Good evening and welcome to the February 19, 2026 meeting of the Community Preservation Committee. It is 6:30 p.m. and we are meeting this evening at the Lakeville Police Station at 6 323 Bedford Street. Uh we have late cam recording this evening and we don't have
anyone in the audience. Is anyone else recording? >> No. >> All right. So, the first item on our agenda is a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. to provide a public input session and receive public comment on the Lakeville Community Preservation Plan. I will read
the public hearing notice. The Lakeville Community Preservation Committee, CPC, pursuant to the Lakeville General bylaws, Community Preservation Committee, Section 2, will conduct a publicformational hearing on Thursday, February 19th, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Lakeville Police Station, 323 Bedford Street, regarding the Lakeville CPC plan. The purpose of the hearing will be to provide public input session and receive public comment on the Lakeville CPC plan. The plan can be viewed on the town of Lakeville Community Preservation
Committee's web page. Would someone like to make a motion to open the hearing? >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> And the hearing is open. So in our packets, we do have a draft of our current 2526
plan. Every year we're tasked with holding a public hearing, gathering public input, and inputting any of that feedback into the plan. ensuring that the plan is in line what our residents want to see done with their community preservation dollars as well as uh
getting input from all of our boards, committees um etc. um and and town departments. So considering there is no one here from the public um would anyone else like to share any input that they
have back on the plane? I almost feel like we have to do something like off color or something to get somebody to get people's attention to come and >> off of champagne. I don't >> maybe >> I mean I did put the posters up, you know. >> Oh yeah. And it was advertised
>> and it was in the paper. Yeah. >> It was only once in the paper. The first time it didn't go. I don't know why. And then so then I contact the paper again and say, "Hey, it didn't go the first time." So then they put it above the legal ad instead of it having its own little spot like it did last year. So,
>> yeah. >> But I think it's it's actually a sign, I think, that we're not doing a bad job because usually people show up when they're >> for negative. >> Yeah. Disapproving of uh something. So, I guess it's not a bad sign. Um
>> there's not anything really big going on as far as like there's no land acquisition or anything like that that's like hot topic right now. So, >> right. So, but what we can do is everybody, you know, Noel on parks and Nancy on conservation and myself on
planning, we can and on open space and I know Nancy on historic, I know they're very well verssed on the plan since they've been utilizing it for historic. Um, but we can get feedback from our respective boards committees, bring it back to next month's meeting.
Any of those comments we can take into consideration. The only thing that I have, um, I have one item that came to mind because driving by, um, the Thompson Hill Cemetery, the sign, the metal is there, but the sign itself
is missing. Like both parts are gone. >> The middle the big section. Well, that's what happened at the museum. >> Yeah. So, I don't know. Is it So, we've had wind. We've had a lot of snow. >> No, it's tightly bound. >> So, you think somebody's taking it? That's disappointing. Well, I mean, I
drove by today and I kind of looked cuz now that the snow has gone down, I think I saw >> Oh, >> some green there. So, maybe it's under the snow, but I wasn't about to pull over. >> I'll drive by tomorrow >> cuz it is close enough to the street where the plow's, you know, going by
with heavy snow. It could have potentially broken it, >> but it's not faced this way across the road. It's facing that way. So, >> and leans up against the fence, >> right? But I could see some green. I don't know if it was just the bottom part.
>> I'll go by tomorrow and if the section is out of it, I'll take the sign down. I do have an empty sign in my yard that that I took from the museum. So wondering if we can order a few more. >> So that so my my only edit that I have
is for in the appendix under the step one application. Maybe we add somewhere in here. >> Okay. >> Um page 26 to 28. It's the step one application.
