In Plymouth, Mike Tubin who chairs the Historic District Commission is named by that group to be their representative on the Community Preservation Committee, or CPC. This follows the resignation of Bill Fornaciari as the Historic District Commission’s representative on the CPC — a resignation that occurred two weeks after Fornaciari was named to replace CPC Chair Bill Keohan, who, after 20 years of service, was not reappointed to the CPC by the Select Board.
WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more….
At their meeting on the 10th, the Historic District Commission voted to have Mike Tubin represent them on the CPC. He says he’s been there before and the Commission took that into consideration:
“Our thoughts on the Historic District Commission was to have somebody that could hit the ground running and I’ve previously been on the Community Preservation Committee as the Historic District Commission representative several years.”
As the Historic District Commission representative Tubin hopes to…
“…capitalize on some possible historic applications, and hopefully we’ll see more of that as we’ve had some great applications with the Spire, Plymouth Center for the Arts and Town Hall Restoration as well.”
As noted in the Community Preservation Act statute the CPC must consist of one voting member from each of the following municipal committees:
Conservation Committee, Planning Board, Historical Commission, Housing Authority and Board of Park Commissioners.
The statute also allows each adopting community to create up to four additional at large members.
The CPC routinely evaluates applications for millions of dollars and this money is raised by a 1.5 percent surcharge on Plymouth property taxes plus additional state funds. The purpose it to advance the cause of affordable housing, historic preservation, open space and recreation.
The next meeting of CPC is July 25th.
In Plymouth, Bobbi Clark, WATD News.
