Community Preservation Program

Committees & Meetings

Newton's Community Preservation Committee (CPC)

To learn about the CPC's duties and current members, scroll past the meeting schedule or click here.

Current CPC Meetings

Deadlines for requesting time or submitting materials for upcoming CPC agendas are listed on the 'Calendar' (top-left navigation). For links to full agendas & minutes, scroll down.

All meetings are open to the public. Time is set aside for public comment on items that the agenda identifies as "public hearings." The Chair has discretion about whether and when to accept public comments on other items.

Meeting locations are handicap accessible. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons requiring assistance. If you have a special need, please contact Newton ADA Coordinator Trisha Guditz at least 2 days in advance of the meeting at 617.796.1156, via email at tguditz@newtonma.gov or via TDD/TTY at 617.796.1089.

Recordings of recent past meetings are available on request, as *.mp3 files.

2013
5/9/2013	Agenda & Pre-Meeting Packet	Minutes
4/11/2013	Agenda & Pre-Meeting Packet	Minutes
3/14/2013	Agenda	Minutes
2/2013	The CPC did not meet in February 2013.
1/24/2013	Agenda	Minutes
For agendas & minutes from earlier CPC meetings, click on 'Past CPC Meetings' under 'Committees & Meetings' (top-left navigation).

Duties & Members of Newton's CPC

Under the Community Preservation Act, funds are granted through two steps:

the CPC recommends an amount of funding for a project

the local legislature votes to appropriate up to the recommended amount of funding (Newton's local legislature is its Board of Aldermen)

The CPC may not appropriate funds directly, but the legislature may not appropriate CP funds without a CPC recommendation. Click below to learn more about the work & members of Newton's CPC:

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Newton's CPA Ordinance - full text, including how CPC members are appointed and special requirements for historic City properties preserved with CP funds

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operating philosophy of Newton's CPC - includes duties under both the state CPA & Newton's ordinance

Newton's Community Preservation Committee
Leslie Burg, Chair		Planning and Development Board
Joel Feinberg, Vice Chair		Mayoral Appointee, Community Housing
Michael Clarke		Mayoral Appointee, Open Space
Donald Fishman		Parks and Recreation Commission
Dan Green		Conservation Commission
Nancy Grissom		Mayoral Appointee, Historic Resources
James Robertson		Mayoral Appointee, Recreation
Thomas Turner		Newton Housing Authority
vacant as of 1 July 2012		Newton Historical Commission
Members' Biographies

Newton's Board of Aldermen & Its Committees Click below to learn about the work of the Board and its committees on CPA proposals & projects:
•	Newton's Board of Aldermen - duties under the state CPA & Newton's ordinance
•	Board committees that review CPC recommendations - the full Board refers each CPC funding recommendation to two or more appropriate committees

Community Preservation Program

Committees & Meetings

Newton's Community Preservation Committee (CPC) To learn about the CPC's duties and current members, scroll past the meeting schedule or click here.

Current CPC Meetings

Duties & Members of Newton's CPC

Newton's Board of Aldermen & Its Committees

Newton's Community Preservation Committee (CPC)

To learn about the CPC's duties and current members, scroll past the meeting schedule or click here.