Community
Preservation Committee
The economy has begun to rebound
and the CPC finances remain consistent. The April 2010 Annual
Town Meeting voted to accept our
recommendations to appropriate from Community Preservation
Act (CPA) funds: $70,000 for the
Southborough Affordable Housing Trust; $186,277.50 as payment
Towards the bond for the Chestnut
Hill Farm Conservation Restriction; $50,000 for preconstruction costs for the creation of the Stony Brook Museum; $42,360 towards completion
of the Southborough Triangle Park; and $13,500 for a schematic architectural design to rehabilitate the Southborough Police Station.
This year saw the substantial
completion of the Southborough Triangle Park. Part of the Oral
History project is now ready for
publication. The affordable house on Parkerville Road is ready for a
lottery. The rehabilitation of
South Union School is also substantially complete.
This fall seven projects for CPA
funds were presented to the CPC for their consideration. One
was withdrawn early and another
not recommended. At their November 18, 2010, meeting, the CPC voted to recommend to the 2011 Annual Town Meeting that they grant: $21,000
towards the establishment of a National Register Historic District for the Southborough Village Center; $4,000 for a Beach Volleyball
Court
on Margaret Neary School grounds; $36,172.12 to the Southborough Affordable Housing Trust;
$133,000 for a Playground and
Splash Pad at South Union School; and $189,374.28 towards payment of the bond for the Chestnut Hill Farm Conservation Restriction.
The CPC regrets the resignations
of Dana Cunningham of the Planning Board, one of our original
members, and Tara Bayko from SHOPC.
We welcome Paul Cimino as the representative from the
Planning Board, Susan Chorey as
the representative from SHOPC, and the return of Joseph Hubley as the representative from the Historical
Commission.
