TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2006
Chairman Elaine Anderson convened
the meeting at 9:05 a.m. noting the following attendees:
Members present: Elaine Anderson, Chairman; Mona Anderson, Vice Chairman; Howard Burchman; Bill Dougal; Austin Knight; Stephen Milkewicz; Molly Perdue
[Molly Perdue replaces Nancy Jacobsen, representing the Housing Authority]
Absent Members: None
Other
Attendee: Keith Bergman, Town Manager
Recorder: Cynthia Curran
The following are meeting minutes, in
brief:
UPDATES
Keith Bergman reported on the results of
the Housing Summit. John Ryan has been
continuing his work with the working groups.
The next round of meetings will be in a week or two and information on
them will be posted on the Town’s web site.
There should be a plan of action by early December, so that warrants can
be ready for the spring town meeting.
Regarding the Cumberland Farms property,
the engineers are still in discussion about the cleanup. Mr. Bergman had nothing specific to report.
Mr. Bergman said that he will be
presenting the final deed restrictions for the Pilgrim Monument and
Provincetown Museum at the next BOS meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
OTHER
BUSINESS
Elaine Anderson raised the question of a warrant article for the special town meeting. It would request funds for consulting fees, since the amount that the CPC had been given has been spent. After some discussion it was decided to not request funds at this time since as much as $200,000 may be needed to implement the future plan of action from the housing summit. The committee decided it would be better to wait until they had more information. Keith Bergman said some funding could possibly be obtained without a warrant article from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Bill Dougal proposed a motion to state publicly what was expected from the working groups and John Ryan.
MOTION: Move to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that
it be assured that the Strategic Plan for Community Housing will be submitted
to the BOS by December 2006 by consultant John Ryan and include, at a minimum,
the following components:
1.
Total number of housing units to be created
2.
Specific locations where specified numbers of
units would be created
3.
Number of units by income eligibility
4.
Financing plan
5.
Government and management structure
6.
General by-laws and
zoning by-laws required to achieve plan
7.
Any other measures
necessary to implement plan
Motion by: Bill Dougal Seconded by:
Austin Knight Yea 7 Nay 0
The
committee members talked about the timing between when the plan would be ready
and the spring Town Meeting. Keith
Bergman said that John Ryan was very aware of the timetable. It was stated that community education would
be a very important part of the process.
Problems
of the business community were also discussed.
It is hard for the business community members to support affordable
housing when they are also dealing with high rents. The members discussed the link between economic development and
affordable housing. There is a working
group about this issue which needs more support. One idea was that affordable commercial rental units could be
developed within housing projects. It
was suggested that CPC members try to get more business people involved and
that perhaps the EDC could hold an economic development summit.
[Keith
Bergman left at 10:20.]
After
more discussion the committee asked Chairman Elaine Anderson to talk to the
chair of the EDC. It was suggested that
CPC members attend the EDC meeting the following day.
The
discussion then turned to the selling of Firehouse #2. Several members felt that it should not be
sold until the strategic plan was developed.
The property could possibly be turned into affordable housing. A motion was proposed.
MOTION: Move that the CPC oppose the sale of Firehouse #2
and any other Town-held property until such time as a community housing plan
and an economic development plan are in place and a recommendation can be made to
the BOS on the disposition of the properties.
Motion by: Bill Dougal Seconded by: Mona Anderson Yea 7 Nay 0
REVIEW OF MINUTES
MOTION: Move to
approve the CPC minutes of September 12, 2006 as written.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Mona
Anderson Yea 4 Nay 0 Abstain 3 (SM, HB, MP)
MOTION: Move to
approve the CPC minutes of September 21, 2006 as written.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Mona
Anderson Yea 6 Nay 0 Abstain 1 (MP)
MOTION: Move to
approve the CPC minutes of September 26, 2006 as written.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Steve Milkewicz Yea 4 Nay 0 Abstain 3 (MA,
HB, MP)
Next CPC
meeting is posted for October 24, 2006
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00.