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).