Matters ▸ Attachment
CPC Final Funding Rec Winter Hill Congregational Church Tower Off-Cycle FY23 — File 23-0947
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR
Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church Bell Tower
FY23 Out of Cycle Request for Increased Funds
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Vida Real Church requests additional funds to close a budget gap for the CPA‐funded project to restore
the bell tower of the building at 404 Broadway, the former Winter Hill Congregational Church. The
original budget for the grant was based upon an estimate that predated the pandemic. Numerous
delays and escalating construction costs have resulted in the project exceeding its original budget. Vida
Real Church requests funds to enable the contractor to complete the project.
ELIGIBILITY
Historic Resources: This project would rehabilitate and restore a historic building. As a condition of the
original grant given in FY21, a Preservation Restriction has been recorded on this building.
RECOMMENDATION
On May 24, 2023 by a vote of 7‐0, the Community Preservation Committee recommended
appropriating $80,000 of Community Preservation Act funds to increase the budget for its elevator and
collection storage area projects, as described in their request presented in May, 2023 from the following
account:
Category: Historic Preservation
Recommended Funding Source
Amount
Broadway Winter Hill Congregational
Church Bell Tower Off‐Cycle Additional
Funds Request FY23
Undesignated Fund
$80,000
Attachment: Memorandum from Somerville Museum requesting off‐cycle funding increase
KATJANA BALLANTYNE
MAYOR
CITY OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE