[MassHistPres] CPA oversight

[Harry LaCortiglia]

Mike,

The terms of the Grant Agreement should spell out the performance and 
milestones of the project.

Included should be the Sec. of Interior Standards mentioned below, as 
well as any other requirements of the Historical Commission. The Grant 
Agreement should also specify who will be responsible for determining 
that the various phases of the project are completed satisfactorily as 
to design specifications. (The Building Inspector of the community or an 
outside Inspection Service.)

Best,
H. LaCortiglia
Georgetown CPC


On 10/25/2020 10:59 AM, Gretchen Schuler wrote:
> No matter who is having oversight or which architects are involved, 
> the CPA requires that Historic Preservation Funds be used in 
> accordance with the _Secretary of Interior's Standards for the 
> Treatment of Historic Properties_. Definitely get that fact and the 
> standards out in front of the CPC, the project proponents and the public!
> Gretchen Schuler,
> Wayland HDC and CPC Chair
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 12:27 PM Roughan, Michael 
> <Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com <mailto:Michael.Roughan at hdrinc.com>> wrote:
>
>     The Town of Hopkinton has awarded a $400,000 Historic preservation
>     CPA (Community Preservation award) to a non-profit leasing town
>     property. The non-profit initially engaged a historic preservation
>     architect to document the work to be done on the property and by
>     doing so, gained the endorsement of the Historical Commission, but
>     now that the award has town approval they have substituted
>     architects to one that the Historical Commission has been critical
>     of in the past for not being historically sensitive.
>
>     Initially the Historical Commission expected to have oversight of
>     the work but we are being told that the use of CPA funds on town
>     owned property needs to have the oversight of a third party. Does
>     anyone have experience they can share about governance of CPA
>     expenditures with a non-profit that leases town property to be
>     improved with the CPA funds?
>
>     …..Mike
>
>     Michael Roughan,AIA, EDAC, LEED AP
>
>     /Chairman /
>
>     Hopkinton Historical Commission
>
>     18 Main St
>     Hopkinton, Ma. 01748
>     *M*+1.617.784.6463
>     Historychair at hopkintonma.gov <mailto:Historychair at hopkintonma.gov>
>
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