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Home My WebLink About2014-12-11 Community Preservation Committee Minutes i �,.. i COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Thursday, December 11,2014,7:00 PM Town Hall,120 Main Street Present: J, Simons, A,Angles Jr. D. Feltovic,C. Gangi,W.Gordon,T,Holland, B,Wakeman Absent: J. Comerford,T.Coppa Meeting began at 7:00 pm Community Preservation Coalition Presentation By Stuart Saiginor Veterans Housing. Occupancy Permit obtained today 12/11/14,Will have people moving in at:the beginning of next week, They have families for all 3 units and are very pleased with it,They will be in before Christmas,Job well done.Project observed by town manager and town council.Paperwork Is completed.Will be well- maintained.Close the chapter on this project. Neighbors are extremely happy. Recognition given for successful outreach project Closing this project was seconded. conservation Projects Klosks for Open Space: Deb met with Jen Hughes who said the Jack Mabon spearheaded this project.Jen wanted to procure more kiosks, Project balance of 17K still is available,Jen was told to come to CPC or have John request the ldosks for their use. It is a 2004 project,may be a little stale. Does CPC want to Put money Into kiosks? Conservation will be coming to us next Spring. Klosks can always be used in open Space.Was this targeted for just one project?Or did it encompass all Open Space Projects? Brad agrees request Is stale, Deb asks should this request be closed,and have Conservation representative ught to the committee,were they contemplating Osgood Hill or reapply?Na.When this request was bro something else?Kiosks look different now that 10 years have gone by. Person who was the energy e, If Jen is passionate about doing it,then ok, but since the source fell out with the trolls conomitte money is still available,she needs to make a case for it, Conservation Restriction Monitoring Money was spent for daytime monitoring recording,base line,and It will be ongoing for the conservation restriction monitoring.Was money given to trustees to do that? Don't know the name of the person who did that report. Deb will check.Stipends can become a€1 endowed thing. 40K left in project. Suggestion made to close out. Stewardship estian made She wants to know what property?if she needs to know the answer to that question, Sugg s) Jen Hughes and Deb were not around at the time of this to close this project. (Jack Mabon/trail Project Submission Request.Suggestion to close out project seconded. Wincirush Farm Parking Area; Napoli put parking lot in at no charge. Mentioned was the fact that it doesn't look like much of a s It needs signage repair.There is supposed to be signage on the parking lot. Deb to check on it,Jen feel roads for trail markings.People don't know what direction they're going In when they're out there, It Is also very narrow and hazardous. Windrush Farm--Lacy St. They want to locate and survey,Jen thought for boardwalk connections and trails if possible, When project was done there was a lot of wet land. How do you determine the edge of property lines?If me kind of there Is money attached to Windrush Farm, It could be used to survey the lands for so 1 JI? ' 0, f Er I connection to trails,suggestion rude that that would be fair use of the money, Haven't figured out yet where all the trails should be, How do you integrate a plan that is still privately owned?There is work to do out there. It would be good to have Jen Hughes come In with a clear-cut idea of what they want to do, Rolling Ridge She has seen plans, Rolling Ridge was supposed to construct the parking lot.The Conservation restriction has been completed,and there Is a baseline report for the conservation Restriction but she was under the assumption that Rolling Ridge was responsible for comtructlon. Tom said that they are under the assumption that CPC is putting it in, Before the parking lot goes in,the Old road must be opened up and moved closer. They have already designated where the parking lot will be. Deb and Jen walked property closer to the street. If land were ever sold,we would have to resort back to that parking lot. It would always have to be there,on paper,but they want,For our use,to talk about bringing it closer,increasing some of the general parking spots already available. Osgood Street Purchase They are working on Conservation Restriction. She had asked about which trails parking lot will conservation restriction monitoring attached to that project.The complexity of this project was to close the real-estate deal, We didn't spend any time what we wanted to do with the property,did not think we wanted to put parking In, but, did want to put if)a pathway, Could you walk from Osgood 5t, onto the property and enter the rest of the property that way,and label it because the amount of land we own is small,and where the house Is.Someone needs to go out and walk the property a few times. There is a logical spot.Are we cutting the field or they are.They reserve the right and are doing a wonderful job. deb to get back to Jen and tel( her to come in talk, The multi-use trail Is the project that Judy Tymon championed and there were 4 phases of it. Matt Egge pickets the project from her but need some directlon from CPC.Judy Ty€non was the person that knew a great deal about this protect. Matt Egge's plan was to continue project. Affordable Housing Authority'Person retiring at end of January,CPC has money invested in many projects there AHA committee had hired outside consultant,now retiring,CPC feels that they should have say in allocation of money,This is a very involved position because of existing investments,AHA funder)Bread&Roses Project looking for funding from CPC?Possible consultant(reference to S. Salginor's presentation)Consultants in past have been paid for by developer for engineering purposes (to gain professional expertise) Veterans Housing is a go. State gave thern$200K to put underground drainage In, everything to go off the property(underground)so neighbors will not be affected.Are working with neighbors:different colored houses to be conducive to neighborhood l oulds Terrace started last week. Project to be done by end of January. Bad tirne of year for replacing windows but this is when It came due. Project to be totally completed in January,Will open community center for comfort of residents while apartments are being worked on, Fountain Drive ;10K left, Purchase benches now.Will install benches in the Spring(to be cemented in). That will be the end of their projects. Public Meeting Planning required Possible speakers and/or updates of progress of; Historical Society Affordable Housing Authority&Trust representative Library representative Cemetery representative J.Simons to request Stevens Estate for annual meeting Annual meeting to be held January 8, 2015 Public notices to be placed In Lawrence Eagle Triune i l ,} f, I I Mtg, adjourned Next Mtg. 1/8/15 location TBD 3