City/Town Name | Description | Approval Date |
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Amherst | Jones Library Roof Restoration |
The 2009 Annual Town Meeting appropriated $15,000 to study the extent of leakage and needed repairs for the slate roof of the original sections of the Jones Library. The results of that study indicate that several different sections of the slate roof need repairs, and that the cost should be $40,000. Keeping the roof of this historic building sound and weather-tight is a basic historic preservation need. |
05/10/2010 |
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Amherst | Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project |
Pioneer Valley Habitat request for Community Preservation Act Funds to purchase construction materials needed to build the third home at the Stanley Street Amherst site. Community Preservation Act Funds are a very important element in the funding for Habitat homes |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Historic Register District Nomination -Dickinson District Expansion & new Amherst Depot District |
These funds would be used to expand the boundaries of the existing Dickinson NHR District in concert with the development of a local historic district there, and would pay for the development of a new NHR district related to the historic development of the Amherst Depot, and the industrial uses and adjacent residential neighborhoods that sprang up in response to the presence of the railroad. NHR districts provide properties with limited protections when state or federal funds are being used for a project, and such districts can also be protected by local regulations such as zoning or local historic districts. To reduce costs, this project would be Âbundled with other NHR district nomination projects already under development. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Historic Resource Inventory Phase II - Historic Barns & Outbuildings |
These FY10 funds would be used to supplement existing FY08 funds previously set aside to match a Massachusetts Historical Commission Survey & Planning grant to update and complete AmherstÂs Historic Resource Inventory, including tying it to the TownÂs GIS system. These specific funds would be used solely to research and inventory AmherstÂs surviving historic barns and outbuildings. Once identified, resources on the Inventory can be referenced in local protective regulations. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Town Tomb Door Replacement |
Replacement of the Âmodern steel Town Tomb door with a more appropriate period iron door would cost approximately $3,000Âthe original hinges survive and would be restored and reused. Resetting the new door would have to be done in coordination with reconstruction of the stone facing for the Tomb |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Dickinson Family Plot Fence |
for disassembly, transport, cleaning, powder-coating, painting, and re-installation of this iron fence. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Jones Library Special Collections |
There are ongoing problems with climate control in the three-room Special Collections section of the library. This project would appropriate $10,000 for a study of the HVAC needs of the Special Collections section alone, for development of bid specifications for an appropriate new climate control system for that section, and possibly for interim measures to allow for improved climate control prior to installation of a new system. Amherst invested in the conservation of historic documents housed at Special Collections for four (4) years. Making sure that the climate controls that protect those documents are working properly is an obvious and necessary investment. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Jones Lib roof study/bid specs & Emergency Repairs |
The roof on the historic sections of the Jones Library is leaking. Repairing the historic slate roof of a contributing structure in a National Historic Register District is more involved than undertaking a standard roof repair. This project would study the leakage, develop bid specifications for historically-appropriate roof repairs, and pay for emergency interim spot repairs, as needed. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project |
Pioneer Valley Habitat is requesting Community Preservation Act Funds to purchase construction materials needed to build the third home at the Stanley Street Amherst site. Community Preservation Act Funds are a very important element in the funding for Habitat homes. The cost of construction for the first home at this site was $125,000. Habitat raises the funds to build the homes as they are building. They sell the homes to the family for the cost of construction and provide a 20-30 year 0% mortgage. All mortgage payments are used by Habitat to help build more homes. An allocation to Habitat is not a onetime donation  it is a long-term investment that is continuously reinvested in meeting the housing needs of very low income families |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | West Cemetery |
One of several distinct projects described in the 1999 West Cemetery Preservation Plan, this involves preservation and restoration of the deteriorated ironwork fences around the Dickinson and Cutler family plots, and replacement of the iron door on the Town Tomb with a door more appropriate to the period of the tomb. The Historical Commission has received estimates from Amherst Welding for this work: |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | West Cemetery Town Tomb Restoration |
This project being undertaken in completion of the Preservation Plan involves the disassembly and reconstruction of the large cut stone slabs, columns, and pillars that constitute the south face of the 1855 Town Tomb, including the removal of the existing foundation and construction of a new foundation. A representative of Dorsey Memorials in Amherst who examined the stone wall facing of the tomb indicated that the stone panels are leaning and are in danger of coming down on their own. Funds previously appropriated for an engineering study of the tomb would be employed to examine the foundation and associated engineering issues. This restoration work would need to be done in concert with the replacement of the tomb door and should be accompanied by the associated landscape restoration. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Civil War Tablet Restoration and Preservation |
