The Community Preservation Committee convened on January 17, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the Fall River City Council hearing room. The meeting commenced with a roll call, noting the remote attendance of Kristen Canara Olera and Joanne Bentley, and the in-person presence of Alexander Silva, John Brand, and Rick Mancini. Victor Ferris was absent, and several appointed seats remained vacant. The minutes from the November 20, 2023, meeting were unanimously approved by a 5-0 vote.
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uh welcome to the community preservation committee meeting being held at uh city council hearing room one government center Fall River uh it's 6:30 uh January 17 2024 uh meeting can be uh seen through Comcast cable TV 18 Facebook uh live stream
0:28um Pur soon to the open meeting laws any person make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advis that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and deemed knowledge and permissible um we'll start with roll call we'll start with uh we have two members on
0:52Zoom uh Chris would you like to start uh yeah Kristen canara olera attending remotely by Zoom Joanne Bentley attending remotely by Zoom Alexander Silva present John brand present Rick man cini present and we're missing Victor Ferris from the parks department and we're missing uh open seats on mayor app Point D and planning um and the city council Appo D too right and city council appointed yeah um okay um
1:30citizen input none none okay uh can I have a motion for approval of the minutes from November 20th 2023 yep I'll make a motion that we approve the minutes of November 20th of 2023 I'll second I'll second okay uh roll call we'll just work Christ can Oliver yes Jo Bentley yes Alexander Silva yes John Brent Yes Rick Mani yes okay next we have uh project assignments that we wanted to
2:05update um I'll just go down the list I think you have the list too right yeah okay everyone has the list all righty um we'll start with the follow of historical society Alex good yep do I do updates now or um no right we don't have a big meeting if you got any updates you know uh just the most recent update is in regards to their uh emergency grant for the platform for the
2:40HVAC system I believe that project is complete um and they plan on doing some hedging and and some uh vegetation to kind of hide the units from the street view too so yeah it looks like a big John sorry I don't mean to interrupt but I don't think we can discuss updates because on the uh agenda it just says project assignments it doesn't say anything about updates so I'd rather not do updates and so not to
3:08violate an open meeting law I thought we were going to talk about them this meeting okay okay it doesn't it doesn't say updates on there it just says project assignments all right I kind of read that as doing both but uh okay we'll just stick to the assignment and do updates next next time uh matoy you still I think that project's complete but yes okay officially complete uh Maritime uh Museum uh Rick
3:42you have that one still good yeah no that's complete okay uh article 97 yep I'll I'll keep that okay uh preserving water department documents I'll keep that okay Lafayette dery House that's me and you yep we'll both keep okay Central fire station is uh was you and I can go on with that yeah I think yeah go on that okay so Alex and Rick will do both the central fire
4:19station uh Dr Fisk house we have Carolyn so we need somebody new there I can take FIS house okay uh form B's uh for historical commission yeah I'll continue with that you continue yeah I'm handling that also on this on the outside okay uh School ad building we had uh Rick and me um the fire Museum the fire Museum we have Rick and me uh just you just you oh oh just me okay yep and
5:03um okay Rick's under School Administration building yeah me and you okay all righty uh the East Bay Bike Path uh that's under still on that yes uh Joanne you still have the Vietnam South wupa yep okay um Copa cut Reserve uh water supply Reservoir water supply Joan would you mind taking that one off my hands sure that's fine well you know excuse me Joanne would you mind if I uh
5:38did that I'm doing a lot with the bio reserve and and Mike laasia W with the fores and a lot of things so that's fine then it would just fit into one big package yeah that makes sense sure okay is that both of you or just you it had two people before okay well whichever you think is best probably just one is fine yeah uh the quick quicker Shan rail trail the
6:04500 feet I think that is done we had Richard is that all signed off Sandy not yet okay probably is I'll just put me do it until it's done okay well we had Alex and we had Richard and Rick oh sorry I didn't see you we have two there we did we did some we did some research on that trail and there's a few dollars left over and I I I think
6:32according to uh our CPC requirements we can put a bench out there because it'll be part of the trail okay all right the okay the Niagara bike path I have uh Rick and Alex yep okay the Southshore Kennedy uh overlook uh we have uh Rick on that one yep yes I've spoken to Al on that that's turn it into a big project it's going be really good yeah it looks nice the drawings are
7:11done yeah it's just a $4.8 million uh next we have the Notre Dame we have Chris on that one that's res sended yeah we don't have that one anymore sold so that one's done um andoch school we have uh Chris uh yep okay um preservation guidelines we have Chris that's done I believe that's done okay done the Art Association yep that's me Chris and R Rick okay fine The Pump Station engineer design we have Joanne yep
7:56okay um barnabus uh Blossom Workshop restoration again if you'd like I'll take that it's all part of the bio Reserve okay um Maplewood Park that's done right yeah they just twe yeah do we need someone assigned to it ass Joan would you like that one sure I'll do that okay yeah keep Vic on just as well just in case uh Father Kelly uh Park poles and lights we had Caroline somebody want to
