Hamilton Community Preservation Act (CPA) Projects

According to the Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle , voters at a Town Meeting last week voted to appropriate $122,400 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding for the following projects:

1. Repaint Hamilton’s historic Town Hall - $33,000
2. Replace the front steps at Town Hall with granite steps - $28,000
3. Renovations to the historic town cemetery building - $13,000
4. To fund an ADA elevator study, environmental assessment, and space needs study for Town Hall - $38,000
5. Weaver Pond Nuisance Vegetation Control project - $9,400
6. New Historic District signs - $1,000
   

The Community Preservation Act is a state law that Hamilton has adopted, which allows the town to establish a fund, raised through a property tax surcharge of 2%, to support affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space and recreation. Any project that meets the requirements and is approved by Town Meeting voters will receive between a 5-50% match from the state. The article reports that, Hamilton received a 34.81% “match” for fiscal year 2009.

Read the entire Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle article.