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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-3-20 (2)MEETING MINUTES COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Tuesday March 20, 2012 3:15PM Community Room of the Public Safety Building, 1St Floor 4 Fairgrounds Road Conference Room Nantucket, Massachusetts PRESENT: Mark Voigt, Bob DeCosta, Linda Williams, Richard Brannigan, John Brescher, David Larivee, Barry Rector; Administrator: Neville Richen CALL To ORDER: Mr. Brannigan called the meeting to order at 3:15 APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Ms Williams made a motion to approve the agenda seconded by Mr. DeCosta, positive vote followed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Ms Williams made a motion to approve the minutes for February 14, 2012 seconded by Mr. Brescher, positive vote followed. CORRESPONDENCE: Mr. Brannigan read two Thank You letters from Bill Tramposch, Executive Director of Nantucket Historical Association, thanking the committee for the monies used for preservation of the 1800 House and the coverage they received in our March 2012 newsletter. GUEST: Rick Atherton, Susan B. Witte FUND REQUISITIONS: Ms Williams made a motion to approve fund requisitions A -K. The motion was seconded by Mr. Brescher and a positive voted followed. a. Nantucket Rental Assistance Program /Beaugrand $16,956.76 FY'12 b. Preservation and Repair of the Siasconset Union Chapel /Beaugrand $2,462.50 FY' 12 c. Nantucket Dreamland Foundation/Williams $46.618.86 FY' 10 d. Nantucket Dreamland Foundation/Williams $24.275.00 FY' 10 e. Preserving Nantucket VoicesNoigt $13,273.26 FY' 11 f. 1St Round Public Access to open space and rec fund /DeCosta $2,545.00 FY' 10 g. 1 sr Round Public Access To Open Space /DeCosta $10,415.00 FY' 10 h. 2nd Round Public Access To open Space /DeCosta $1,672.50 FY' 11 i. Sachem's Path HAC /Larivee $26,854.82 FY' 12 j. Housing Nantucket House Recycling /Larivee $18,854.51 FY' 11 k. The Habitat for Humanity Nantucket/ Beaugrand $37,862.78 FY' 11 OLD BUSINESS: Mr. Rector arrived at 3:20 Annual Town Meeting: 1. Article 31- Sachem's Path 2. Article 32- Bonding/Nobadeer Playing Fields 3. Article 67 -CPC By -Law A discussion on Sachem's Path ensued and Mr. DeCosta stated that he felt there would be a good discussion on this project on Town meeting floor. In the discussion of Articles 31 and 32, Mr. Brannigan spoke of the teleconference held earlier this morning. Attending this teleconference were the CPC chair and vice - chair, chairman of Fin Com, Town Mgr, Town Moderator. Finance Dept. and Town Counsel. Town Counsel confirmed the CPC's policies, procedures and methods of appropriations for CPC's approved projects. Town Counsel also confirmed that Bond Counsel has agreed on the bonding option for Nobadeer Playing Fields. Revised motions for Article 31 and 32 are now being crafted by Town Counsel. These Articles will now go back before FinCom for their final recommendations. There was some discussion on Article 67 and it was mentioned that this Article is very different from the one previously agreed to between the BOS and the CPC. The CPC is scheduled to meet with Fin Com Thursday March 22 to discuss Article 67 and also to answer any remaining questions regarding Articles 31 and 32. A motion was made by Mr. DeCosta and seconded by Mr. Brescher for the CPC to meet after the FinCom meeting scheduled for March 22, a positive vote followed with Ms Williams abstaining. The CPC will have a Special Meeting on March 28, 2012 between 3:45 -4:15 to discuss and review any motions FinCom may have had regarding Articles 31, 32, and 67. NEW BUSINESS: a. Project Managers Responsibilities; Mr. Brannigan put this off until or next regularly scheduled meeting so that the Committee will have a chance to read over the Project Managers Responsibilities, which they have in their possessions. b. Remote Meeting Status; Mr. Atherton informed the CPC that the discussion of the Remote Meeting Law has been put off for several weeks pending responses and suggestions from different Boards and Committees in the Town. c. Trust Fund Match from State; Mr. Brannigan stated that this will be about 22% this year OTHER BUSINESS: Mr. Rector talked about his on -going discussions with TryWorks and their representatives over the $50,000 that is still in their account and stated that it seems that they will like to hold on to this money for their future use and he asked (as the project manager) for any assistance that he could have from the BOS and/or Town Attorneys in aiding in coming to a closure of this funding. ADJOURNMENT: Ms Williams made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 4:35pm and seconded by Mr. Brescher and a positive vote followed. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 3:15 in the Community Room of the Public Safety Building located on 1 st floor at 4 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket, MA.