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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-04-14 Community Preservation Committee Minutes Community Preservation Committee Minutes of April 14, 2022, 2022 Present: Chairman Brian Roache, Terrance Holland, John Simons, CJ Gangi, Tim Tschirhart, John Mabon, Daniel Beckley (Staff Planner) Absent:Tracy Watson, Rick Green, William Callahan, Call to Order Immediately prior to calling the meeting to order at 7:00 PM, Brian Roache read aloud a statement regarding the conduct of virtual meetings and public access. Project Quarterly Reports— First Quarter of 2022. B. Roache requested that two columns be added to the financial reports, 1) date of last expenditure and 2) date of last quarterly report on file. Project 1326 has been completed — Historical Society Building and can be closed out. MOTION made by T.Tschirhart to close out project 1326, Historical Society Building, seconded by J. Simons. Move to vote-. T. Holland Yes, J.Simons Yes, B. Roache Yes, T. Tschirhart Yes, C.J. Gangi Yes, J. Mabon Yes. Motion Passes 6-0. 1371 Project—Cyr Boardwalk came in under budget. Will not close out as not all expenses have been processed. Two other projects- Second Burying Ground projects— Funds have been transferred to Ridgewood. Dan checked with Ridgewood and they have not done anything since funds were transferred to them. Signage for past project Select Board had one comment regarding signage—Selectman Vaillancourt was concerned that the QR code was the same size as the town seal. Will ask Dawne's Sign to adjust QR code to be smaller. B. Roache would like to put together a subcommittee to come up with signage recommendation for all CPC projects. J. Mabon and J. Simmons volunteered to be on sub- committee. Input on FY23 Application Process Review of the application process from past year and suggestions for next year. T. Holland — once everyone understands the timeline, everything runs smoothly. The board discussed more community outreach. It was suggested perhaps adding information to the quarterly tax bills. Town Meeting CPC Warrant Article B. Roache presented the CPC article as listed in the warrant. The CPC report was given to both the Select Board and Finance Committee and will be an addendum to the town meeting warrant. J. Simons discussed the Planning Board's concerns about bullet#4— Boat Ramp article and their recommendations. Discussion took place regarding wording of the article to best incorporate the desire for a hand carry boat access and not a full boat ramp. The article can be amended at town meeting to say "to provide hand carry boat access only". The current law prohibits trailer access. T. Tschirhart suggested amending the article to say "excludes any design that is incompatible with lake regulations". This would resolve the Planning Board concerns. If this committee wishes to amend the article at town meeting before the motion, the Planning Board can then state that they agree with the amendment and reverse themselves on their position. The Planning Board was simply looking for clarification rather than not supporting the project. J. Simons would be glad to relay this conversation to the Planning Board. B. Roache would be happy to describe the consensus of the committee. If the plan is to amend something at town meeting, he would like a motion and vote. MOTION T. Tshchirhart motioned to amend bullet 4 of the warrant to state specifically "excluding boat trailers in compliance with current lake regulations", seconded by T. Holland. Move to vote-. T. Holland, Yes,J.Simons Yes, B. Roache T. Tschirhart Yes, C.J. Gangi Yes, J. Mabon Yes. Motion Passes 6-0. Academy Road/Old Center Realty Trust This warrant article is for Center Realty Trust to gift the parcel to the Town. One challenge the Town Manager and Town Council are working through is with the Town being the holder of the conservation restriction, you can't also be the owner of the fee because you can't restrict yourself. You would either need to find someone to hold the restrictions or extinguish it in another way. Right now, the town has been in discussions with Greenbelt about taking on the conservation restrictions and are voting on it next week. Currently we've got a parcel that is protected from development and protected for the vista standpoint but there is no physical way to access the parcel, so this could be part of the solution. MOTION made byJ. Simons to approve meeting minutes for March 10, 2022. Seconded by T. Holland. Move to vote-. T. Holland Yes, J.Simons Yes, B. Roache T. Tschirhart Yes, C.J. Gangi Yes, J. Mabon Yes. Motion Passes 6-0. MOTION made by CJ Gangi to close the meeting. Seconded by T. Tschirhart. Move to vote -. T. Holland Yes, J.Simons Yes, B. Roache T. Tschirhart Yes, C.J. Gangi Yes, J. Mabon Yes. Motion Passes 6-0.