[MassHistPres] CPA funds for planning work?

[Marilyn Fifield]

Barnstable CPA funds have also been allocated for inventory update 
that is expected to proceed by Spring.

Marilyn Fifield
Barnstable Historical Commission
Barnstable Community Preservation Committee


At 10:29 AM 12/19/2007, Nancy Yeaw wrote:

>Chatham's recent work on inventory was funded by CPA money and we are
>applying for more to continue the work - we still have many house not
>researched.
>Nancy Yeaw, Chatham Historical Commission
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anne Forbes" <AnneForbes at verizon.net>
>To: "Peg Keller" <pkeller at northamptonma.gov>; "MHCListserve (E-mail)"
><masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 5:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] CPA funds for planning work?
>
>
> > 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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