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VOTE: 7-0-1
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MEETING MINUTES
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.
at The Brewster Town Office Building, 2198 Main Street, Brewster, MA
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."
Present: Elliott Carr, Jean Boehm, George Boyd, Paul Ruchinskas, Bill Klein, Roland Bassett, and
Elizabeth Taylor.
Absent: Dion Dugan and Peter Johnson.
Also present: Ellen St. Sure, Jeffrey Hayes, and Joan Carstanjen
The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:32 pm
1) Approval of minutes of 9/10/14 meeting and 7/23/14 Executive Session
Motion made by Elliot Carr to approve the meeting minutes of September 10, 2014 as
corrected. Roland Bassett seconded.
VOTE; 6-0-0
Motion made by Jean Boehm to approve the executive session meeting minutes of July 23,
2014 as presented. William Klein seconded.
VOTE: 6-0-0
2) Open Space Professional Services request- Viprino acquisition- discussion and vote
There was discussion on the Open Space Professional Services request in regard to the Viprino
acquisition.
Motion made by Elliott Carr to approve the Open Space Professional Services request for
$250 to pay for the property bounds. Jean Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 6-0-0
(one member arrived following the vote)
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3) Eldredge Open Space acquisition- discussion and vote to increase CPC award by $15,000 to
cover acquisition-related closing costs
There was discussion on the Eldredge Open Space acquisition. It was the consensus of the
Committee that acquisition-related expenses be included in the cost of purchasing a property.
There was a brief discussion on purchasing properties with cash vs. going out to bond. This is
not a decision that the CPC makes but CPC can make a recommendation. CPC pays any of the
bond interest. It was decided to include the bonding and/or short-term borrowing cost of$5,000
in the motion.
Motion made by Elizabeth Taylor to increase the original CPC award by $20,000 to
$420,000 to cover acquisition-related costs. Jean Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 7-0-0
4) Eldredge Town Meeting warrant article review- Article 9
There was a review and discussion on the Eldredge Town Meeting Warrant Article 9. Minor
grammatical changes will be made to the description summary.
5) Treasurer's Report- review of FY `15 finances and status/liaisons for ongoing projects
There was a review of the FY'15 CPC finances by Elizabeth Taylor. The undesignated funds
will be reallocated at town meeting and there will need to be some research into the intentions
of previous meetings. An updated FY '15 spreadsheet will be distributed. There was a review
of the Community Preservation Committee Project list and the Committee was asked to notify
Elizabeth Taylor of any changes or additions. George Boyd volunteered to be the liaison to the
Cemetery Restoration Project 4 and Crosby Mansion Restoration Project. All project bills will
go to Donna Moberg who will refer them to the project liaison for approval and if approved will
then give then to Elizabeth Taylor for signature.
6) Review of CPC Town Meeting Articles 13 and 14
There was a review of CPC Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles 13 and 14. It was
recommended that a sentence be included in Article 13 that is the reallocation of FY 2007 to FY
2013 finds, that the $236,000 includes both additional state matching funds and unexpended
administrative funds. There will also be a sentence placed in Article 14 regarding unexpended
and unexpended administrative funds. There was a review of item d in both articles and there
will be some minor changes made to item d. There was a question on Article 14 if the
allocations and/or total amount needed to be changed. The land bank monies will also need to
be reallocated and this will be discussed at a later date for placing on the Spring 2015 Town
Meeting.
7) Cobb House preservation restriction- discussion and vote
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George Boyd reviewed and the Committee discussed whether or not a preservation restriction
should!,be placed on the Cobb House. Concern was raised that the award letter did not impose
this restriction. It was the consensus of the Committee that this is something that should be
imposed on projects awarded money; but whether to do so in this case or going forward for
future projects was discussed. Ellen St. Sure reviewed her research on the subject and that such
a lien on the property would stay with the property forever. CPC is putting up the money, but
the Historical Society will hold title to the property. If the Historical Society sells the property,
this lied will follow forever and could hurt the property value down the road. The original
application was reviewed by the Historical Committee who recommended the project, but the
vote was not unanimous.
The consensus of the CPC was to have the Historical Society come again before the CPC and
discuss this restriction with them as the house has not been purchased to date. It was felt that
legal counsel or a consultant may be necessary before a restriction were implemented.
Demolition by neglect was discussed. The condition of the property was discussed and that the
Historical Committee only has an opinion in the purchase of a property, but it is not binding.
Elliott Can will invite Sally Gunning and Steve Jones to discuss this issue at the next meeting.
Pressure to meet timelines was briefly discussed. George Boyd will provide Steve Jones with
the information he gave to the CPC on this issue.
The Habitat project was reviewed with the protections in place to protect the town.
(one member left the meeting)
8) Topics the Chair did not anticipate;
CPC will go before the Finance Committee on 10/1 and before the Selectmen on 10/6 regarding
the town meeting articles.
9) Schedule of next meeting;
The next meeting is scheduled for October 8, 2014.
10) Adjournment
Motion ,made by Roland Bassett to adjourn the meeting at 5:50 pm. Jean Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 6-0-0
Respectfully submitted,
Donna J. Moberg, Recording Secretary
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