8:40grab that one sure I'll take that okay yeah we'll keep both them on it yeah okay North burial ground we have Vic and me that's all almost done uh what typ of Rowing Club we have Richard but I think I took that over yeah I think so uh the St John's Baptist Church we had Caroline who I can take that yeah but I'm already on that so I can just
9:15stay with it that was you only two people yeah it was Carolyn and myself so I'll just stay on it it was pretty small okay okay oh yeah it was Caroline you um um North witha uh Pond seaw wall we have Joanne yep it's good and Alex so that's still good um Ander rock. Farms Ander Rock again that's all part of the bi Reserve okay do just add you on to it
9:49rick yeah yeah uh Oak Grove the Iron Stone iron and stone we have Joanne yes okay uh for Veteran Center we have uh Vic and Alex Alex yep okay uh the Joseph Francis green we have Chris that's isn't that done wasn't that done a while ago wait for the gate to be fixed right oh okay I thought they had signed off on it okay I'll read you out for library is that that was done
10:31okay so we'll just keep that cryst on that one do they have funds still 28,000 yeah uh the historic uh St an's church we have Chris and Richard and Al so keep it with just us too y yeah okay so that's uh updating all the projects assignments assignments um let's see next is uh scheduled funding hearing dates uh Sandy had booked the rooms at basically for the rest of the year um on the
11:13uh scheduled hearing we thought we'd do five projects and six projects the following week um now we have uh those dates are booked for us right now y is there a preference on what dates we want to do would it be crazy to try and do all of them in one one night it could be a little uh yeah probably just to because then it might run really long if
11:43people talk it's not as long as usual the list we have 11 so all right it's fine it's
11:55fine yeah I honestly think we could probably do it in one night but if you guys want to stretch it we can we probably could but I if they get lengthly you don't want to be here to you know can we we could have project updates on one of these meeting nights too oh yeah so the sixth or eth do we have a preference on which one we want to meet
12:22on and one if you want to Dober then inch okay okay so what uh you want to just either either's fine with me whatever dates you guys uh want to pick there is it the sixth or the eth or is the Sixth and eth those are four days we have the room book four okay so we can pick so we picking two out of these four two out of the four yeah
13:11and can I can I suggest Tuesday the 6th Thursday the 8th and then deliberation Tuesday the 13th I'm not available the 13th deliberation Monday the 12th yeah I'm not either on the 13th delber deliberation Monday that pretty much leaves just that deliberation Monday the 12th yeah okay so Tuesday Thursday the same week for the funding hearings deliberations the 12th Monday so they're
13:41literally all day different days of the week everybody so just get ready work for me all right okay so we'll have the the the hearings on the 6th and 8th and we'll deliberate on the 12th Okie doie
14:13yil the rest are all the third Monday right okay okie do um scoring March 18th meeting um
14:40okay so we'll we'll know what we're uh projects will be on the 18th for voting um okay uh we went over proposed CPC meetings we got the uh dates there um we did get in some uh um thank you letter from Historical Society uh we got some support letters in like you you got these in your package too right we got one from um just the thank you letter is
15:13basically the update I was going to give yeah except um we're getting money back from that um they didn't they used uh they used $18,988 53 of the awarded
15:37$236,300 more back yeah 12 how about that yeah y okay and the next letter for support was the on the uh Bristol County uh Commissioner's Office B Brian kitchen chairman um the uh historical Society gave a letter to the uh St John's the Baptist Church uh Tammy got a letter of support from uh a historical commission not Historical Society letter to the Baptist Church historical commission
16:13yeah let's see who else the super uh superintendent got a letter of support from uh the historical commission facility superintendent yeah oh and school superintendent they had in for two so they got two letters for their projects um and got a letter of a letter from the historical commission these will all be reviewed at the next yeah meeting too yeah thank you all righty um so that's not do we have any new business
16:59just project updates which I'll save for the agenda item right they're pretty some they're pretty old we haven't done them in a while I think I said last time so I think some are literally from 2022 at least my first
17:17one okay yeah we we might just want to have a project updates just thought we said that on the agenda just in case we want to because everyone's just like a recurring item have it on like every agenda if there's nothing that way because I know we I have an update uh so but we can just save it this way we can just talk about it because so people know what the money
17:45is being used for and we could tie up the projects that's a good idea all righty so with nothing else can I have a motion to adjourn I I do have one question I don't so I don't know if it's old business or new business but did you all receive an email this week from cotex regarding uh payment for the work that they've done at the fire museum museum fire Museum fire
18:15Museum that was on the U I did read that today uh okay we'll have to check on that
18:35yeah that that goes to the city so we don't get to sign off on until the city for the fire Museum you said that's your you want to just take care of it it's your projects yeah yeah I'll follow all right thank you yeah great thank you because I think that's been out for a while I I'm I'm trying to find the email here I think it said that they haven't I
19:09havea people yeah I was just I was just reading it today so yeah yeah okay um other than that everyone motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn the meeting I'll second roll call Christen canow Oliver yes Joan Bentley yes Alexander Silva yes John brt Yes Rick mancy yes