Everybody have a chance to take a look at minutes from November 19th? >> Yeah, I have a couple comments and one question. It's an excellent job as as usual to um where it says APR
application review. I think it would be at the bottom of the first page. It's >> would be helpful to note the name of the farm, Olzooski, and the amount, which is I wrote it down on a separate piece of
paper that I didn't write. Um 11,000 something. >> Okay. >> And on a church window restoration, the concert I think it says the turnout was pleasant. I
think just the concert was pleasant. >> Okay. >> And then a question I don't I know we didn't have any questions or any concerns about the old project, but did we vote to send it to public to take it
to public hearing? >> What the >> the APR? >> No. >> No. And we really didn't we talked about it briefly, but I'm not sure. >> Okay. No, no.
So, you got those changes, Tori? Yeah. Okay. Well, may make a motion we accept the minutes as amended. >> Second. >> Motion's been made and second to accept the minutes from November 19th as
amended. All in favor say I. >> I. I oppose say nay. Unanimous. Cool. All right. We have three include Neil Schesky APR. We have three
projects in front of us. Two of them are APRs and one of them is a playground at the elementary school. Leoes APR, which we received last meeting, is for
$11,750. I'm not going to ask that we go over it tonight um because we you guys are just beginning first time you've seen the other two projects.
The second APR is at the Glunka Farm. Now, this one may need to be updated. We just found out or Doug just found out and uh three days ago or two days ago about this APR MD um contacted Peter
Kaine about it and Doug talked to Dunkas. There's land both in Wheatley and in uh Hatfield. 40% of it is in Weightley and 60% or so is in Hatfield. So what Doug did and I
think you'll understand when you start looking at it, he used the 40% of what the match will be and that's how he came up with the number of $8,100. This may change. >> Um
we're not sure what Hatfield's going to do. Not that it matters, but if there's a different appraisal for the land that's in Hatfield as opposed to the land that's in Wheatley, which Doug doesn't think will happen, but he needs to get that
answered. Usually when uh they do an appraisal, they do an appraisal of the piece of land, period. It doesn't matter what town it's in, so it may not change. Unfortunately, well, I'm not saying
unfortunately, but Hatfield Doug thinks doesn't uh won't be accepted applications until November of 26. So, we may be voting just a weekly
portion and we'll let Hatfield deal with the Hatfield portion. >> Yeah. It doesn't even have to be contingent on theirs. If they can put an APR on the weightly part, they may not want to. >> Would it have to be contingent? Because
if if our share is of the weightly part is $8,100, why can't we if we vote to do that? Why does it have to be contingent on half? >> That's what I that's what I tried to say. Maybe I wasn't clear. >> Oh, it doesn't need to be contingent.
That doesn't need to be contingent unless the Galancas don't want to do it on part of their property. >> Right. >> And we maybe should clarify that. >> Okay. Right. Because what could happen is they get
$8,100 from us and nothing from Hatfield. >> Yeah. >> And they know about the timetable. >> Of Hatfields. Yes. >> Yeah. Yes. >> Does Hatfield
qualify for the same 5% that we do as a match. >> I do not know. They according to Doug, they haven't had an APR in years and years and years and he wasn't sure. >> Again, we just found >> it doesn't matter because our part would be 5%.
>> Our part would be 5%. And it it may be a year before Hatfield. I I don't know how that's going to work out. I MD is not going to wait a year. >> Well, sometimes um
Franklin Land Trust has advanced money in the past. Um >> it might be that Castro would >> All right. Well, Doug's on top of it. He's actually the one who filled out the application.
>> He did a great job in a short period of time. >> He sure did. We got a lot of information together. >> He's getting good at this. >> As a side note, he is of the opinion that the ad commission should not be the
contact person or the person submitting the application. He thinks that the person getting the the APR, the person who owns the land should be submitting it with the help of the ad commission.
>> Yeah, I I don't disagree. >> Yeah, I don't either. It's just I I think the reason that the ad commission has been doing it is because Margaret Christie started doing it years and years ago and just kept on doing it. And
>> well, also in the early days, you know, once upon a time, it was hard for farmers to get things like the diagrams and the computer stuff that you need. >> Nowadays, it's a snap, but it wasn't then.
