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HomeMy Public PortalAboutCommunity Preservation Committee -- 2017-04-12 Minutes RUSTIER TON i: ;-ERf: Z e h 3 Approved : 5 -O-3 � Na S' MK o - VOTE : 5/ 10/ 17 Community Preservation Committee Held a Regular Meeting On Wednesday, April 12 , 2017 at 4 : 30 pra At the Brewster Town Office Building, 2198 Main Street, Brewster, MA Meeting Minutes of April 12 , 2017 Presents Chair Paul Ruchinskas , Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Johnson, Faythe Ellis , and Roland Bassett. Absent : Joan Carstanjen, Jeanne Boehm, Barbara Burgo and William Klein Also present : Assistant Town Administrator Donna Kalinick and Abigail Field The Chair called the meeting to order at 4 : 37pm Recording or Taping Notification : "As required by the Open Meeting Law title are irrfornring you tliat the Town will be videotaping and/or audio taping this public meeting 1n addition, if anyone else intends to either video or audio tape this meeting they are required to inform the chair. " Ti/e request that all cell phones be turned off or to vibrate. 1 . Discussion and potential vote on $ 30 , 000 funding request for purchase of a market rate single family home under the CPC Buy-Down Program , Assistant Town Administrator Donna Kalinick reviewed the $ 30 , 000 buy-down funding request from Abigail Field for 30 Carriage Drive that is a single family home . Abigail meets the Buy-Down Program requirements . Chair Ruchinskas briefly reviewed the rules for the CPC Buy-Down Program and this property will have a local affordable housing deed restriction, but unfortunately will not count towards the state ' s ten percent affordable housing goal for Brewster because the town is not using the state ' s affordable housing deed restriction. There was a brief review of the state ' s requirements . It was requested that motion be made with the final determination amount be made by the Chair . Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve up to the $ 30 ,000 Buy-Down Program request subject to the Chair determining the final funding amount upon receiving the closing statement and that this award is also subject to the town ' s affordable housing deed restriction . Elizabeth Taylor seconded. VOTE : 5-0 - 0 Conununity Preservation Committee Meeting Minutes of April 12, 2017 Page I of 3 and the Brewster Recreation Commission is supportive of the request . Some of the projects around town that may be funded were reviewed . The consensus of the Community Preservation Committee was that they were supportive of this amendment . 7 . Report on status of an Act to Sustain Community Preservation Revenue Chair Ruchinskas reviewed the letter he sent to Senator Brady and Representative Kaufman regarding the state CPA funding match . This Act will allow the Department of Revenue to increase the deeds excise tax should there not be at least a fifty percent state CPA match available . The hearing was held this week and had 124 co - sponsors . Copies of these letters were sent to Brewster ' s senator and representatives and they acknowledged that they are supportive . Originally the state CPA match was 100 percent . The Chair will keep the Committee apprised of this situation 8 . Vote to approve minutes of March 22 , 2017 meeting . Motion made by Roland Bassett to approve the March 22 , 2017 meeting minutes as amended . Elizabeth Taylor seconded. VOTE : 5 - 0 -0 9 . Items that the Chair could not reasonably anticipate The Chair has received a resignation letter from Joan Carstanjen and her term as a citizen ' s representative will need to be to appointed until June 30 , 2018 by the Board of Selectmen . Habitat has submitted their third payment request . There affordable housing project now has five foundations in with a sixth hole to be dug very soon . Volunteers will start soon. 10 . Next meeting , Wednesday, May 10 , 2017 at 4 : 30 pm Brewster Town Hall The next meeting will be held following town meeting on May 10 , 2017 at 4 : 30 pm . Meeting made by Elizabeth Taylor to adjourn the meeting at 5 : 05 pm. Roland Basset seconded . VOTE : 5- 0- 0 Respectfully submitted, Donna J . Moberg, Recording Secretary Items used at the meeting : • Homeownership Buy-Down Program application • Draft part-time housing coordinator award letter • Senator Brady and Rep . Kaufman draft Joint Committee on Revenue letter • Draft meeting minutes of March 22 , 2017 Comnnmio) Preservation Committee Meeting Minutes of April 12, 2017 Page 3 of 3 ORLEANS, BREWSTER, EASTHAM GROUNDWATER PROTECTION DISTRICT CREWST .. 0011 CLERK BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING MARCH 22, 2017 Board Present : John Kelly, Chairman, Orleans; Mike Embury, Brewster; Martin McDonald , Eastham . 1 . Meeting called to order at 9 : 00 a . m . • John Kelly handed out a letter to the low bidder for the demolition of the Plant which states we intend to award the project to him contingent upon how the Town Meeting votes . If there is a debt exclusion in the middle of May, we will be signing the contracts, but they cannot start work until after Labor Day . • Mike Embury stated on July 1, 2017, Brewster will be sending out the bills for Health Insurance for the one-third cost of health care for the District employees, but if something comes up and town meeting doesn ' t vote the new appropriation , then there is a problem . He stated at least there are some funds now that are committed from all three communities . • Martin McDonald stated Sheila Vanderhoef was thinking of putting the health insurance in with the other costs . • John Kelly stated he will make a note to add additional items to the next Agenda as well as having Tom Parece and AECOM provide the detailed analysis for daily and weekly monitoring, and to have a further discussion about cash flow, project timing, and to have a discussion on close out costs beyond June 30th . We should also have an item on the supplemental IMA for construction administration by Orleans to include everything so that this Board of Managers no longer needs to meet after July 1 . 2 . A motion was made by Mike Embury to approve the Board of Managers Minutes dated February 23 , 2017 . This motion was seconded by John Kelly and approved and passed . Vote : 3 -0 3 . A motion was made by Martin McDonald to approve Treasury Warrant #9 for payment . This motion was seconded by Mike Embury and approved and passed . Vote : 3 - 0 4 . A motion was made by Martin McDonald to adjourn the meeting at 9 : 45 a . m . . This motion was seconded by Mike Embury and approved and passed . Vote : 3 -0 Respectfully submitted , Cyndi Bachman Secretary