>> So, um because instead of paying out of our administrative funds for these signs, we want it included under the project. So, even if it's it's not a lot, it's what $35 $35 $30 a sign, something like that. It's not a large amount, but they should just be expected
to >> I think cover it under the >> and that it says it in our plan somewhere. >> I remember talking about that a while ago. >> Yeah. That they're supposed to um be responsible for the signage, right? >> I think that's a good idea to the chair because then we won't be that won't be
coming out of the administrative. >> Yeah. So, at least um you know, they can pay for the sign. If we have to replace it, then we can deal with that. But um at least it'll be um included. So
I think somewhere under um you know where it says I think on the third page amount of CPA funds requested total estimated cost. Maybe just squeeze in something. >> Not right in here is it? >> Is there something missing? >> Well, it goes from this page is 26 that
has this on it to the like the middle of the step on it. It's not the top of the step one application cuz then it goes to the step two application. >> I have this. Maybe yours is just missing it. >> Yeah. What do you hold it up? >> All right. So,
>> I'm looking at yours, too. >> Step one is this is >> a colorful page. >> That's the front. And then on the back should be okay. >> Yep. The back is the checklist. >> Okay. And then the third page, um, it's got the signature and the
little check boxes. >> Okay. I have it. I didn't realize that that page, which is not what I printed off the website, was part of the step one application, >> but I printed added it last. >> Yeah, we did. Okay. >> And we asked them to circle.
>> Okay. >> Because I printed that one off the web page. Okay. I got it. It should be the same. should be the same. >> I just printed that off the web page today. >> But that's not the step one. That's your That's just the >> chart.
>> But it was page >> that's at the beginning >> 11, right? Okay. That's the one I printed. All right. I forgot we did put that on there last year. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. We definitely added to the um step one application. >> You're right. That's page 10, but on the
website it looks like 11. >> But so how does that sound? add in the cost of signage in between the amount of CPA funds requested and the total so they know to add and we can maybe put in parentheses approximately >> so it would be still coming out of
there. >> Yeah. So they can account for it instead of an unknown amount out of the administrative >> we have to do when we get the signs we want. So that but it needs to make sure that they get the signs that we want.
>> Right. It would be the same. It'll be the same sign. It'll be the sign. That's why I'm saying the It'll be the same amount that, you know, we pay. We'll just They can order it through us. >> Okay. We're not making them be responsible on their own,
>> right? >> Yeah. Because we don't know what they've come up with. >> Right. That's my point. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I think my only concern is just the amount. So that because we only have up to 5% for administrative fees and if if at some point it makes sense to use that
5% every year, we don't want to have >> incidental items coming out. >> And some years we don't even put the full 5% on. So >> Right. Right. >> And especially if they're going missing, maybe they'll take a little bit of ownership to make sure that
>> Yeah. they're not missing. >> Okay, that's my only um edit. Does anyone else have any edits or questions? And every year we have to update the um actually I think that last year
there was a section that we were typically updating because it was changing on a yearly basis but then we put in something last year that we should be able to get by without ch I think it's on page 11 under the
community housing So I think we median. >> Yeah. Where we have according to mass subsidized housing inventory list as of June 29th 2023. So I think that's the only thing we just have to make sure that those numbers
haven't changed on a yearly basis. that and then the one, two, three, four, fifth paragraph down. So the second and fifth paragraphs we just have to um ensure are still the same. But I think
last year when I looked at it, it hadn't changed because they only update it every 10 years or something like that. So I don't think we have to necessarily change it. Can you just take a vote to change those
or do you have to like vote the whole thing over again to change those or can you put in there like to be looked at every year? >> So, every year we do have to look at it. we have to hold the public hearing and what we'll do we'll we'll have this on
our next month's agenda get the input from the all the boards and typically we just do one final vote on the draft and last year we did a vote because the appendix items won't be updated until it closes out at the end of the budget year
which is typically around September when Kathleen files the um the CP3 so at that so we we approve it and post it pending the updates to the appendix which will be in September.
So, and the good thing is um the coalition Oh, Leah, did I have you gotten an email from the coalition yet? I don't recall if I've I know I updated them. I think I did put you on it, but you'll see an email from the coalition. I'll verify.
>> Okay. I'm pretty sure I did. I'm not 100%. But the coalition will send out occasional emails. It might be quarterly, once every 3 months or so. >> And they actually the link their email will link to that information too. >> Okay.