In 1893, the Grand Army of the RepublicÂa Civil War veterans organizationÂdonated to Amherst six (6) large marble tablets that displayed the names of over 300 men from Amherst and surrounding communities who had enlisted in the Union cause on AmherstÂs behalf. Among these were at least twenty-one (21) black soldiersÂfathers and sons, brothers, uncles and nephews who enlisted together and served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry or one of two cavalry regiments. The Civil War tablets were originally installed in Town Hall, with two tablets in the entry foyer off the Common, and the others on the walls of the landings in the northwest stair tower. During subsequent renovations of Town Hall, the tablets were relocated within the building, and then finally removed and stored. A number of attempts have been made to restore them or find them a new home. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Cutler Family Plot Fence |
This badly-deteriorated iron fence around the Cutler plot has fallen and many parts are missing. $10,000 will pay for: 1) research and design to determine extent and dimensions of a restored fence enclosure, and; 2) creation of patterns and casts from surviving posts, finials, balustrades, and top and bottom rails. |
05/11/2009 |
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Amherst | Johnson Property Conservation Restriction |
A 15 acre conservation restriction on a significant agricultural property adjacent to the Lawrence Swamp conservation area. Seller Betsey Johnson |
05/06/2009 |
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Amherst | Olendzki Property Fee Acquisition/Conservation Restriction |
A 26 acre old field habitat adjacent to Lawrence Swamp and high priority on the Amherst OSRP. Seller: Andrew Olendzki. 2 parcels. |
05/06/2009 |
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Amherst | Jones Library and Town Clerk archive restoration |
This $20,000 is part of a multi-year program that is conserving and restoring important historic Amherst documents kept by the Town ClerkÂs office and the Special Collections division of the Jones Library. Funds appropriated for this purpose to date will have been expended by the end of FY08 (June 30, 2008). |
05/14/2008 |
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Amherst | Tietjen Property |
Lawrence Swamp Complex - Amherst has worked for more than thirty years to protect over 600 acres of land in and around Lawrence Swamp in an effort to safeguard one of our critical drinking water sources. In the process, an extensive complex of public and private lands has been conserved in a mosaic of parcels that provide contiguous wildlife habitat and a working landscape for sustainable farming. The Tietjen land is one of the largest unprotected parcels remaining in this complex. Seller: Tietjen |
05/14/2008 |
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Amherst | Olympia Drive Comprehensive Permit Application |
In 1987, Town Meeting authorized the eminent domain taking of about 27 acres of land on the east end of Olympia Drive, of which about 13 acres were designated for affordable housing. Though the Town has an easement over the road upon which the property has frontage, the road itself is owned by the University of Massachusetts which significantly complicates development of the property under existing zoning requirements. The only way this property can be developed is by using Chapter 40B, the comprehensive permitting law. This state law allows development to proceed with suspension of the TownÂs Zoning Bylaw, though it still requires ZBA approval. There is a critical shortage of affordable housing in Amherst, both rental and homeownership opportunities for low-and moderate-income households. Amherst has owned this land since 1987 and the development of this land for affordable housing is long overdue. The envisioned housing development will be a mixed-income development with a minimum of 25% of the units available to households with incomes below 80% of the HUD defined median income. |
05/14/2008 |
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Amherst | Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project |
Habitat for Humanity has requested an additional $70,000 to fund the balance of the infrastructure and construction materials for Housing at Stanley Street on land donated by Amherst College. Habitat for Humanity originally requested $60,000 for this development but only received half of that amount as part of the TownÂs FY 08 CPA appropriations. The Housing Partnership/Fair Housing Committee is therefore recommending that Habitat for Humanity receive an additional $30,000 to honor their original request. |
05/14/2008 |
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Amherst | Benjamin Kimball House |
The $25,600 requested represents the second year of five years of payments to the Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR) in compensation for the release of APR property as part of a larger land swap that preserved the pre-1815 Federal brick farmhouse and its immediate surroundings. This payment is obligated under a binding agreement with the state previously authorized by Town Meeting |
05/14/2008 |
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Amherst | Town Hall Restoration Debt Authorization |
These funds will underwrite the cost (bond debt service) of restoring the exterior masonry of the 1889 Town Hall. |
11/07/2007 |
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Amherst | Town Hall Restoration Steps & Clock Tower |
These funds would pay for restoring the south steps and clock tower of the 1889 Town Hall |
11/07/2007 |
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Amherst | Town Tomb engineering study |
To pay for an analysis of the masonry portions of the Town Tomb, the development of cost estimates and bid specifications for resettling and securing those structural elements, and for installing a more secure and original Tomb door. |
06/18/2007 |
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Amherst | Supporting Fees for APRs, CRs, and land acquisitions |
