Georgetown Community Preservation

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GeorgetownCommunity Preservation
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• Every year, by law, Georgetown must appropriate
  or reserve a minimum of 10 of the fund annual
  moneys for each of the 3 core CPA categories.
  Those categories are

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CPA Core Categories

• Affordable Housing
• Creation, Renovation, and ADA Access
• Historic Preservation
• Restoration , Acquisition and Access
• Open Space
• Preservation and Protection
• Active Recreational Land

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• Once these reservations are made, the voters
  must decide whether to approve or reject the
  projects that the local Community Preservation
  Committee has recommended for that upcoming year.

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• This year the CPC in public meetings reviewed
  the suggested projects that were submitted. Out
  of them, the CPC has recommended eight.
• These eight were determined to be the most
  prudent expenditure of the CP monies for this
  year.

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Community Preservation Committee

• 2009
• Recommended
• Projects

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• Community Housing Category
• Roof replacement at Trestle Way
• 40,000

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Historic Preservation Category

• Town Hall Restoration and Rehabilitation
  Project

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Georgetown Memorial Town Hall

• Building has Historic Significance, circa 1904
• Preservation Restriction 1999
• Improvements Made 2001-2003

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Georgetown Memorial Town Hall2000-2003
Improvements

• HP Accessibility, including elevator
• New roof
• Interior Renovations
• Septic System
• Exterior painting

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Georgetown Memorial Town Hallcurrent needs, 2009

• Heating/Cooling System
• No central air. Use of window ac units damages
  windows and not efficient.
• Lack of dehumidification system causing
  deterioration of records
• Windows need upgrade
• 65 windows need complete overhaul
• Re-Paint exterior
• Exterior plan for lighting, parking, paving and
  landscaping
• Lightning Protection

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Georgetown Memorial Town HallThe Next Step(s)

• Develop a preservation master plan for all
  improvements
• Upgrade the HVAC system

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Georgetown Memorial Town HallWhy a Preservation
Master Plan?

• The plan will identify the needs and establish
  the plan for any improvements
• Preservation Restriction requires that any work
  be in compliance with the preservation agreement.

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Georgetown Memorial Town HallBenefits of the
Preservation Master Plan

• Provides for logical plan of care for the
  building
• The Plan will be a key ingredient in allowing the
  Town to apply for matching funds and other grants
  such as
• Mass. Preservation Projects Fund
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Other private foundations
• Grants from Preservation Massachusetts

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Historic Preservation Category

• Union Cemetery
• Gravestone Restoration
• (Phase 1)

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GHC Union Cemetery Gravestone Rehabilitation
Grant Request
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GHC Union Cemetery Gravestone Rehabilitation
Grant Request
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GHC Union Cemetery Gravestone Rehabilitation
Grant Request

• This CPA Grant will be used by the GHC to
  rehabilitate restore the most deteriorated,
  broken, toppled, or leaning gravestones in the
  oldest (1732-Mid 1800s) section of the Union
  Cemetery.
• Only those stones identified as most needful
  of this restorative work in the
  Gravestone/Monument Condition Assessment Report
  prepared for the GHC by the Fanin/Lehner
  Preservation Consultants will be done.

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GHC Union Cemetery Gravestone Rehabilitation
Grant Request
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GHC Union Cemetery Gravestone Rehabilitation
Grant Request
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GHC Union Cemetery Gravestone Rehabilitation
Grant Request
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Historic Preservation Category

• Historic School House
• 3

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GHC School House 3 Rehabilitation Restoration
Grant Request
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GHC School House 3 Rehabilitation Restoration
Grant Request

• This CPA Grant will be used by the GHC to do
  rehabilitation restoration work on the Towns
  last remaining single room school house. The
  funds will be used to
• Restore deteriorated windows
• Provide UV screening materials to help preserve
  internal archival documents other elements from
  damage due to that source

