CPC Minutes

Truro Community Preservation Committee

                    Minutes of Meeting of May 18, 2018                       

Truro Town Hall

Present: Co-Chair Deborah McCutcheon, Co-Chair Mary Rose; Maureen Cronin, Richard Larkin, Rex McKinsey, Bonnie Sollog

Regrets: Robert Lowe, Peter Herridge, Jane Petterson

Co-Chair Deborah McCutcheon called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m.

Minutes of 2/9/18 and 4/6/18

Rex McKinsey moved to approve the minutes of February 9, 2018.  Richard Larkin seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.

Richard Larkin moved to approve the minutes of April 6, 2018.  Mary Rose seconded, and the motion carried 5-0-1.

Assignment of Monitors for Projects

Deborah McCutcheon will assign monitors after members request their preferences to Mary Rogers.  Deborah McCutcheon and Rex McKinsey both expressed interest in the Payomet circus rigging project.  Richard Larkin said he would like to continue with Consultancy and Edgewood Farm.

Letters & Agreements

Deborah McCutcheon and Mary Rogers will prepare the letters and agreements to send to the grant recipients.   

Existing Project Concerns/Updates

Maureen Cronin reported on Habitat drywall and decks.  They are on target to finish the three houses in August.  Cape Cod Village had sent an update of progress on their Orleans site.  The Summer Concerts are now being held at the Library yard, so CPC members wanted to know about the Community Preservation funds allotted to the Snow’s Park/Town Green project.  Rex McKinsey gave an update on Puma Park’s reopening.   He commented on the safety issues at both Puma Park and Snow’s Park, which he considered as a possible location for the Summer Concerts.  CPC members discussed communications between the Administration and townspeople about CPA projects that have been approved at Town Meeting but later abandoned by the Town. 

Discussion of State CPA Trust Fund Efforts

The Community Preservation Coalition urged committees to contact State Representatives to vote to adequately budget for the Community Preservation Trust Fund to ensure a state match better than 11% next year.  Mary Rogers said she had contacted Representative Sarah Peake, who promised to co-sponsor the bill. 

Picnic Plans

The Committee made plans for a Saturday, July 14th Picnic at 2 p.m. at Deborah McCutcheon’s.

Invitation from the Historical Society

The Historical Society has invited the CPC to a thank-you cocktail hour at the Highland House Museum on June 1 at 5 p.m.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 5:08 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Rogers,

CPC Administrative Consultant