Community Preservation Committee
Minutes of Public Hearing February 16, 2006
Library Meeting Room
Present: Peter Hall, Janet Erickson, Elaine McIlroy, Judy Taylor, Dorothy Dolan, Jan Plaue, John Ketchum
Excused: Ben Gitlow, Victoria Pecoraro
Chairman Peter Hall called the meeting to order at 7:05PM. There were approximately twenty people in attendance.
Peter ran a Power Point presentation, discussing briefly what the Community Preservation Act consisted of, its rules, the committee makeup, and funding amounts. Jan Plaue explained the funding slides. Elaine McIlroy discussed the application form, and what information is required on it. Peter explained to the group that the committee is hoping to gather information from those assembled at the meeting on what kinds of project the town would like to see. Cards for comments were handed out, but none were turned in. The attendees were informed that if anyone had an application that pertained to a project that musts be addressed immediately, the deadline on submitting an application would be for 9:00AM February 22, the time that the committee meets next.
The meeting then went in to a “round table” discussion format.
There was a discussion of using Town owned land to build new affordable housing units versus using existing buildings, and an extensive discussion of the implications of 40B. There was discussion of what committees could submit proposals. Janet Erickson discussed the list of projects that the Historical Commission has developed. Restoration of the Pond Hill School was discussed.
Jan Plaue stated that the Open Space Committee did not presently have any projects that it was planning to push, and reminded the group that Open Space had promised to “lay low” at the beginning of the CPA implementation to let Affordable Housing and Historic related efforts catch up.
There was discussion of whether the existing Land Bank debt service comes out of the Open Space 10%, and whether or not the existing debt service should be paid off as soon as possible.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00PM.
Respectfully Submitted
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Peter Hall, Acting Secretary Peter Hall, Chair
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