Forbes Library Resolution to Mayor
April 3, 2008
Upon the recommendation of Mayor Clare Higgins and the Community Preservation
Committee.
BE IT ORDERED
WHEREAS, Forbes Library was constructed in the early 1890s and constitutes a central and
unique landmark of the city.
WHEREAS, The building serves a broad public purpose, as a library, as a repository of historic
documents, and as a center for community activities.
WHEREAS, Support of this project meets the goals of both the Sustainable Northampton Plan
and the Community Preservation Committee.
WHEREAS, On March 19, 2008, the Northampton Community Preservation Committee voted to
recommend $1,000,000 in Community Preservation Act funds be used to support this
project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED,
That $1,000,000 is appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to the Forbes
Library for the historic restoration and preservation of the Library. And, that the grantee
meets the conditions substantially approved by the Community Preservation Committee, the
Mayor, and City Council.
Specifically, the Community Preservation Committee requests that the City Treasurer, with
approval of the Mayor, is authorized to borrow $1,000,000, over four years, under M.G.L. c.
44, § 7, (3A) or any other enabling authority, and the debt repayment is appropriated from the
CPA Budgeted Reserve (account #2344930-359930).