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Holyoke preservation commission pauses CPA work over enforcement concerns; committee weighs fixes
Summary
The Holyoke Historical Commission voted to pause handling CPA business until preservation‑restriction enforcement and funding are clarified, a move that could delay one applicant. The CPA committee discussed requiring inspections, clawback language and hiring outside expertise to monitor restrictions.
The Holyoke Historical Commission has voted to pause processing Community Preservation Act (CPA) business until the city and CPA committee resolve who will carry out and pay for annual inspections and enforcement of historic‑preservation restrictions, a member of the commission told the CPA committee on Tuesday.
Chris (member of the Holyoke Historical Commission) told the CPA committee that the commission “is supposed to be going through these buildings once yearly to ensure that the ins restrictions are correct,” and that the commission has had no consistent support or funding to perform that work for about five years. He said the commission lacks both money and technical expertise to perform annual inspections and that the absence of an enforcement mechanism leaves the commission and CPA exposed.
The pause means one current…
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