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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Held a Regular Meeting
on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 4A5 p . m .
at The Brewster Town Office Building, 2198 Main Street, Brewster, MA
MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 24 , 2019
Present : Vice- Chair Faythe Ellis , Elizabeth Taylor , William Klein, Roland Bassett, Diane Pansire, Sharon
Marotti , and Peggy Jablonski
Absent : Chair Paul Ruchinskas and Barbara Burgo
Also Present : Jill Scalise and Tom Lincoln
Vice- Chair Faythe Ellis called the meeting to order at 4 : 45 pm .
Recording or Taping Notification : "As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the Town will be videotaping
and/or audio taping this public meeting. In addition, if anyone else intends to either video or audio tape this meeting they are required to
inform the chair, " We request that all cell phones be tanned off or to vibrate,
1 . Report on Finance Committee meeting on Article 18
Sharon provided a report of the presentation of Article 18 to the Finance Committee . She stated that the
Finance Committee had questions regarding Article 18 such as whether or not Brewster would be competing
with the neighboring town of Dennis on any land grants. Sharon explained that this would not be the case .
They also were concerned with how many potential parcels could be out there that the Town may be looking
to purchase . Sharon stated that as of May 2018 there are nine potential parcels of 15 acres or more that the
town hopes to purchase in the future . Additional concerns that were brought up during the Finance
Committee meeting included that the land is approved for subdivision and with the need for affordable
housing, some members didn ' t feel that this Open Space purchase was in the Town ' s best interest .
Additionally, Dennis will be a direct beneficiary of this land purchase but is not contributing anything to
purchase the land . The Finance Committee voted 5 -2 - 0 on the article .
2 . Discussion and vote to indefinitely postpone Item 4a of Article 9 (Dog Park award) and to amend the
total of Item 4c of Article 9 (Designated Reserves for Community Preservation) from $237 ,200 to
$ 287 , 500 .
Tom Lincoln was present to update the Committee on the status of the Dog Park. When the dog park
proposal was sent out to bid, the bids that came back were significantly higher than what was proposed in
the application and the estimates from DPW and the Dog Park Committee . Patrick Ellis of DPW suggested
that the Committee put off the funding request until Fall Town Meeting, that the bid format be changed to a
line-item type bidding process , revising the project estimate including removing things that may have
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increased the price, rebidding the project in September or October, and resubmitting the simplified project
to the Stanton Foundation .
MOTION to indefinitely postpone item 4a of Article 9 for the Dog Park Award and to amend the total
of item 4c of Article 9 which is designated reserves for Community Preservation from $237,200 to
$287,500 .
MOVED by Rollie Bassett. Seconded by Elizabeth Taylor.
VOTE : 7-0-0
13 . Update on Open Projects
Brewster Housing Coordinator Jill Scalise was present to give some updates . She explained that the
Brewster Woods Project has submitted their finances and their application for financing and are waiting on
that determination by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
She also highlighted that the affordable buy- down grant that the CPC approved went through in January and
the home was purchased with an affordable home deed restriction recorded. Also , the application period for
the eight new Habitat for Humanity homes closed on March 22 . They received 74 applications for those
eight homes . Eligible applicants will be part of a lottery to purchase the homes .
She then explained that the Housing Trust is up and running. There is going to be a community housing
forum on May 23 from 5 : 30 - 7 : 30 at the Brewster Ladies Library.
Finally, she explained that the Millstone Road project has pre -feasibility studies underway . The Trust will
be doing a community housing outreach in June or July to get feedback on what Brewster citizens would
like to see done on that property .
Diane provided a brief update on the Housing Authority ' s Huckleberry Lane homes . She explained that
they are applying for additional funds and therefore are holding off on using CPC funds until the project is
more ready to go . She also stated that for Habitat for Humanity they are moving along with construction
and are about 30% complete with some of the foundations poured and others soon to be poured .
Elizabeth stated that she believes closing on the Robinson property is looking like it will happen in the
beginning of May .
4 . Report on Letter of Intent from the Cape Cod Center for the Arts, Inc .
The Cape Cod Center for the Arts submitted a letter to the CPC stating that they intend to file an application
for CPC funds .
5 . Vote to approve the minutes of the March 27 , 2019 CPC meeting .
MOTION to approve the minutes of the March 27 , 2019 CPC meeting.
MOVED by Rollie Bassett. Seconded by Diane Pansire,
VOTE : 7=0 =0
6 . Announcements
Diane brought up that they are thinking of doing something like a "Big-Fix" in Huckleberry (work such as
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gardening, exterior projects, and clean-ups) and are thinking of holding it on a weekend at the end of July . She
brought it up to the Committee to get their thought on the idea.
7 . Items the Chair could not reasonably anticipate
None .
8 . Next Meeting
The next CPC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22 , 2019 at 4 : 45 PM .
MOTION to Adjourn at 5 : 12 PM.
MOVED by Elizabeth Taylor. Seconded by Diane Pansire,
VOTE : 7-0-0
Respectfully submitted by,
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Sarah L . Plebes , Recording Secretary
Items used at the meeting :
• Brewster Woods Quarterly CPC Update
• Brewster Housing Coordinator Updates for January, February, and March
• Letter of Intent from Cape Cod Center for the Arts
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