CPA Proposals FY 16
New! FY 16 Proposals for Consideration at Fall Special Town Meeting
All files are in PDF format unless otherwise indicated.
CPAC Report to Town Meeting October 2015 for FY2016$500,000-$550,000 North Common Town Meeting approved $190,148 on 11/4/15
North Common CPA 2015 Proposal
North Common Presentation-Community Forum - June 23, 2015
North Common - CPA Response 8-25-2015
$276,960 Crocker Farm Preschool Playground Town Meeting approved $240,000 on 11/4/15
Preschool Playground at Crocker Elementary 2015 Proposal
Crocker Farm Preschool Playground - CPA response - 8-25-2015
Crocker Farm PreK CPA Response - 9-08-2015
Withdrawn Proposals
$250,000 Little Red Schoolhouse Move
Little Red Schoolhouse 2015 CPA Proposal
Little Red Schoolhouse - A Historic Treasure
Amherst Historical Commission Memo to LRSPC 2012
Brochure for Sylvester’s Building Movers
Little Red Schoolhouse - Wolfe Estimate
Schoolhouse Move Obstacles
Email from Carol Gray withdrawing the Little Red Schoolhouse request for funding, 9-8-2015
Letter from Jonathan Zimmerman
$500,000-800,000 Repair of Historic Features of Mill Street Bridge
Mill Street Bridge CPA Proposal
CPAC Questions and Answers - Vincent O’Connor
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CPAC Report to Town Meeting April 2015 for FY2016 (PDF)
Proposals Submitted to CPA Committee Seeking Recommendation for FY 16 Funding
- Estimated Funds available for all projects $2,115,130 as of 3/31/2015 (This amount is after FY16 debt service of $321,537 has been deducted and is based on estimates of local receipts & State matches yet to be collected. This estimate also includes remaining balance from FY15 and returned appropriations. See spreadsheets in CPA Report to Town Meeting FY16 for more details.)
- $321,537 - Previously Obligated Debt Service FY16 Total
- $520,096 - New Requests Total FY16
- $841,633 - Total FY16 Recommendations to 2015 Annual Town Meeting
Emailed Questions to CPA Applicants - FY16
FY 16 Proposals & Related Documents
The proposals listed below were all voted at the Spring 2015 Annual Town Meeting.
[proposal number is in brackets]
Previously Obligated Debt Service - $321,537
$ 25,566 Town Hall Masonry Debt (year 6 of 10)
$ 41,650 Amherst Housing Authority 22-unit rehab (year 4 of 10)
$ 58,375 Hawthorne Property 43% Housing, 57% Recreation (year 5 of 10)
$ 7,200 South East St Property (year 2 of 10)
$ 13,200 Amherst Housing Authority Preservation of units at Ann Whalen (year 2 of 10)
$175,546 Rolling Green Affordable Housing 41 units (year 1 of 10)
Affordable Housing Requests – $120,000
$ 25,000 Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund [7] original request was $50,000. CPAC voted $25,000.
HSC - Municipal Housing Trust Follow Up 2015-1-20
$95,000 Amherst Community Land Trust N. Pleasant St. Lot [8] request reduced from $114,600
Historical Preservation Requests – $90,000
Memo from the Historical Commission on FY16 Proposals - Malloy
$ 20,000 Sweetser Park Fountain Study [9]
Cost Estimate for Study - Malloy
$ 20,000 Amherst Historical Society Archaeological Study [10] request reduced from $25,000
Cost Estimate for Archaeological Study - Wald
Strong House Presentation (PDF) - AHA - Wald PowerPoint version (ppt external link)
$ 25,000 Painting Strong House [11] also see presentation above
$ 25,000 Goodwin Church Studies [13]
Letter of Support from Human Rights Committee - Radway
Letter of Support from Chair of the Human Rights Committee - Bascomb
Presentation to CPA Committee 2015-1-20
Open Space Requests – $130,995
$ 25,000 Appraisals, Surveys and Related Studies [2]
$105,995 Hall Property Acquisition [3]
Letters of Support updated 2/6/15
Conservation Presentation 2015-2-10 - Ziomek
Recreation Requests – $177,351
$ 50,000 North Amherst Field [5]
Presentation 2015-2-10 - Chalfant & Ziomek
North Amherst Field Responses to CPAC Questions - Chalfant
$127,351 Mill River Baseball Fields Reconstruction [6]
Amherst Baseball Presentation 2015-2-10 - Budington
Amherst Baseball, Inc. Memo on Priorities
CPAC Administrative Expenses – $1,750
$ 1,750 Community Preservation Coalition Dues, etc.
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Withdrawn Proposals
$ 50,000 Hoerle Farm APR 908 S. E St. [4] withdrawn by Mr. Ziomek
APR Presentation 2015-2-10 - Ziomek
$175,000 JCA Steeple Repair [12] withdrawn by JCA 2/6/15
JCA Addendum to CPA proposal, January 2015
JCA photo steeple with level
JCA photo from Main St - existing 1
JCA photo Street view from southeast
JCA photo top of steeple
Page last updated November 8, 2015