TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2006
Chairman Elaine Anderson convened
the meeting at 9:07 a.m. noting the following attendees:
Members present: Elaine Anderson, Chairman; Mona Anderson, Vice Chairman; A.J. Alon; Howard Burchman; Austin Knight; Molly Perdue
[A.J. Alon is a new member from the Housing Partnership.]
Absent Members: Bill Dougal; Stephen Milkewicz
Other
Attendee: Keith Bergman, Town Manager
Recorder: Cynthia Curran
The following are meeting minutes, in
brief:
UPDATES
Keith Bergman said that the BOS had met
with the Town counsel and engineers in executive session, but naturally he
could not report on what was said. Mr.
Bergman said that the Cumberland Farms project was about a month behind the
original timetable. The Town’s
attorneys are reviewing the proposal from CF about the cleanup of the
site. If the proposal is accepted, the
Town will negotiate a Purchase and Sale agreement. He hoped the P&S would be done by next month. The MHP would
then work on an RFP for development of the site. After the RFP’s were received they would know if additional
funding would be needed.
The PMPM deed restrictions are still
being handled by the attorneys.
[Keith Bergman left at 9:15]
Several members of the CPC had attended
the EDC meeting on October 11th and felt that their interaction has
been worthwhile. Several members also
discussed the working groups they are involved in.
Austin Knight said that his working
group has surveyed seventeen properties.
They are reviewing them to see how suitable they would be for
development. Town-owned properties
would be preferable due to the high cost of land here. Larger sites are also preferable to make
development more cost effective. Elaine
Anderson said that updates from the working groups are on the Town’s web
site.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
OTHER
BUSINESS
Some members expressed frustration at what the CPC has been able to accomplish so far. There was discussion about this and the Chair reviewed what they had in fact done. It was felt that when John Ryan’s final report of the Housing Summit working groups comes out, the CPC should take the leadership role in acting on the suggestions. The CPC has about four million dollars to spend over the next twenty years. Howard Burchman suggested that perhaps the CPC could give low-interest loans instead of grants, so they would continue to have funds. Other members liked this idea and the Chair asked Mr. Burchman to head a sub-committee to explore this idea and to talk to bankers and others to get more information.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANTS
The committee reviewed the warrants for the Special Town Meeting.
MOTION: Move to support Article 2 at the Special Town
Meeting.
Motion by: Austin Knight Seconded by: Mona Anderson Yea 6 Nay 0
The
CPC had already expressed its opposition to selling Firehouse #2 at this time
and therefore to approval of Article 5.
The Planning Board will have a public hearing on this on November 8th. Austin Knight will speak for the CPC on this
article at the town meeting.
The
discussion then turned to Article 12.
There were mixed opinions about the article. Some members felt that it would just level the playing with what
already happens with other properties when they are sold. The committee decided that they needed more
information in order to decide. Since
the next CPC meeting is scheduled on November 14th, they decided not
to adjourn the meeting today, and to meet briefly before the Town Meeting to
vote on the article.
Article
14 was discussed but the CPC decided it was not something they should give an
opinion on.
[Austin
Knight left at 10:45.]
REVIEW OF MINUTES
MOTION: Move to
approve the CPC minutes of October 10, 2006 as written.
Motion by: Molly Perdue Seconded by: Mona
Anderson Yea 4 Nay 0 Abstain 1 (AJA)
The CPC
will continue the meeting on November 13th before the Town Meeting.
The meeting was recessed at 10:50.