HomeMy Public PortalAboutCommunity Preservation Committee -- 2013-08-14 Minutes Approved: 11/13/2013
Vote: 5-0-0
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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
REGULAR SESSION C �
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Brewster Town Office Building BREWSTER TOWN CLERK
Present: Elizabeth Taylor, Elliott Can, Jeanne Boehm, Roland Bassett, Paul
Ruchinskas, and Don Arthur.
Absent: Martin Kamark, and Dion Dugan
Also present: Pat Hughes
The meeting was called to order at 4:35 pm
Video&Audio Recording or Taping Notification- "As required by the Open Meeting Law, we are informing
you that the Town will be audio taping this meeting. In addition if anyone else intends to either video or audio
tape this meeting, they are required to inform the chair."
Agenda:
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Affordable Housing Discussion
3. Other Items not anticipated by the Chair
4. Officer Nominations
5. Adjournment
1. Approval of Minutes of July 24, 2013
Motion made, seconded, and unanimously approved the minutes of July 24,
2013 as presented.
2. Affordable Housing Discussion
There were brief discussions on:
• The vacancy on the Housing subcommittee.
• The status of purchasing various parcels around town. Town
Counsel is working on some parcels with title and access issues
and RFP's are being developed for a couple of others.
• Using funds to build housing on parcels already owned by the
town as more houses could be built if not purchasing land.
• The process necessary to build on parcels the town already owns.
If the town has designated a parcel for affordable housing, all that
is necessary is an RFP (Request For Proposals). It was discussed
whether to do parcels separately or to bundle them together.
• The status of the Brewster Housing Authority's Brewster Woods
project.
• How to go forward on the 14 acres the town currently owns.
• What area towns are doing as far as affordable housing vs. what
Brewster has done. Brewster has designated a larger percentage of
its funding to open space than other area towns.
• Whether CPC is able initiate and vote to approve its own projects
for approval at town meeting and it was the consensus they could
after first going through the Selectmen and the Finance Committee.
• Whether hiring a consultant to complete RFP's to build affordable
housing on town parcels is beneficial.
• The Town Administrator has requested all warrant articles be in to
him by August 26, 2013 for the November town meeting.
• CPC affordable housing monies cannot be used for rehabilitation
unless CPC monies were used to purchase the property. The CPC
affordable housing money can only be used for repairs if classified
as preservation of the units.
3. Other Items not anticipated by the Chair:
• Purchasing open space for water quality protection.
• Don Arthur will update the CPC budget following a meeting with
Lisa Souve.
• Request to move the meeting time to 5:00 pm
Motion made, seconded, and unanimously voted to move the meeting time
to 5:00 pm
• The next meeting is scheduled for August 28, 2013 at 5:00 pm
4. Officer Nominations:
• Chair:
Motion made by Roland Bassett, seconded by Dion Dugan, and
unanimously voted for Elliott Carr to be Chair.
• Vice-Chair:
Motion made by Elizabeth Taylor, seconded Roland Bassett, and
unanimously voted for Paul Ruchinskas to be Vice-Chair.
• Clerk:
Motion made by Roland Bassett, seconded by Jeanne Boehm, and
unanimously voted for Elizabeth Taylor to be Clerk.
• Chief Financial Officer:
Motion made by Dion Dugan, seconded Elliott Carr, and unanimously
voted for Don Arthur to be CFO.
5. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm
Respectfully submitted,