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File #: 26-0080    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Tabled
File created: 1/6/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/22/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting the appropriation of $480,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Budgeted Reserve to the Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development for continued preservation of 59 Cross Street.
Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -
Attachments: 1. CPC Final Funding Rec SHA4CD FY26, 2. Grace-Baptist-Church-SHA4CD-Exterior-Restoration-59-Cross-Street

Agenda Summary

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Requesting the appropriation of $480,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Budgeted Reserve to the Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development for continued preservation of 59 Cross Street.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $480,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Budgeted Reserve (Fund #3255) to the Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development (Org #32516) for continued preservation of their organization's building, the former Grace Baptist Church located at 59 Cross Street, as described in their FY26 funding application.

 

Details of this request are available in the attached funding recommendation from the Community Preservation Committee.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Jake Wilson, Mayor