Community Preservation Act

The agenda also features MassDOT presentations on federal funding and the Cape Cod Bridges, plus an update on the Fall River Pleasant Street corridor study.

Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock, the Fall River Historical Commission reviews several requests for Community Preservation Act letters of support.

Those include funding requests for walkway replacements at Kennedy Park, elevator work at the Family Services Association on Rock Street, and building repairs for the Little Theater, Bethel AME Church, Christ the Rock Church, and First Congregational Church.

The Commission will also consider adding 403 Anawan Street to the city's significant structures list.

There is a property that the...

Community Preservation Act wants to gobble up right off of Tucker Road, not far from that division where the housing is set to go in.

So we can talk.

I'm on for Barry Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week.

But like the Wollaston Hill, when Zero Harriet Ave was contemplating being developed, it was the Neighborhood Association that stepped up.

And we, through the advocacy, got the city to acquire that through Community Preservation Act money.

when Wollaston Fire Station was threatened to be closed.

Oh, I remember well, yes.

The item was then laid on the table.

The committee then addressed two transfers of Community Preservation Act funds back to reserve accounts.

The first, item three, was a request to transfer one hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars from the CPA Community Housing Debt Service account to the CPA Community Housing Reserve.

Director Inacio explained that debt service allocations set during the budgeting process are trued up at the end of the fiscal year, and conservative initial estimates resulted in a surplus that is being returned to the reserve for future projects.

And, you know, I don't know if there's been any, I don't think there's been any legislation filed this past session on Prop 2.5, but I think, you know, I hope it's a conversation at some point that comes up.

I akin it back really quickly to the Community Preservation Act 25 years ago.

where that was filed for 15 years before it was enacted, and it changed over the years.

That's how it's supposed to work, but you have to start somewhere, and I think Prop 2 1⁄2 is clearly not working for every city and town, and I think trying to get engaged in that is important.