TOWN OF PROVINCETOWN
COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008
Chairman Elaine Anderson convened
the meeting at 9:11 a.m. in the Judge Welsh Meeting Room noting the following
attendees:
Members present:
Elaine Anderson, Bill Dougal, Celine Gandolfo, Bryan Green; Stephen Milkewicz
Absent member: Cass
Benson, Mona Anderson, Dennis Minsky
Other attendees: David
Gardner; Amy Lawson, Astrid Berg, Jack McMahon, AJ Alon
Recorder:
Amy Lawson
The
following are meeting minutes, in brief:
Due to
the lack of a quorum, Elaine Anderson concluded that there could be no official
meeting, and the committee would have a work session instead.
Jack
McMahon, a resident of Provincetown and the author of ATM Article 29 read a
prepared statement explaining his motivation and intention behind the article.
Celine
Gandolpho arrives at 9:20am and establishes a quorum.
Elaine
Anderson calls the public meeting to order at 9:21am
Jack McMahon continues to read his letter, which is followed up by a discussion of what is necessary to change the allocation of CPA funds. David will discuss the process with town counsel later in the week. Jack indicates that he has not discussed his article with the Historic Commission.
Astrid Berg clarifies her motivation behind the creation of article 30, which was primarily flexibility. She wants a 10-10-10 allocation for CPA funds, and the remaining 70% to be allocated as needed on a year-to-year basis. She indicates that she included the article at the last moment and plans on amending it at town meeting. She points out that her article is very similar to Jack’s, but his is written more thoroughly.
Elaine wonders if one article can be postponed to avoid confusion, since they are so similar. David Gardner indicates that one article will be chosen over the other.
The committee discusses debt service. Debt service will be the priority, and the allocation of CPA revenue will be secondary.
Articles 17 and 18 have been postponed.
MOTION: Move to support ATM Article 29.
Motion by: Brian Greene Seconded by: Bill Dougal Yea 4 Nay 0 Abstain 1
MOTION: Move to support ATM Article 30.
Motion by: Brian Greene Seconded by: Bill Dougal Yea 4 Nay 0 Abstain 1
Bill leaves at 10:40am, did not return. Due to the lack of quorum, the meeting is suspended and a work session is commenced.
Celine asks David for more details about the 90 Shank Painter land deal. David explains that the land is not given to developers, rather, use of the land is granted through the execution of a 99-year lease. Payment on the lease will be negotiated as part of the contract. Land use is provided to developers as an incentive and serves as subsidy for the housing.
David indicates that remediation has begun on the Shank Painter property and that the final Sandy Hill Lane payment has been disbursed.
The meeting will be reconvened on Friday at 4pm with a quorum in attendance.
Respectfully Submitted by
Amy Lawson
Housing Specialist