ARTICLE
20:
To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Community Preservation Committee for the FY 2011 Community Preservation Projected
Receipts and act upon the recommendations of the Community Preservation
Committee and to set aside for
later expenditure, certain sums of money from the Community Preservation Fund established pursuant to Chapter 44B of the Massachusetts General
Laws, as follows: Estimated Surcharge Receipts (based on Town Treasurer’s projections): $248,370.00 State Match
(projected State match)…………………...……….………………..
$69,543.60
Total Projected Revenue…………………………………………………….$317,913.60
Set Aside- Open Space
$31,791.36 to be set aside, held
in the Community Preservation Fund, and spent in FY2011 or later years for acquisition, creation or preservation of open space, and for the rehabilitation
and/or restoration of open space acquired under the
Community Preservation Act.
Set Aside – Historic
Preservation
$31,791.36 to be set aside, held
in the Community Preservation Fund, and spent in FY2011 or later years for the acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic
resources.
Set Aside – Community
Housing
$31,791.36 to be set aside, held
in the Community Preservation Fund, and spent in FY2011 or later years for the creation, preservation and support of community
housing, and for the rehabilitation and/or restoration of community housing
acquired under the Community Preservation
Act.
Administrative Costs
– Community Preservation Committee
$15,895.68 to defray the administrative
and operating expenses of the Community Preservation Committee in FY2011 for the Community Preservation Fund (discretionary)
Set Aside - Discretionary
Reserved For CPF (General Unreserved
Fund) $ 206,643.84
FY 2009 Interest/Adjustments
To accept $17,704.00 of interest/adjustments
received in FY10 and to set aside 10% in each of the Historic, Open Space
and Housing Reserve Accounts and
70% to the General Reserve Account.
$ 1,770.40 Set Aside – Open
Space
$ 1,770.40 Set Aside – Community
Housing
$ 1,770.40 Set Aside – Historic
Preservation
$ 12,392.80 – CPF (Budgeted
Reserve/Discretionary)
, or take any other action relative
thereto.
Proposed by: COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
At Town Meeting
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Support
Summary:
These set asides are an annual requirement under the Community Preservation Act.
ARTICLE
21:
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $70,000 of which $33,561.76 from the CPA Housing Reserve Fund and $36,438.24 from the CPA
General Unreserved Fund, as requested by the Southborough Affordable Housing
Trust. Monies will be used for
the purchase and/or construction of new affordable housing in accordance with the Southborough Affordable Housing Trust rules and regulations, and
in compliance with the Community Preservation Act. Said funds to be expended under the direction of the Community Preservation
Committee, or take any other action thereto.
Proposed by: COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
At Town Meeting
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Support
Summary: Funds
from the CPA and from Southborough’s inclusionary zoning bylaw used in the flexible structure of the
Housing Trust Fund
will allow the Town to act quickly and creatively in meeting the Town’s affordable housing needs.
ARTICLE
22:
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $186,277.50 of which $33,561.76 from the Open Space Reserve Fund, and $152,715.74
from the CPA General Unreserved Fund, to be applied to the Chestnut Hill Bond for the
purpose of open space. Said funds
to be expended under the direction of the Community Preservation Committee; or take any other action thereto.
Proposed by: COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
At Town Meeting
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Support
Summary: This
article is the Community Preservation Fund’s portion of the annual payment of the bond funding for the preservation
of Chestnut Hill Farm.
ARTICLE
23:
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $50,000 of which $33,561.76 will derive from the Historical Reserve Fund, and $16,438.24
from the CPA General Unreserved Fund for preconstruction costs for the creation
of the Stony Brook Museum, for
the purpose of Historic Preservation, and authorize the Southborough Board of Selectmen to enter into a long term lease agreement with the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts upon terms and conditions and with any sublease arrangement that they determine appropriate to the Town, for the
Nichols House located at the Sudbury Reservoir #5 Dam. Said funds to be expended under the direction of the Community Preservation Committee,
or take any other
action thereto.
Proposed by: COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
At Town Meeting
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
At Town Meeting
Summary:
Russell Horne, member of the Southborough Historical Society is requesting the funds for the preconstruction
construction
cost and preliminary plans for the creation of the Stony Brook Museum on the property known as the Nichols House.
Once preliminary plans are created they will be used to apply for federal and state grants, for a 2.8 million dollar American
History Museum. It is believed that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will lease the property to the Town, and the
Town will sublease the building for a museum.
ARTICLE
24:
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $42,360 from the General Unreserved Fund for the proposed completing the Southborough Triangle
Park, for the purpose of recreation. Said funds to be expended under the direction of the Community Preservation Committee; or take any other action
thereto.
Proposed by: COMMUNITY
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Board of Selectmen Recommendation:
At Town Meeting
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
Support
Summary: Monies will be used
to complete the landscaping and plantings for the Triangle Park.