>> For the area meeting and all. Um, I think we did a lot of work on it last year to try to tighten it up. So, I I'm hoping that maybe we don't have many edits this year, but we'll see what the
other committees come back with. >> So, Lynn, if you want to bring the open space portions, >> yeah, they don't have to look at the whole thing if they don't want to, but you know, if they can focus on >> the goals under open space, that would be great.
So, at this point, anybody want to >> Well, before we close the public hearing, I just would like to announce that on Tuesday the 10th and Friday the 20th of March, I'll be at the senior center and it's going to be in their newsletter and it'll be in the town
newsletter to help any seniors that have trouble filling out their exemption forms. So, I did that last year and the year before. So, >> awesome. >> What were those dates? >> Um, Tuesday the 10th and Friday the 20th. So that's March 10th. >> Yeah. >> Okay.
>> And March 20th. >> Yeah. >> Very good. >> Kids are due by April 1st. And they can't even tell me the >> sometimes they don't even come out with the limits until April, but I'm just going to go by last year's income limits and say change. >> That's the what the email that Stuart
will send around that we can verify. >> Okay. >> The only thing I I wanted through the chair to to mention is about the the housing component. And I had asked when um I don't remember the name of the presenter, >> Shelley. >> Shelley. Uh when she gave her
presentation, I just brushed over the this subject of possibly looking at because housing is so expensive, um alternative housing
avenues. and she didn't sound opposed to it, but um it sounded like it hadn't been explored. And I'm just throwing it out there that that may be something to
investigate and and if it seems appropriate include that language in >> in the um you know obviously not now housing goals, >> but I I just I feel like there are other communities in the state and and really
across the country that have had to do that. So I think I think what our hope was because we you know CPC cannot apply for projects. We review and recommend a town meeting. That's the extent of it. So we do have a a person with housing
interest on the committee because of that component. That's why we were hoping that the select board would appoint that affordable housing trust that's already a bylaw existing. That would be something that that trust would be able to work on. >> Are we waiting for that to happen?
I don't know where it's landed. >> So the question is where the housing trust is at. >> And so something maybe this committee could consider. >> Did we ask we asked, didn't we send a memo or something?
>> So we we asked that they have Shelley attend a meeting or or at least watch our meeting. They did have her there. I was present. I think you were present. Were you at the meeting? Were Shel? I know you were there. Um they had some questions for her. It didn't they didn't
take a vote. Um we also sent a memo and and um encourage well planning board sent a memo to encourage the um the application of Shel's assistance to create a plan for the trust because that was something that um would be great for
if if that could be formed and then have Shelley be able to come in and help guide it and create that plan. Um that milestone was missed. And then um when Shelley was there, one thing that she did point out with our existing
bylaw is that it designates somebody from ZVA and she said that's not typically a seat on that uh trust because they oversee 40B. So it would be a conflict. So my thought is maybe this I don't know if it's within the
wheelhouse of this committee to bring a change to the affordable housing trust language to town meeting but maybe we could consider or or find out if that's something we could whether it's planning board co-sponsor with CPC a a request to
change it from ZBA to maybe a CPC member because we had I think we were all in agreement when we discussed it that it would be beneficial for a CPC member to sit on that. seems more appropriate, >> right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And I think Shel said that it's
usually a another resident at large. See, but >> Mhm. >> Thank you. >> Just something to consider if that's something. But um under the housing goals, I know that it does talk about maintaining the existing
um get back to that. When does it want to open? Isn't it opening soon? >> Isn't that something that we would have to do in March? >> I thought it was already open. >> Is it already? I thought it was in March. I know it's closing later. It's closing in April now.
