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Committee members push for stricter proof‑of‑funding and deed‑restriction requirements for larger projects
Summary
Committee members said applicants should supply bank commitment letters or other evidence of outside funding before grant awards; members also argued for deed restrictions to ensure projects funded with CPC money remain in the city.
A substantive policy discussion at Tuesday’s Community Preservation Committee meeting produced a clear, repeated request from several members: require applicants to provide supporting evidence of outside financing before awarding significant CPC grants.
Multiple committee members said past awards sometimes proceeded without bank commitment letters or construction‑loan documentation and that the committee should adopt a firmer standard going forward. Committee member BJ McDonald and others asked that large…
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