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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Ad Hoc Community Preservation Act Study
Committee
Date: 2026-02-03 Time: 7:30 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Select Board Meeting Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session
Purpose: General Business Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Chair Joe Carnahan, Vice Chair Sarah Brukilacchio, Carlo Bacci, Kate
Kammer, Sandy Matathia, Martha Moore
Members - Not Present:
Margaret Donnelly -Moran, Advisory Member Katie Gallant
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jacquelyn LaVerde
Topics of Discussion:
This meeting was held In -person in the Select Board Meeting Room of Town Hall and
remotely via Zoom.
Call to order and Welcome
Chair Joe Carnahan called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm.
Public Comment
There was no comment from the public.
Prenarataon for Recommendation Presentation to the Select Board
Sarah Brukilacchio shared that she sent the presentation slides to Chase Mack of the
Community Preservation Coalition. He recommended some changes, as some of the projects
listed under Open Space and Historical were not eligible for CPA funds. The Study
Committee also discussed a Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund (MPPF) program
offering 50% matching funds for historical property restoration, with several properties in
Reading on the historical registry potentially eligible for CPA funding.
The Study Committee reviewed the slide presentation and agreed to minor content changes
including adding an appendix which will include a list of eligible projects, moving slides
relating to CPA's adoption interacting with an override to the appendix, and adding a slide
that lists the Study Committee's members at the beginning of the presentation.
Joe Carnahan and Sarah Brukilacchio then rehearsed the presentation with Study
Committee members providing discussion and feedback in preparation for next week's
Select Board meeting on February loth.
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The Study Committee agreed to meet again on February 2V at 7:30 pm, at which time
they will discuss feedback from the presentation to the Select Board and discuss outreach to
Town Meeting.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes: January 20, 2026
On a motion by Martha Moore, seconded by Sandy Matathia, the Ad Hoc
Community Preservation Act Study Committee voted 6-0 to approve the meeting
minutes of January 20, 2026, as written.
On a motion by Carlo Bacci, seconded by Sandy Matathia, the Ad Hoc Community
Preservation Act Study Committee voted 6-0 to adjourn at 9:05 pm.
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