We have the minutes that Tori wrote up from Wednesday, June 11th. Everybody had a chance to take a look at them. >> Yep. >> Yeah. Um, anybody got any comments, questions?
If not, I'll entertain a motion to accept as written. Come on. So move. >> Thank you. Second. >> Second. All in favor of accepting the minutes as written say I. I.
>> I. >> Those oppose say nay. It's unanimous. Cool. On the agenda says we shall welcome the new members. Welcome Sarah. Mike is not here and we know what Monzerat's doing.
So, we'll do that at our next meeting. We'll move on. >> Can I just ask a question? >> Hey. >> Um, so am I a member or am I not a voting member just as a um representative from housing committee? >> You're a voting member.
>> Okay. Just checking. >> Yeah. Welcome back. You made it. Um, let's get into the request for funding for the center school patching repairs. Everybody have a chance to read what
Judy had written kind of the background. If not, Judy, you can summarize it, please. >> Well, I think it's been fairly general knowledge that the roof at the center
school is in very bad shape. It's slate, but it's not the good kind of slate that was on the town hall. It's a cheaper variety, and it's obviously 115
years old. Um, it's badly. There are places where the slates have just literally fallen off. And if you go inside and up in the attic, you can you can see sky in about
four or five places. There's only one where there's been actual damage inside. And it's not too terribly bad, but you can see water damage. And so the first thing about stabilizing the building has to be to patch that and
keep water out. And if that's done then then the building will will be will survive until we can do some major reconstruction on it stabilization.
the Garrett Barry, who is Keith's replacement, um has determined that this is his job to find a repair person, which is wonderful. And
he he reached out to Hawkins in South Deerfield. He says they're the roofing people around the best people. And I've talked to a couple other people who agree. Um, what he's just doing is patching. Uh,
this is I don't know what he's using. I don't know whether it's slate or not. The issue with the roof is that the slate is so fragile that there shouldn't be a lot of people up there tromping around. So, you need
somebody with a lift who can get up and do something. We can't use tarps because because one, you don't want to get up there and walk around and two, there's nothing to tie them to the way the roof is structured.
So, this is what Garrett described to me as a tarp expense level fix and it came in at 4,000 which seems quite reasonable. Um, Hawkins has a lift so he doesn't have to pay extra for that.
And As you know, the feasibility study was funded with CPA money to match to match the grant we had for the feasibility study. So, it is a CPA project. It this is a historic
preservation expenditure. And I would like to ask that that the committee vote $4,000 from the administrative expense fund to pay for this. Second. >> You said there was enough funding in the
historic bucket, right, Judy? I think you had in your email. >> It's not It's not the bucket. It's the administrative expense bucket. >> Yeah. And there's something like 9,000 a little over $9,000 there. So, so that's
>> and that 9,000 will last us until next fiscal year, right? When does that get replen? When's that get turned over? >> June 30th. >> June 30th. Okay. So, we'll be down to $5,000
from now to June 30th. Okay. Any other questions? >> Is that where like Tori's salary comes from or is that a different pot? >> Uh comes. That's where Tori Tori salary comes from.
>> What are the usual expenditure? >> Oh, I'm sorry. It doesn't. It doesn't. It comes from the town. >> Okay, good. >> She She works for the A, too. A committee. >> Okay. >> Yeah, they're paying her. We've already paid for the community
preservation coalition, >> but we haven't come near to using 5,000 for the last couple years. >> Okay. >> Which doesn't mean you couldn't have something right away, but um we haven't.
And this is really quite urgent. Okay. Anybody want to make a motion? >> I'll move. >> Okay. >> Am I allowed to? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Second.
>> Motion's been made and second that we use $4,000 out of our administration account to fund a the patching of the roof at the Whitley Center School.
All in favor say I. >> I. >> Hi. >> I think technically we have to do a roll call. >> Excuse me. >> Never mind. I >> think you're supposed to do a roll call if it's all Zoom, but >> Oh,
doesn't matter. Nobody will know. >> Well, roll call. Allan, yes. Judy, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. Andrew, >> yes. >> Hi.
