By Elizabeth Hacala
The Community Preservation Committee met on January 24 to review their six-year plan and FY2020 recommendations for Annual Town Meeting.
The committee voted to approve the following projects for a final vote at Annual Town Meeting:
From FY2019 CPA funds:
- Bedford Housing Authority Life Management Program ($17,459)
From FY2020 CPA funds:
- Affordable Housing Consultant ($35,000)
- Bedford Housing Authority Life Management Program ($34,919)
- Lantern Lane Pedestrian Bridge ($165,280)
- Page Baseball Field Rehabilitation ($138,364)
- In addition, the committee voted funds for payment of each of the existing CPA bonds.
From the Historic Properties Preservation Fund:
- Old Town Hall Renovations and Rehabilitation ($452,000)
The committee voted town meeting to approve bonding for:
- Fawn Lake Dredging and Dam Replacement ($1,800,000)
The Lantern Lane, Fawn Lake, and Page Field projects had all appeared on the Capital Expenditure plan and were deemed to be Community Preservation Act fund eligible. The BHA Life Management Program was divided into two parts because their financial cycle was out of sync with the town budget cycle. After this year the appropriation requests should fall into a single fiscal year.
The Committee also voted unanimously to approve $4,350 from the previously appropriated CPC administration line item for Community Preservation Coalition dues.
Selectman Margot Fleischman said that the Coalition is continuing to work on ways of updating the Community Preservation Act to either increase the registry fee (CPA Trust fund revenues are derived from a surcharge placed on all real estate transactions at the state’s Registries of Deeds) or secure other funding. Committee member Robin Steele recommended inviting the Coalition back to update the committee once an at-large member is appointed.
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