21.333 An Order to Appropriate 15,000 in CPA Funds to Hampshire and Hampden Canal Historical Documentation ProjectCity of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In City Council, October 7, 2021
Upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee
21.333 An Order to Appropriate $15,000 in CPA Funds to Hampshire and Hampden Canal
Historical Documentation Project
Ordered, that
WHEREAS, the Office of Planning and Sustainability submitted an application for
Community Preservation Act funding for documentation and preservation
of the Hampshire and Hampden portions of the New Haven and
Northampton Canal;
WHEREAS, the Canal is a significant historical and cultural resource, of which most
portions have been lost. The project will increase knowledge of the Canal
and related resources, and help to inform future preservation and
placemaking efforts;
WHEREAS, the project is a regional collaboration, supported by all communities in
which the Canal was located, and is the first to attempt to document the
canal in its entirety in Massachusetts;
WHEREAS, on August 4, 2021, the Northampton Community Preservation Committee,
voted unanimously to recommend that $15,000 in Community Preservation
Act funds be used to support this project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED,
That $15,000 be appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to the
Hampshire and Hampden Canal Historical Documentation Project. And, that the
grantee meets the conditions approved by the Community Preservation Committee, the
Mayor, and City Council.
Specifically, $15,000 is allocated from the CPA Historic Preservation Reserve (account
#2344930-359932).