BB/BB Eligibility Form
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ELIGIBILITY
DETERMINATION FORM
The purpose of this form is to make sure that all project applications applying for Community
Preservation Act funding are eligible for funding. Please refer to Appendix-E in the
when filling out this form. This form must be approved in
order for an application to be accepted.
Project Title: Rehabilitation of a 6-acre Portion of the Beaver Brook/Broad Brook
Conservation Area
Project Sponsor/Organization: Broad Brook Coalition & Leeds Civic Association
Contact Name: Robert Zimmermann
Mailing Address: 549 North Farms Road, Florence, MA 01062
Daytime phone #: #:(413) 585-0405 Fax #: N/A
E-mail address: : raz@umass.edu
CPA Program Area (check those that apply):
X Open Space Historic Preservation
Community Housing X Recreation
Project Purpose (check those that apply):
Acquisition Creation Preservation
Support X Rehabilitation/Restoration
Project Summary: Please provide a brief description of the project.
Funding is requested to rehabilitate a 6-acre portion of the Beaver Broad/Broad Brook
Conservation Area between Haydenville Road (Rte 9) and the Beaver Brook for passive
recreation and wildlife viewing. Plans include (1) placement in the central area of picnic
table(s) and interpretive signboards describing the cultural and natural history of the
site; (2) establishment of low-impact trails to provide access to interesting features of
the site; (3) construction of a wildlife viewing blind near the Beaver Brook; (4) control of
non-native plants including bittersweet, Japanese knotweed numerous woody invasives;
and (5) brush-hogging of lightly vegetated areas to control growth of grass and shrubs.
For CPC Use Eligible: _____ Not Eligible: _____ Date: __________ Reviewer: ____________________