22.167 An Order to Appropriate $500,000 in CPA Funds for 10 Hawley Street Rehabilitation ProjectCity of Northampton
Massachusetts
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In City Council, September 1, 2022
Upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee
22.167 An Order to Appropriate $500,000 in CPA Funds for 10 Hawley Street Rehabilitation Project
Ordered, that
WHEREAS, O’Connell Hawley LLC submitted a CPA application for critical exterior repairs to the former St. John Cantius Church at 10 Hawley Street, as part of a larger adaptive reuse
project;
WHEREAS, the building is a contributing resource to the Pomeroy Terrace National Register Historic District, is important to the public for the enjoyment and appreciation of the City’s
architectural, cultural and historical heritage, and its preservation serves a critical public purpose;
WHEREAS, all work will conform to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, and will be in accordance with the recommendations of the Historic
Structures Report prepared for the structure under the guidance of a qualified preservation consultant to be retained for the duration of the CPA funded portion of the work;
WHEREAS, on August 24, 2022, the Northampton Community Preservation Committee voted unanimously to recommend that $500,000 in Community Preservation Act funds be used to support this
project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED,
That $500,000 be appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to O’Connell Hawley LLC for the 10 Hawley Street rehabilitation project. And, that the grantee meets the conditions
approved by the Community Preservation Committee, the Mayor, and City Council.
Specifically, $335,737 is appropriated from the CPA Historic Reserve (account #2344930-359932), and $164,263 is appropriated from the CPA Budgeted Reserve (account #2344930-359930).
Further, that the City of Northampton, acting by and through its Historical Commission, is authorized to acquire for historic preservation purposes in the public interest, an historic
preservation restriction, as defined in MGL Chapter 184, Section 31 of the General Laws on the above described premises, and that City Council hereby approves such historic preservation
restrictions.