HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-08-05-CPC-min Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Remote Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 928 8430 9988
2:00 PM
Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Charles Hornig (Vice-Chair), David
Horton, Jeanne Krieger, David Langseth, Joe Pato (left 3:01), Bob Pressman, Melinda Walker.
Administrative Assistant: Gina Federico
Absent: Lisah Rhodes
Other Attendees: Wendy Manz, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison to the CPC; Phil
Hamilton, Chair, Conservation Commission; Karen Mullins, Conservation Administrator; Lester
Savage, LexHAB; Charles Wyman, Conservation Commission Land Acquisition Committee.
Ms. Fenollosa called the public meeting to order at 2:05 PM, and at 2:10 PM, upon a motion
duly made and seconded, it was voted by roll call (8-0) to go into Executive Session under
Exemption 6 to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property and to
reconvene in Open Session; the Chair declaring that an Open Meeting might have a detrimental
effect on the negotiating position of the Town.
Executive Session under Exemption 6- . The purpose of the session would be to discuss a land
acquisition.
At 3:11 PM, after a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC voted in a roll call vote
(7-0) to exit Executive Session and return to Open Session to attend to the remaining agenda
items.
Vote- After a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC voted in a roll call vote
(7-0) to recommend that the Select Board put a place holder on the Warrant for Special Fall
Town Meeting for a Conservation Land Acquisition.
After a motion duly made and seconded, the CPC voted in a roll call vote (7-0) to allocate up to
$10,000 to LexHAB from the FY21 CPA Administrative Expense Account for the purpose of
estimates and appraisals related to rehabilitating the house located on the property.
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Committee Business-The Committee discussed scheduling a meeting for early September,
Thursdays at 4:00 PM. Ms. Fenollosa asked Mr. Savage if LexHAB could get the estimates and
appraisals done by the end of August. Mr. Savage explained that he does not think that LexHAB
will have a report available by the end of the month but he will start the process immediately.
Ms. Fenollosa stated that the next time the Committee will meet is when there is more
information to discuss.
After a motion duly made and seconded, voted in a roll call vote (7-0).The meeting was
adjourned at 3:23 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Gina Federico
Administrative Assistant
Community Preservation Committee
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