[MassHistPres] CPA funds for planning work?

[Anne Forbes]

Acton's recent historic properties survey update was funded with CPA money; 
our Town Counsel found the project easily eligible under the terms of the 
Act.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peg Keller" <pkeller at northamptonma.gov>
To: "MHCListserve (E-mail)" <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 5:28 PM
Subject: [MassHistPres] CPA funds for planning work?


> Hi/ our local Historical Commission was all excited to apply to CPA for 
> form B creation/updates and inventory work.. We are being told that this 
> not an eligible activity, except through the Community Preservation 
> Committee's admin. portion/  Is this true?  I thought as soon as the CPA 
> was being adopted across the state, the RFP's for planning work started 
> appearing on the listserv...I just assumed they were being funded by the 
> CPA/  am I mistaken? Having now re read the Act , I see that funds are for 
> historic resources are for project specific related expenses. If you all 
> have not been using the CPA for these activities,  how have you funded 
> this work? MHC's planning and survey grants?, then that leaves the 
> question of local match, which is a problem for us.
> thanks for any advice/  Peg Keller
>
> Peg Keller
> Housing and Community Development Planner
> Office of Planning and Development
> City of Northampton
> 210 Main Street   Northampton  MA 01060
> telephone:  413-587-1288
> fax:  413-587-1264
> pkeller at northamptonma.gov
>
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