11/03/2022 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes (2)

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Community Preservation Committee Minutes November 3, 2022 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS Status Ugdate on CPAµFunded Protects: PlanninDep�artment, Projwect: Evan Lehrer, Town Planner discussed the Housing, ProductionwPlan a $50,000 CPA project funded at the May 2022 Special Town Meeting. Mr. Lehrer indicated that a draft Request for Quote (RFQ) is anticipated to be issued within the next few weeks after Town Counsel's review. With approval, the project will go to bid, with contract execution planned in the spring of 2023. The duration of the project is approximately 9- 12 months. It is hopeful there would be robust community engagement in the process. Since the initial plan in 2015, the outcome of the new proposal would bring forth strategies identifying projects for affordable housing to include diversity while remaining sensitive with the environment and with water quality. The Affordable Housing Committee will assist in this project recommending its final adoption to the Select Board before it is submitted to DHCD. COMMUNICATIONS & CORRESPONDENCE Town Counsel Response to Open Meeting Law Comb laint:, The Community Preservation Committee reviewed communication received from Town Counsel Patrick J. Costello dated October 18, 2022 regarding the Open Meeting Law Complaint dated September 28, 2022 for informational purposes only. OLD BUSINESS CPC Subcommittee Report„on CPC Plan: The CPC Subcommittee charged with updating the CPC Plan held their first meeting on this date reviewing examples of Community Preservation Plans from other towns. This includes the following; Watertown, Easthampton, Manchester and Northfield. The Town of Mashpee Community Preservation Plan is anticipated to consist of the CPC history and purpose, financial details, projects completed to date, the application process, eligibility, the table of contents and appendixes which would allow this portion of the plan to be updated each year without altering the Plan each year.