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Vol. IV No. 6 3/15/2023

Notes from the follow-up Community Preservation Committee (CPC), March 3, Hybrid meeting

Present:

  • Sally Underwood-Miller, Chair
  • Tom Stokes
  • Patrick White
  • Gary Pitney
  • Linda Jackson
  • Jay Bikofsky
  • Carole Owens
  • Members from the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT)
  1. Minutes approved as written.
  2. Chesterwood requested $20,000 of total $115,000 needed to restore garden wall. Approved.
  3. Stockbridge Bowl Association of the $16,500 request for kiosk, clearl invasives and identify old growth trees in Bullard Woods, $11,500 approved.
  4. Stockbridge Land Trust — "up to $300,000 approved with balance dedicated to open space" approved. Owens made a plea to reword motion to grant "up to $300,000 to Stockbridge Land Trust with balance placed in an undesignated account rather than open space account so as not to tie CPC's hands. No action.
  5. Request from Pine Woods was not written by Pine Woods. Owner of property has to submit the proposal or append a letter agreeing to the work. Not considered.
  6. Affordable Housing Trust request for $50,000 for evaluation and condition report of Pine Woods. Approval contingent upon AHT getting written approval from Construct Inc.

Meeting adjourned.

Editor's Note: Only the property owner can grant access to property and approve changes to the property. In the case of Pine Woods, the owner is Construct, Inc., not the Town.

 

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