>> Okay. So, maybe it's not, >> but I don't remember the date that it's opening. >> Have to look it up. >> Yeah. >> Is that something we could put a place on if once the war open >> for spring? Do you think it's a little rushed or maybe fall? I mean, it's just
changing a few years, which is true. I >> think if we move it forward in the spring, it might prompt the housing trust to be >> if we if we change Yeah. If we change that language, maybe
>> But I guess my question is, is it within CPC's sort of >> perview? Yeah, exactly. the perview to do that. I mean, so I will say that the housing trust language that exists, it references chapter 44B, which is CPA. So
that absolutely is referenced. There is a tie to it. >> Couldn't we request town council just review the language and if the ZBA is in there and it shouldn't be because it's a conflict of interest that they just do it, why don't we just have them >> Yeah. >> request that town council look at it and
say, "This isn't right. Fix it." I mean, that's who it's going to end up with anyways. So, >> they're going to have to look at it. >> So, do So, so this is the difficult. So, like we don't have it on our agenda tonight. So, we'd have to put it on a future agenda to vote and send it to town council.
>> Um, that's going to put us into the middle of March. So, do we ask for spring town meeting? Because I I have it drafted. I did the edit. I did the, you know,
cross off ZBA and put in CPC member. When she said it, I thought, you know, let's have this just in case. >> Why not? >> Yeah. So, I'll put it on for the next agenda. >> You can't just put it as new business
>> today. No. >> So, even if we were to take a vote tonight, that's today, we'd still have to um ratify it at the next meeting. >> Yeah. >> And I mean, nobody has the drafted language in front of them right now. So, at least, you know, I can get it all out
to everybody. Okay. Um, oh, as I was saying about the community housing goals, it talks about reaching the SHI um thresholds, ensure that affordable housing is harmonious with existing community,
strive to keep the current SHI units in perpetuity, and promote use of existing buildings or construction on previously developed or town owned sites. So maybe something that we add is I know middlear didn't m do something
with the 10 they did like a $10,000 it was something that Brena had actually proposed but we couldn't just do it without having a specific process set and that's that's the other thing without a h housing trust I don't think we could do it >> but we could put it as a goal is is to
um help fund first-time home buyers or something along those lines whether Yes. >> I don't know what it is called. I know Robert would know if he was here. Oh, we didn't take attendance. >> Did we get that? >> I did. >> Okay, good.
So I'm going to just pencil in add um language about first time home buyer assistants our program maybe I can see what middle bar if
middle bar has it established maybe I can see if there's any language in middle If you might want to help that, Sue. I know you love the verse in middle borrow. >> All right. Anything else or should we close the public hearing?
>> No motion to close the hearing. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All in favor? I. >> And the hearing is closed. Agenda item number two, discuss and possible vote on warrant language for
Springtown meeting fiscal 27 budget. So we have the uh budget article in the packet with the breakdown the appropriations
for administrative. It's $14,350 for each of the historic community housing and open space. The only thing is that open space has to be that open space and recreation. >> Recreation
um is all 28,700 and the budgeted reserve is $186,550. And then on the back side is the calculations. So, it looks like we're projected for
the fiscal year of 2027 uh including with the state match around 200 $287,000. So, it is going up yearbyear slightly. and we have the administrative cost at the 5% this year.
So if there's any questions, comments, concerns on this, would someone like to approve it with that minor edit? So a motion to approve the budget article CPA 2027 with the addition of recreation
after revenues for open space. So it will be open space and recreation reserve. I'll second it. Motion and a second. All in favor? >> I I motion carries. All right. Agenda item number three. Discuss and possible vote on handout for
town meeting proposed project. So I basically just copied what we had um done the last couple years for the gravestone using the newer pictures. As you can see, it goes from being stuck in the ground to proudly cleaned up and
displayed and visible, which is great for a historic cemetery to um to see it being restored stone by stone. I wish Nancy was here to get her feedback on it. I know she usually has a little bit of an edit. Um
Kathleen, do you have any >> No, I have pictures, but that's fine. Yeah. >> And how about the wording? because I you I basically just use the same wording as we did last. >> I would I would do that. >> Yeah. All right.
