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COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
of Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.
at The Brewster Town Office Building, 2198 Main Street, Brewster, MA
Present: Chair Paul Ruchinskas, Elliott Carr, William Klein, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan
Carstanjen, and Jeanne Boehm
Absent: Dion Dugan, Peter Johnson, and Roland Bassett
Also present: Ellen St. Sure Historical Commission, Steve Jones Historical Society and
Roz and William Coleman Pleasant Bay Community Boating.
The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:30 pm.
Recording or Taping Notification
"As required by the Open Meeting Law we are informing you that the Town will be audio and video 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 turned off or to vibrate.
1) Approval of Minutes of January 14, 2015 Meeting
Motion made by Bill Klein to approve the January 14, 2015 meeting
minutes as written. Elliott Carr seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
(One member arrived following the vote)
2) Updates on Status of Current Applications
a) Pleasant Bay Community Boating: Roz Coleman of Pleasant Bay
Community Boating updated the committee on the proposal first
submitted last November. She briefly reviewed the history and mission
of the Pleasant Bay Community Boating organization currently operating
in the Town of Chatham. She outlined the parcel that the town would
be purchasing should the town decide to go forward that is located on
Pleasant Bay. There was discussion on how much waterfront was on
Pleasant Bay. The largest section of the property is located in Harwich
and there was discussion in what town the house was located. There
was discussion on the house on the property and how many Brewster
residents participate in the sailing lessons. Pleasant Bay Community
Boating have estimated that it will cost $150,000 for curb cuts and
access to the property. Orleans is also being asked for funds to access
the property but a figure has not been set as yet. There was an outline
of the educational programs to be offered at the site in addition to the
sailing lessons. There was a discussion on the $75 annual fee that
would be charged to those who want to participate and this fee goes to
boat maintenance. Lessons would cost $25 and this offsets the cost of
paying the staff. The Committee felt that the vision for the property was
a good one, but the current proposal does not outline the benefits to the
Brewster resident. As CPC has limited funds, it was recommended that
this proposal be withdrawn, rewritten, and resubmitted showing the
benefits to the Brewster resident.
b) HECH Homeowner Repair Program: The Housing Subcommittee met
last Friday and will be recommending the program following some
revisions HECH was making to the program.
3) Acceptance of Any New Applications and Referral to Committee(s)
Lower Road Association is a privately held cemetery and has submitted a
request for restoration and repair of some of the monuments. There was
discussion on Joan Carstanjen's involvement in this application where she
sits on the Lower Road Association Board, the CPC and the Historical
Commission and this will be further investigated. Joan currently does
restoration work on the monuments.
Motion made by Elliott Carr to refer the application to the Brewster
Historical Commission. Bill Klein seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-1
The Brewster Historical Society will be presenting another application next
week. There will be three historic applications, two open space applications
and one housing application for the CPC meeting on February 11 , 2015.
4) Report and Discussion on Presentation to Finance Committee
Paul Ruchinskas reviewed the presentation to the Finance Committee on
January 14, 2015. The presentation was well received. It was noted that the
three percent set aside for the CPA is due to expire in 2020 and can only be
repealed by town meeting vote.
5) Report on Meeting with All Citizens' Access Committee
Paul Ruchinskas and Peter Johnson met with the All Citizens' Access
Committee. They are concerned about making beaches more accessible to
persons with physical disabilities. Possibilities for funding were briefly
reviewed.
6) Request for Professional Services for Historic Preservation
Due to legal ramifications on historic preservation awards, it was felt some
professional recommendations and guidance would be a good idea. Paul
looked around for a historic consultant and the only one available on the
Cape was Eric Dray. Paul has contacted Eric Dray and he has submitted a
proposal to the Committee. There was a discussion on whether the
Committee should pay this expense or if the historic preservation
applicants should pick up this expense. Because this consulting will be
only for historic applications and will be to help out the Committee it was
decided the Committee should pay for this consultant from their
professional services funds.
Motion made by Elliott Carr to approve the $5,000 request for
professional services for Historic Preservation requests. Elizabeth
Taylor seconded.
VOTE: 6-0-0
7) Treasurer's Report- FY 15 budget and FY 16 budget
Elizabeth Taylor reviewed the CPC budget. There was a question as to
whether the playground project was complete. Paul reviewed the
estimated CPC funds that will be available for FY'16.
8) Items That the Chair Could Not Reasonably Anticipate
There were no other items discussed.
9) Schedule Next Meeting
The next meeting will be scheduled for Wednesday, February 11 , 2015 at
4:30 pm.
Motion made by Elliott Carr to adjourn the meeting at 5:40 pm.
Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 6-0-0
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Moberg, Recording Secretary
Materials distributed for the meeting:
• Minutes of January 14, 2014
• Application from Community Boating
• Application Lower Road Cemetery
• Proposal from Eric Dray Consulting
• FY 15 CPC budget dated 1/22/15