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CCPC.11.07.13
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Town of Canton, Massachusetts COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Minutes of November 4, 2013 The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm at the Canton Public Library. Committee Members in attendance: Lopez, Comeau G., Comeau, J., Sundin, McSweeney, Panico, Alfano and Bogue. Absent: Golledge. Review and Approval of Minutes Motion was made by Jeremy Comeau and seconded Deb Sundin to approve the minutes of September 19th and October 3, 2013. VOTE: 7-0-0 (Kathy Fox Alfano joined the meeting at 7:15 pm.) Review Pre-Application project list and discuss project review timeline and scoring criteria The discussion centered on the basis upon which the CCPC will judge or rank projects. Faced with an abundance of projects, the Chairman presented the need to certainly rank projects for ultimate recommendation to Annual Town Meeting. A variety of criteria were discussed including, project readiness, community need, leveraging of additional monies, urgency and a variety of other project aspects. The Town of Hingham’s criteria was reviewed and discussed as a possible SWOT Analysis The CCPC performed an analysis on the Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities presented by the Community Preservation Plan draft. A one-page document will be presented at the next meeting for inclusion in the final Canton CPA Preservation Plan. Draft Tax Bill Insert The verbiage for the tax bill was discussed. The draft was generally accepted by the CCPC and sent onto Jim Murgia for his comments. The purpose of the language to be included in the annual tax bill is to provide the community with additional information on the CPA. CPA abatement FAQs & November 5 education session Jeremy Comeau, John McSweeney and Lisa Lopez attended a meeting on November 4th at the Council on Aging to assist answering questions by seniors and the abatement process.
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Update on CPA Administrator position The Board of Selectmen has approved the request under the Personnel Bylaw to add an administrator to the CCPA. The job description will be posted shortly and candidates will be vetted as they become available. A subcommittee of three (Lopez, Alfano & Comeau, G.) will meet the final candidates and recommend to the CCPC a candidate for ultimate recommendation to the Board of Selectmen. George Comeau will provide possible assessment tools for judging PowerPoint, Excel, Word and similar skills that will be needed to support the needs of the CCPC. Meeting Schedule A series of dates were presented at previous meetings. The CCPC has a need to amend the schedule for review of the submissions. Generally the first and third Mondays of the month seemed to work. A new schedule will be distributed shortly. Motion: to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 pm by George Comeau and seconded by Jeremy Comeau. VOTE: 8-0-0 The next meeting is scheduled for December 9, 2013. A true record. George T. Comeau, Esq., Clerk