPA surcharge". The Committee supported
both changes. After a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC voted in a roll call vote (9-0) to
approve the meeting minutes from the CPC meetings on 1-10-19, 1-10-19 Executive Session,
and 1-17-19 as amended but not to release the Executive Session minutes until authorized to
do so.
After a motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 5:22 PM.
The following documents were used at the meeting:
1) Minutes from 1-10-19, 1-10-19 ES, 1-17-19
2) 3r1 Draft of the Report to the 2019 Annual Town Meeting
3) Project description of Article 14 (f) Inter Municipal Agreement with
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District
Page 1 of the Report to the 2019 Annual Town Meeting
5) Revised LexHAB Guidelines approved 1-17-19
Respectfully submitted,
Gina Federico
Administrative Assistant
Community Preservation Committee
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