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TOWN OF HANSON
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes – February 15, 2012
Meeting Called to Order at:
7:06 PM
Members Present:
David Harris, Laura Fitzgerald Kemmett, John Kemmett, Bob Sears, Patty Norton and Bill Clay
Absent:
Bill Strait, Ken Lawson and Allan Clemens
Guests Present:
None
Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
- December 2011 Minutes approved unanimously 6-0
- January 2012 Minutes approved unanimously 6-0
Chair Report:
- 2012 Community Preservation Coalition Dues and Assessors Bill were paid. There are no outstanding bills to be paid.
- Eileen Burke to purchase a Dictaphone machine and submit receipt for reimbursement at the next meeting.
Old Business:
- Harris Stone Property – Mr. Stone has yet to formally apply for a CPC grant. Until an application is supplied, no action can be taken.
- Town Hall accountant Meg’s last day was 2/14/12.
- Annual CPC Report was submitted. Laura thanked all members that gave feedback.
- Nathaniel Thomas Mill – discussion on putting a sign up was discussed. John said that he received a picture mock up and will bring to next meeting. Question on whether Joe Healy can come to the open forum next month was brought up; John to follow up.
- Camp Kiwanee – nothing new to report except that the owners are looking into other committees for assistance; decision tbd. Bill to give us an update at the next meeting.
- Bonny House Project – work in progress, pending weather conditions.
- Thank you note – Bob asked if he could send a thank you note to Jack Maller for coming to January’s meeting and providing the committee with the knowledge and background on the Marshfield Housing Partnership. Laura said absolutely. Bob went on to say that he went to the information session to the public in Marshfield on Saturday and it proved to be quite interesting. Recommendation was to bring other town committee members in for discussions on how they operate within the different departments. Everyone agreed.
New Business:
- Open Forum – Laura announced that she invited many groups to the forum including Green Hanson and hopefully we will have a good turn out on 3/21/12. Eileen to finalize invitations and handout for meeting soon. Also, publications to the newspapers will be going out as well.
- Survey – John discussed the possibility of a survey be conducted and paid for by CPC in order to map out town properties. John to go back and submit an application however, Laura suggested that he talk with Catherin and Stuart before submitting paperwork.
- Clerk Updates – Eileen to work with Bill and committee to develop a CPC brochure; hopefully before next town hall meeting. In addition, creating a website is ongoing. Laura stated that brochure was the priority. 2011 Minutes are still outstanding, once Eileen has them all, she will submit to Merry to upload to the town website.
- Timeline – The timeline submitted last month was reviewed and discussed. November is the deadline to review any projects, but it will open in August. Timeline to take submit an application by end of November 2012 for approval by the May, 2013 town meeting.
- PR – Laura asked that each month a 2-3 paragraph of what CPC is working on should be published in the Hanson Express.
- Town Finance/Selectmen – Committee agreed that there is some disconnect with communication amongst CPC and Finance. Would like to start inviting them to monthly meetings to generate conversation and understanding of how each committee can help each other. This also generated a conversation on inviting neighboring towns CPC departments to be invited to our monthly meeting. Bob will do some research and provide feedback at a later time. David mentioned that we should approach the Selectmen to come to our meetings first, don’t wait for them. Laura agreed and will get Eileen the name/email addresses.
- Recreation/Parks – Patty asked the committee if they heard anything on the approval of the parks/recreation; as far as team knows it has not been voted on. Bill Clay referenced that Hanson Youth Baseball team raised 100k for their park, all private money.
Adjournment:
Dave motioned to close the meeting; John second. 6-0 vote meeting closed at 7:49PM
Minutes submitted by:
Eileen Burke
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