So, if there's no edits for that, would someone like to approve it? Motion to approve. >> Motion. >> I'll second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I I >> All right. I will
get those over to I would assume Colleen would be left in them at this point. Williams for town meeting. Um agenda item number four, old business. A discussing possible vote on proposal for
Thompson Hill Cemetery Repairs Project. So, this was the additional information that Joan had promised us. Uh, it's a breakdown of it because so originally last year we had only uh approved $10,000. This year they went up to 15,000. So, originally they had only uh
projected for the $10,000. This um proposal is now up to $14,400. And it does say that they're leaving a little room in case there's additional damage over the winter.
So, and I think LA in the in the past if they haven't used it, it's rolled over, >> right? Yeah. We Yeah, we use it all. Actually, >> used Okay. Yeah. So, they find a way to >> Yep. >> incorporate some more.
>> Okay. Look at all these. >> It breaks it down to all the names >> on the stones. >> Very interesting. I wonder if this illegible one on number 11 will be legible after they're done. Isn't it?
>> It's a big Some of these are in really bad shape. And that's no longer amazing. They can rehab them. I don't know where that is. All right. I don't I don't know if we need to take a vote. I did put possible vote if necessary, but this really just
goes along with what uh we have already >> just additional information >> supported for town meeting. Yep. >> So that's the one project that we'll have. Uh B, we have status updates on approved
projects from project liaison. Do we have any? >> I do. >> All right. Um John Palm Park, the um draft plan is done. Um Jamie had sent it to me at a town
address that I don't have. So I finally got him to send it to my email. Um, it does need Andrew has it, but it needs um Concom approval. So, he will have the final stamp plans. This was just a draft. So, by our next meeting, we'll have the
final stamp plans, but it does need to go by Congs with uh drainage and stuff in that area. It needs to go by the border health. They're going to need a tight tank rather than a conventional system because of it's wet over there. and it
needs to get figured out with the fire chief because I think in the parking lot there's a culde-sac coming in that he didn't like for turnaround for the fire. So, it still has some processes to go through, but um initially the plans
pretty good shape and on the way to hopefully by our next meeting it will be >> should I put it on for March or April? Well, we can do another update in March, but I think when I talked to Jamie today, he said he thought that by next Friday, he would have something. So,
let's put it on from for March because we only continued it to April. So, >> yeah, let's keep going on. >> We don't need to see the plans so much as we just need to approve the final bill, >> right, >> for payment, so >> as long as everything's done. >> So, let's try for March because if we
don't put it on and it's done. >> Okay. >> Right. Okay. All right. Anyone else? I know I think the only other thing pending is the Thompson Hill Cemetery. Obviously, they can't do anything with snow covering anything.
Uh photos of completed ongoing projects. I think that last month an invoice was approved to pay for the museum and I don't have that amount. >> Koopa. >> Yeah. Oh, well, funny you should mention that. I could not pay the bill for the
Koopa because the bill that they sent us was $22,000 and we only approved $20,000 and the other money came from, I guess, a fund that you already had. So, when I brought it in for payment, they're like, "No, we
need to know where the other money came from." I'm like, "I don't know where the other money came from." So, I called Nancy and found out. So, I ended up having to call the company and have them reissue another bill for $20,000 because you had the cash, right? I guess in your
fund for that additional and then I guess he gave you a discount too. >> Oh, I don't know. >> From the original whatever it was. So, I just called the company. They re reissued a bill for $20,000 what we approved and I signed it and we paid it. >> Perfect. Okay, great. Thank you. >> Okay. You're welcome. But we need to
know that in the future because they just can't I can't just pay the 20,000 that our part. No, no, no, no. They have to know where the other money came from. So I'm like, okay, >> good to know. >> I figured it out. >> Thank you. Thanks. No problem. >> All right. Uh, agenda item number five,
review and possible vote on meeting minutes for January 8th and January 15, 2025. Are we doing them one at a time or together? >> We can do it together. Any edits? Everything look good?
