Community Preservation Committee Meeting
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) held a meeting in the Mural Room, Lower Level of the Town Hall on Thursday, October 14, 2010 beginning at 8:00 a.m. Members present included Chairman Holly Morris, John Bear, Tony Kelso, Brendan Keohan, Pat Loring, Sarianna Seewald, and Norman Tucker. Also present was Joe Grady, Conservation Administrator.
PUBLIC FORUM
No subject was brought forth.
EXECUTIVE SESSION – POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISTIONS
At 8:10 a.m. Ms Morris made a motion that was seconded by Mr. Bear to go into executive session.
Motion: to go into executive session to consider the taking, purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property which, if discussed outside of this session could have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the governing body.
Vote: A roll call vote was taken: 7 – in favor; 0 – opposed. Motion passed.
At 8:52 a.m. Ms. Morris made a motion that was seconded by Ms. Loring.
Motion: to reconvene into open session.
Vote: A roll call vote was taken: 7 – in favor; 0 – opposed. Motion passed.
2011 FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATIONS
The CPC briefly reviewed the funding request applications the committee has received to date:
2011-01 – Tarkiln Parking –Mr. Doug Dondero, Building and Grounds Manager reported that the DPW is still looking into revising the amount requested for funding.
2011-02 – Old Town Hall – No new information was presented.
2011-03 – Affordable Housing Trust – The amount of the request is $300,000. Mr. Keohan reported that the Local Housing Partnership (LHP) voted to rescind the $100,000 that was voted to be used for the Housing Recycling Program (Article 22 – ATM 2009) and used that amount toward the $300,000 request. Ms. Loring made a motion that was seconded by Ms. Morris.
Motion: to ratify the vote of the LHP to cancel use of the $100,000 for the Housing Recycling Program approved in Article 22 of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting and return the $100,000 back to the Community Preservation Fund.
Vote: 7 – in favor; 0 – opposed. Motion passed. Motion passed.
2011-04 – Keene Mill Foundation – Mr. Grady explained the project is to restore the stone foundation of the old Keene Saw Mill. The funding request is for $30,000. Mr. Grady indicated that the DPW would be performing in-kind services such as tree removal.
2011-05 and 2011-06 – Land Acquisition - These funding requests were discussed in Executive Session.
2011-07 – Gravestone Restoration – This funding request is from the Cemetery Trustees for the restoration of some of the old gravestones at the Standish and Mayflower Cemeteries. The request is for $57,000. Mr. Bear commented that the application should include dates of the stones that work is being proposed and time schedule for the work.
2011-08 – Document Vault – This funding request was filed by the Town Clerk and is for a document and storage vault. The funding request totaled $19,359. The CPC questioned whether this item qualified for Community Preservation funding. The CPC noted the project is for file cabinets and does not appear to be for historical preservation. Mr. Tucker questioned that as part of the lease with the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society for the use of Wright Building, an area was to be made available to store town documents and wouldn’t this be an option?
PROJECT UPDATE
Mr. Grady reported that attorneys for the First Parish Church and Camp Wing have been working on draft historical preservation restrictions for their respective projects.
PROJECT CLOSEOUTS
For the next meeting, the CPC asked the status of expenditures for the artificial turf project, Wright Building, and title insurance for the Camp Wing and Berrybrook land acquisitions in order to closeout the projects and vote to return any remaining funds back to the Community Preservation Fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
The CPC reviewed the draft minutes of the last meeting on 09/30/2010. Mr. Tucker corrected the name of the directory for preservation consultants, which should read “Preservation Massachusetts Consultants Directory”. Ms. Loring made a motion that was seconded by Ms. Seewald.
Motion: to approve the minutes of the meeting on 09/30/2010 as corrected.
Vote: 6 – in favor; 0 – opposed; 1 – abstention (Bear). Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 9:45 a.m.
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