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A. Applications. Applications for funding are submitted, reviewed, and recommended to Annual Town Meeting (ATM) on a once-per-year cycle, typically: (1) End of June: CPC notice seeking applications for funding. (2) End of September: application submittals due to CPC. (3) October through December: schedule and hold meetings with each applicant. (4) January: CPC votes to recommend projects to ATM. (5) February: CPC meeting with Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee to review recommended projects; ATM motions prepared, approved and submitted to the Town Administrator. (6) March: ATM motions finalized. (7) Late March/early April: ATM for final vote on recommended projects. B. Special Town Meeting (STM) applications. (1) Applicants needing to s...

In reviewing requests for funding, the Harvard Community Preservation Committee will consider evaluation criteria, including but limited to the following: A. The leveraging capability of the grant. Can it be used to attract other funds? B. The precedent setting capability of the grant. Will it serve as a model for other projects? C. The ability of the applicant to execute the grant. Is the project feasible and does the applicant have the skills and other resources to implement it? D. Does the application fit within the restrictions of the Community Preservation Act? Can the CP dollars make a difference? Will the funds have a significant impact? Are there other more appropriate sources of funding? E. Consistency with the Town Master Plan goals and ob...

The CPA funds three key community interests: historic preservation, affordable housing and open space and recreation needs. A. Historic preservation. Proposals that address as many of the following criteria possible will receive preference for funding: (1) Protect, preserve, enhance, restore and/or rehabilitate historic, cultural, architectural or archaeological resources of significance, especially those that are threatened. (2) Protect, preserve, enhance, restore and/or rehabilitate Town-owned properties with features or resources of historical significance. (3) Protect, preserve, enhance, restore and/or rehabilitate the historical function of a property or site. (4) Demonstrate a public benefit. (5) Ability to provide long-term protection for th...

A. Once approved by ATM, an applicant can submit invoices and request payment from the CPF based on the funding source and the timing of fund availability; note that funds approved by ATM from the next fiscal year's CP Fund cannot be disbursed prior to July 1. B. All requests for payment of invoices must be submitted by the applicant to the Finance Department at Town Hall, and must note account number, Town Meeting date, and warrant article number for proper accounting. C. If projects are not completed, and/or all invoices for that project are not submitted by the sunset date (if applicable), then an encumbrance form (available from the Finance Department) must be submitted to the Finance Department, with a copy to the Chairman of the CPC, prior to th...

In accordance with MGL c. 44B, § 13, the Committee shall keep a full account of all of its actions, including its recommendations and the action taken on them and records of all appropriations or expenditures made from the CPF. The Committee shall also keep records of any real property interests acquired, disposed of or improved by the Town upon its recommendations, including the names and addresses of the grantors or grantees and the nature of the consideration. All records and accounts shall be public record.

A. Committee reports. The Chairman or designee shall prepare the following documents of CPC activities: (1) CPC report for the Annual (Town) Report, to be submitted to the Town Administrator's Office no later than the first week of January. (2) Report of the CPC for the Annual Town Meeting Report to be submitted to the Town Administrator's office no later that the end of February. (3) CPC annual calendar. B. Town reports. The CPC is responsible for acknowledging the yearly CPF recap prepared by the Town Assessors Office on Bureau of Accounts Schedule A-4 form. This form recaps the actual total revenues and available funds for the prior FY and provides estimated total revenues and available funds for the following FY. Schedule 4-A is available in N...

A. The Committee will hold public informational hearings on the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town regarding community preservation possibilities and resources every five years or more frequently at the request of the Chairman to address the changing needs within the Town. B. Notice of informational hearings shall be posted in accordance with MGL c. 39, § 23B, and publicly and published in a newspaper of general circulation once in each of two successive weeks. The first such publication shall appear not less than 14 days before the day of the hearing, and a copy of the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the Town Hall for a period of not less than 14 days before the date of the hearing. The day of the hearing shall not be coun...

Any applicant who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Committee denying, denying in part or approving in part, a request for funding may seek reconsideration from the Committee. All reconsideration requests shall be made in writing to the CPC Chairman within 14 days of receiving the Committee's determination. Upon receipt of a request for reconsideration the Committee shall review the application as well as any additional information the applicant may provide at the next scheduled CPC meeting. The Committee may affirm, reverse or modify its decision. The Committee's reconsideration determination shall be in writing and shall be included in the Committee records. The Committee's decision shall be final.

These rules shall take effect upon filing in the office of the Town Clerk.

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Harvard as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.] GENERAL REFERENCES Operation of vehicles — See Ch. 107. Unregistered or junked vehicles — See Ch. 110. ATTACHMENTSAttachment 1 - Figure 1 - Driveway Construction Details

[Adopted 5-8-1937]

For the purpose of this article, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

EMERGENCY VEHICLE Vehicles of the Fire Department (Fire Patrol), police vehicles, ambulances and emergency vehicles of federal, state or municipal departments.

FUNERAL Any procession of mourners properly identified as such accompanying the remains of a human body.

LANE A longitudinal division of a roadway into a strip of sufficient width to accommodate the passage of a single line of vehicles.

OFFICER Any officer, any investigator, examiner or inspector of the Registry of Motor Vehicles, any constable or special officer, provided he has his badge of office displayed over his left breast and upon his outer garment.

OFFICIAL CURB MARKING That portion of a curbing the painting of which has been authorized by the Chief of Police and which has the written approval of the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

OFFICIAL STREET MARKING Any painted line, legend, marking or marker of any description painted or placed upon any way which purports to direct or regulate traffic and which has been authorized by the Chief of Police and which has the written approval of the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGN All signs, markings and devices, other than signals, not inconsistent with this article and which conform to the standards prescribed by the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of guiding, directing, warning, or regulating traffic.

OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL All signals conforming to the standards as prescribed by the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, not inconsistent with this article, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of directing or warning traffic.