CPA Proposals FY2011

CPA Proposals FY2011
Community Preservation Act Committee FY 11 Report to Town Meeting, April 2010 (PDF)

Public Hearings for comment on FY2010 proposals were held on Thursday, February 18, 2010 and March 18, 2010.
List of Proposals Recommended to Annual Town Meeting
The CPA Committee anticipates making further recommendations to Fall Special Town Meeting for projects that were previously submitted but were not ready for recommendation this Spring.

Affordable Housing
Amherst Housing Authority Board of Commissioners - Capital Improvements to Existing Housing
Phase 1 Stanley, Jenks, Olympia, Market Hill, Bridge, and Fairfield - $350,000 in bond authorization
Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity, 4th home - $50,000

Historic Preservation
  • Amherst Historical Commission & Jones Library Board of Trustees - Total $247,368
  • Historic Preservation Capital Projects
  • Jones Library Slate Roof Restoration - $40,000
  • Exterior work at North Amherst Library - $12,000
  • Amherst History Museum rehabilitation - $45,000
  • Archival materials conservation/restoration
  • Town Clerk documents - $10,000
  • Special Collections - $10,000
  • Previously Obligated Funds - $66,900
  • 575 North East Street compensation (year 4 of 5) - $25,600
  • Town Hall masonry (year 2 of 10 revised financing) - $29,768
Open Space
  • Conservation Commission - Total $33,000
  • Appraisals & Surveys - $15,000
  • Land Conservation - $18,000
  • North Amherst
  • Szwacz (Meadow Street)
Open Space / Recreation
  • Amherst Leisure Services and Supplemental Education Commission - $36,643 bonding for $500,000
  • LSSE proposal for Land Acquisition - $500,000 in bond authorization
  • Previously Obligated Funds
  • Plum Brook Recreation Area (year 6 of 10) - $36,643
CPAC Administrative Expenses
Dues for Community Preservation Coalition, advertising for public hearings, etc. - $1,500

CPAC Reserves
Unspecified amount for funding future projects - $________

Withdrawn Proposals
Housing Partnership / Fair Housing Committee
  • University Drive - $150,000 reallocated from Mortgage Subsidy $750,000 over a 10-year period
Amherst Historical Commission
  • West Cemetery headstone & Monument restoration Phase 2 - $100,000
  • Emily Dickinson Museum rehabilitation - $50,000
  • Town Common historical research & survey - $25,000
  • HVAC Climate Control System for Special Collections - $30,000
  • Land Conservation
  • Stosz (Market Hill Road)
  • Cole (Route 116 West Street)
CPAC Report to Town Meeting April 2009 (PDF)
CPAC Minority Report to Town Meeting Spring 2009 (PDF)
Legal Opinion Plum Brook CPA (PDF)

Last updated 9/14/2010