>> Okay. So, between now and January, let's take a look at this APR, both of the APRs, see if we have any questions, jot them down. um try to let me know ahead of time and if we want to have Doug or either
one of the land owners to come in to discuss anything. Okay. And then the third application is for revamping rehabilitating the playground at Whitley Elementary School.
I'm not sure what happened to the playground that Chris Williams was talking about down at Hurley Park. Go ahead, Sarah. >> That's what I wanted to ask. Um, is that one a separate one? And was there grant funding? And has there been any any
fundraising for? >> Not that I know of. >> Okay. So, they're asking us for the full amount of the playground. >> Yes. Yeah. >> And they also need to have the recreation committee endorse this
application. >> I wondered if they had tried for donations for wood chips. I I suspect the sand has to be a special quality kind that you just don't go to your local landscaper and ask for. But
>> can I ask a process question? H >> um when considering applications, do you ever have people come in to advocate for their application or is it just >> course? Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And I think in this case, we may want
somebody from the PTO to come in. >> And we can ask them why there hasn't been any fundraising. Uh we can ask them how how can they use wood chips when we heard from Chris Williams that you can't use wood chips. I'm a little confused
about that. >> Thought he was looking into some grants, too. I thought, wasn't he? >> Chris was. >> Yeah. >> Supposed to meet on December 3rd with somebody about a grant. >> Mhm. >> I sent him an email. I have not heard back. So,
obviously, there's no application. He was quite aware of that. I had to be in. It's a big number. $120,000. Marty, I think this is sort of preliminary review where we kind of air out initial questions
for the applicant so they can maybe be a little bit ready when they come in. fixed. Theoretically speaking, even if we funded this, we wouldn't have enough in the open space bucket where we have to go into the reserve.
>> Even if you funded like part of it, >> would it be open space or would it be recreation? >> Well, looking at the open space recreation bucket, what we have, >> if we have the two APRs, >> space,
>> so recreation comes out of open space. Oh >> yeah. So I mean with just the two APRs that pretty much take care of what the we have available. >> I'm just looking at that. It's a big chunk. Would it have to come out of the budget reserve? Even if it's not the full amount, I mean. >> Yeah. Well, that's that's what it's
there for. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> What are the wishes of the committee? Shall I talk to Miss Atlantic? Ask her to meet with us in January. Oh, the three questions I
have, one's not really a question is she needs to know that the rec committee needs to endorse this project. It's a recreation project. Um, >> then there's a time period, I think, within 30 days of
of submission. Yeah, I think they're >> 30 or 60 and anyway there is a time limit. >> Okay, another question is will there be any funds? Are they planning any fundraisers or
it's a PTO? That's what they do. They collect money to do things. >> How come they're not using any of it here? Maybe they're just wishing that we paid for the whole thing. I don't know. And the third thing question I add is about the use of wood
chips. >> Oh, good questions, Alan. Yeah. >> Along with the fundraising, maybe ask them if they've looked into grants being available or talked to the town about help with grants or locating grants.
You know, education, school grants are fairly abundant, I think, or used to be grants and donations either in kind or >> help laying stuff or >> Yeah,
>> it looks like they have assistance with removal and taking down and also that parents would be putting it together. So it looks like they have their labor, >> right? That's right. >> This is true. It's in kind donation. >> But if they don't Yeah. The the wood
chips bothers me too if they haven't even looked into up to-date specs of what's required. >> Right. I find it strange that someone's telling Chris that you have to use and I'm sure he was fighting it and he wanted to make
sure that this was true. >> Any other questions you like me ask Colette? again. I'll go over it again. I'll send her an email with these questions and ask her to come in at a January meeting
and we can talk about it. The questions are, again, it's not really a question that the recreation commission needs to endorse this project. Um, have they looked into grants, donations,
or any sort of funds from any other source to help offset the 120 that they're asking us for? And to I don't know what the word is, but the use of wood chips. Is that permissible
or do they have to use that rubber stuff that Chris was talking about? Have they looked into that? For sure. And if you have any other questions between now and January, let me know and I'll just send them to her. Your question, Judy, I see it on the the
application here. It's 60 days of submission for the proceed. Yeah. The Revalent Town Board Committee must endorse the project within 60 days of submission of the application for it to proceed through the funding. They have 60 days. >> Thank you.