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GHC School House 3 Rehabilitation Restoration
Grant Request
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GHC School House 3 Rehabilitation Restoration
Grant Request
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GHC School House 3 Rehabilitation Restoration
Grant Request
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Historic Preservation Category

• Historic Shoe Shop
• Restoration

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GHS Shoe Shop Rehabilitation Grant Request
Historical Societys Brocklebank House Museum _at_
108 E. Main St
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GHS Shoe Shop Rehabilitation Grant Request

• This CPA Grant will be used by the GHS to
  restore rehabilitate their 1820s Shoe Shop so
  it can be used as a working exhibit at their
  Brocklebank Museum site to illustrate
• How these home based, or cottage industry type,
  shoe shops functioned and,
• The important role that these little shops played
  in the development of the Towns early shoe
  industry

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GHS Shoe Shop Rehabilitation Grant Request
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GHS Shoe Shop Rehabilitation Grant Request
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Open Space Category Projects
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Recreational Land Proposal

• Active Recreational
• East Main Street Land Purchases

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Recreational GreenwayEast Main Street Access
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This line shows the proposed Greenway corridor
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Newly acquired Active Rec parcels are shown in
brown
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2009 Focus Area
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Map 10 - Lot 8
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Map 10 Lot 4
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Recreational Land Proposal

• Conservation Restriction Endowment

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9A 8F Locus
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Recreational Land Proposal

• Pentucket and Rock Ponds Preservation

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2009 CPC Project Costs

• Housing Authority Suggestion 40,000
• Town Hall Preservation 130,000
• Historic Shoeshop Preservation 7,000
• Historic Schoolhouse Preservation 10,000
• Historic Gravestones Preservation 47,750
• Conservation Restriction Endowment 15,000
• Pentucket and Rock Ponds Preservation 15,000
• Active Recreational Purchase 144,000
• Total 408,750

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• That completes the presentation of the 2009 CP
  Committee Recommended Projects for this year.
• Immediately prior to Annual Town Meeting on May
  4th there will be a brief Special Town Meeting
  held. During this Special Town meeting the voters
  will be asked to modify a CP appropriation that
  was approved last year.

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Murch Park Appropriation Status

• Original appropriation was 150,000
• Approved at the Annual Town Meeting of May 5th,
  2008 (Article 27-C)
• To date 53,900 has been spent.
• A result that is largely attributable to the
  excellent management of this project by the
  Highway Surveyor, Peter Durkee.

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Reappropriation Details

• The Maximum Estimated Cost To Complete Both Parks
  (H. Murch and the Veterans Green at Jackman and
  Warren) is 80,300
• The remaining 15,800 is to be immediately
  transferred to the Historical Reserve of the CP
  Fund

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Overview Of The Murch Park Project

• CONSISTS OF 2 PARTS
• Part 1 Rehabilitation Restoration
• of Murch Park Per The CPA
• Funded Master Plan
• Part 2 Rehabilitation of Fence At
• VFW Memorial Park

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THE GHC/GHD MURCH PARK REHAB PLAN
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Murch Park As It Currently ExistsFall-2008
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Steps Remaining To Complete Part 1 - Murch Rehab

• Remove Fence, Touch Up Landscaping Adjust Tree
  Supports
• Re-Install Existing WWI WWII Monuments US
  Flag
• Install New 5 Branch Of Service Flag Cluster
  Granite Benches
• Install New Path Lights Benches
• Re-Install Original Murch Park Marker

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THE MURCH PARK MONUMENT FLAG CLUSTER
ARRANGEMENT
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Part 2 Rehabilitation Of Fence At VFW Memorial
Park
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VFW Memorial Park-Summer 08
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View Of Fence To Be Replaced At VFW Memorial
Park-March 09
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• The Community Preservation Committee wishes to
  thank you for watching this presentation
• and urges all of the towns registered voters to
  attend the Annual Town Meeting on
• Monday, May 4th

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• Please visit us online for more details about the
  projects at
• www.georgetowncpc.com

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