welcome everyone You're at the community preservation committee meeting 7 o'clock It is Wednesday April 16th at 7 o'clock Uh we are meeting in hybrid With us tonight we have and you're going to have to say your names because I can't see you Chris Pratt
Wallley Rick Harman Dennis Clark Dave Spina And welcome everybody Is there anybody online besides myself you Matt said besides me John Okay Matt said she's
going to be late but she's on her way Okay We can let everybody when she gets here And does anybody have any think for public comment okay I have a public comment I knew it Go ahead Awful
I'm gonna put that in Sabrina had a public comment Chris about the uh art show coming up Not this week I did see that announcement in my email That was nice to see
Friday the commission is invited to come um between 5:30 and 7:30 Meet the artists Meet the artist 5:30 and 7:30 April 25th Invite only Invite only for Friday night
But then the rest of the event happens um starting 10 o'clock on Saturday and also on Sunday And there will be entertainment entertainment The water watercolor artist is going to be demonstrating demonstrations There's gonna be a book
signing So okay So I'm gonna talk as little as possible tonight Hopefully we get this over quickly I as Sabrina said I can you guys hear me Yep Yeah I wanted to chime in on public comment So okay Jason Prone
one Noble Steed Crossing South Select Board Chair at the moment Um I don't know if you guys were have uh I'm I just am really chiming in to um request that you guys can possibly get a special meeting in for this whole issue with the
track Um I really wish they had kind of followed my lead and done this a little bit sooner but it would be uh very helpful to the town budget if we could get that on there Um we were doing the numbers today and it's going to be a
tight year So um freeing up that 192,000 off the capital list for the the school department would uh help the town budget significantly All right Thank you Thank you guys
Yeah Okay Anybody else and we'll move on Like I said I have strep throat so I won't be able to talk too much Uh okay Uh is Norm there at all or No not
we'll move to the next review and vote on the Wally Park pickle block court warrant article And since we don't usually vote on them um or we don't need to vote on them I should say we could um dispense with that or we
can have somebody make a motion Has it been to the town council yet for review then we really can't decide because the town council usually goes through it and changes verbiage on it and stuff I leave it up to town council to Okay Is that a
motion is that a motion Dennis yes I make a motion Leave it up to the town council Okay I'll second that All in favor i chairman I mean I Oh sorry Chris Pratt I too All
right it's unanimous And review the FY 2026 Community Preservation Act budget associated warrant articles Um you know basically they're the same thing every year It just has different numbers depending on what we get from
the state Uh showing that you know 10% goes to each of our areas and the remaining is it 70 or remaining 65% goes to the general unreserved and 5% goes to
the uh administrative budget I did I did this a little different because in the past there were two separate articles one for uh 10% 10% 10% 70% and then
after that the administrative came out of that 70 general fund Yeah In the past and so they were two sort of two separate articles and because it just didn't really make it made sense combining them all into one So we have
10% 10% 10% 65% and then 5% And I think we had discussed that at a previous meeting as well that it should be the 65% Because that makes 100% and that's what makes sense to me Yeah Yeah I think I think everybody Yeah And it's a the
administrative um account or the administrative fund can be up to 5% of our total uh correct I guess budget Right I I believe that was the understanding that we were trying to vote on that to be of the 100% 5% of the
100 Everything else is pretty much just a guesstimate right and I what the actual figures are going to be So yeah it's very strange because it all really is all just a guesstimate Um but there is a spreadsheet that the
uh mass.gov gov had under this EPA where they where they kind of give the estimates of what the search charge would be for each town what the state match would be for each town So I use that this year um to make up these numbers We'll see how accurate they are
We'll make sure we also say the percentages and that the the dollar amounts are a guesstimate um because we don't want to be held to the dollar amounts if they're not accurate Usually I think for many years past we
just did the 10 10 you know 1065 and five uh and I think that sufficed believe it or not I mean that's we ever put together a dollar amount with John suggested how much money we've gotten from the state
have that somewhere Yeah we on the latest uh revision of the brochure Yeah you're working on that Fantastic Well I can run in and get it and get it Great I want to say it was around $10 million
from the state Yeah it's quite a bit of money Pretty good I don't think that's including the interest that builds up right so possibly more Would be more Yeah that's what we've been given by the state plus the interest
Okay Review of mail I think we did a little bit of the review of the mail Um is there anything else Sabrina in our mail besides the art is there Am I missing something i don't know Do you know something that
I don't I don't think so I'm asking all I have in front of me is the agenda No it was just you are invited Okay Invite only Right Thank you I wouldn't want all the people listening in the public to uh be
on their way Okay And minutes for approval from February 19th There have a chance to look at the minutes I did make a move to accept them I'll
second All in favor i Chris Pratt I Dave Spina I Dennis I you have to do something I wasn't here but I could still vote I okay thank you Rick
other matters and I we had Jason on a little while ago asking about the new um application for the track uh if we would consider having a special meeting to discuss this you know I mean we did have a a deadline of expectation for April
