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Will hold a Regular Meeting
On Wednesday, March 9,2016 at 4:30 p.m.
At The Brewster Town Office Building, 2198 Main Street, Brewster, MA
MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 9, 2016
Present: Paul Ruchinskas, Elizabeth Taylor, Roland Bassett, Barbara Burgo,
and Jeanne Boehm.
Absent: William Klein, Peter Johnson and Joan Carstanjen
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
taping and/or videotaping 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. Vote to approve minutes of the February 17, 2016 CPC meeting.
Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve the meeting minutes of February 17, 2016 as
corrected. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
2. Vote to approve minutes of the January 8, 2016 CPC Housing subcommittee meeting.
Motion made by Jeanne Boehm to approve the meeting minutes of January 8, 2016 as
corrected. Paul Ruchinskas seconded.
VOTE: 2-0-0
3. Discussion and vote on the $125,000 funding request from the Open Space Committee for
conservation restrictions on the proposed Boehm property at Sheep Pond Woodlands
Conservation Area.
Due to the lack of a quorum to vote on this item, it was postponed to the next meeting.
CPC Meeting Minutes
March 9, 2016 Page 1 of 5
4. Discussion and vote on $5,000 Brewster Historical Commission professional services
request for a historical resources survey.
There was discussion on the professional services request for the historical resources survey
for the Brewster Historical Commission. This $5,000 request, if approved, will not require a
town meeting vote, will go through June 30, 2016, and taken from CPC Professional Services
fund. Kathy Roth at the statewide Community Preservation Committee was approached about
this request. An extensive historical research study is not allowed to be paid for with CPA
funds, but this project is looking to begin a Historic Preservation plan and this is an allowable
expense. This will give the CPC a prioritized list of properties when making its decisions. CPC
currently relies on the state list though it is not prioritized. It is known there are also other lists
available in town. Eric Dray will be putting together the list that will cover buildings, cemeteries,
and other historic areas that need to be identified. If any properties identified are not listed on
the state list, additional funds may be requested in July 2016 to get the information necessary
so that they are added to the state list.
Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve the $5,000 for Brewster Historical
Commission professional services request for a historical resources survey from the 30
percent professional services line item. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
5. Discussion and vote on the draft conditional funding award letters for the following:
Paul Ruchinskas reviewed the drafts of the following funding award letters: Brewster
Recreation Department, Cape Cod Village, HECH, and Cape Cod Repertory Theatre.
a) Brewster Recreation Department- Babe Ruth Baseball Field Rehabilitation- $100,000:
Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve the Brewster Recreation award letter as
submitted. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
b) Cape Cod Village- 16 units of community housing for adults with autism and related
disorders in Orleans- $100,000: This award will be a grant for $100,000. It was decided
to add, "contract with a licensed social service agency to manage the facility" to item 2 of
the letter. There was discussion on the time frame of the project. It was decided that
three years was an acceptable time period to be able to release the first funds of$90,000
and there will be a $10,000 hold back until completion of the construction of the project.
Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve the award letter for the Cape Cod Village
project in Orleans as amended. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
Motion made by Roland Bassett that the draft award letters are acceptable subject to
review by Town Counsel. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
CPC Meeting Minutes
March 9, 2016 Page 2 of 5
c) Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless (HECH)- emergency housing rehabilitation
loan program- $118,000: There was a brief review of changes made to the program from
last year that are outlined in the award letter. The mortgage language may be changed
following further investigation. Program participant experience surveys will be shared
with the Committee.
Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve the draft HECH award letter subject to Town
Counsel approval. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
d) Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company- rehabilitation of historic Crosby Barn- $225,000:
There was a review of the Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company draft award letter and
the Cobb House award letter was used as a template. Eric Dray will make his
recommendation to the CPC to approve all of the materials used that need to meet the
Secretary of the Interior Standards. All plans, methods and materials for the foundation
need to be approved by the CPC with Eric Dray's recommendation. Cape Rep will have
the state preservation planner approving everything also. Item 3 will require submitting a
final budget showing they have all of the money necessary to proceed. Item 4 will allow
Cape Rep to be able to access a percentage of the award depending on the percentage
of construction completed. Going forward disbursements will be on a case-by-case basis
depending on the CPC funds allocated to the total cost of the project. Any funds not used
will be returned to the Budget Reserve fund since about $11,000 is coming from the
Historic Reserve with about $214,000 from the 30 Percent Reserve fund. The term will
be for 2 years and Peter Johnson will be the liaison.
