City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 25-0055

• File #: 25-0055
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 1/6/2025
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 1/23/2025
• Final action: 2/24/2025
• Enactment date: 2/13/2025
• Enactment #: 218322
• Title: Requesting the appropriation of $172,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Historic Preservation Reserve to the Elizabeth Peabody House for exterior restoration of 277 Broadway.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, SPCD-Community Preservation
• Code sections: Appropriation/Budget -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/24/2025	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
2/13/2025	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
2/11/2025	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
1/23/2025	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting the appropriation of $172,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Historic Preservation Reserve to the Elizabeth Peabody House for exterior restoration of 277 Broadway.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council appropriate $172,000 from the Community Preservation Act Fund Historic Preservation Reserve to the Elizabeth Peabody House for continued restoration of its building at 277 Broadway. The appropriation will be allocated to the Historic Preservation CPA category (Fund # 3252).

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,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor