2009 Community Preservation Committee Proposals

Published November 6, 2008 | Community Preservation Committee | Automatically Archived on 4/13/2009

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The CPC will hold public hearings on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 and December 3, 2008 at 7:30 P.M. at the Lower Town Hall to discuss and receive public comments on the list of projects submitted for funding under the Community Preservation Act. All interested residents are encouraged to attend this meeting to learn about the new proposals.

Project proposals:

1. CSX Acquisition – $700,000 to acquire 1.4 mile former rail road corridor.

2. Rail Trail Concept Plan – $25,000 to create concept design plans for Bruce Freeman rail corridor.

3. 79 Lincoln Lane A; 79 Lincoln Lane B – $48,600 towards $400,000 purchase price of parcel.

4. Loring Parsonage – Exterior restoration of building. Price unknown at this time.

5. Town Clerk Document Preservation A; Town Clerk Document Preservation B – $165,175 for historic document preservation.

6. Historic Property Survey – $10,000 for phase 3 of Historic Property Survey.

7. Gravestone Restoration – $7,620 for gravestone restoration at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery and Old Town Cemetery

8. Hearse House Extension – Extension of time to complete project.

9. Housing Trust Allocation – Allocation of 10% CPA revenues for FY09 to Sudbury Housing Trust.

10. SHT Housing Buydown – $400,000 to fund the purchase of no less than 2 units of affordable housing.

11. Woods Walk Sanctuary – $600,000 to create 4 units of affordable housing and community accessible nature trail.

12. SHA Buydown Extension – Extension of time to expend funds.

13. GIS Mapping – $30,000 to fund creation of GIS data layers for wetlands, affordable housing, historic properties and recreational lands.

14. SVT Barn Ramp A; SVT Barn Ramp B – $38,000 for reconstruction of barn ramp.

15. Frost Farm House Restoration – $33,166 for restoration of Frost Farm House.

16. Cemetery Radar Survey – $20,000 to perform radar survey of historic cemeteries.

The proposals can be viewed and downloaded by clicking the above links, or copies can be obtained at the Planning and Community Development Department, 978-639-3387.

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Under the provisions of the Community Preservation Act (CPA), Sudbury established a Community Preservation Committee on 2002.

This Committee consists of 9 members, including a member designated from each of the following commissions or boards: Select Board, Conservation Commission, Historical Commission, Planning Board, Park and Recreation Commission, Finance Committee, and Housing Authority; and 2 members at large appointed by the Select Board.

The Duties of said Community Preservation Committee shall be to:

(1) Study the needs, possibilities, and resources of the Town regarding community preservation. The Committee shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the Conservation Commission, the Sudbury Historical Commission, the Planning Board, the Park and Recreation Commission, the Sudbury Housing Authority, or persons acting in those capacities or performing like duties, in conducting such studies. As part of its study, the Committee shall hold one or more public informational hearings on the needs, possibilities, and resources of the Town regarding community preservation possibilities and resources, notice of which shall be posted publicly and published for each of two weeks preceding a hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the town.

(2) Make recommendations to the legislative body for the acquisition, creation and preservation of open space; for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources; for the acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of land for recreational use; for the acquisition, creation, preservation and support of community housing; and for rehabilitation or restoration of open space and community housing that is acquired or created as provided in this section; provided, however, that funds expended pursuant to this chapter shall not be used for maintenance. With respect to community housing, the community preservation committee shall recommend, wherever possible, the reuse of existing buildings or construction of new buildings on previously developed sites. With respect to recreational use, the acquisition of artificial turf for athletic fields shall be prohibited.

(3) Community Preservation Committee may include in its recommendation to the Town Meeting a recommendation to set aside for later spending funds for specific purposes that are consistent with community preservation but for which sufficient revenues are not then available in the Community Preservation Fund to accomplish that specific purpose or to set aside for later spending funds for general purposes that are consistent with community preservation.