23.225 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds to Downtown Affordable Housing Creation Project_Certified.pdfCity of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In City Council, January 19, 2023
Upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee
23.225 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds to Downtown Affordable Housing Creation Project
Ordered, that
WHEREAS, the Office of Planning and Sustainability submitted an application for
Community Preservation Act funding for the downtown affordable
housing creation project;
WHEREAS, CPA funds will be used to advance designs for climate resilient housing in
a central downtown location;
WHEREAS, CPA funds will be used as a match for an already-received $921,300
Municipal Vulnerability Program grant;
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2022, the Northampton Community Preservation
Committee, voted unanimously to recommend that $60,000 in Community
Preservation Act funds be used to support this project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED,
That $60,000 be appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to the
Downtown Affordable Housing Creation Project. And, that the grantee meets the
conditions approved by the Community Preservation Committee, the Mayor, and City
Council.
Specifically, $60,000 is allocated from the CPA Affordable Housing Reserve (account
#2344930-359933).