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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE-Housing Sub- Committee
Held a Regular Meeting
on Thursday, August 8 , 2019 at 5 : 00 p . m .
at The Brewster Town Office Building, 2198 Main Street, Brewster, MA
MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 8 , 2019
Present : Chair Faythe Ellis , Ralph Marotti , and Diane PansireY� i�4L
Absent : Paul Ruchinskas and Barbara Burgo . i
Also Present : Kathy Ohman, John Ohman, and David Kaplan
Chair Faythe Ellis called the meeting to order at 5 : 03 pm .
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1 . Discussion and vote on recommendation to Community Preservation Committee
regarding Friends or Relatives with Autism & Related Disabilities (FORWARD)
application for $ 75 , 000 in funding to provide affordable and support homes for 8 adults
with autism .
The President of FORWARD , Kathy Ohman was present with her husband and co -founder John
Ohman and Managing Director David Kaplan to explain their organization and funding request.
Their organization has been raising money to create housing for adults with autism and other related
disabilities on Cape Cod . The housing will be staffed group homes run by CapeAbilities .
The Town of Dennis gifted the FORWARD organization with 5 acres of land on which to build and
they have been raising money (including getting funds from various Cape CPC ' s) to fund the
building of the homes . Once the homes are built the Department of Developmental Services and
CapeAbilities will be charged with choosing the residents for the homes . As this is a regional
project the future residents will come from any of the 15 towns on the Cape, as well as Nantucket
and Martha ' s Vineyard, meaning there could potentially be residents from Brewster but there is also
the possibility that none will be from Brewster. But all residents will be adults with developmental
disabilities coming from various towns on Cape Cod and the Islands .
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After five years, the groundbreaking will finally be starting early next week as they start building
two four-bedroom homes which will be one level for accessibility . FORWARD is requesting
Brewster CPC funds to cover construction costs .
It is likely there will be a second phase of this project in the future where additional homes would be
, built on that parcel of donated land.
MOTION to recommend approval to the CPC for the FORWARD application/funding
request of $ 75 ,000 to provide construction of affordable and support homes for 8 adults with
autism, with Diane Pansire serving as liaison .
MOVED by Ralph Marotti. Seconded by Diane Pansire,
VOTED : 3-0 -0
2 . Items the Chair could not reasonably anticipate .
None .
MOTION to adjourn at 5 : 55 PM.
MOVED by Diane Pansire . Seconded by Ralph Marotti ,
VOTE : 3 - 0 - 0
Respectfully submitted by ,
Sarah L . Plebes
Recording Secretary
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