20.011 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds to NHA for Hampshire Heights Playground
City of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
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In City Council, January 16, 2020
Upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee
20.011 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds to NHA for Hampshire Heights Playground
Ordered, that
WHEREAS, the Northampton Housing Authority submitted an application for
Community Preservation Act funding for playground creation at
Hampshire Heights;
WHEREAS, the Hampshire Heights development has never had a dedicated playground
space, and the majority of its residents are youth and children for whom
access to other playgrounds is limited;
WHEREAS, the project has wide support, including Hampshire Heights residents, the
Housing Partnership, and Healthy Hampshire, and will contribute to
positive health status of residents and enhance quality of life;
WHEREAS, CPA funds will be leveraged by additional grant funding and donated labor
and services;
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2019, the Northampton Community Preservation
Committee, voted unanimously to recommend that $200,000 in Community
Preservation Act funds be used to support this project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED,
That $200,000 be appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to the
Northampton Housing Authority for the Hampshire Heights Playground Project. And,
that the grantee meets the conditions approved by the Community Preservation
Committee, the Mayor, and City Council.
Specifically, $200,000 is appropriated from the CPA Undesignated Reserve (account
#2344930-359930)