[MassHistPres] CPA Experience

[Judy Markland]

John,
The CPA legislation still allows funding for any ""building,  structure, 
vessel  real  property, document or artifact that . . . .  has been 
determined by the local historic preservation commission to be significant 
in the history, archeology, architecture or culture of a city or town. 
"  This flow chart prepared by the Community Preservation Coalition 
describes the process of determining what historic preservation projects 
are eligible. (Getting a listing on the state register is considered to be 
preservation.) 
http://www.communitypreservation.org/enews/Historic_Flowchart.pdf

Presumably your commission feels that the items to be inventoried are 
worthy of listing and thus significant.  Once you vote them significant, 
they're eligible.   Can you appeal the decision?

Judy Markland
Whately


At 09:15 AM 4/4/2014, John Nove wrote:

>In addition to funding a successful graveyards restoration project over 
>the past three years, local Community Preservation Act funds have been 
>used by the Deerfield Historical Commission to create an inventory of the 
>Historical Resources of South Deerfield using the standard MHC inventory 
>forms. The project was planned to span three years, done with two local 
>part-time researchers/writers, and would hopefully lead to the submission 
>of a nomination of the area to the National Register. Last night our CPC 
>pulled the funding (roughly $35.K) on our third year. Their justification 
>was a change in the CPA law which once permitted use of funds on sites 
>eligible for listing in the State Register but now stipulates that sites 
>must already be in the Register (= one of the purposes of the inventory in 
>the first place ! ).
>I'm writing this as a heads-up but also wondering if other communities 
>have had similar experiences around this issue with their CPCs.
>
>John Nove
>Deerfield
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