Edits. So motion to approve the community preservation committee meeting minutes from January 8th, 2026 and January 15, 2026. >> Second motion and a second. All
>> in favor? I I nothing at all. >> Okay. Minutes are approved. Number six, we have discuss and possible vote to pay the invoice for advertising for public hearing. Um,
so they do have so it looks like because they ran it both weeks, but they also ran the article from Nancy instead of putting it as an article in the paper, they did it as a public hearing notice. So, we have it looks like they charge it twice because
it's really, you know, $34 each with a total of 102. >> I don't remember how much it was last year that we paid. Do you have to remember, Nancy? Um, I think it's about $100 for the because I know when we do Com legal ads, they're
about 90 between 75 and $90. So, I think they just charge you for each week. >> So, it looks So, there's Go back and check though. >> So, there's a quantity of three. So, that's why cuz instead of having the two for the each week, >> oh, >> it was three because they added yours
for the third week, I guess. because it only shows February, 5th, and 12th. >> So, should we call the paper and say there was a mistake and get another bill? >> I can do that cuz I'm the one who gave
them a hard time about it in the first time. Maybe >> there was just some kind of a misunderstanding. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Straighten out. >> Well, yeah. If you want to call and see if they'll issue another one. Um cuz you were on the email from the woman
who sent this. >> Okay. >> I don't know who it should have on there. >> Probably Kathleen >> or actually there's a phone number right at the bottom. >> Oops. All right. Let me Yeah. >> And just to note, Sandy's no longer with
the Ma the masket. I don't see her anywhere listed anymore. So >> I think you were trying to reach Sandy to put it >> and there was uh that would actually two people I had sent it to the first time and then the last time I did
contact and said I'm trying sent her the email that I was trying to get the article in the paper and could she help me and she was the one from legal advertising that I use my concom person so maybe there was a misunderstanding >> yeah through the chair I think her name
is Kathleen I'm pretty sure her name is Kathleen >> so who is that the new editor or the knew she the job descriptions there are Andrew Griffith is is one of he he for a long
time handled the advertising however he handles a bunch of other things and then they brought Kathleen on. Now, if she's the person, I'm not sure, but good time good time to clarify all of that anyway. So that the you know, so
you know who we need to talk to. >> Well, so we have the we obviously have the the contact for the legal advertisement. It's just a matter of we don't have a contact for >> a a regular article to be published, I
guess. So that's who we we need to >> good idea to clarify that. >> Yeah. All right. So do we want to hold off and put this on our next meeting then? >> Or do we want to say um we'll we'll vote to pay it pending?
>> So you can't pay it if if they say sorry we ran it. You got to pay it. >> Yep. >> Um okay. So would someone like to vote? >> And I will check what we paid last year. >> Okay. Well, I think it's like I said, I think it's just that the difference of about
100 bucks, I think. Well, actually, it should just be a difference of 60 to 30 and 30. >> So, I'll make a motion to to pay them pending clarification of >> the amount >> the bill being correct.
>> Okay, sounds good. We have a motion. Second, second. All in favor? I >> I >> I >> seven discussing possible vote on 2025 town report in our packet. I just updated what we have from last
year. I left it as John Lucy for the vice chair because even though his seat expired in August, we didn't have Leah fill in it until I think it was October. So that'll be different for the new year.
Um, unless like I didn't know if I should put her underneath. Should we do we do both? >> No. >> I mean, it's kind of like you go to the 31st, whatever. He was there for how many more than half the year? So, >> yeah. And it's weird because the
So, because we have elected officials on here, we have appointed officials. And so, some of us I think all the terms are supposed to expire in July, but so say if I wasn't on planning board anymore, my term would expire in April. So, it's kind of >> I know it makes it tricky how I'm doing these, but
>> Yep. a strange staggered sort of thing. Um, we only had the one project, the Thompson Hill Cemetery. Everything else basically stayed the same. I don't know if there's anything
else that we wanted to edit or add. >> I think it's nice. >> Yeah, I thought it was very good. >> Yeah. Would someone like to motion to approve that? >> So moved. >> Motion and >> second. >> Second. All in favor?
>> I. >> Motion carries. I will get that one over to Colleen as well. And our next meeting is March 19th, 2026, 6:30 p.m. here at the police station. Okay.
>> Motion to adjourn. >> We have a motion. Second. Second. All in favor? >> I And the meeting is adjourned. >> 709.