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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
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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