>> I will let her know that. Thank you very much, Andy. >> Happens to catch it on the back of the page there. Okay. Anybody got any questions about any of the projects? I think the two APRs in my opinion are
quite have plenty of information, the information that we need to make a decision except for the questions we had about the Weightley Halffield deal. I don't think we need Doug to come in to explain anything.
If he can explain to me everything's cool with Hatfield or it's not cool with Hatfield. Again, what what Hatfield does really doesn't have much bearing on us. It may have bearing on
on the Clunkas and that's their decision if they want to continue forward or not. Okay, >> procedural because this is kind of new to me. So, can they if they're going to wait and depending
on MD, can they table us for a year until the Hatfield stuff if the stuff with MD is still open in a year to kind of align things? I'm not sure how long MDR
can go with the appraisal that they've made. I'm not sure when they made appraisals. >> I think maybe it's a year after a year they have to reappraise. >> I'm not sure that, but I think it's something like that. There is a time limit on the appraisal.
>> So, by stretching it out, they may have to go back and reappraise. So, I guess if if MD needs to do this now and they I don't know I know what you're
saying Sarah >> right whether we can just table our piece until those things settle up or if we have to go ahead and do halves well 40% sees >> right
>> okay >> well let's see what Hatfield decides to do the next yeah month or so and uh we'll go from there. All right, the CPC plan. Judy received the update from the recreation commission and she inserted it into the
plan and sent it to all of us. Monty, you had some updates on the housing part. Um, we are waiting for the American Community Survey to come out, which should be in the next week. >> Okay. >> And then I'm going to um rewrite our
part, check it with the housing committee, and then submit it to you. So, it'll probably be next meeting. >> Okay, that sounds great. I talked to Jess on Monday about getting updated numbers from Furcog as to the open space
um how much land's protected, how much land's permanently protected and so forth. Uh she has not heard back and she was going to send them an email and try to get them to move a little bit quicker. It's been a couple months now.
So as soon as we hear back from them, we can add that to the plan, too. Anybody got that on their minds? >> Yeah, I have one question from the housing trust. >> Yeah. >> Um, so it's our understanding that we um
need to report to the CPC every six months about how any funding that we got from CPC is being used in projects. And we're assuming that because we don't have a current project, we don't have to send you a report. Is that correct?
>> I would think you could report verbally that you're not using the money actively at the moment. >> Okay. I report verbally that we are not we're not using the money currently. And um we were also wondering um do you have a record of when the last report went in
so I could see it? So we could see it. >> There's never been one. >> There's never been one. Okay, that answers my question. >> No. Any other questions? I have some sad news. Tori is going to be leaving us here in next month or so.
>> The job has been posted um a couple weeks ago. And I guess there's been quite a few applicants, but nobody qualified quite yet. So, they're going to keep the job posting open. And I
would imagine we'll be doing interviews towards the end of this month or the beginning of next month. Tori has graciously offered to hang in there with us until we do have a replacement, which is awesome. >> Yeah, it's been fun working with you all
and getting to hear what's going on in the the town, especially as I get resettled into Weightley. But I have a full-time job now and it's just corporate life and taking up more time than I thought it was going to. So, I just got to switch my priorities for a little bit of time, but certainly we'll
keep an eye on the meeting minutes and maybe even attend a future meeting. Who knows? But as Alan said, I'll be here uh through the the transition, be able to hand off, you know, my processes to the next person, whoever that might be. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. We'll miss you. >> You spoiled us, Tori. Very spoiled. >> Glad to hear it. Any other questions, comments?
Can we wish everybody merry Christmas? >> Merry Christmas. >> Merry Christmas everybody. Happy New Year. Andy, when's our next meeting? >> I have the 14th is the second Wednesday on my calendar. >> All right. Everybody still comfortable doing it via
Zoom? >> Especially in January. What's that? >> Especially in January. >> Especially in January, right? >> All right. So, merry Christmas to all. We'll see you on the 14th. I'll send uh
Colette our questions and ask her to meet with us on the 14th also. >> Oh, can I ask one more question? >> Of course. >> Um I have housing committee that night at 6. Um is it is there a chance that this meeting will go over an hour?
>> No. Okay, great. >> A CPA meeting or CPC meeting going over an hour is doesn't happen very often at all. >> That That's the way I like my meetings. >> Okay. All right, guys. Take care. Night. Good
night.