Article 23: To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Community Preservation Committee
for the FY 2009 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 General Laws as follows:
Estimated Surcharge Receipts (based on Town Treasurer’s projections): $236,712.00
State Match (based on actual surcharge receipts)………………………...
$138,562.00
Total Revenue……....…………………………................................................
$375,274.00
Set Aside -Open Space
$37,527.40 to be set aside, held in the Community Preservation Fund, and spent in FY2009 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
$37,527.40 to be set aside, held in the Community Preservation Fund, and spent in FY2009 or later years for the acquisition,
preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic resources.
Set Aside - Community Housing
$37,527.40 to be set aside, held in the Community Preservation Fund, and spent in FY2009 or later years for the creation,
preservation and support of community housing, and for the rehabilitation and/or restoration of community housing required
under the Community Preservation Act.
Administrative Costs - Community Preservation Committee
$18,763.70 to defray the administrative and operating expenses of the Community Preservation Committee in FY2009 for the
Community Preservation Fund (discretionary).
Set Aside - Discretionary
Reserved for CPF (Discretionary) $243,928.10
FY2007 Interest/Adjustments
To accept $25,931.74 of interest/adjustments received in FY07 and to set aside 10% in each of the Historic, Open Space
and Housing Reserve Accounts and 70% to the General Reserve Account.
$2,593.17 Set Aside - Open Space
$2,593.17 Set Aside - Community Housing
$2,593.17 Set Aside - Historic Preservation
$18,152.23 General Unreserved
Or take any other action relative thereto.
Proposed by: Community Preservation Committee
Board of Selectmen Recommendation: Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: Support
Summary: These set asides are an annual requirement under the Community Preservat6ion Act.
Article 24: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $90,000 of which $40,120.57 is from the CPA Housing
Reserve Fund and $49,879.43 is 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 thereon.
Proposed by: Community Preservation Committee
Board of Selectmen Recommendation: Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: Support
Summary: Funds from the CPA and from Southborough’s exclusionary zoning bylaw used in 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 25: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the amount of $6,000 from the CPA General Unreserved
Fund as requested by the Southborough Historical Commission. Monies will be used for application fees associated with adding
the South Union School to the National Register of Historic Places, for the purpose of Historic Preservation. 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: Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: At Town Meeting
Summary: Southborough Historical Commission is requesting funds for the South Union School (Arts Center
building) to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. Once the building is registered the town would be eligible
to apply for matching state funds to preserve the historic exterior of the building.
Article 26: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the amount of $128,593.00 of which, $91,212.14
is from the CPA Historic Fund and $37,380.86 is from the CPA General Unreserved Fund as requested by the Town of Southborough.
Monies will be used for the restoration of the South Union School for the purpose of historic preservation. 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: Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: Support
Summary: The Southborough Facilities Manager is requesting funds for historical restoration of the
exterior of South Union School
Article 27: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $27,015.00 from the CPA General Unreserved Fund
to fund Phase II of the Southborough Town Clerk’s project. Monies will be used for the preservation and microfilming
of historic town records; 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: Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: Support 6-0
Summary: Paul J. Berry, Town Clerk, who has presided over the Town’s records for many years,
will be responsible for this project in which public records will be preserved. Unless this is done important records will
continue to deteriorate under damp storage conditions and will eventually become illegible. This is the second year of funding
this project.
Article 28: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $50,000 from the CPA General Unreserved Fund for
preconstruction costs for the creation of the Stony Brook Museum for the purpose of Historic Preservation, contingent upon
the Southborough Board of Selectmen being authorized to enter into a long term lease agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
upon terms and conditions and with any sublease arrangements that they determine appropriate to the Town, for the Nichols
House located at the Sudbury Reservoir #5 Dam by December 31, 2008. 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 will lease the property to the Town and the Town
will sublease the building for a museum.
Article 29: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $111928.93 from the CPA General Unreserved Fund
for the proposed public park improvement for the “Cordaville Triangle Park” ($25,000 for the purpose of Historic
Preservation, the remaining funds for 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 Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: Support
Summary: MBTA Triangle Committee is requesting the funds for improvements to the Cordaville Triangle
Park (1/3 acre of land adjacent to the MBTA Commuter Rail Station.)
Article 30: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $177,534.00 of which $40,120.57 is from
the Open Space Reserve Fund, and $137,413.43 is 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: Support
Advisory Committee Recommendation: Support 5 Support 1 Not 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.