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Committee
14 Easy Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
MINUTES - Tuesday- October 5, 2004
A meeting of the Community Preservation Committee, CPC, was held on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 3:00 PM at
the Washington Street Annex at 37 Washington Street.
Present were: Barry Rector, Chair, Ken BeaLlgrand, Vice Chair, Virginia Andrews, Polly Miller, Neville Richen, and
Stephanie Henke, Administrative Secretary. Linda Williams, Doug Bennett, Rich Brannigan and Mark Voigt were
absent.
Barry Rector established a quorum and called the meeting to order at 3:10 PM.
Upon a motion made by Ken and 2nd by Ginger it was unanimously VOTED to approve the agenda.
APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS
Madaket Life Saving Museum ($74,200)
Colleen Donnelly attended the meeting to present this project.
Colleen explained that the town has recently discovered that the Madaket Life Saving Museum, currently being used
by the town as a fire station, is actually an historic building, and they can therefore not just replace windows and
doors haphazardly, but must follow the guidelines set down for historic preservation. She has done some research
and has pictures of the original building with the original windows and door. She mentioned that at some date this
building may not be used as a fire station, but that the land was given specifically for that use, so if the building is
not used for that, the building will have to be moved. The fire truck that is in there now barely fits in the building.
She mentioned that the proposal is in three parts. Phase one would make the building look respectable from the
outside by adding shingles, Windows and door. Fonhis phase, she already has procured $25,000.
Ken asked why this proposal was not seen as maintenance, which the CPC cannot fund. Colleen admitted that some
would be maintenance, but that most of Phase I for the project would actually be restoration-putting back the
original style roof shingles, the original style front doors. They could use the $25,000 that they already have to take
care of the more maintenance-type work. Barry asked whether the HDC says they must do historic replacement and
Colleen said yes. Barry asked for the HDC list and Colleen explained that the HDC list might change, depending on
the money they received from CPC, but that it could all be worked out. Barry asked whether it was ok to do a site
visit, and Colleen said no problem, having previously mentioned that the doors are always open.
Two Centre Street Restoration Project ($525,255)
Nancy Nelson and Jane Karakula attended the meeting to present this project.
This phase of the project would cover four basic items: a fire suppression system between the two attics; an upgrade
of the lighting, which is a fire safety issue, as the wires are cloth-covered; plastering the walls in the sanctuary and
the ceiling; and roofing.
Ginger asked what kind of roof the church had and Nancy indicated it is asphalt. Polly asked about what appeared
to be a large percentage of the requested funds going to Project Management. Nancy answered that the project
would be overseen by Millstone, and she wasn't sure if the requested amount was out of line with current practice.
Ken asked if the order the items were listed in was the order of priority and Nancy answered yes. Ginger asked
whether the roof was leaking, and Nancy said not yet, but it would be in the next couple of years. Ken asked
whether it would be possible to change the priorities, for example fund items 1 and 4 and Nancy and Jane both
agreed that in some combinations that would indeed be possible. They also mentioned that if they didn't receive the
full amount, they could just fix the scariest lighting, for example.
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Ginger asked whether the work would obscure the signatures in the attic, and Nancy said no.
Barry again asked for clarification on the Project Management. What is being managed? What exactly would he be
doing? Jane indicated that it allowed a person to be on-site at all times and that the last time they had an on-site
manager liKe this, they were glad they did, as he can look out to make sure each contractor is doing the work
correctly and in accordance with the preservation rules. Nancy will talk to Millstone and get a detailed list of what
specifically this Project Management will entail.
Barry asked after these four items, how much was left to do, and Nancy said that about 1-2 years more would do it
for interior painting, woodwork, floors, and pews. Jane guesstimated that it would be about 60-65% complete if they
received FY '06 funding for the four items on their list.
Barry asked if they were receiving other funding and Nancy said that they had received money from the Tupancy
Foundation, private donations, and a Thanksgiving Appeal. They receive about $40-60,000 af1f1ually from other
sources for this project. They would have no objections to a site visit.
landmark House ($252,500)
Tom Montgomery and Helen Trebby attended the meeting to present this project.
Helen stated that they had originally received a Tupancy grant to join the two buildings, and with that grant they
were able to do a lot of extras: heating, ADA work, bathroom upgrades, carpeting, railings, etc. But that the roof and
the painting are still in need of work.
Ken asked what the priorities were for the fund? and Tom said the roof on the old building would be number one
and the shingles on the sides would be number 2.
Polly asked how much of this project would be considered historical preservation and how much of it would be
considered affordable housing? Tom answered that it is an historical building and that it does need to be maintained.
Ken asked whether there were other sources of funds that could be used toward this project and Helen mentioned
that they do have one piece of land that they could sell and that maybe they could go back to the Tupancy
Foundation.
Barry asked why they had mentioned getting local people to do the work and Tom explained that it has been his
experience that when something goes wrong with work, it is harder to get off-islanders to come and fix the problem.
He said that they had really struggled with the off-islanders who had done the painting.
Barry asked whether there were income requirements for people who live in the Landmark House and Helen said
they give preference to VERY low income people over low income people. She said the rates are set by HUD and
are adjusted for Nantucket. Barry mentioned that this project seemed to fall more under the affordable housing area
of the CPA rather than historic preservation.
Ginger asked how much of the original building was renovated and how much of the original 1845 building was lost
in the process, and whether the building was a registered historical building. Helen said just the porches on the end
had changed and that she did have a letter stating something about the historical significance of the building. There
are currently no restrictions on the building.
OTHER BUSINESS
There being no other business of the committee, and upon a motion made by Ken and 2nd by Ginger, it was
unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 4:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted by,
Stephanie Henke
Administrative Secretary
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