Motion made by Jeanne Boehm to approve the draft Cape Cod Repertory Theatre award
letter for rehabilitation of the historic Crosby Barn subject to Town Counsel approval.
Roland Bassett seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
6. Review of 2016 Special Town Meeting CPC warrant article
There was a review of the Warrant articles and there was discussion on how to word the Cape
Cod Village project article regarding the number of units to be built. It was decided to leave the
number at 16 units. These articles are to be reviewed by the Board of Selectmen on Monday,
March 21, 2016 and by the Finance Committee on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The funding
articles are outlined in Article 7 of the Special Town Meeting with Cape Rep for $225,000;
HECH for $118,000; Cape Cod Village for $100,000; and Brewster Rec for $60,000. The total
amount requested for all articles in the Special Town Meeting is $503,000 and the CPA funds
to be accessed are outlined in the Warrant Articles. There was a request to change the
grammar in the Cape Cod Village article to "goals are" replacing "goals is".
Motion made by Roland Bassett to accept the draft Warrant Articles for the Special
Town Meeting with the revision. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
CPC Meeting Minutes
March 9, 2016 Page 3 of 5
7. Discussion and vote on 2016 Annual Town Meeting CPC allocations, including
administrative, professional services, and debt service expenses
There was a review and discussion on the CPC allocations for the Annual Town Meeting as
outlined in Article 6 reserving the funds for Professional Services, Historic Preservation,
Community Housing, and Open space.
Historic Preservation Professional Services has been increased to $30,000 for FY '17 for
planning.
Community Housing Professional Services has been increased to $30,000 for FY'17 for some
additional professional help in this area. Also, Habitat for Humanity may be returning to the
CPC for development funds for the Tubman Road Community Housing project. They may be
requesting some infrastructure funding. There was discussion on how the utilities are installed
and whether they can be partially done or if they needed to do them all at once. These funds
may not be available depending on the amount requested.
Open Space — Harwich's CPC has added a debt service line item in their warrant articles. It
was the consensus of the CPC that this is a good idea and will be done going forward
beginning in FY'17 if possible. The debt service would be "b" and Reserve would move to "c".
This would make the process more open and transparent. The debt service for FY'17 is
$313,453. There was a brief discussion about how to accomplish this.
The new Town Planner job description was changed to include working with the CPC as one of
their responsibilities.
Currently, Article 30 regarding an Open Space acquisition is a placeholder and will be
discussed at a future meeting.
Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve Article 6 of the Annual Town Meeting on the
debt service revision. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
8. Treasurer's Report
Information was made available today, so the Treasurer's report will be reviewed at the next
meeting.
9. Progress reports on open projects
There was a brief discussion on the Brewster Housing Authority project that is down to 30 units
from the 50 originally approved. There may need to be a discussion and amendment of the
original award letter to extend the time beyond November. Paul Ruchinskas is now on the
Housing Assistance Corporation Board and will need to recuse himself from this project and a
new liaison appointed should HECH be chosen as the developer.
CPC Meeting Minutes
March 9, 2016 Page 4 of 5
The Habitat project is moving along and it is unknown if there are any appeals to the
comprehensive permit at this time.
HECH Rehab program has received another application that is to be approved and it appears
most of the $100,000 has been spent with about $850 left in the fund. Any change orders will
need to come out of this $850 or be completed by the owner.
Breakwater project — Peter Johnson is the liaison and will give a status report at the next
meeting.
10. Topics that the Chair could not have reasonably anticipated
There were no other topics discussed.
11. Schedule next meeting
The next meeting will be March 23, 2016 at 4:30 pm to deal with the open space request and
perhaps a couple of other items.
Motion made by Roland Bassett to adjourn at 4:35 pm. Jeanne Boehm seconded.
VOTE: 5-0-0
Respectfully submitted,
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Donna J. Moberg, Recor ing Secretary
Items used at the Meeting:
• CPC Meeting Minutes of February 17, 2016
• CPC Housing Subcommittee Meeting Minutes of January 8, 2016
• Draft Award Letters for Brewster Recreation, HECH, Cape Cod Village, and Cape Cod
Reparatory Theatre.
• Special Town Meeting Warrant Article 7 as outlined in draft dated 3/4/16
• Annual Town Meeting Warrant Article 6 as outlined in draft dated 3/4/16
CPC Meeting Minutes
March 9, 2016 Page 5 of 5