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2026 Annual Town Meeting, Town of Arlington, MA
Article: 77
Warrant Article Title:
APPROPRIATION / COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND
Warrant Article Text:
To see if the Town will vote to make appropriations from the
Community Preservation Fund for eligible community preservation
projects; for community preservation reserve accounts for historic
preservation, open space and recreation, and affordable housing;
for Community Preservation Act Committee administrative
expenses or other eligible expenses; or take any action related
thereto.
Requested By:
the Community Preservation Act Committee
Report Excerpt:
There are three votes.
Vote 1 Comment: These transfers, taken immediately prior to the
CPA project appropriation votes that follow, ensure that the Town
complies with the state legal requirement to either appropriate or
reserve at least 10% of estimated annual CPA revenues (est.
$2,598,749) in each of the three CPA project areas.
Although these transferred funds are immediately recommended
for appropriation in their entirety in the next vote, this action
ensures that the Town maintains compliance should Town
Meeting reduce or reject the recommended appropriations, or
does not become retroactively out of compliance with state law
should any approved project not proceed as planned. (In such an
event, the reserved funds would remain in or be returned to the
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dedicated account for future appropriation in that CPA project
area.)
Vote 2 Comment: The CPAC recommends the CPA projects to
Town Meeting for FY2027 funding, having carefully vetted each
application for compliance with the CPA law, feasibility,
importance, cost justification, sustainability and other criteria.
Vote 3 Comment: The expenses are explained starting on page
5 of the CPAC Report.
[The Finance Committee] endorses the projects recommended by
the Community Preservation Act Committee. (13-3-1)
Vote Language:
1. That the Town take the following actions regarding dedicated
CPA project area reserves:
a. Transfer the sum of $259,875 from FY2027 Community
Preservation Fund revenues to a CPA Open Space and
Recreation Reserve account, for later Town Meeting
appropriation for open space and recreational land
purposes; and
b. Transfer the sum of $259,875 from FY2027 Community
Preservation Fund revenues to a CPA Historic Preservation
Reserve account for later Town Meeting appropriation for
historic preservation purposes; and
c. Transfer the sum of $259,875 from FY2027 Community
Preservation Fund revenues to a CPA Community Housing
Reserve account for later Town Meeting appropriation for
community housing purposes.
2. That the Town take the following actions to appropriate funds
for FY2027 CPA projects, with each project considered a
separate appropriation:
a. Appropriate the sum of $300,000 from the Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Cusack Terrace Fire
Alarm and Sprinkler Upgrade project for the preservation of
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community housing, subject to the condition that a grant
agreement between the Arlington Housing Authority and the
Town be executed, said funds to be expended under the
direction of the Arlington Housing Authority and the
Community Preservation Act Committee;
b. Appropriate the sum of $20,000 from the Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Homelessness
Prevention Funding project for the support of community
housing, subject to the condition that a grant agreement
between the Housing Corporation of Arlington and the Town
be executed, said funds to be expended under the direction
of the Housing Corporation of Arlington and the Community
Preservation Act Committee;
c. Appropriate the sum of $500,000 from the Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Emma’s Court project
for the creation of community housing, with $259,875 being
appropriated from the Community Housing Reserve Account
and $240,125 being appropriated from Community
Preservation Fund revenues, subject to the condition that a
grant agreement between the Housing Corporation of
Arlington and the Town be executed, said funds to be
expended under the direction of the Housing Corporation of
Arlington and the Community Preservation Act Committee;
d. Appropriate the sum of $750,000 from Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Crosby Courts
Renovation – Rehabilitation project for the rehabilitation of
recreational land, with $259,875 being appropriated from the
Open Space and Recreation Reserve Account and $490,125
being appropriated from Community Preservation Fund
revenues, said funds to be expended under the direction of
the Arlington Parks and Recreation Commission and the
Community Preservation Act Committee;
e. Appropriate the sum of $300,000 from Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Veterans Memorial Park
Renovation project for the rehabilitation of recreational land,
said funds to be expended under the direction of the
Veterans Services Division of the Department of Health and
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Human Services and the Community Preservation Act
Committee;
f. Appropriate the sum of $140,000 from Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Cooke’s Hollow
Preservation project for the preservation of open space, said
funds to be expended under the direction of the Department
of Planning and Community Development and the
Community Preservation Act Committee;
g. Appropriate the sum of $900,000 from the Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the Town Hall Building
Envelope Restoration – Design Phase project for the
preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic
resources, with $259,875 being appropriated from the
Historic Preservation Reserve Account and $640,125 being
appropriated from Community Preservation Fund revenues,
said funds to be expended under the direction of the Town
and the Community Preservation Act Committee;
h. Appropriate the sum of $47,500 from the Community
Preservation Fund revenues for the 2026-2027 Historical
Society Digitization project for the preservation of historic
resources, subject to the condition that a grant agreement
between the Arlington Historical Society and the Town be
executed, said funds to be expended under the direction of
the Arlington Historical Society and the Community
Preservation Act Committee.
3. That the Town take the following action regarding
administrative expenses:
a. Appropriate $93,000 from FY2027 Community Preservation
Fund revenues to the CPA Administrative Expenses account
for eligible FY2027 administrative expenses, such funds to
be expended under the direction of the Community
Preservation Act Committee.
Finance Committee Report
Community Preservation Act Committee Report
