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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnual Public Forum - 08 16 2011_201402061428481596ANNUAL PUBLIC FORUM COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Tuesday August 16, 2011 4:00pm Community Room of the Public Safety Building, 1st Floor 4 Fairgrounds Road Conference Room Nantucket, Massachusetts Present: Ken Beaugrand, Richard Brannigan, Channing Moore, Robert DeCosta, Linda Williams Welcome/Opening Remarks: Mr. Beaugrand started the forum at 4pm by welcoming everyone and stated that in the ten years that the CPC has been in operation, approximately 25 million dollars has been allocated to various projects. Introduction of Guest Speakers: Mr. Brannigan thanked everyone for attending the state mandated forum. He also thanked everyone as taxpayers for contributing to the projects the CPC has been able to do. A list of the various projects that have been and are being worked on was read. He also reminded everyone that the deadline for new project requests is September 16, 2011 at 4pm. The first guest speaker introduced was Gisele Gauthier of the Housing Assistance Corporation based in Hyannis. She gave a wonderful power point presentation of the Sachem’s Path development on South Shore Road/Surfside Road. She explained: what the project was about, showed examples of the proposed houses, working with as many local contractors, botanists, surveyors, homebuilders, tradesmen, etc., as possible. She will have two public forums for home buyers (i.e. workshops for people to prepare to apply for mortgages). Ms. Gauthier hopes to start construction in a year with the infrastructure first and then approximately twenty houses in the center loop. The second speaker was Mark Avery with the Restoration of the Greater light. He explained some of the history of the house and gave a great power point presentation showing almost step by step pictures of the renovation and the completion pictures. The third speaker was David Barham on the Unitarian Church Restoration of the Interior. A very detailed explanation of the restoration process was shown in the power point presentation. He told of how many layers of paint they had to go through to get the original colors and details of the walls and dome as well as layers of wall. The extensive research process and attention to each detail to get to the original way it looked in 1846 was very impressive. The fourth speaker was Nash Strudwick of Park and Recreation on the Nobadeer Farm Road Youth Fields. He explained that the Land Bank sold the 30 acres to the Town for $1 and they expected to put in four fields. The land is fenced in and protected, two fields should be ready for seed in two weeks, there will be parking for two hundred cars, an asphalt driveway (which will keep the dust down and the fields clean which is a problem at the Delta Fields). The fields will be flat fields to be used for lacrosse and soccer, not football. Mr. Brannigan thanked all of the speakers for their presentations and everyone else for attending. He asked for any other comments of which there were none and again reminded everyone of the deadline date and time. The forum ended at 5:23pm. LIST OF ATTENDEES COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FORUM AUGUST 16, 2011 Name E-Mail Carol Dunton caroldunton@comcast.net Glenn Speer ackglenn@comcast.net Maria Zodda mariazodda@comcast.net Nash Strudwick nashstrudwick@yahoo.com Janis Carreiro nrapoffice@comcast.com Nantucket Rental Assistance John Stover jstover@stoverengineering.com Bob Gardner rgardner@wannacomet.org Susan Bennett Witte sbwitte@nantucket-ma-gov. Bill Reyelt williamreyelt@hotmail.com Annie Mendelsohn Box 1201 02554 David Barham davidbarham@comcast.net Bob Andersen andersenack@comcast.net Gisele Gauthier Housing Assist. Corp.