Present: Todd, Ann, Joel, Catya, Scott, Dave, San, Kai, Robyn, Lisa, Andey, Pascal, Zach, Joa, Emma

San. People described the best thing that had happened to them in the past month.

The minutes were presented and approved.

San.

Catya. This report will be added as a standing item to each meeting. After discussion, consensus was reached on the following proposal: Expenditures of group money over fifty dollars shall be approved by consensus at a general meeting unless the approval of every full and associate member is secured via telephone or email.

Consensus was reached on the following motion: To approve all meeting space and meeting childcare expenses indefinitely.

a. Professionals: Robyn. Robyn has been in contact with Ted Parker, developer of Pathways. Laura Finch, the architect of Pathways, and her partner will give us a tour of Pathways when we visit on May 7. We are also touring Pioneer Valley that day. Robyn is coordinating the tours that weekend, and Dave is coordinating the overnight stay for some people on Saturday night.

Robyn estimates Carter Scott has worked approximately ten hours for Mosaic Commons. After discussion, consensus was reached on the following motion: To Approve paying Carter Scott for two hours of his work at $80 per hour, for a total of $160. Todd has officially joined the professionals committee.

b. Land/building/site: Regarding Oak Tree developers and the mysterious West Concord site, Oak Tree wrote and told us they could not give us any information about the site unless we were hiring them as developers. Robyn wrote back with more questions and they have not responded. There is a sign up on Route 27 for 25 acres for sale in Sudbury. Joel is looking into a 47 acre-site in Berlin.

Retrofit in Bolton around Homeport? There are three houses adjacent to Homeport that will be for sale shortly.

1) North of Homeport: 2-bedroom, ~2,000 square foot house on ~9 acres of otherwise undeveloped land. Have no estimated cost.

2) South of Homeport: 2-3 bedroom plus huge master suite, ~3800 square feet or larger, 3-car garage, outbuilding and shed. Asking ~$460K, Dave says will probably take less if no realtor involved.

3) Across Berlin road (west of Homeport): We have less information about this house. It sold two years ago for ~$185K. There are photos of it on Dave’s website.

The group walked around and looked at these three houses, plus at Homeport, which has about four acres. There was discussion of ways to proceed. Dave will try to get a firm price on the lot to the north of Homeport, and Todd (probably with Catya) will speak with the town about possible ways to proceed.

[Changes that have come about via email since the last meeting: The Kutney family (Laura, Mike, Ryan, Serena) have dropped their membership level to "friend," as has Linda Zimmerman.]

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c. Coordinating: San. San and Robyn are the only people left on the committee, but we are low on members, so they will remain the only two for now. Catya has expressed interest in serving on the coordinating committee, and perhaps she will change over from the membership committee when it has more members.

d. Diversity/Affordability: Andey. No news to report.

e. Finance: Kai. Nothing to report. He is writing a sliding scale proposal.

f. Membership: Catya. After discussion, consensus was reached on using the brochure paper with the purple stripe. Costs are $25 for box of 100 sheets, ~$50 for ink cartridge and brochure stands. Consensus was reached to approve up to $100 for brochure costs. Any last-minute changes to the text should be given to Catya within the next three to four days. A new-member orientation will probably be scheduled for May, and the committee will try to get it advertised in various free papers.

g. Website: Dave has officially joined the website committee to help with on-line surveys, since Mike is no longer on the committee.

Next meeting: April 30 at Parmenter Health Services. Robyn will pick up the key, but since she won’t be there, someone needs to get it from Robyn before the meeting. Subsequent scheduled dates:

Sunday, May 7: tour of Pioneer Valley an Pathways

Sunday, May 21: general meeting.

Agenda items for the next meeting: Chris Scott-Hansen information, Bolton information (price on lot south of Homeport and information from town), continuation of sliding scale discussion, survey results on environment/conservation and residence preferences.