Community Preservation Committee
Minutes of Meeting November 20, 2008
Wellfleet Town Hall Hearing Room
Present: Peter Hall, Chairman; John Ketchum, Elaine McIlroy, Jan Plaue, Judy Taylor, Dorothy Dolan, Marcia Seeler
Absent: Barbara E. Gray
Chairman Peter Hall called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Agenda additions included presentations by Denny O’Connell Marilyn Crary.
Seeler moved to approve the minutes of October 22, 2008. Dolan seconded, and the motion carried 5-0.
On behalf of the Wellfleet Conservation Trust (WCT), Denny O’Connell explained an opportunity to buy a 1.5-acre property on Drummer Cove. A round of state grants will become available in February, and the WCT will put in money, but the Trust would like to apply for around $100,000 of CPC funds to meet the total cost of the property. Hall requested a vote to consider an application past the November 15 deadline. Ketchum moved to accept a late application from the WCT. Dolan seconded and the motion carried 7-0.
Marilyn Crary reported on expected Fiscal Year 2010. Without including the diminished state matching funds and after setting aside the required percentages, the remaining estimate she made was $188,000. Projects can still be supported through bonding, she said. CPC discussed bonding with Crary.
Elaine McIlroy explained the Housing Now application (#09-01), which is designed for the use of existing properties for affordable housing. Part of the request was for consultancy. Another part was for buy-downs to make homes affordable. This also involves deed restrictions for keeping the properties as Affordable Housing. The buy-down aspect would be development of a pilot program for Wellfleet. McIlroy explained allowed uses of the Housing Trust Fund. Hall suggested that voting on the application take place at another meeting, and the Committee concurred.
The Town Administrator had submitted an application (#09-02) for the restoration of land where the basketball courts are now located. Jake Ketchum suggested referring the project to the Open Space Committee. Liz Hartsgrove explained the intent of the proposal. CPC suggested separating the two parts of the proposal.
Mary Rogers gave a projects’ update. The Open Space Committee had been unhappy with excessive signage at the Pilgrim Springs Woodlands trailhead. The Committee agreed that when a project is complete, the large CPC project sign would be replaced with a small permanent plaque.
Marcia Seeler had reviewed the historic restriction documents for Preservation Hall and the model Nantucket historic preservation deed restriction. Seeler suggested future use of the Preservation Hall form since it had been developed by Town Counsel. The Historic Museum needs to have an historic preservation deed restriction in place. The Coordinator will write to the museum and request the deed restriction.
The Committee hopes to finalize the Policies & Procedures document at the next regular meeting in January.
The hearing for the Community Needs List has been advertised for a December 9 Hearing. The Recreation Commission’s needs list still has to updated, and the Coordinator will attend their December 1 meeting to get this information. At the hearing, Chairman Peter Hall will report on CPC’s finances, give a summary of the accomplishments and present the 2008 Needs update.
There were a few announcements before the close of the meeting. Elaine McIlroy said Housing would be going before the Selectmen to have Oyster Lane accepted as a road so that it can be improved. Peter Hall announced that Elaine McIlroy has been selected to receive the Carnegie Corporations “I Love My Librarian” Award at the New York Times Center in New York on December 9.
A December 17, 2008 meeting was scheduled solely for consideration of the new applications. The next regular meeting will be held January 28, 2009.
The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 10:55.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Peter Hall, Chairman
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CPC approved these minutes at the meeting held 2/26/09.
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