Additional funds for Open Space supporting fees (appraisals and surveys) |
06/18/2007 |
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Amherst | On-hand administrative funds for historic preservation |
Funds to be used for the fees associated with the purchase of HPRs in times of historic preservation emergencies or other opportunities between town meetings. |
06/18/2007 |
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Amherst | W.D. Cowls APR |
To purchase an APR on a parcel of land in North Amherst, to add to a block of farmland already protected by APRs owned by Amherst and Hadley. Seller: W.D. Cowls |
06/18/2007 |
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Amherst | Jones Library and Town Clerk archive restoration |
For the third installment of the document restoration. Documents are being microfilmed prior to restoration and rebinding. |
06/18/2007 |
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Amherst | Interpretive Signs - East Village District |
For the design and installation of signs signaling vehicular entrances to the National Historic Register (NHR) District, as well as pedestrian signs interpreting a few selected buildings and sites within the NHR. |
06/18/2007 |
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Amherst | NHR Research and Nomination |
To fund the research and nomination necessary to expand the East Village NHR district, and for individual NHR nominations of outlying or isolated historic buildings. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Main Street Housing Project |
Additional appropriation to the Amherst Housing Authority to fund the Main Street affordable housing project. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | North/South Cemetery Survey |
To fund a survery of North and South Amherst Cemeteries, established in 1818. The survey includes: physical boundary survey using both traditional and GIS methods, inventory of existing burial info, and documentation of site conditions through photography and other means. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Supporting fees for HPRs |
To fund appraisals and surveys associated with acquiring historic preservation restrictions. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Conservation Restriction on parcel in Mt Holyoke Range |
To fund the acquisition of a conservation restriction, to be managed and controlled by the Amherst Conservation Commission. Seller: David N. and Phyllis H. Smith |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project |
Appropriation to the Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity/Amherst College affordable housing construction project, and to authorize the acceptance of an affordable housing restriction. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Keet House |
Monies appropriated to the Amherst Housing Authority to fund repairs to Keet House, and to authorize the acceptance of an affordable housing restriction. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Jones Library and Town Clerk archive restoration |
The second installment of the collaborative project bto restore and protect historical archives |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | North Pleasant Cemetery Entrance Survey and Design |
To fund survey and design work on the North Pleasant Cemetery entrance to provide pedestrian access to the cemetery given that planning will soon begin for capital streetscape improvements along the east of N Pleasant St. between Kellog St. and the Southern driveway of the Carriage Shops. |
06/07/2006 |
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Amherst | Supporting Fees for APRs, CRs, and land acquisitions |
To fund appraisals and surveys to support the purchase of agricultural preservation restrictions and conservation restrictions, and the acquisition of land. |
05/24/2006 |
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Amherst | North Amherst Farm APR |
For purchase of an APR on the North Amherst Community Farm, a parcel to be used for community agriculture, education, and preservation. |
06/23/2005 |
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Amherst | Plum Brook Athletic Fields |
Additional funds for soccer fields. |
06/20/2005 |
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Amherst | West Cemetery |
For restoration of the oldest headstones in the cemetery |
04/27/2005 |
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Amherst | Dickinson Museum |
To support research, planning, and design work necessary to begin the historically-appropriate restoration of the landscape of the Dickinson Museum properties. |
04/27/2005 |
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Amherst | Town Hall Masonry Restoration |
For engineering services related to masonry restoration at Town Hall. The actual restoration will be funded with Capital Plan Funds. |
04/27/2005 |
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Amherst | Jones Library and Town Clerk archive restoration |
A five-year collaborative project between the Special Collections of Jones Library and the Town ClerkÂs Office to restore and protect historic town archives. |
04/27/2005 |
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Amherst | Additional APR funding |
Additional funding for APR purchase first funded from 2004 funds. |
01/01/2004 |
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Amherst | Hart Farm APR |
For an APR on the Hart farm. Seller: Edward J. Hart and Mary Murphy |
10/27/2003 |
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Amherst | Strong House Chimney |
For chimney restoration at the historic Strong House. |
10/27/2003 |
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Amherst | Hess Farm APR |
For an agricultural preservation restriction (APR) on the Hess farm. Seller: Frederick and Linda Hess |
10/27/2003 |
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Amherst | Housing Trust Fund Study |
To study the options, organization, oversight and benefits of establishing a Housing Trust Fund |
10/27/2003 |
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Amherst | Middle Street property |
Middle Street property purchase. Also known as Westover Meadow Conservation Area. Map 23B lot 60 |
10/28/2002 |