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Town of Arlington, Massachusetts


Article 55
Warrant Article Title:

APPROPRIATION / MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM MATCH

Warrant Article Text:

To see if the Town will vote to apply for, accept and expend Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program (“MPLCP”) grant funds if approved, and vote to raise and appropriate or take from available funds the sum of $150,000 if said MPLCP grant is approved, said sum to be expended by the Town for library assessment, planning, feasibility and design; or take any action related thereto.

Requested by:

Inserted at the request of the Board of Library Trustees and the Library Director

Report Excerpt:

The Town is embarking on an analysis of a potential rebuild of the Fox Library. State grant monies are available for the assessment, planning and design phase of such a project, contingent on the Town first raising the sum of $150,000. The Library Trustees and Library Director have pledged to raise $75,000 from funds controlled by them; the Finance Committee recommends an appropriation of $75,000 from the general fund to match that amount. It is the intention of the Committee that the $75,000 be expended only if that sum is matched and only upon receipt of a grant of additional funds from the state.

Vote Language:

That the sum of $75,000 be and hereby is appropriated to be expended by the Town for library assessment, planning, feasibility and design of the Fox Library, said sum to be raised by the general tax and expended under the direction of the Town Manager contingent on both the raising of an additional $75,000 by the Board of Library Trustees and the receipt of a grant from the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program.

ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionTypeFile Name
FAQ and Supporting Materials, Anna LittenReference Material Art_55_FAQ_and_Supporting_Materials.pdf
MPLCP Project TimelineReference Material Art_55_MPLCP_Project_Timeline.pdf
Letter from the Disability CommissionReference Material Art_55_Letter__Disability_Commission.pdf
Letter by Saadat, Precinct 4, Hanlon, Precinct 5Reference Material Art_55_Letter__Saadat_and_Hanlon.pdf