The Community Preservation Committee generally meets on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 7:00pm in Room 101 of the Town Municipal Building, 195 Main Street. Notices for all meetings are posted at the Town Hall at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date. All meetings are open to the public.
Meetings
- Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 9, 7pm, Town Hall (Agenda)
Notices
The Maynard Community Preservation Committee is extending the deadline for submitting applications for Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to the end of September. CPA funds can be used for four kinds of projects.
- Community Housing projects that, for example, promote affordable housing, or modify existing homes to allow disabled and elderly persons to continue living in their home.
- Historic Preservation projects that, for example, protect, preserve, or restore historic structures, sites, or artifacts.
- Open Space projects that, for example, acquire land for open space, remove invasive plant species, or purchase conservation restrictions.
- Recreation projects that, for example, acquire land for recreational use, preserve existing athletic fields, or convert existing non-recreational structures and land to recreational use.
To date CPA funds have been used to restore Veteran’s Memorial Park, provide sprinkler systems to Crowe Park and to Alumni Field, preserve historic artifacts, and support design and acquisition for the Assabet River Rail trail, and other projects.
Informational booklets and application forms are available at the Town Clerk’s office and at the library.
About the Community Preservation Committee
The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) was formed in November 2006 after Maynard voters adopted the Community Preservation Act (CPA) at the 2006 Annual Town meeting in May and reaffirmed the adoption of the CPA in the town election which followed. The Community Preservation Committee is charged with studying the needs, possibilities and resources of Maynard regarding community preservation. Its members are representatives from other Maynard town boards or residents of the town.
The Community Preservation Committee oversees Maynard’s Community Preservation Fund, selects preservation projects and recommends selected projects to Town Meeting for funding. Preservation projects eligible for funding may include:
- acquiring and preserving land for open space
- acquiring, preserving and restoring historic resources, structures, artifacts and documents
- acquiring, preserving and developing land for passive and active recreation
- acquiring and developing community housing.
The CPC reviews project proposals received from other Town Boards, community groups and individuals. The CPC determines its annual priorities for project funding through careful review of existing development plans (e.g. 2006 Community Development and Implementation Committee Plan, 2006 Freedom’s Way Heritage Plan, Maynard’s Open Space Plan), through deliberations with other Town Boards, and through input from community members.
Preliminary projects selected for funding by the CPC are then brought to Maynard Town Meeting where a majority vote is required to approve expenditures from the Community Preservation Fund. (Amounts in the CPC fund are the result of a 1.5% property tax surcharge voted at the May 2006 Town Meeting, and matching state funds.) After approval of a project(s) by a Town Meeting vote, the Committee oversees expenditures of CPA funds by the project group sponsor, who is responsible for the implementation and completion of the approved project.
Click here to learn how to submit your proposals for CPA-funded projects.
CPC Members
| Name | Term |
| Doug Moore, Chairperson, Conservation Commission | 2012 |
| Open, member-at-large | 2012 |
| Rick Lefferts, Treasurer, member-at-large | 2012 |
| Jane Audrey-Neuhauser, Clerk, member-at-large | 2012 |
| Dave Griffin, Historical Commission | 2012 |
| Dave Hull, Housing Authority | 2012 |
| Mike Chambers, Recreation Commission | 2012 |
| Greg Price, Planning Board | |
| Unassigned, Capital Planning Committee |
Resources
- Community Preservation Plan (42 pages, pdf)
- Application Process, Guidelines, and Forms (43 pages, pdf)