2nd Um you know that would be a reasonable date to um be able to get this on for town meeting or any uh project on for town meeting The
um the project application through for the next for the next upcoming town meeting They're trying to push it through They're trying to get it on for that meeting Yes But I mean through I think that's Here's I guess here's the counter I
don't know either However if we don't um at least make an attempt to do so then we can't we won't be able to put it in for what they need to do until the following year They're trying to get the get it approved And I read the paperwork done for this summer so they
can have track ready for this fall And it's in pretty bad shape is what it looks like What jumps out to me is it looked like it was maintenance I mean yeah little maintenance So I don't think but I think what Rick is saying is if we decide one way or the other before then
then they can make a plan to uh do their work Um so I don't mind having another meeting to uh look at this
Um it's up you know I think we need to take a vote on it to see uh if we think this is viable or I shouldn't say viable but um if we should argue it's not maintenance
What's that John how can you argue that it's not maintenance i'm not arguing that but I think we need to give a decision on that if you know if that's what we're going to vote We're not voting on it tonight But I think if we do vote on it before the town meeting weigh in on this because we we're asking Stuart for his
opinion because it seemed pretty obvious to me It even says maintenance in the Yeah And so you know it's a 10-year proposition The warranty is only valid for one year which tells me something else too Um on the
repairs Um so it's you know it's something that we need to have on the agenda to really discuss further than this I think So I would like to propose that we do have a special meeting um to discuss this further and make a
decision on it a formal decision Um is there any date that anybody can or cannot make it or prefer to make it does anybody meet here on the 4th Wednesday of the month
what's the date april 30th No the 23rd The 23rd I have a Mic meeting The 23rd Okay So not the 23rd So it doesn't actually have since it's a special meeting it doesn't have to
actually be on a Wednesday Okay I can make it anytime Yeah I I can pretty much make it anytime as well Um except except on Fridays are tough If it's within the next two weeks I will
do my best to join remote I'm going to be I think they are asking to for it to be either this I would assume this coming week would be optimal Okay Yeah we want to get it in as soon as possible Jason's got his hand up Yeah Yeah
So can you guys hear me as soon as you guys can do it when everybody can get in that would be greatly appreciated I've heard the concerns about the maintenance Um it really is a capital improvement to this thing If you really look at everything if you know that's why I want
to get in front of you guys to to really present with the school um how I think this does qualify And then if you guys decide great you know that's what you guys are there for I just want to try and get this in front of you for a good thorough review Yeah I think that's fair
Jason we'll we will absolutely need someone that's representing the paperwork to come in and talk to us So Oh I I have every they know they need to be there with us So okay Super Thank you guys Second one second's open that
Tuesday Say the 22nd But next Tuesday we have the 21st Well some of us have the 21st off for Patriots Day Nice Do you want to do the
22nd want to make a motion to do the 22nd can everybody make a motion to have a special meeting on the 22nd of April okay That is next Tuesday Yep I cannot attend It was seconded Rick Herman
I press I mean I okay five eyes and one abstension so that's a meeting on next Tuesday 7:00 and Sabrina you'll have to check on
available rooms I believe I'm not sure if this room is available If not well we can go somewhere else right we can go down to our dungeon That's the 21st That's 7 o'clock 22nd 22nd I was assuming 7 o'clock I
didn't specify but I think seven you know it's our normal time That way we can keep it somewhat uh consistent I can let the applicant know and we'll have Yes When do I need to post the
agenda tomorrow Yes Right Tomorrow Oh yeah Yeah That's the only the only thing that's going to be we're not going to do these minute meetings or anything else That'll be the only thing It's a special meeting So I write in the title like special meeting Yep Special meeting for
the purpose of for the purpose really for the purpose of Sure Why not that way people know we're not discussing anything else All right Anybody else have anything else they would like to say this evening
the only thing um I know Norm's not here from the mic but Oh I don't know But anyway um in perspective of our lead and support priorities the good news is we only have one lead action So prioritizing it is pretty easy That's
one hire I think we can we can do that And as far as the support priorities go I don't know if we necessarily need to um prioritize those yet Those priorities I think are going to be set more by the league functions for those I chang
Yeah I think our job as community preservation is to look at those projects that come in that support those lead um actions uh action items So I mean I think it's more of anformational thing for us than it is a you know
giving up Yeah Theoretically the other lead organizations will ask for our assistance if they need our support And if they don't ask for assistance then we're pretty much good to go Yeah If anybody's curious what our lead action is Yeah What is it it is establish a
public housing trust fund to receive manage and administer community preservation act funds for housing projects including rental properties No kidding Wow Saw that We can have to play that and talk about that later I suppose
Okay Okay Anybody else anything hearing none Seeing no hands to second the motion
Chairman I mean I pass Unanimous Unanimous Okay Good night everyone Thank you very much for coming and hopefully see most of you on Tuesday next Thank you Take care