6/28/2016 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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6 Community Preservation Committee Minutes June 28, 2016 Annual Article to Set Aside the 10% Reserves & Budgeted Reserve for Appropriation: Motion made by Mrs. Sherman to approve and recommend to the October 2016 Town Meeting, the annual CPA Article to set aside the 10% Reserves & the Budgeted Reserve for Appropriation for fiscal year 2017. Motion seconded by Ms. Waygan. VOTE: Unanimous. 7-0. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Halpern,yes Mrs. Buschenfeldt,yes Mr. Larkin,yes Mr. Lord,yes Mr. Shaw,yes Ms. Waygan,yes Mrs. Sherman,yes Opposed, none Littleford Property—Amended Article, Language Revisions: With regards to the acquisition of the Littleford property, an article approved by a vote of the May 2016 Town Meeting it has been determined that additional language revisions are required under the CPA as required by M.G.L., Chapter 40, §8C whereby the Board of Selectmen and/or the Conservation Commission would be authorized to acquire, by purchase, fee title to the subject property for open space and passive recreation purposes. And further, previous wording; with no conservation restriction would be removed from the article language. Motion made by Ms. Waygan to recommend the Board of Selectmen vote to take the Littleford parcel into their custody under the care of the Conservation Commission to satisfy the Community Preservation law. Motion seconded by Mrs. Buschenfeldt. VOTE: Unanimous. 7-0. *Motion Rescinded on 7114/16. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Halpern, yes Mrs. Buschenfeldt, yes Mr. Larkin, yes Mr. Lord, yes Mr. Shaw, yes Ms. Waygan, yes Mrs. Sherman, yes Opposed, none It was recommended that with future land acquisitions, the Community Preservation Committee make it known that a title search is required of the applicant by a professional lawyer, and further the applicant shall be notified verbally, within the CPA application and on the Town Meeting article of the sunset clause; a three-year time period for real estate acquisition awards which shall be instituted to supply title to the Town for Town Counsel's review and approval prior to said acquisition. With this action, the sunset clause would be introduced and made knowledgeable for transparency purposes. It was agreed that a ruling would be obtained from Town Counsel with respect to this regard.