>> All right. >> Thank you. >> Unanimous. The selectman tonight are talking about well MD which Mass Department of Agricultural Resources is asking the select board to
what's the word I want to use? >> Support. >> Support. Exactly. support uh APR being asked for for the Oeski property on River Road which is right across from Hurley Park. It abuts um
the Norse's APR and assuming that Golinsk's APR goes through is going to be abuting that too. When they ask for support, they're just asking the select board if they
in theory support an APR down there. They're not asking for the money. They understand that they need to send an application. The Oeskis needs to ask us for our share of the APR like normal. And
that happens in December. and it'll be voted on at the annual town meeting next spring, which actually will be next June, I think it is, when the town meetings are now. Anyways, MD is fully
aware of that. So, when you see anything about the selectman supporting this APR, they are supporting it in theory, not telling us that we're going to be using our money to spend on it.
I say that clearly enough. >> You did. I think for Monsura and maybe Sarah, there was a problem a couple years ago when when Brian was still here when we got first one of these requests to the
select board and MDAR at that point had assumed that support meant fun and the select board voted to support it on the theory. this sounds good to us. And then they got the bill fairly shortly after
that and totally out of cycle and it was a lot of confusion. So I'm glad Allan straightened it out. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Do you know how much do you know how much it is or have they gotten that far?
>> I do not. 33 33 acres. It'll be I imagine between 20 and $30,000. >> It might come before the concomand. So we might see it too if it comes up.
>> Eventually I just >> I think the back portion is wet. >> Mhm. >> Same as Golinskies. >> So we're looking at maybe three or four. How many just Norse Golinsky and Oeski or is there more possibly for next for
the annual town meeting? >> Norse is already Norse is already >> Norse is done. >> Norse, but Golinsk's I I'm expecting to see an application. And now this one I'm
expecting to see an application. So it should be two of them we'll be voting on in the spring or early Early spring >> is Golinsky's about the same size or a little bigger? >> Bigger.
>> Okay. >> Bigger. I bet you I maybe 50 acres. >> Is that north of Oeski? >> Yes, it is. >> Okay. >> Directly north. >> Yep. So that >> that's all in current agriculture, right, Alan? Being used. >> Yeah.
>> Yep. It has to be actually for an APR. >> Yeah. >> Has to have been farmed for five years, I think. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Anything else? We're going to meet next uh second
Wednesday in October, which is >> the 8th. >> 8th. >> Or you No, you said the you want to delay it, Alan. Right. to the 15th to the third Wednesday, right? >> Yeah. You said you wanted the 15th. >> That's right. That's right. We're going to the 15th
and forgotten. >> That's right. >> We'll send a reminder. We'll send out a reminder. But October 15th, we'll be getting together again at five o'clock on Zoom. >> Um, Monerette, if do you have a copy of the CPC plan?
>> I don't think I personally have one. >> Okay. >> It's up on the website, um, whitley.org. and download it. >> Okay, >> take a look at it and especially look at the housing section and it it'll show the CPC plan is something that we refer
to when the applications start coming in for funding. Um, there's a historical section, there's an open space section, there's a housing section, and underneath the housing section, you'll see what
housing committee at one point determined was their priorities as a committee or as a housing committee. Take a look at it and see if uh your committee wants to change it, wants to update it, or wants to leave it
the same. We're not going to change an update on on October, but we're going to talk about it. So, I do encourage everybody to have it in front of you so we can kind of go through it piece by piece uh in October.
Okay. And I'll let uh I'll let I'll let Mikear know so he can do the planning part. And >> he gets off easy, I think. I don't think it is the planning course.
>> Yeah, there's a planning part. The historical part which is Sarah. >> No, that's me. >> Is you? >> I used to be Sarah. >> Okay, I have nothing else. Anybody else? >> Nope. >> Nope. >> All right.
>> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. We'll see you soon. >> See you next month.