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20.039 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds for Beaver Brook Greenway Invasive Plant Control ProjectCity of Northampton MASSACHUSETTS In City Council, April 2, 2020 Upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee 20.039 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds for Beaver Brook Greenway Invasive Plant Control Project Ordered, that WHEREAS, the Broad Brook Coalition and Leeds Civic Association submitted an application for Community Preservation Act ‘Small Grant’ funding for priority invasive species removal within the Beaver Brook Greenway on Haydenville Road; WHEREAS, the project’s control and removal of invasive plants meets goals established by the Northampton Open Space Recreation and Multi-Use Trail Plan, and will promote native grassland habitat of rare and threatened species; WHEREAS, the applicants have used Community Preservation Act funding at the Greenway effectively in the past, creating interpretive trails and a wildlife blind, matching grant funding with many hours of volunteer labor; WHEREAS, on February 5, 2020, the Northampton Community Preservation Committee, voted unanimously to recommend $3,000 in Community Preservation Act funds be used to support this project. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED, That $3,000 be appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to the Beaver Brook Greenway Habitat Improvement Project. And, that the grantee meets the conditions approved by the Community Preservation Committee, the Mayor, and City Council. Specifically, $3,000 is appropriated from the CPA Budgeted Reserve (account #2344930-359930).